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GoDaddy will no longer back Danica Patrick, as one of NASCAR’s most high profile driver-sponsor pairings will cease following the 2015 season. The decision ends sponsorship of Patrick’s No. 10 team, a relationship that paved the way for Patrick’s transition from IndyCar to stock car racing five years ago and helped her secure a ride with Stewart-Haas Racing, one of NASCAR’s premier organizations. The move comes as Patrick…

Fremd High School midfielder Missy Adrian knows how to head a soccer ball with skill and power, using her forehead to send a shot screaming toward the goalkeeper. But that’s not to say she enjoys it. “It’s something I put up with,” said Adrian, 16, who feels a little jolt of pain on most headers. “It’s not one of the best things (about soccer), but not one of the worst.”…

BELGRADE, Serbia—Fans of the soccer team Red Star, furious at being penned in at the stadium before a match against rival Partizan, began ripping out the hard plastic seats and hurling them by the dozens at the police. For 45 minutes it went on, fans throwing lighted flares and metal objects while police fought back with military-style maneuvers, surging toward the fans and clearing out sections of the stadium. Some…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. The FA Cup is set to be rebranded as the Emirates FA Cup in a new £30m sponsorship deal. (Daily Mail)  Manchester United are confident they have won their battle to keep goalkeeper David De Gea for at least one more season by offering the 24-year-old an improved…

Police patrol outside Camden Yards in Baltimore, where on Wednesday the Orioles and White Sox will play in a game that will be closed to the public due to safety concerns over rioting.(Photo: Evan Habeeb, USA TODAY Sports) At a time when a little show of faith could have gone a long way, Major League Baseball acted out of fear. Commissioner Rob Manfred said Tuesday’s decision to have the Baltimore…

(Reuters) – In what will be a first for Major League Baseball, the Baltimore Orioles will host the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday in a stadium closed to fans as Baltimore copes with some of the worst U.S. urban rioting in years. The Orioles said Wednesday’s scheduled 7:05 p.m. game would be played at 2:05 p.m. before an empty Camden Yards ballpark. The team’s games scheduled for Monday and Tuesday…

By Michael Salfino Pitcher Michael Wacha of the St. Louis Cardinals is our daily fantasy  pitcher as he faces a weak-hitting Phillies lineup on Tuesday. Getty Images The Methodology: As hard as it is to project a player’s performance in any given season, projecting his performance on any single day is even more difficult. Daily fantasy baseball is all about trying to maximize each day’s matchups using historic batter vs. pitcher…

The Baltimore Orioles were scheduled to play the Chicago White Sox on Monday, April 27, 2015. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred postponed that game in light of what the Baltimore Sun called “escalating unrest” in the aftermath of the still-inexplicable death of yet another young African American male Freddie Gray. Another game between the two is scheduled for the very next next day. But that would be only hours after scores…

The old adage is that sports bring people together. Sports heal. When our country is faced with crises, we often turn to the symbolic healing power of sport to carry us through. To bring us together and help us forget. This is not the time for that in Baltimore. Riots have broken out in Baltimore over the last few days, stemming from anger over the death of Freddie Gray, a…

Apr 17, 2015; Seattle, WA, USA; Seattle Mariners pitcher J.A. Happ (33) talks to catcher Mike Zunino (3) in the second inning against the Texas Rangers at Safeco Field. Mandatory Credit: Jennifer Buchanan-USA TODAY Sports Hopefully your week got off to a great start on Monday, but if you find yourself looking for streaming starting pitchers on the waiver wire there are some high-risk, high-reward plays for today.  The whole…

Police say the mother of a 2-month-old boy who suffered a severe brain injury after she…

The old adage is that sports bring people together. Sports heal. When our country is faced with crises, we often turn to the symbolic healing power of sport to carry us through. To bring us together and help us forget. This is not the time for that in Baltimore. Riots have broken out in Baltimore over the last few days, stemming from anger over the death of Freddie Gray, a…

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Last night’s Dispatches, The Secrets of Sports Direct (Channel 4), delved into the discount chain that turned the football into a disposable commodity: at £3 each you can kick one into next door’s garden all day. The first time your neighbour refuses to throw it back promptly, go buy two more and kick them over. Then four. He’ll move house in the end. Along with cheap trainers, Sports Direct is also…

0 Shares Print RICHMOND, Va. — Kurt Busch‘s victory in the Toyota Owners 400 will no doubt spark a spirited debate over whether he deserves his place in the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup. Of course Busch missed three races earlier this year, suspended by NASCAR while he was investigated in a domestic violence case. He has been on a tear since returning to the wheel of the No….

An Israeli soccer player in the second-highest level of professional German soccer tweeted on Sunday that security forces on duty at a match between FC Ingolstadt and Union Berlin forcibly removed an Israeli flag that was brandished by a fan in the stands. Almog Cohen, the Israeli national team player who is also a member of 2. Bundesliga side Ingolstadt, tweeted: “Today, an Israeli flag was removed…

Pavel Datsyuk(Photo: David Guralnick / Detroit News) Detroit – It is something a player must experience. The veterans can tell young ones all about playoff hockey. Coaches can coach it. But because of better play all over the ice, tighter checking in both zones and through the middle, faster skating, keener attention to details, better goaltending, nervousness, jacked-up crowds and the threat of elimination, the maxim in the NHL is…

A Navy SEAL from Queens and another from Michigan died after a training accident in a swimming pool at a base in Virginia. Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Seth Cody Lewis of Queens and Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Brett Allen Marihugh of Livonia were found unresponsive Friday at the bottom of the Combat Swimming Training Facility at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. Lewis, 32, died Friday and Marihugh,…