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NASCAR is moving its Southern 500 race back to Labor Day weekend, USA Today reports. The first Southern 500 took place on Labor Day in 1950 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. It turned into a beloved tradition, until NASCAR moved the date back in 2003. For the past 12 years, the race has been continuously moving around the calendar, with dates ranging from April to November. This year’s Southern…

Man arrested after shots fired at Newberg High soccer match

Cycling is living in interesting times. Once the pariah of world sport, the spotlight has finally shifted elsewhere thanks to the ongoing doping crisis in athletics. Stories of corruption outlined in the CIRC report look like small potatoes alongside the antics of Fifa. Bucking the trend of falling participation in sport as a whole and the woeful failure of the London Olympic legacy, cycling has seen the inexorable rise of…

Two Mountain Lakes varsity girls soccer players–juniors Sydnie Savarese (left) and Elizabeth Olshanski (right)–have started a petition to show their support of Coach Kevin Vrabel who was fired Thursday.Justin Zaremba | NJ Advance Media MOUNTAIN LAKES — Nine days after reports surfaced about hazing by varsity girls soccer players during a borough-wide scavenger hunt, the team’s head coach has been fired. But Kevin Vrabel, known to his players as “Coach…

Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Welington Castillo is blossoming in his sixth season in MLB, but the fan favorite nearly made a decision to drop his dream of becoming a professional baseball player as a teenager. In a profile piece on Castillo, the Arizona Republic reveals that the 28-year-old Dominican only played shortstop as a kid, but was told by major-league scouts at 15 years old that he would need to catch…

Curt Schilling Removed From ESPN’s Baseball Coverage For Rest Of Season Curt Schilling won’t appear on ESPN any time soon. The network announced it has removed the former major league pitcher from its MLB coverage for the rest of season as a result of his tweet comparing the percentage of Muslims who are extremists to the percentage of Germans in 1940 who were Nazis. “At all times during the course of their engagement…

Members of the Richmond Town Baseball Team circa 1927. See more team photos inside.(Photo: Courtesy Richmond Historical Society) Sports can bring a community together. For many decades the people of Richmond shared baseball. Organized baseball in Richmond dates back to the late 1800s. From around 1900 through the 1960s a small ball park just north of the downtown business area served as the town’s home field. There the town men’s…

There is also the dynamic of understanding today’s player. Things change generation to generation and what may have worked 15-20 years ago does not necessarily work today. Because of this, managers, like executives, are trending younger. Teams have not been afraid to stray from the old mentality of managerial field experience as a pre-requisite to a big-league job. Mike Matheny, Robin Ventura, Walt Weiss, Craig Counsell and Brad Ausmus are…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, 24, will be given a new start by manager Louis van Gaal, even if he fails to sign a new deal. (Mirror)  Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says the Red Devils “lacked experience” in their handling of De Gea’s failed transfer to…

By Rob Moseley Editor, GoDucks.comRendering courtesy of SRG Partnership The latest cutting edge facility enhancement for Oregon athletics is designed to improve performance for all UO student-athletes, while honoring the legacy of their most distinguished recent colleague. On Thursday, the university’s Board of Trustees was presented with documentation of the proposed Marcus Mariota Sports Performance Complex. The enhancement to 29,000 square feet of the Casanova Center’s first floor…

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Hop on the hype train, Baltimore. lRelated Ravens Insider 5 things to watch in the Ravens’ preseason finale vs. the Atlanta Falcons See all related At a time when locals seem to be most concerned with the health of first-round pick Breshad Perriman and generally blasé about the preseason in general, the Ravens have the distinct honor of being Sports Illustrated’s pick to win Super Bowl 50. The pick comes…

With NASCAR and teams rolling back the clock for the retro weekend at Darlington Raceway, the excitement is building to see the throwback paint schemes on the historic track. One of the most anticipated retro paint schemes is that of Kyle Larson’s No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Chevrolet. Larson’s ride this weekend will go back to the iconic Mello Yello colors made famous in the movie “Days…

Sept. 3, 2015: A police officer stands guard as Sacramento City College was on lockdown while police search the area after a shooting. (Renée C. Byer/The Sacramento Bee via AP) One person was killed and two others injured in a shooting Thursday near a baseball field on the campus of a California college, officials said. The shooting happened around 4:30 p.m. local time at Sacramento City College, Rick Brewer, the school’s…

After helping lead Milford High School to a pair of Central Massachusetts Super Bowl titles in 1986 and 1987, Scott Faessler accepted a partial football scholarship to the University of Maine with the intent of playing Division 1 football. “They were looking for speedy receivers and I was more of a possession receiver,’’ recalled Faessler, who was redshirted, stayed at Maine for the school year, and successfully transferred to Framingham…

0 Shares Print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR this week: Turn 1: Erik Jones took the Camping World Truck series points lead with his win Saturday in Ontario. What chance do you give him to finish it off and win the title? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: It’s a two-horse race between Erik Jones and Matt Crafton. Tyler Reddick has done a very…

A germane (if flawed) comparison, college football and European soccer share a few key traits. Both showcase elaborate pageantry, ferocious rivalries, remarkable tradition and the tribal passions of zealous fan bases across small towns and large cities. But even if you didn’t graduate from a big-time football school, that’s no reason to miss the party. Follow our guide below to settle on a rooting interest based on your preferred soccer…

I see a ballfield the way a sailor sees the sea. Beneath the obvious mowing patterns, I can make out the faint paths where the grounds crew cuts it foul pole to foul pole, so as not to emboss the outfield with game-changing ridges. This secondary mowing pattern is subtle, and you have to hunt for it: a stubble beneath the stubble, a 4 o’clock shadow. That’s baseball for you,…

There is also the dynamic of understanding today’s player. Things change generation to generation and what may have worked 15-20 years ago does not necessarily work today. Because of this, managers, like executives, are trending younger. Teams have not been afraid to stray from the old mentality of managerial field experience as a pre-requisite to a big-league job. Mike Matheny, Robin Ventura, Walt Weiss, Craig Counsell and Brad Ausmus are…

Longtime WGN-AM 720 sports host David Kaplan is leaving the station to join rival ESPN-owned WMVP-AM 1000, according to sources familiar with the situation. lRelated Sports Columnists Cubs’ TV and radio ratings surging See all related Kaplan, who started at WGN Radio in 1995, agreed to a multi-year deal to stay with the station in December 2013. But his duties, and the station’s direction, shifted this year with the loss…