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With anti-Semitism on the rise in Germany — she recalled signs in shops declaring, “No dogs or Jews allowed” — she left home at 19 and moved to England, where she won the British high-jump championship in 1935. But when the Nazis pressured her father to bring her home, she returned to Germany to seek a position on the Olympic team. Shortly after winning that June meet, held at Adolf…

Minnesota United’s new soccer stadium in St. Paul will be called Allianz Field, the team announced Tuesday morning. The naming rights had leaked out Monday when the Allianz Life Twitter feed briefly featured this tweet, which was deleted after several minutes: “Soccer fans? You betcha! Allianz Field is the new home of Minnesota United FC soccer! #MNFUC,’’ followed by a link that took Twitter users to a video tour of…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — For the next three weeks, Kids Drive NASCAR will celebrate the next generation of NASCAR® fans by engaging children and their families with fun and interactive social content, kids’ takeovers and at-track events and activities, NASCAR announced today. Beginning today, kids will go head-to-head with some of the sport’s top drivers in Kids vs. Drivers, a series of timed activity challenges on social media. Monster Energy NASCAR…

The goal, said Dr. George Chiampas, the chief medical officer for the federation, is to educate players with real-time information about their health and nutrition in the hope “that the more they know about themselves, the more engaged and committed they’re going to be on their side.” Change within soccer can still be met with suspicion, however, and even resistance. Only recently, for example, has the game begun to employ…

Two college football players collide head-first during a 2009 game.  By Meredith WadmanJul. 25, 2017 , 11:00 AM The largest study of its kind has found damage in the vast majority of former football players’ brains donated for research after they developed mental symptoms during life. Of 202 former players of the U.S. version of the game whose brains were examined, 87% showed the diagnostic signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — For the next three weeks, Kids Drive NASCAR will celebrate the next generation of NASCAR® fans by engaging children and their families with fun and interactive social content, kids’ takeovers and at-track events and activities, NASCAR announced today. Beginning today, kids will go head-to-head with some of the sport’s top drivers in Kids vs. Drivers, a series of timed activity challenges on social media. Monster Energy NASCAR…

COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHICAGO (AP) — Ohio State coach Urban Meyer doesn’t just believe the Big Ten has closed the gap with the more heralded Southeastern Conference. He is convinced the race is a dead heat already. “I don’t think there’s a gap at all,” Meyer said at Big Ten media days. “I’ve coached in the SEC East when that was one of the strongest in the…

First Shaq, then Dwight, now perhaps Ping, too. Popular former WKMG-Channel 6 sports anchor David “Ping” Pingalore has apparently torn a page from the itinerary of Shaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard and could be on the verge of making a professional jump to Los Angeles. Ping was doing the sports report on multiple newscasts Monday at KTLA-Channel 5 in Los Angeles. No word yet on whether he will sign a…

Two weeks after that Fallon video made the rounds, ESPN released its “World Fame 100,” a ranking of the biggest names in sports. There were golfers, a table tennis player, and a whole lot of soccer players. Lin Dan, the Chinese badminton star and “bad-boy sex symbol” known as “Super Dan,” came in at 88. There were no baseball players. Among American sports fans, the results look only slightly better…

Katie Ledecky was off tor the night Monday at the world championships. It was up to someone else to seize the moment. Swimming in her home nation, Hungary’s Iron Lady did just that. Katinka Hosszu lived up to her country’s enormous expectations with an electrifying victory in the 200-meter individual medley, spurred on by a flag-waving, foot-stomping crowd at Duna Arena. The new 12,000-seat aquatic facility along the Danube was…

Rep. Mo Brooks with reporters in Alexandria, Va., following the June 14 shooting by a rifle-wielding gunman at a congressional baseball practice. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption toggle caption Cliff Owen/AP Rep. Mo Brooks with reporters in Alexandria, Va., following the June 14 shooting by a rifle-wielding gunman at a congressional baseball practice. Cliff Owen/AP A new Senate campaign ad for Rep. Mo Brooks uses audio from last month’s shooting at…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Tuesday’s slate offers one of the best home streamers on the season plus two young flamethrowers. The Dodgers get a lot of attention offensively as they look to pick on a fan favorite. Pitching Pitchers to stream Jhoulys Chacin (R), 23 percent ownership in ESPN leagues, San Diego Padres vs. New York Mets: You might not have noticed, but Chacin has been…

Even before the shooting at a baseball field in Northern Virginia last month, Congress was rattled by the increasingly hostile political environment that has produced combative town hall meetings and violent encounters among political activists. This year, the rate of threats against members of Congress has surpassed last year’s, and a growing number of rank-and-file lawmakers are traveling the halls of the Capitol — and the streets of their home…

On the first day of an indefinite number of days without Clayton Kershaw, the manager of the Dodgers volunteered the name of a pitcher the team might do well to acquire. Kershaw is expected to sit out four to six weeks because of what the team called a lower-back strain, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Dodgers did not release an official timetable for Kershaw’s rehabilitation, and…

The Big Ten formally announced its six-year partnership with ESPN and Fox Sports, a deal worth a reported $2.64 billion that industry analysts view as a victory for the conference. News of the agreement broke more than a year ago, but Commissioner Jim Delany delayed the unveiling until Monday. “We have labored in bringing our agreements to maturity,” he said. “The (game) selection I wouldn’t say is tricky, but it…

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will do television work on NBC’s NASCAR broadcasts once he retires as a competitive driver at the end of this season, Sports Business Daily reported Monday. Earnhardt announced in April that this would be his last season driving on NASCAR’s top series. He missed roughly half of last season because of concussion symptoms. Earnhardt has yet to win a race this season, which puts his chances in…

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The Big Ten formally announced its new six-year partnership with ESPN and Fox Sports, a deal worth a reported $2.64 billion that industry analysts view as a victory for the league. News of the agreement got out more than a year ago, but commissioner Jim Delany delayed the unveiling until Monday. “We have labored in bringing our agreements to maturity,” he said. “The (game) selection, I wouldn’t say, is tricky….

Athletes aren’t alone in inking new deals and planning their professional futures this summer. Execs, coaches, and player personnel guys are doing the same off the court. For every plum gig like Steph Curry’s shooting coach or the stability of Steelers head coach, another unlucky jobseeker will wind up in professional hell. A litany of high-level jobs are tainted by the internal climate they exist in. Imagine being Tiger…