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Abdul-Hafidh Abd-Ali , 14, lost his sight in an attack at a soccer field in the Iraqi village of Asriya on March 25. (Ahmad Mousa Qasem for The Washington Post) Often overlooked when bombs go off and people die is the far greater number who are injured and maimed, their lives forever changed, their families plunged into a crisis of worry and medical bills. So it is in the Iraqi…

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MORE: See the scheme, fire suit that Dale Jr. will sport at Darlington RELATED: Buy Darlington tickets | ’16 throwback schemes | SHOP: Dale Jr. gear DARLINGTON, S.C. — The “Gray Ghost” lives to race again.   Or at least a very reasonable facsimile of the famous entry that was driven to victory in the 1980 Daytona 500 by NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee Buddy Baker.   On Wednesday at Darlington Raceway,…

x Embed x Share In an attempt to motivate his baseball team, Coach Querry offered his high school players the chance to name his baby if they won their season. They came through with 14 wins and they chose an epic name! VPC Heritage baseball coach Rob Querry poses with wife Julia and son Brady after she used a blue baseball to tell him he’d be having a son.(Photo: Family…

ARCHBALD — A motorcycle crash left an 18-year-old baseball player dead hours before he was set to take the field. The crash happened just before noon at the intersection of Business Route 6 and Route 247 in Archbald. Police say an SUV and motorcycle collided. The driver of the motorcycle, Shane Rivenburgh of Mayfield, died at the hospital. Rivenburgh was a starter for the Lackawanna College baseball team. The team…

MORE: See the scheme, fire suit that Dale Jr. will sport at Darlington RELATED: Buy Darlington tickets | ’16 throwback schemes | SHOP: Dale Jr. gear DARLINGTON, S.C. — The “Gray Ghost” lives to race again.   Or at least a very reasonable facsimile of the famous entry that was driven to victory in the 1980 Daytona 500 by NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee Buddy Baker.   On Wednesday at Darlington Raceway,…

MORE: See the scheme, fire suit that Dale Jr. will sport at Darlington RELATED: Buy Darlington tickets | ’16 throwback schemes | SHOP: Dale Jr. gear DARLINGTON, S.C. — The “Gray Ghost” lives to race again.   Or at least a very reasonable facsimile of the famous entry that was driven to victory in the 1980 Daytona 500 by NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee Buddy Baker.   On Wednesday at Darlington Raceway,…

ENLARGE President Obama needled Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month by suggesting that the United States was better at hockey than its Northern neighbor. “Where’s the Stanley Cup right now?” Obama asked. “I’m sorry, is it in my hometown with the Chicago Blackhawks? In case you Canadians were wondering, where is it?” Trudeau made a meek reference to the higher number of Canadian born players on the Blackhawks’ cup…

Caption Close NORWALK — As far as varsity debuts go, Norwalk pitcher Angel Nieves is certainly going to remember his for a long time. The senior right-hander was thrown into the fire by coach Pete Tucci, sent to the mound with the bases loaded and two outs in the fifth inning of a tied game. Nieves slammed the door shut on Danbury, notching a strikeout to get out of the…

Once my uncles got me into it, I became a baseball savant. I knew all the stats on each player and position because that directly impacted what I thought a card was worth. I was a card shark in these streets, buying up packs of Upper Deck, Donruss, Topps and Fleer cards and then buying Beckett’s baseball-card pricing guides every few months to keep up with my investment. I still…

Chance the Rapper threw out the first pitch at the White Sox home opener in the worst kind of Chicago weather. Not a blizzard, but godforsaken April snow. April snow in Chicago is a rabbit punch from the devil himself, so Chance played it safe and floated the ball heavenward. And then he danced, because that is what Chance the Rapper does, and all was right and good at U.S. Cellular…

DETROIT – Former big league catcher and legendary broadcaster Joe Garagiola was laid to rest on Wednesday. Garagiola died March 23. He was 90. His funeral was in St. Louis at the Calcaterra Funeral Home. Garagiola was the father of longtime Local 4 reporter and anchor Steve Garagiola (@SteveGaragiola). Here is a statement from Steve: “If you’re a longtime sports fan, you probably know the name Joe Garagiola. He was…

Atlanta Braves outfielder has been accused of assault in Arlington.

When it comes to the postseason in professional sports, there is nothing better than the Stanley Cup playoffs. This is hockey at its very best. The games are fast-paced and full of hard hits, grueling shifts and incredible feats of athleticism that most can’t dream of achieving on land, never mind on ice. Combined with the fact that the playoffs boast a sudden-death overtime, the NHL’s postseason is must-see TV….

My good buddy Phil Robertson has drawn the ire of a bunch of Jesus-bashing, liberal lug nuts after he petitioned the Lord during a NASCAR invocation to put a “Jesus-Man in the White House.” Brother Phil delivered the pre-race invocation on April 9th at the Texas Motor Speedway’s Duck Commander 500. And it was a mighty fine invocation, indeed. Click here to join Todd’s American Dispatch: a must-read…

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There’s a hotel in Williamsburg—the expensive part of Brooklyn that still feels ‘edgy’ to a certain set—called the Wythe. It’s a trendy restored warehouse that often hosts hip soirees and parties for famous brands. On a freezing January evening, its exposed-brick walls and man-bunned bartenders hosted a launch party for a new sports league, called The Drone Racing League. It’s the brainchild of Nick Horbaczewski, who previously helped turn Tough…

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In contrast, e-sports games are unending tests of skill and dedication, not the intricately crafted but finite experiences of narratively rich blockbuster titles. E-sports games are more similar to basketball or chess than to The Last of Us, which unfolds like an interactive movie. In Dota 2, you enter the matchmaking queue to look for other people to play with. After choosing their characters, or “heroes,” each team of five…

Meldonium is widely available in eastern Europe but not licensed in most western countries Athletes caught using meldonium could avoid a ban after anti-doping chiefs said it was not clear how long it takes the drug to leave the body. Wada announced in September that it was adding the heart disease medicine to its banned list from 1 January. Since the start of the year, there have been 172 positive…