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MOSCOW Reuters - Oleg Matytsin, the president of the International University Sports Federation FISU, was named Russia’s new sports minister in a government reshuffle on Tuesday as the country finds itself embroiled in a doping scandal that has seen it in barred from this year’s Olympics. FILE PHOTO: International University Sports Federation FISU President Oleg Matytsin speaks at the opening ceremony for the th Winter Universiade at the Platinum Arena in Krasnoyarsk, Russia March , . REUTERSMaxim ShemetovPool Matytsin, who has served as FISU president since , replaces former Olympic fencer Pavel Kolobkov to head a ministry with the daunting task of improving Russia’s image on the global sports stage. The -year-old, who also serves on the International Olympic Committee’s IOC Olympic education commission, will also be at the heart of Russia’s efforts to fight a four-year ban from top international sporting events that Moscow has decried as too harsh. Matytsin told RI

Fox Sports hit digital milestones last year as the exclusive social media programming it built around major sporting events such as the FIFA Women’s World Cup France and the World Series Game to grabbed the attention of online audiences. The network said it attracted . billion total video views across social media sites such as , , Twitter and YouTube, as well as streaming platforms. That’s a gain of % over the previous year, and a record for Fox in terms of digital video consumption. “Amplifying Fox’s television rights — that now extend into the digital sphere — amplifying our talent and creating bespoke digital original content that works well on these platforms — that’s been a recipe for success,” said David Katz, Fox Sports’ head of digital. As the audience for professional sports fragments, Fox has developed content to capture the viewer during different points of the day, and on different screens. Fox hosted original post-game shows on Twitter during the Women’s

On Thursday, the Tampa Bay Rays and St. Louis Cardinals agreed to a sizable trade. The Rays acquired outfielders Jose Martinez and Randy Arozarena as well as a draft pick in exchange for left-handed prospect Matthew Liberatore, and low-level catching prospect Edgardo Rodriguez, and a draft pick, the teams announced. Martinez, , is the only veteran involved in the deal. He s an offense-only player who has appeared destined for the American League due to his well-below-average defense at various positions. Even so, he s posted a OPS+ for his big-league career, and is under team control through the season. Martinez figures to split time between DH and first base for the Rays, serving as a right-handed caddy for Ji-Man Choi and Yoshitomo Tsutsugo.  Arozarena, who turns in February, made his big-league debut last season. He should factor into the Rays outfield, perhaps in a platoon capacity with Austin Meadows. We named him as the riser in the Cardinals system earlier this winter

It is now official that Javier Hernandez will continue his career in the MLS this season and he will be playing with LA Galaxy alongside his friend Jonathan Dos Santos. Dylan Hernandez, writer for the LA Times, published the first interview with Chicharito since he left Sevilla and he even took pictures with his new kit on. Chicharito with LA Galaxy kit LA Times During the first part of the interview the -year-old was a little romantic when expressing his thoughts about the MLS and what it means for him to be one of the most important players to turn out for LA Galaxy. Hernandez made it clear in this interview that coming to the Major League Soccer is not the beginning of the end of his career, stating that “it’s how people describe my style of soccer, I am always in the right place at the right time to score a goal.” Chicharito with LA Galaxy kit LA Times The Mexican international knows the importance of playing in the team with more titles in the MLS, the am

Rick Welts just broke another barrier for the LGBTQ community in sports. Last Friday, he married his longtime partner Todd Gage at San Francisco City Hall, becoming the first known professional men’s sports executive to marry his same-sex partner. San Francisco Mayor London Breed pronounced Welts and Gage “spouses for life,” according to the San Francisco Chronicle’s Heather Knight, making the marriage official. Knight reports that everyone from NBA commissioner Adam Silver to former Warrior Kevin Durant reached out to Welts to congratulate him on the big day. Welts, a longtime exec in the NBA’s league offices, was working as president of the Suns when he met Gage, a Southwest flight attendant, on a plane. “He was -F,” Gage told Knight, who detailed their romance in her piece. In , Welts resigned from the Suns and moved to Northern California to be closer to Gage. He had lost a prior relationship over a lack of visibility, and did not want to go down that path

Welcome back to the NBA Star Index -- a weekly gauge of the players who are most controlling the buzz around the league. Reminder: Inclusion on this list isn't necessarily a good thing. It simply means that you're capturing the NBA world's attention. Also, this is not a ranking. The players listed are in no particular order as it pertains to the buzz they're generating. This column will run every week through the end of the regular season. If you haven't been paying attention -- or if you were driving the "Chris Paul is done" bus this past offseason and now just refuse to pull over and reconsider your position -- Paul has been flat-out balling. The Thunder, the West's No. 7 seed with an 18-15 record entering play on Thursday, have won seven of their last eight.  In July, when everyone was writing the Thunder off as a certain rebuild after trading Paul George and Russell Westbrook, I picked them to make the playoffs and suggested they were actua