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Cars adorned with classic paint schemes of yesteryear — including those associated with Hall of Famers Richard Petty, David Pearson and Bobby Allison — were everywhere. Drivers spoke wistfully about the importance of the event, as fans reveled in the sport honoring its rich past instead of running away from it as NASCAR is so often accused of doing. In nearly every way the atmosphere was exactly what Darlington…

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For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. After opening talks on a new contract, Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, 24, is poised to see his income rise to £200,000 a week. (Mirror)  QPR striker Charlie Austin, 26, insists there was no truth in reports linking him with a summer move to Manchester United. …

0 Shares Print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR this week: Turn 1: Of the drivers without a win, who has the best chance to win Richmond and get in the Chase? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: Clint Bowyer and Kasey Kahne are the two drivers either on the bubble or on the outside looking in with the best shot at a Richmond Hail…

After its initial hearing with U.S. Soccer about cleaning up the game, the U.S. Senate turned its attention to American youth clubs’ quest for solidarity payments this week. U.S. Soccer had not responded publicly to the issue yet, but the federation had to answer in writing to the questions submitted by Senator Maria Cantwell (D., Washington). Cantwell entered four questions for the record about the federation’s lack of adherence to…

The Mets and Braves are scheduled for a Thursday night game of baseball in Atlanta. However, if the following image from @AdamRubinESPN is any guide, baseball won’t be happening there, at least on this night … Hmm. Looks watery out there. But wait: That’s not all! Mets catcher Kevin Plawecki noticed a small breach near the visitor’s clubhouse … What are we waiting for? Let’s play ball. pic.twitter.com/Pvw5ig76ZW — Kevin…

The Royals squandered a completely winnable game last night, a refrain that has been repeated over and over again in a series of listless performances. The team has lost seven of their past ten games, including tying a season-high four game losing streak. From a high-level, simple analysis, the Royals haven’t been able to score runs lately. In their seven losses, the offense has averaged 2.6 runs per game. It…

Cars adorned with classic paint schemes of yesteryear — including those associated with Hall of Famers Richard Petty, David Pearson and Bobby Allison — were everywhere. Drivers spoke wistfully about the importance of the event, as fans reveled in the sport honoring its rich past instead of running away from it as NASCAR is so often accused of doing. In nearly every way the atmosphere was exactly what Darlington…

(CNN)Mexico has played its trump card ahead of a key soccer match against the U.S. Donald Trump — the Republican frontrunner for the U.S. presidency — has been less than complimentary about his nation’s southern neighbor. He has notably accused the Mexican government of flooding the U.S. with rapists, criminals, and drug traffickers, while promising — if elected — to build a 2,000-mile-long wall along the two countries’ border, and…

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After several months of negotiations failed to produce a new collective bargaining agreement ensuring better pay and higher quality training, the Australian women’s soccer team decided they’d had enough. This week they went on strike. “For the past two months the players have been unpaid and have made every attempt to reach an agreement that gives the women’s game a platform for growth,” goalkeeper Lydia Williams said. “This is about…

In her very first week in the Sunday Night Baseball broadcast booth, ESPN baseball analyst Jessica Mendoza showcased her skills to a massive audience as Cubs starter Jake Arrieta approached and then achieved a no-hit game against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Mendoza’s performance earned nearly as much praise as Arrieta’s did that night, and the network soon announced that Mendoza would replace the suspended Curt Schilling on the Sunday…

With very few exceptions, betting on sports is illegal in the U.S. It’s happily allowed in sports books in Nevada, but recent efforts to expand legal sports betting to New Jersey have been shot down by the courts. Mind you, people across the country are gambling on sports on a daily basis; they’re just doing it illegally. The latest estimate from the American Gaming Association is that a whopping $93…

The national governing bodies of Britain’s most popular sports will continue to make their major events available on free-to-air television. Cricket, football, golf, tennis and rugby union and league have re-signed a voluntary code first set up in 2009. This means free-to-air broadcasters like the BBC will be given access to highlight packages, at the very least. It also commits these sports to allocating…

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Facing growth concerns among investors, the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has announced a new push into sports. The company is partnering with the Web news and social media conglomerate Sina and Yunfeng Capital to form Alibaba Sports Group in a bid to “transform China’s sports industry,” according to a press release. There aren’t too many details of what, exactly, Alibaba intends to do in sports. The company said it plans to leverage its…

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Boston is the place to be for avid sports fans, according to a recent personal-finance website’s analysis of more than 300 American cities. The three-year-old site uses a variety of data in its methodology to calculate “best of” and “worst of” lists. For this one, it combined previous rankings in five sports – football, basketball, baseball, hockey and soccer. The rankings cover 341 cities – large, midsize…

U.S. Soccer is making contingency plans for a pair of friendlies that are scheduled next week for the United States women’s national team. The opponent for the third and fourth Victory Tour matches is slated to be Australia. However, the Matildas are currently on strike as they seek better compensation from Football Federation Australia. That has put a big question mark around the Sept. 17 game (live, FS1, FOX Sports…

(CNN)Here’s one campaign Donald Trump likely didn’t foresee when he decided to run for President. A new ad from a Mexican television station featuring Trump’s controversial remarks on immigrants is being used to rally the men’s Mexican national soccer team to victory over the U.S. next month in California. The commercial from Mexican TV Azteca opens with the American flag flowing in wind, while Jimi Hendrix’s rendition of “Star Spangled…

Sports by Esther Yu-Hsi Lee Sep 10, 2015 8:00am CREDIT: Esther Yu-Hsi Lee Members of the South Bronx United soccer team holding a soccer ball that they will present to Pope Francis. BRONX, NY — On a breezy, 78-degree Saturday afternoon in early September, more than a dozen teenagers file onto a small soccer field in the shadows of the Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York. Some sit on the…