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June 24, 2015 11:58 PM Share with others: Related Media: American team scores big television ratings Ron Cook: Pine-Richland High School in national spotlight For Klingenberg and U.S. women, it’s World Cup title or bust Yellow cards bench top American players The first and only time the U.S. women’s national team came to Pittsburgh, it beat Iceland, 3-0, at Heinz Field in September 2004 after…

Professional soccer is coming to Connecticut year-round, the NBC Connecticut Troubleshooters have learned. Professional Sports Management Group is bringing professional soccer to the state and Hartford City FC will play both indoors and outdoors. …

Attend a NASCAR race, particularly in the South, and it’s not uncommon to see a Confederate flag flying inside the infield. Seeing that symbol — one frequently associated with white supremacy groups — makes team owner Brad Daugherty shake his head with disdain. Daugherty, an African-American, is co-owner of JTG Daugherty Racing, which fields a car for A.J. Allmendinger in the Sprint Cup Series. He is one of the…

Fans who couldn’t make the trip to Omaha, Nebraska are ramping up the noise back home in Charlottesville. It’s winner takes all in game three. “Hoping for a w,” said Trevie Pearlman, a UVa fourth year. For Virginia Cavalier fans a win comes with help from a school cheer and tailgating food. “This is a four pepper really hot sauce,” said Dave Shreve, a fan and father of a graduate….

0 Shares Print OMAHA, Neb. — Virginia completed an improbable run to its first national championship with another come-from-behind win Wednesday night at the College World Series — its seventh in 10 NCAA postseason victories in 2015 — to claim the first title in baseball for the Atlantic Coast Conference since Wake Forest in 1955. In a rematch of the championship series from a year ago, the Cavaliers beat Vanderbilt…

LSU’s 2016 baseball schedule includes marquee home series against Florida and Vanderbilt, a showdown with Louisiana-Lafayette in the Wally Pontiff Jr. Classic and trips to Missouri and Tennessee. The Tigers open SEC play with a three-game series against Alabama starting March 18 and close it against Florida on May 19-21. It’s the first time since 2010 that the team is opening and closing SEC action at Alex Box Stadium. LSU…

Major League Baseball is increasingly closer to having its first female professional ballplayer, thanks to Melissa Mayeux. The 16-year-old French shortstop joined MLB’s international registration list on Sunday, making her eligible to play professional baseball in the United States. As with every other prospect on that international registry, it’s a long shot that Mayeux will make the big leagues—and experts think it would be years before she is, if ever,…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest NASCAR did the right thing Wednesday by supporting the movement to remove the Confederate flag from the State House grounds in Columbia, S.C. It was not only the politically correct position, but really the only stance it could take. The only stance that any business, institution or professional sports organization can properly take in these emotionally charged times. MORE: Confederate flag in sports | Dale Jr….

Planning to cool off this summer by hitting the pool? You might want to pack your goggles to prevent your eyes from turning bloodshot, from… No, not chlorine. Contrary to common belief, it’s not chlorine—not chlorine by itself, anyway—that reddens your eyes. It’s the chemical compounds formed when chlorine reacts with human urine. That’s according to the Healthy Swimming Program, a collaboration between the US Centers for Disease Control, the…

Blessedly, European club soccer took its hand off the hyperdrive mechanism the last few weeks, giving everyone involved a much-needed moment’s pause. Unlike last summer with the World Cup in full gear, the transfer machine has thus far been mostly quiet unless James Milner moving from Manchester City to Liverpool gets your engine revved up. The machine is starting to warm up, as Monday’s legitimately big news of Arsenal adding…

The 2015 U.S. Youth Soccer Far West Regional Soccer Tournament held in Boise, Idaho.(Photo: Zach Stotland/KTVB) BOISE — A regional soccer tournament has brought thousands of people to the Treasure Valley this week. Leaders at the Boise Convention & Visitors Bureau say those visitors will spend millions of dollars during six days of soccer matches. “It’s almost $8 million economic impact,” said Terry Kopp, director of sales. Kopp estimates more…

I know to the race fan the changes that NASCAR has put in place at Kentucky Speedway in three weeks sound on the surface somewhat easy. You change the rear spoiler out, you change the radiator pan out and you change the splitter out. Seems pretty simple, right? The real trick, however, is for these teams to try and figure out how to put back as much as possible of…

At least they didn’t supply American Pharoah’s horseshoes. It has been a trying month for Nike Inc. as rival Under Armour Inc. “won” two major sporting events: Stephen Curry and his Golden State Warriors triumphed in the NBA championship over Nike star LeBron James, while in the U.S. Open Under Armour’s Jordan Spieth prevailed over Rory McIlroy. Sponsoring athletes doesn’t come cheap, and this is a big part of the…

The Portland Trail Blazers have completed a deal to send forward Nic Batum to the Charlotte Hornets for Noah Vonleh and Gerald Henderson, league sources told Yahoo Sports. The deal was finalized Wednesday night. View photo . Nicolas Batum is headed to the Hornets. (AP) The Blazers had been shopping Batum in recent days, and the deal gives them an intriguing young player, Vonleh, who is 19 years old with…

Electronic Arts Inc., the National Hockey League (NHL®) and the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) announced today during the 2015 NHL Awards™ that three-time Stanley Cup® Champions Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane from the Chicago Blackhawks® will both appear on the cover of EA SPORTS™ NHL® 16. This marks the first time in franchise history that the cover has featured two teammates as well as the Stanley Cup trophy….

Planning to cool off this summer by hitting the pool? You might want to pack your goggles to prevent your eyes from turning bloodshot, from… No, not chlorine. Contrary to common belief, it’s not chlorine—not chlorine by itself, anyway—that reddens your eyes. It’s the chemical compounds formed when chlorine reacts with human urine. That’s according to the Healthy Swimming Program, a collaboration between the US Centers for Disease Control, the…

In case it wasn’t clear before, former Duke star Jahlil Okafor has some massive hands. Okafor’s hands were a hot topic during the 2015 NCAA tournament when a picture of him palming a basketball with ease went viral. That picture has now been outdone. The photo above is of Okafor holding a baseball. In no way does that seem possible. His hands are so large that he makes a normal baseball…

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