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Caption Close U.S. women’s national team midfielder Morgan Brian surveyed the crowd at BBVA Compass Stadium and let the chants sink in Sunday afternoon at kickoff of the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship final. “USA! USA! USA!” chanted the intimate but raucous crowd of 9,363 at the kickoff of the U.S. women’s national team’s eventual 2-0 victory over Canada. Brian, who plays for the hometown Dash of the…

Last week, NCAA.com released our list of five must-visit baseball stadiums in the 2016 season. There was plenty of debate from the fans about which are the best places to catch a college baseball game. Based on those suggestions, here are five more stadiums to add to your travel list this season. UFCU Disch-Falk Field, Austin, Texas Texas remains one of the most successful…

Lake City man found dead, another missing after capsizing boat at Santee MANNING, S.C. (AP) – One man is dead and another is missing after their boat capsized on Lake Marion. Captain Robert McCullough of the Depar… SC substitute teacher steals drugs from nurse’s office, police say IVA, SC – Former Crescent High School substitute teacher Morgan Ashley Kidd was let go after being accused of taking drugs from the…

Mike O’Donnell carries 13-month old son Shane onto Kean University baseball field during Sunday’s pre-game ceremony(Photo: ~Kean University) Cancer stricken 13-month-old Shane O’Donnell rested comfortably in his father’s arms as the two made their way from the third-base dugout onto Kean University’s baseball field. The Cougars – creating a makeshift path for the duo to walk through by forming two parallel lines – began a rhythmic clap and an accompanying chant…

(By Nick Wass / AP) The Capitals are the NHL’s best team. It isn’t close. That development has prompted a range of emotions from local sports observers, including this one: We’ve seen this before, regular-season dominance doesn’t much matter, please get back to me in June. And by the way, do you like my fashionable new hairshirt, made with only the coarsest of goat hair? I’d like to congratulate those cynics…

Archer’s three female lead characters appear on SI.com’s Swim Daily. FX If this year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue feels a little more animated than usual, it’s likely because of the characters from FX’s Archer. As part of the marketing campaign for the hit animated comedy’s upcoming seventh season, the network partnered with Sports Illustrated to feature faux swimsuit shots of its female characters in both…

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Monday: FIFA Infantino to visit Robben Island in FIFA campaign finale FIFA presidential candidate Gianni Infantino will round off his election campaign with a visit to Robben Island, the former apartheid-era prison in South Africa, a source close to the Swiss’s campaign told Reuters. (SOCCER FIFA/INFANTINO, moved, by Simon Evans, 300 words) We have also moved factboxes on the five candidates in the…

9:46 PM ET print DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — There he was, hanging out in the back. Victory Lane at the Daytona 500 is always an overcrowded place. There are hundreds of people packed into a fenced-in lot designed for dozens. A mob of sweaty, overstimulated corporate executives, NASCAR officials, media members, fans who managed to sneak in through a side gate and … oh yeah, Denny Hamlin and his team,…

Caption Close U.S. women’s national team midfielder Morgan Brian surveyed the crowd at BBVA Compass Stadium and let the chants sink in Sunday afternoon at kickoff of the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship final. “USA! USA! USA!” chanted the intimate but raucous crowd of 9,363 at the kickoff of the U.S. women’s national team’s eventual 2-0 victory over Canada. Brian, who plays for the hometown Dash of the…

RELATED: Full race results | Standings | SHOP: Hamlin gear DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Denny Hamlin earned his first Daytona 500 victory in the closest finish in the race’s storied 58-year history, pushing his No. 11 FedEx Toyota ahead of Martin Truex Jr.’s Toyota at the finish line by ten-hundreds of a second (0.010) – a half-foot winning difference in NASCAR’s most celebrated event.   Hamlin, 34, called it the “biggest race of my life,” and…

Game 3Oregon State (1-1) vs. Minnesota (2-0)TBA vs. RHP Tyler Hanson (0-0, 0.00) February 21, 2016 • Surprise, Ariz. • Surprise Stadium • 12:00 p.m. PT The GameThe Beavers play their third game of an eight-game trip to Arizona Sunday against Minnesota. First pitch from Surprise Stadium is slated for 12 p.m. PT (1 p.m. in Arizona). RadioThe game will air live on the Beaver Sports Network and…

Nebraska baseball coach Darin Erstad calls it “count leverage.” The College of Charleston’s pitchers had it Sunday, and Nebraska’s didn’t. Consequently, the Cougars prevailed 7-3 for their second win in the teams’ season-opening three-game series in Charleston, South Carolina. “They were ahead in counts, and we were not ahead in counts,” Erstad said during his postgame radio show. “When you get behind in counts, you either walk…

With former ace Andy Suarez graduated, Enrique Sosa out for the season after shoulder surgery, Derik Beauprez kicked off the team for violating rules and reliever Michael Mediavilla shifting from the bullpen to starter, plenty of questions surrounded Miami’s 2016 rotation. At least for now, the Hurricanes have emphatically put those concerns to rest. Left-handed junior Danny Garcia celebrated his 22nd birthday Sunday by allowing two hits and one walk…

Would the world be different if Neil Armstrong had worn a Fitbit wristband when he set foot on the moon? What if Nixon had been equipped with a cardiac sensor during Watergate? Quantified self for all The Sports & Innovation series n°1 on high-level athletes described how technologies have become essential to monitor athletic performances. Technology is also becoming a part of regular sports practice: Sophisticated high-tech equipment is now accessible for…

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers are starting to get comfortable in marquee games under new coach Tyronn Lue. Kevin Love scored 29 points to help the streaking Cavaliers roll past the Oklahoma City Thunder 115-92 on Sunday. On Jan. 30, the Cavaliers beat the San Antonio Spurs, who have the NBA’s second-best record. Now, they have beaten the Thunder, who entered the game with the league’s fourth-best mark….

Because an incident involving Peyton Manning at Tennessee — previously settled out of court — emerged into the public domain following his run to a Super Bowl win with the Broncos, a number of old legal documents are suddenly becoming relevant. This includes a 2003 affidavit from Manning detailing the 1996 incident in question and now a deposition of Manning from 2003 in the defamation suit filed by Jamie Naughright,…

Here are the best highlights from #THON2016, featuring @Dev_Still71‘s speech & and a dance-off. snpy.tv/1owifNL — Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) February 21, 2016 Penn State sports teams flashed their dance moves on the stage Saturday at THON 2016, the world’s largest student-run philanthropy. [ MORE: Follow @THON on Twitter! ] Needless to say, the student-athletes were a hit, entertaining the dancers and volunteers roughly halfway through their annual 46-hour fundraiser at the…

A year ago this time, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was about to set sail on his 16th full-time season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as the defending Daytona 500 winner, coming off his most successful season in a decade. With a totally new, rookie crew chief in Greg Ives.   What followed in 2015 could be described as “knocking it out of the park” (three wins, career-high 22 top-10 finishes), but the Hendrick Motorsports driver is…