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As over 20 major universities descend on Philadelphia this weekend to participate in the 6th Annual Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC), the game’s popularity in the United States has never been stronger. Spurred in part by the growth of the game on both the amateur and collegiate levels, as well as the development of a number of professional properties, there is ample indication that rugby is ready to become…

The “damaging events” of the past week convinced Football Association vice-chairman David Gill to reject a place on Fifa’s executive committee while Sepp Blatter is president. Gill did not attend Saturday’s first executive committee meeting following Blatter’s re-election to a fifth term. “My professional reputation is critical to me,” said Gill in a statement. Prince William, who is president of the Football Association, praised…

A game official walks into a gym and draws cheers from athletes. No, really. “The Sisters” hear it often. Siblings Michelle Schneider and Jacki Wincek are rare female officials working Minnesota high school adapted soccer, floor hockey and softball games. They bring a deep knowledge of the rule book while encouraging and educating athletes during games. “I do it for the kids, and I take pride in my job,” said…

DOVER, Del. – Jennifer Jo Cobb said she was “mad as hell” at Tyler Reddick and forgot a NASCAR rule that prohibits drivers from walking on the track, which she did during Friday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Dover International Speedway. “The fact that I forget is such a shame because the reason (the rule) is in place likely stems from a tragedy that none of us should…

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Orlando City will no longer have to wait on state funding to build its soccer-specific stadium. Team owner Flávio Augusto da Silva announced Friday the franchise will privately finance the construction of its downtown soccer-specific stadium. The stadium, originally envisioned and pitched as a city-owned venue, will now be owned and operated privately by Orlando City. “We’ve been having problem funding the stadium, but we’ve got a new solution. ……

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Despite NASCAR banning drivers from leaving their vehicles and approaching other competitors on the track after the fatal Tony Stewart-Kevin Ward Jr. incident last year, Jennifer Jo Cobb stormed out of her wrecked truck during today’s race at Dover to yell at Tyler Reddick. Pemberton announces on-track incident rules | NASCAR.com Pemberton announces on-track incident rules | NASCAR.com Pemberton announces on-track incident rules | NASC Drivers told not to approach…

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Conference tournaments have come to a close, the field of 64 has been set, and meaningful post-season baseball is ready to begin this weekend in the 2015 edition of the NCAA Baseball Tournament. The Rebel baseballers find themselves in Los Angeles regional paired with No. 1 overall seed, UCLA, the WAC champion, CSU Bakersfield and Maryland. The Rebels will face off with the Terrapins and their stud pitcher Mike Shawaryn…

Two former USC baseball players and one current member of the team are being sued by a woman who claims the athletes publicly distributed a video of her having sex with one of the players. Former Trojans outfielder Vahn Bozoian, former Trojans pitcher Sean Adler and pitcher Marc Huberman are defendants in the suit, which was filed Thursday by a woman identified in the complaint as Jenna Doe. USC is…

The University of Southern California is standing behind one of their baseball players who was sued by a woman in a sex tape lawsuit … TMZ Sports has learned.  The accuser — a former USC student — filed a lawsuit against Vahn Bozoian, Sean Adler and Marc Huberman … claiming they all had a hand in recording and distributing a sex tape that was recorded without her knowledge.  In the…

Conference tournaments have come to a close, the field of 64 has been set, and meaningful post-season baseball is ready to begin this weekend in the 2015 edition of the NCAA Baseball Tournament. The Rebel baseballers find themselves in Los Angeles regional paired with No. 1 overall seed, UCLA, the WAC champion, CSU Bakersfield and Maryland. The Rebels will face off with the Terrapins and their stud pitcher Mike Shawaryn…

In the course of an intraoffice chat about some social-media stuff you wouldn’t care about, we shared a bunch of our favorite sports GIFs. Turns out there are a lot of very good sports GIFs. But I think the GIF of an unconscious Nuggets mascot being lowered to the court might be my favorite. There are no actual sports going on right now and it’s miserable. So: what is your…

ZURICH Sepp Blatter was re-elected president of FIFA for a fifth term on Friday after the only other candidate conceded defeat after a first round of voting in an election overshadowed by allegations of corruption in world soccer. Blatter’s victory came despite demands that he quit in the face of a major bribery scandal being investigated by U.S., Swiss and other law enforcement agencies that plunged the world soccer body…

Lost amid the hoopla and histrionics over hosting the Summer Olympics is the fact that Robert Kraft might finally get to build a stadium in Boston. Kraft and Mayor Martin J. Walsh have been talking steadily about a soccer stadium for the New England Revolution. The two have met several times, at City Hall and at Patriots games in Foxborough, and while they aren’t close to a deal, new details…

(AP) NEW YORK — No matter what happens Friday in the FIFA presidential election between four-term incumbent Sepp Blatter and sole challenger Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, 1999 World Cup hero Brandi Chastain just wants someone who will represent the women’s game right. Speaking with For The Win about her partnership with Liberty Mutual, a new sponsor of the U.S. Soccer Federation, Chastain took the female perspective with regard to the…

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