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Buy Photo File Art(Photo: News-Leader)Buy Photo Today Auto Racing NASCAR: Camping World Truck Series, qualifying, at Talledega, Ala., 9:30 a.m. – Fox Sports 1 NASCAR: Camping World Truck Series, The Fred’s 250, at Talledega, Ala., 11:30 a.m. – Fox Formula One: U.S. Grand Prix, qualifying, at Austin, Texas, 11:30 a.m. – NBCSN NASCAR: Sprint Cup Series, qualifying, at Talledega, Ala., 3 p.m. – NBCSN Figure Skating Skate America: Grand Prix…

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0 Shares print TALLADEGA, Ala. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. has always felt comfortable at Talladega Superspeedway. “It was so much fun coming here; this was a great racetrack to come to when I was a kid,” Earnhardt recalled. “We didn’t really watch the races. When the race would start, we would wait for the wrecked cars to come in. We loved walking around those things forty times, looking at every…

The Copa America, among soccer’s most prestigious international tournaments, will be played in the United States for the first time next June, officials from U.S. Soccer and the ruling federations for the sport in both North and South America announced Friday. Twenty-four cities are under consideration to play host to tournament games, including Pasadena, which staged the finals of both the 1994 World Cup and 1999 Women’s World Cup. The…

In 1999, I was teaching advanced dialectical history at a small northeastern liberal arts college whose name I will not mention here. The season of that year that stands out the most in my own memory is Autumn. The Autumn of 1999. I remember, that Autumn, getting home from the last class of the day, putting on the kettle, and turning on the radio to listen to a baseball game….

HAVANA — Campos’s street-cleaning cart has crooked wheels and when both yellow drums are filled with trash the weight causes the wheels of the cart to wobble and threaten to fall off, and Campos finds he must stop and give his cart a rest. One of the rest stops was under the portico of a building that is on one of the streets of Old Havana, a good place for…

ENLARGE During Kansas City’s decades-long playoff drought, Royals radio announcer Denny Matthews called thousands of meaningless games without ever sounding frustrated. Now that the Royals are playing meaningful baseball, however, some critics complain that Matthews never sounds excited. “The man in the broadcast booth—who should be living it up with his fan base, much of which he helped create—seems to be off in his own world, unable to express joy…

Joey Logano chalked up contact with Matt Kenseth as aggressive racing for a win. Kenseth thinks Logano is a liar. That’s where things stood Friday at Talladega Superspeedway, where Kenseth had hardly softened his stance toward Logano after their incident at Kansas Speedway last weekend. Kenseth was racing for a win he needed to advance into the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs when contact from behind from Logano caused him…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Saturday’s Daily Mirror back page Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola, 44, will be ready to move to the Premier League at the end of the season if he fails to agree a new contract with the German club, with London his preferred destination. (Daily Mail)  …

Oct 23, 2015 3:30p ET

Now that St. Paul will be the new home of the Minnesota United FC, fans are cheering the future site of the Major League Soccer team’s stadium. Jim Oliver, president of the Minnesota United fan club the Dark Clouds, said many of his group’s nearly 500 members live in the Twin Cities’ urban core and look forward to ditching the drive up to the National Sports Center in Blaine, where…

Truck Series points leader Erik Jones is worried about just one other driver as the season winds down. That’s Matt Crafton, who trails Jones by four points heading into Saturday’s Fred’s 250 at Talladega Superspeedway. “I feel like it’s pretty much between me and Matt now,” said Jones. “As much as we want to go out and win races, we just need to go out and finish of (Crafton) and…

Sports fans, you’re on the clock. Halloween is just days away and you, in all likelihood, still need to draft a costume. Aside from New Year’s Eve, Halloween is generally the day people spend the most time outfit planning for. While the pressure’s already on to think of a killer costume to impress with, sports fans face a unique problem: Do you mail it in, wear your favorite athlete’s jersey…

After months of aggressive pursuit by city leaders, St. Paul will become home to Minnesota’s new Major League Soccer franchise. Minnesota United owner Bill McGuire and St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman on Friday announced the team’s — and the league’s — commitment to play at a new, privately built 18,000-seat stadium in St. Paul’s Midway area. The team, which is essentially transforming from a lower-tier squad that plays in Blaine…

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa- On Friday morning Iowa was introduced to something called Bubble Soccer. The concept takes a little explaining, but once understood can lead to some fun. Players are inside of a giant air inflated bubble.  They enter the bubble and wear it kind of like a back pack. Players can be knocked flying with out much risk of being injured. “In theory the goal is to play soccer…

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