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Facebook plans to launch a virtual reality “Venues” app next year that Mark Zuckerberg says will allow people to “watch live concerts, and live sports, and premieres of movies and TV shows, all around the world with friends” and other people. The announcement came at Oculus’ Connect conference in San Jose, where Zuckerberg also announced the new $199 Oculus Go standalone mobile VR headset, that developers would get inside-out tracking-equipped Santa…

The accomplished mountain climber who killed himself after his girlfriend died in an avalanche in Montana had seemingly been at a breaking point prior to her death, writing weeks before on a climbing blog that the sport is “either a beautiful gift or a curse.” Hayden Kennedy, of Carbondale, Colo., was found dead Sunday at a residence in Bozeman, Mont., one day after his girlfriend, 23-year-old Inge Perkins of Bozeman,…

Bummer The 2018 World Cup just got a lot less interesting. The U.S. won’t participate for the first time since 1986 after last night’s loss to Trinidad and Tobago. The reaction was fierce from former USMNT members. Grant Wahl breaks down what this means for U.S. soccer, while Taylor Twellman cut a WWE-level promo on the team. I’ve decided to jump on the Trinidad and Tobago bandwagon. I just hope they set some alarm clocks*….

In the United States, defeat brought hot-take recrimination on Twitter and examination on ESPN, but nothing like the scorn of national outrage. Soccer doesn’t elicit that same rawness of collective emotion here. When defender Omar Gonzalez, who put a ball into his own net, later told reporters, “We let down an entire nation,” his dejection was understandable but his remark seemed overstated. And yet absence from the 2018 World Cup…

RELATED: Full season results | Standings Ryan Luza won the 2017 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series championship, outlasting his three rivals in the winner-take-all season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The race, and championship, came down to a late duel between Luza and Logan Clampitt as the two restarted from the front row with five laps remaining. Luza had the lead and with it, control of the restart, and he rocketed out to…

NASCAR handed down penalties from Charlotte Motor Speedway on Wednesday morning to the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing team in the Monster Energy Cup Series and two teams in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Daniel Suarez’s car did not have all five lug nuts tight on the No. 19 Toyota following the Bank of America 500 on Sunday. His crew chief Scott Graves was fined $10,000. On the Xfinity side…

by Adam Buckman , Featured Columnist, 3 hours ago The extreme length of playoff baseball games is often a subject of complaint at this time of year, but there is a benefit too. After watching the first four games of the Yankees-Indians series on Fox Sports 1 over the last few days (Game 4 photo above), it occurred to me that a long baseball game is not only entertaining for…

When the Yankees postseason run comes to an end, big decisions must be made on key pieces to the franchise’s puzzle. From a potential opt-out with righty Masahiro Tanaka to Joe Girardi’s managerial future, there’s no shortage of decisions for the front office and ownership to make in the next few months. Of course, that’s assuming the general manager of the team will be the one to make those decisions. Brian Cashman,…

Team USA’s 2-1 loss at Trinidad & Tobago last night left the Americans standing outside the door of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It also left Fox, which holds English-speaking rights to the world’s most popular sports event, in full facepalm mode. The shock defeat — the U.S. gave up two early goals and never recovered — coupled with an unlikely win by Honduras at Mexico and Panama beating Costa…

Tampa Bay Lightning right wing J.T. Brown raises his fist in the air during the singing of the “The Star Spangled Banner” on Saturday in Sunrise, Fla. (Wilfredo Lee/AP) One of America’s fiercest culture warriors right now is President Trump, and one of his pet conflicts at the moment is with NFL players protesting racial inequality by kneeling during the national anthem. But while he appears to be winning some battles in that war, it’s not over —…

A green-and-gray mini basketball sits on a bed of sand-colored rocks next to the pool in the backyard. The ball belongs to five-year-old Jaiden Thomas, son of Isaiah Thomas, whose name and image grace the side of it. Jaiden brought the ball from Boston to Cleveland, a reminder that his father used to play for the Celtics and played so well they sold souvenirs with his picture on them. Jaiden’s…

The accomplished mountain climber who killed himself after his girlfriend died in an avalanche in Montana had seemingly been at a breaking point prior to her death, writing weeks before on a climbing blog that the sport is “either a beautiful gift or a curse.” Hayden Kennedy, of Carbondale, Colo., was found dead Sunday at a residence in Bozeman, Mont., one day after his girlfriend, 23-year-old Inge Perkins of Bozeman,…

That micro-computer is responsible for interpreting the joystick and button signals and transmitting those signals to the car’s onboard systems. Aboard the helicopter, Mardenborough got help from a sensor and a display on the cockpit that showed the GT-R /C’s speed. On his fastest lap that lasted one minute 17.47 seconds, the vehicle reached 131 mph and averaged 76 mph. Mardenborough described the event as “once-in-a-lifetime, truly epic stuff.” Damn…

There were no saviors, no miracles, and then the unthinkable happened. The U.S. national team was knocked out of the 2018 World Cup with a 2-1 defeat on Tuesday night in Trinidad and soccer in America took a kick in the head nobody saw coming. The Americans went into the night with a projected 97% chance of qualifying, a number that eventually dipped by exactly 97 points. The U.S. got…

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Then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem in a game against the Dallas Cowboys on October 2, 2016. Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem in a game against the Dallas Cowboys on October 2, 2016. Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images More than a year ago, Colin Kaepernick, then a quarterback…

Team USA’s Christian Pulisic is defended by Trinidad and Tobago’s Kevon Villaroel on Tuesday night during their 2018 World Cup qualifier football match in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago. A loss, combined with other results, means the U.S. team will be staying home next year. Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images Team USA’s Christian Pulisic is defended by Trinidad and Tobago’s Kevon Villaroel on Tuesday night during…

LAS VEGAS — Hockey fans arrived on the Las Vegas Strip in the crisp desert afternoon, gathering in jovial groups outside the rink. Many wore the striking, multicolored jerseys of the Vegas Golden Knights, the NHL expansion team playing its historic first regular-season home game Tuesday night. Less than a mile south on the Strip is the massacre site where 58 people were killed and hundreds were injured just nine…

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x Embed x Share CLOSE NASCAR drivers dish on the many autographs they have signed. USA TODAY Sports Chase Elliott, right, driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, and his crew chief, Alan Gustafson, during testing for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.(Photo: Jared C. Tilton, Getty Images) CONCORD, N.C. — Does experience or youth matter more in NASCAR’s current playoff format? The age range…