Sports beyond the scores

While sports normally revolve around scores and game play it's what happens off the field that's making news these days.

American Football

The San Francisco Chronicle has joined other newspapers in deciding not to use the controversial nickname "Redskins" when referring to the team.

The man charged with killing Minnesota Vikings Adrian Peterson 2 year old son is free on bail out of the South Dakota jail. 

Baseball

With the Red Sox winning the World Series a hairy question has been raised, what will happen to their beards?

Talking of mysterious objects, where did the World Series paper plane that made it on to the field come from?

Soccer

FIFA have banned four English players due to a criminal investigation into match-fixing.

Calls for up to 40 teams to compete in the World Cup to allow more African and Asian countries to compete.

French players have gone on strike over Frances new "super tax" of 75%.

Golf

The LGPA has scraped it's age limit to allow 16-year-old Lydia Ko to participate.

Golf legend Tiger Woods has parted ways with EA Sports.