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Sports equipment manufacturer Schutt Sports Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection, one month after being hit with a $29 million patent infringement verdict.

Nearly one-third (31.5%) of sports fans cite the Internet or TV programming (30.4%) as the best resource for sports-related news and information according to a new survey from Burst Media. Overall, either national television programming or the Internet are most often cited by sports fans – 30.8% and 25.7%, respectively – as their primary source of sports news and information. Male sports fans ...

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Gulf Coast sports promoter Steve Harrelson was released from the Baldwin County Corrections Center on Thursday after being arrested in Fairhope Wednesday on a "fugitive from justice" charge, officials said.