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The Minnesota All Hockey Hair Team is a tradition unlike any other. (Game On! Minnesota) Hockey is a team sport, but getting some individual recognition is always nice. The Hart Trophy, some might say, is the greatest individual honor one can receive in the sport. Being the NHL MVP is certainly a pretty big deal, but there’s one award above all that is both elusive and desperately coveted: A selection…

NASCAR will not make any modifications to its caution procedures after a delayed caution call during Saturday’s Xfinity Series race led to a three-car pileup. During the second half of the race, won by Kyle Busch, Cody Ware spun in turn two. He hit the wall and his car slowly slid down the track into the middle of the racing groove. NASCAR did not call a caution for Ware’s damaged…

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The resilient University of Maine Black Bears erased a 3-0 deficit but senior left wing Kevin Roy scored with 6:15 left in overtime to give the Northeastern University Huskies a 4-3 victory and a sweep of their best-of-three Hockey East first-round series Saturday night at Matthews Arena in Boston. Northeastern won Friday night’s game 3-2 in overtime. Roy capitalized on an ill-advised pass by defenseman Mark Hamilton and fired a…

i Fans of Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan celebrate after a goal against Chongqing Lifan on June 28, 2015. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Fans of Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan celebrate after a goal against Chongqing Lifan on June 28, 2015. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images In 2009, pro soccer player Lyle Martin was playing for the Vancouver White Caps, in a North American…

If you have a Darryl Strawberry rookie baseball card buried somewhere in your basement and wonder what it is worth, you’re probably going to be disappointed. Same goes for the once-popular rookie cards of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Don Mattingly or any other player who came of age in the 1980s. Even Ken Griffey Jr.’s 1989 Upper…

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TAMPA — There were no announcements, nothing in the programs sold at any of the Grapefruit League or Cactus League games. Baseball is a sport that thrives because of its history, whose various anniversaries are sacrosanct. You didn’t really think 2016 would slip by without the Yankees marking 20 years since the ’96 champs, or without the Mets commemorating 30 years since 1986, did you? But Saturday was March 5,…

Peyton Manning is calling it a career. The two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback will announce the decision Monday, following a FOXSports.com report last week that the team was preparing to move on without Manning ahead of the start of the NFL’s new calendar year on Monday. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Chris Mortensen and confirmed by FOX Sports NFL insider Mike Garafolo. Manning’s Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers…

LAS VEGAS – From his traditional perch at the side of the Octagon on Saturday night, UFC president Dana White could only watch as piles of millions burned in front of him. Holly Holm … choked out. Conor McGregor … choked out. A pair of the sport’s biggest and most bankable stars suffering stunning upsets, turning UFC 196 into a carnage of commerce. Suddenly a year of easy-to-make mega-fights became…

Media playback is not supported on this device Penalty decision tough to take – Alan Pardew Manager Alan Pardew believes Crystal Palace would not have been given the penalty that secured Liverpool a 94th-minute victory at Selhurst Park. The Eagles led 1-0 against 10 men when James Milner was sent off but a Damien Delaney tackle on Christian Benteke saw the striker net a winner from the spot. “He certainly…

Instagram/Sports Authority Sports Authority was once a premiere destination for sporting goods. But on Wednesday, the company announced that it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. “We are taking this action so that we can continue to adapt our business to meet the changing dynamics in the retail industry,” CEO Michael E. Foss said in a release.  It seems almost counterintuitive — in an era that’s practically defined by activewear and…

Luis Suarez celebrates with Lionel Messi Barcelona went 11 points clear at the top of La Liga as Lionel Messi scored twice in a comfortable win at Eibar. Luis Suarez was also on target to take the combined tally for him, Messi and Neymar to 100 goals this season in all competitions. Messi scored his 20th and 21st league goals of the season as Barcelona took their unbeaten run to…

The mystery creator of the All Hockey Hair Team video hopes the 2016 edition, posted on YouTube late Saturday and likely already making its viral rounds on social media, meets its legions of fans’ expectations. But he refused to try too hard. “I meant this to look more like the Minnesota version of, ‘I’m Larry, this is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl,’” he said, citing…

Miesha Tate won the UFC women’s Bantamweight Championship on Saturday night as NASCAR and UFC collided in Las Vegas.   Tate, the challenger, bested undefeated champ Holly Holm by submission in the fifth and final round. Tate is represented by Kevin Harvick‘s company, KHI Management, giving her a strong NASCAR connection. She attended the end-of-season NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards banquet — yes, also in Las Vegas — in 2014. She also dropped…

If you have a Darryl Strawberry rookie baseball card buried somewhere in your basement and wonder what it is worth, you’re probably going to be disappointed. Same goes for the once-popular rookie cards of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Don Mattingly or any other player who came of age in the 1980s. Even Ken Griffey Jr.’s 1989 Upper…

TAMPA — There were no announcements, nothing in the programs sold at any of the Grapefruit League or Cactus League games. Baseball is a sport that thrives because of its history, whose various anniversaries are sacrosanct. You didn’t really think 2016 would slip by without the Yankees marking 20 years since the ’96 champs, or without the Mets commemorating 30 years since 1986, did you? But Saturday was March 5,…

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Tommy Field has seen Major League action with the Rockies, Angels and Rangers.(Photo: Maddie Meyer, Getty Images) Viera, Fla. – He’s been a Dust Devil, a Tourist, a Nut, a Scorpion, a Driller, a Bee and an Express. He’s also been, briefly, a Rockie, Angel and Ranger. It’s been quite a baseball journey for 29-year-old utility player Tommy Field, who is trying to add Tiger, or at least Mud Hen,…

Doug DeCinces, a former Major League Baseball player, urged parents of the Newport Beach Baseball Assn. to perform a simple activity from the game to help improve their children’s skills. “Play catch with them,” DeCinces said on Saturday morning at Bonita Canyon Sports Park. He said sessions of throw-and-catch can only advance hand-to-eye coordination. The Newport Beach Baseball Assn., the PONY Division league in its inaugural season, appears to also…