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RELATED: Recap of Jimmie’s wins | Recap all of Dale Sr.’s wins Jimmie Johnson just got the biggest endorsement in NASCAR: from Dale Earnhardt Jr. “To be honest, yes I am rooting for Jimmie to get this championship,” Junior said in “The Dale Jr. Download” posted on Dirty Mo Radio Monday afternoon, which coincidentally was Earnhardt’s 42nd birthday. “I believe he does deserve it after everything he has put into…

Mikaela Shiffrin, covered in sweat from working out, gave a big hug to Missy Franklin when they met for the first time this summer. “The moment I met Miki,” Franklin said, “I knew I had found a friend for life.” Ever since the 2014 Winter Olympics, Shiffrin had heard that she reminded people of Franklin. Both are Colorado natives with bubbly personalities who won Olympic gold medals before turning 19….

The Nationals edged the Dodgers in Game 3 of the NLDS on Monday (WAS 8, LAD 3), but it took a while. Specifically, it took four hours and 12 minutes. That’s not a record for a nine-inning playoff game — that “honor” belongs to the Yankees and Red Sox, who in Game 3 of the 2004 ALCS went at it for four hours and 20 minutes. In that game, though,…

When the Cubs‘ Starlin Castro cracked a home run in Game 3 of last year’s divisional playoff series against the Cardinals, Affan Arain was praying. Arain, who is Muslim, had excused himself from his seat and found an out-of-the-way spot in the Wrigley Field concourse for his daily evening ritual. The crowd’s roar provided an unmistakable soundtrack, and he knew instantly the Cubs had scored. “In the midst of that…

A star baseball player, who earned a name for himself during the Little-League World Series, was injured in a shooting.

Photo via Getty Go get your freak on, because athletes can officially have sex before the big game without feeling guilty. A new study from researchers published in Frontiers in Physiology claims that there “is no robust scientific evidence to indicate that sexual activity has a negative effect upon athletic results.” Advertisement This is a huge deal for athletes. As you’ve probably heard before, famous competitors like Muhammed Ali and…

Dale Earnhardt Jr. remains sidelined for the remainder of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season as he continues to attempt battling back from a concussion. But that doesn’t mean he is forgotten. Monday was Junior’s 42nd birthday, a fact that did not go unnoticed by a NASCAR community that is hoping Earnhardt Jr. comes back strong next season in his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. Happy birthday, Dale Jr.! All…

A 2-kilometre race in the canals around the Danish parliament in August saw a record 3,600 participants this year. (Photo: Lisbeth Kirk) During the last decade, the harbour baths have also become popular with tourists. They are the most visible result of a deliberate decision in the municipality to move polluting industry out of the harbour, and to clean all waste water before it reaches the sea. The harbour baths…

Follow The Fan: Facebook | Twitter CONCORD, N.C. (AP) – It should have been catastrophic nearly any way Joey Logano looked at his situation. His wrecked race car was in the garage during the opening race of the second round of the playoffs, his crew frantically trying to get him back on track. At the moment, Logano’s only saving grace was that Kevin Harvick had his own disabled vehicle and was stuck watching Sunday’s…

The international break continues for a few more days, leaving plenty of time between now and Wednesday night’s Sounders-Dynamo match to bone up on you might have missed over this past week in the world of soccer. To reiterate my appeal from last week’s inaugural edition 0f this weekly series: Please do forward along any submissions — or anything you think I missed — either via Twitter or email (mpentz@seattletimes.com). –…

Media playback is not supported on this device Wayne Rooney: England captain to keep his role under Gareth Southgate England captain Wayne Rooney says he is in a “difficult period” after he was dropped for Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier against Slovenia. Interim manager Gareth Southgate said the decision was tactical and not a reflection of the forward’s form. Rooney, who was booed by sections of the Wembley crowd during Saturday’s…

When the Cubs‘ Starlin Castro cracked a home run in Game 3 of last year’s divisional playoff series against the Cardinals, Affan Arain was praying. Arain, who is Muslim, had excused himself from his seat and found an out-of-the-way spot in the Wrigley Field concourse for his daily evening ritual. The crowd’s roar provided an unmistakable soundtrack, and he knew instantly the Cubs had scored. “In the midst of that…

Cooperstown and baseball are synonymous for fans of the sport. The picturesque town of 2,000 full-time residents, swells to over 25,000 during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction weekend every July. In 2016, longtime Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds center fielder Ken Griffey Jr. and New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Mike Piazza joined the elite roster of hall of famers. Only 217, 1 percent of those who have played the…

DETROIT – Renovations for the baseball diamond at Calcara Park in Detroit are underway after a $25,000 grant was given by Comerica Bank. Building a new baseball diamond is the goal, and it is beginning with cleaning up the existing backdrop, removing turf, building a new infield and installing new player benches for the first phase of renovations to be finished in October. Improving player safety with the addition of…

When the Cubs‘ Starlin Castro cracked a home run in Game 3 of last year’s divisional playoff series against the Cardinals, Affan Arain was praying. Arain, who is Muslim, had excused himself from his seat and found an out-of-the-way spot in the Wrigley Field concourse for his daily evening ritual. The crowd’s roar provided an unmistakable soundtrack, and he knew instantly the Cubs had scored. “In the midst of that…

OLYMPICS LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) In a show of unity after sharp divisions caused by the Russian doping scandal, Olympic leaders gave the World Anti-Doping Agency increased powers to lead the fight against drug cheats and pushed ahead with plans for a separate independent body to carry out global drug-testing. A summit of top global sports officials backed WADA to continue to oversee worldwide anti-doping efforts, upholding the agency’s central role…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump described his comments from a 2005 leaked video as “locker room talk” American athletes have condemned Donald Trump on social media for claiming that obscene comments about groping women were just “locker room talk”. The Republican presidential nominee, whose comments were broadcast in a leaked 2005 tape, apologised for the remarks but said they were “just words” and repeatedly referred to the context of the…

Few will mourn it. Many had never seen it up close. Some didn’t even know of its existence. And so the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena — now a mass of dusty concrete and steel — is slowly being razed with little public outcry. It’s a finale that characterizes the city’s apathy for a 57-year-old has-been that plodded through the decades in the shadow of glitzier venues. In its later years, the arena became an object…

Although still largely unknown outside of South Asia, kabaddi is an ancient Indian sport in the midst of a resurgence on the subcontinent. Outdating more dominant (and imported) sporting traditions like cricket and field hockey, kabaddi – a mix of red rover, wrestling, and tag – was long considered a pursuit of the underclasses, a dusty, pre-modern relic devoid of the glitz, spectacle, and revenue of sophisticated, contemporary sport. With…

<!– FOOTBALL GOSSIP After Saturday’s 1-1 draw against Lithuania at Hampden, Scotland manager Gordon Strachan thinks the chances of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup hinge on securing a big result away from home, and he believes winning in Slovakia could be the one. (Various) Portland Timbers’ Lithuanian defender Vytautas Andriuskevicius is frustrated by the loss of a late goal to Scotland but feels that his country showed they are…