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ENLARGE LONDON—Bradley Wiggins, the first British victor in the Tour de France and a medal winner at four Olympics, Sunday traveled 54.526 kilometers (33.881 miles) in an hour, comfortably setting a world record. The record had been held by fellow Briton Alex Dowsett, who rode for 52.937 kilometers in May. Mr. Wiggins was ahead of the record pace from the start, locked in an aerodynamic position in which his upper…

Hope Solo and Team USA open World Cup play Monday against Australia.(Photo: Bruce Fedyck, USA TODAY Sports) WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Success always comes with a price, and the latest firestorm surrounding Hope Solo makes it abundantly clear the Americans have paid far too much for theirs. In choosing to stand by Solo and all of her baggage — we’re talking steamer trunks, not carry-ons — U.S. Soccer and the women’s…

It was an excellent trip to Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, for Martin Truex Jr., as he was able to take home the checkered flag after leading 97 laps.  The win is the first for Truex in 2015 and moves him closer to points leader Kevin Harvick in the Chase standings. The points race has been a tense battle with three drivers, including Truex, starting the day within 100 points of Harvick.  …

Baseball For All founder Justine Siegal discusses the importance of providing opportunities to girls to play baseball and develop their skills. KISSIMMEE, Fla. — “The girls here have good sportsmanship,” Grace DeVinney said as she plopped down on a wooden picnic bench, happy to steal a few minutes in the shade. “Better than boys.” In about 90 minutes, DeVinney’s team, the Central Florida Rays, would face the Carolina Terminators in…

SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — A few things to know about the Major League Baseball draft: WHEN: Starts Monday at 7 p.m. EDT and continues for 40 rounds over three days, with first two rounds (and two “competitive balance rounds”) from MLB Network’s studios in Secaucus. Rounds 3-10 on Tuesday and rounds 11-40 on Wednesday will be held via conference calls with teams. FIRST PICK: Arizona Diamondbacks have No. 1 overall…

Baseball For All founder Justine Siegal discusses the importance of providing opportunities to girls to play baseball and develop their skills. KISSIMMEE, Fla. — “The girls here have good sportsmanship,” Grace DeVinney said as she plopped down on a wooden picnic bench, happy to steal a few minutes in the shade. “Better than boys.” In about 90 minutes, DeVinney’s team, the Central Florida Rays, would face the Carolina Terminators in…

Week ten of the Fantasy Baseball season begins June 8, 2015. The season is nearly half over until the playoffs begin and if you would like to reach the championship portion of your schedule you may want to begin now assessing your lineups by scoring category. The old saying “the early bird catches the worm” certainly applies to Fantasy Baseball and below is plenty of information to help you reach…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Tottenham may make an audacious £20m bid for Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke, who has a £32.5m buy-out clause in his contract and is wanted by Liverpool and Chelsea. (The Sun – subscription required)  Real Madrid are keen to sell 27-year-old striker Karim Benzema to Manchester United in…

Bravery takes many forms, and on Sunday mornings at a near-empty ice rink on Chicago’s West Side, it assumes the shapes of part-time burlesque artist Ali Lawrence, general contractor Stephen Spargur and Cook County Circuit Judge Diana Kenworthy. They are all north of 30 years old. Until very recently, they did not know how to skate. Now they want to learn to play hockey. Blame in part the Chicago Blackhawks….

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With the NASCAR XFINITY Series taking a break in the action this weekend, series regular Jeffrey Earnhardt made the trip overseas to try his hand at racing in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.  NASCAR’s third international racing series, the Whelen Euro Series races on a mix of oval and road courses throughout Europe. This weekend, the series is taking part in the American Speedfest III at the historic Brands Hatch…

Cycling Pro/YouTubeAn official from the International Cycling Union inspects the bike of Spain’s Alberto Contador at May’s Giro d’Italia. See Also You’ve probably heard way too much about doping and cycling and the sport’s notorious “dirty era” long ruled by one Lance Armstrong. As is well known, Armstrong and many others in pro cycling used performance-enhancing drugs like EPO to get ahead. But now there’s possibly a…

Pocono Raceway is classified as an oval, but really it is anything but. A glance at the 2.5-mile track’s layout clearly shows it is a giant triangle featuring three distinct corners. When designed back in the late 1960s, Pocono incorporated parts of three other classic tracks whose histories date back to before World War I. Turn 1 is patterned off the first corner of the now-defunct Trenton (N.J.) Speedway;…

The ULL rally came and went as quickly as a southern Louisiana rain shower. A half-inning after Louisiana-Lafayette drilled a top-of-the-ninth solo shot to square things at three, LSU’s Chris Sciambra crushed one of his own to walk off for a 4-3 Tigers win in the opening game of the Baton Rouge Super Regional. It had been a beauty of a start by LSU true freshman Alex Lange, who…

When Providence High’s baseball team lost in Game 1 of the N.C. 4A state championship series to underdog Raleigh Millbrook Friday night, Panthers coach Danny Hignight said he felt confident about his team winning two games Saturday to capture a state championship. “I like my club,” Hignight kept saying. “I really do.” Saturday, the Panthers played like a team ranked No. 21 in the nation by MaxPreps – and showed…

The 2015 Women’s World Cup has the potential to be by far the most interesting ever held. Just like the Men’s World Cup did in 1982, the tournament has expanded to 24 teams from 16, allowing a whole bunch of newcomers into the elite ranks – a step toward a much bigger tournament and a much bigger deal. The usual suspects are still going to dominate, of course. The United…

Los Angeles (CNN)The U.S. women’s soccer team enters the 2015 World Cup as a dancing, music-loving, joking cast of extroverts on the team bus– but revenge-seeking marauders on the field. More on the fun later. But first the hunger games. They are, to a woman, driven by what happened in the 2011 World Cup — regurgitating two late leads in an embittering loss to Japan on penalty kicks. “I’m still…

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With the NASCAR XFINITY Series taking a break in the action this weekend, series regular Jeffrey Earnhardt made the trip overseas to try his hand at racing in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.  NASCAR’s third international racing series, the Whelen Euro Series races on a mix of oval and road courses throughout Europe. This weekend, the series is taking part in the American Speedfest III at the historic Brands Hatch…

Next stop: Omaha, Nebraska. With chants of “OMAHA!” echoing through Mark Light Field, the four-time national champion Miami Hurricanes earned their first berth in the College World Series since 2008 by defeating Virginia Commonwealth University 10-3 Saturday. Thanks to a gritty, walk-on Miami grad-student-turned-hero named Sam Abrams and timely hitting from an offensive powerhouse that couldn’t connect for a chunk of the game, the Miami Hurricanes’ goal of a fifth…