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Halloween is almost here, and if you’re like most of us, you’ve waited until the last possible second to come up with a costume. But have no fear, we’ve got all of the ideas you’ll need to make sure your outfit is on point. 1. LeBron James’ headband All you have to do to achieve this look is wear all white and brag to anyone and everyone around you that…

0 Shares print It was my single greatest racing memory, and it took place at Martinsville Speedway in October 2001. With Dale Jarrett glued to my rear bumper, stalking me, hoping for a window of opportunity to slide underneath and take control of the race, I entered Turn 1 for the final time. It was no longer about being fast, but being wise. So I eased into the turn, encouraging…

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Before this year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup even began, drivers talked about the pressure. On the eve of the Eliminator round’s first race at the Martinsville Speedway, even some of the eight drivers who have made it this far are a bit frayed around the edges. Defending champion Kevin Harvick finds himself on the defensive after being accused of wrecking the green-white-checkered restart at the Talladega Superspeedway on…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is being lined up as an interim manager at Chelsea – should they fire under-pressure Jose Mourinho. (Belfast Telegraph)  Alternatively, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is preparing to replace manager Mourinho with former Blues boss Andre Villas-Boas. (Metro)  Manchester United will…

CHICAGO – The playoffs have come to an end for the Cubs and are a long way off for a few of the other Chicago professional teams. But a bit of “November Madness” is getting started this weekend. That’s the IHSA Football playoffs. 256 teams from around the state are vying for a championship in one of eight classes with the first round starting on Friday night. The playoffs conclude…

By HANNAH DREIER, Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s raucous, boozy and affordable baseball games have long provided respite from the growing gloom in the economically struggling country. Now, a more than quadrupling of ticket prices is putting a damper on the national pastime, with the season kicking off this month to sometimes half-empty stadiums and featuring players who say their per diems don’t go far enough to buy…

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Rock superstar Rod Stewart is well-known for his love of soccer, especially the Celtic Football Club in Glasgow, Scotland. Hockey, it turns out, is another matter. “All he knows is if my team scores. That’s about it,” said his son, Liam Stewart. “I was like, ‘Dad, that’s all you need to know — if we win or if we score.’” Liam Stewart, 21, is the newest addition…

A student at Loyola School died after he was hurt Monday in a boys’ varsity soccer game on Randall’s Island, according to his family and others with knowledge of the incident. Thomas Jakelich, a 16-year-old junior, had spent the weekend preparing for the season’s semifinal match against the United Nations International School, forcing himself to eat fruit, which he disliked, steering away from sweets and junk food and going…

On Thursday, ESPN published a very sweet story about two Michigan fans who met in the ESPN.com comments section and bonded over their love of Michigan football. And while anyone who has ever been to a comments section knows that this seems unlikely, it’s definitely not impossible. So for those who want to meet their special someone this way, we have help: We went onto our interoffice Slack chat and spoke to…

State gambling regulators said the fantasy sports industry should have some regulation, but are also wary of stopping the fast-growing sector in its tracks. “If you came in heavy on this, you could crush an industry like this overnight,” Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby said at a hearing Thursday. Continue reading below The commission has started diving into the complicated laws surrounding online fantasy sports, which charge entry fees…

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Sports and brands are intertwined. It’s impossible to watch a game or sports show without being inundated with sponsored messages during the actual program. But while sponsorship opportunities are ubiquitous, there is still a lot more brands can do in sports. It’s an area that The Kicker, a new sports-focused comedy site from “SNL” co-head writer Bryan Tucker, hopes to take advantage of. “There are a lot of brands that want…

In the Victorian era, women turned to corsets to keep their breasts from moving too much. Those competing at Wimbledon in 1887 returned to their dressing rooms in between matches to “unhitch their bloody corsets,” having been “repeatedly stabbed by the metal and whale bone stays of the cumbersome garments” as they played. By 1911, women got a “sports corset” with flexible material, and thanks to the 1914 tango…

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Dobber launched his fantasy hockey website DobberHockey back in 2005 and has been Puck Daddy’s resident fantasy hockey ‘expert’ since 2009. There are always some new players who enter the fantasy hockey scene who are unknown quantities. Newbies who were so surprising that they couldn’t be found in any preseason primer (except uh, mine of course). Last year it was John Klingberg. Fantasy owners scramble for information and advice on these newcomers….

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA— Rock superstar Rod Stewart is well-known for his love of soccer, especially the Celtic Football Club in Glasgow, Scotland. Hockey, it turns out, is another matter.   “All he knows is if my team scores. That’s about it,” said his son, Liam Stewart. “I was like, `Dad, that’s all you need to know – if we win or if we score.”’   Liam Stewart, 21,…

Jim Schermerhorn, Notre Dame coach Jim Schermerhorn, Notre Dame coach Photo by Danielle Moore Jim Schermerhorn received the message Wednesday morning while his Notre Dame girls’ soccer team descended from Monteagle on the way to Murfreesboro. The Lady Irish were past the point of no return. The quarterfinal rounds of the Class A/AA and AAA state tournaments were postponed until today due to poor…