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Omar Gonzalez celebrates his 41st-minute goal against El Salvador at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images) PHILADELPHIA — Several familiar faces rejoined the U.S. men’s national team lineup Wednesday, a fresh injection of experience and resolve for the final, week-long sprint toward the CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer title. With a mix of newcomers and holdovers, the Americans needed almost one half to find their bearings before striking twice…

When Kyle Busch rolls into Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race, he will surely think back fondly on his visits to Victory Lane at the Brickyard. And he might start to wonder when he’ll be back in the winner’s circle, not just there but anywhere. Since the Chase era began in 2004, nobody has led as many laps as Kyle Busch has this year (953) in one…

Photo credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images NASCAR usually runs on relatively tidy paved ovals, but not tonight. It’s time for the Race I Will Always Call The Mudsummer Classic To Annoy Baseball Hosers where the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series runs on Eldora Speedway’s dirt oval. It’s a whole race of NAS-trucks sideways on dirt, and it is wonderful. There’s a certain spectacle when it comes to loud V8 trucks throwing…

When Kyle Busch rolls into Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race, he will surely think back fondly on his visits to Victory Lane at the Brickyard. And he might start to wonder when he’ll be back in the winner’s circle, not just there but anywhere. Since the Chase era began in 2004, nobody has led as many laps as Kyle Busch has this year (953) in one…

When Dale Earnhardt Jr. dropped the news that souvenir trailers would be back at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, it was just the first look at how the at-track merchandise landscape was changing. Earnhardt sells more hats and T-shirts than any other driver in the garage. So it was only appropriate for him to herald the return of the haulers. To his credit, Earnhardt clearly understands the pulse…

Fans cheer as the teams make their way onto the field at Comerica.(Photo: Daniel Mears / Detroit News) Detroit — This was good, two popular European soccer teams, a festive atmosphere at Comerica Park and around downtown Detroit. But it only wet the appetite for fans like Mike Bishop. As far as Bishop is concerned — as well as many other fans Wednesday around Comerica Park — it’s time to…

Photo credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images NASCAR usually runs on relatively tidy paved ovals, but not tonight. It’s time for the Race I Will Always Call The Mudsummer Classic To Annoy Baseball Hosers where the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series runs on Eldora Speedway’s dirt oval. It’s a whole race of NAS-trucks sideways on dirt, and it is wonderful. There’s a certain spectacle when it comes to loud V8 trucks throwing…

SERRE-CHEVALIER, France (Reuters) – The Col de l’Izoard, where the decisive battle in this year’s Tour de France will be waged on Thursday could, in the words of race founder Henri Desgrange, “make a mule whimper”. The devilishly steep 16km ribbon of tarmac snaking up to 2,360 meters in the French Alps awaits the peloton on stage 18 and represents the last major obstacle for leader Chris Froome. If the…

O.J. Simpson once thrilled crowds as he ran for touchdowns and hurdled airport seats in car rental ads to achieve Hollywood celebrity before he was acquitted of murder in the 1995 “trial of the century” in Los Angeles. Now, an aging Simpson will appear as inmate No. 1027820 in a starkly plain hearing room in a remote Nevada prison Thursday to plead for his freedom. He’s spent more than eight…

Photo credit: Musa Sadulayev/AP When Ramzan Kadyrov stepped into the Akhmat-Arena in Grozny on a brisk December morning in 2014, a sinister smile crept across his bearded face. Dressed in black, the longtime head of the Chechen Republic surveyed the scene within the country’s primary soccer stadium, where 20,000 soldiers dressed in fatigues stood in place of the sports fans who usually occupied the bleachers. Instead of the cheers and…

The No. 1 rule of CrossFit is the opposite of Fight Club: Tell everyone about CrossFit. The workout sensation founded by Greg Glassman in 2000 has, over the past several years, become well-known for the feats of strength that it requires. Now, CBS Sports is proud to announce that the CrossFit Games will be broadcast through 2017 and 2018 on CBS, CBS Sports Network and CBS Sports Digital. The CrossFit…

Sport accounted for 12 of the 96 best paid BBC stars, with viewers reacting with particular shock at how several male presenters were so much better remunerated than their highest-paid female colleagues. Although Gary Lineker’s place near the top of the list on a salary of between £1.75 million and £1.8 million was expected, the huge gap to some of his most accomplished female colleagues was striking. Lineker is on…

“Golf looks like a generic game from the outside and, sure, you have to have the fundamentals but there are huge differences. I am five foot seven so, while I admired his mental game, I never looked at Nick Faldo. I looked at Ian Woosnam.” By getting in a variety of pros, amateurs players of all shapes and sizes (plus, of course, fatal flaws) will be able to learn, as…

This is the 21st century, where symbols frequently replace words, and one NASCAR track is keeping up with the times. Owned by Tony Stewart, Eldora Speedway is hosting a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race Wednesday night on its dirt track, which already makes the half-mile venue special. But it also has a sign offering patrons directions entirely in emojis. .@EldoraSpeedway 😂😂😂👍👍👍👍👍👍🐠🐠🦐🌈🍐🍎🍙🍛🍜🌮🏈🏈🏈🤼‍♂️🤼‍♂️🤼‍♂️🤼‍♀️🏵🎧🎭🚋🚃 pic.twitter.com/QPLpstdseO — nascarcasm (@nascarcasm) July 19, 2017 Loosely…

LottoNL-Jumbo’s Primoz Roglic of Slovenia left the competition in the dust. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters) Before Wednesday, Primoz Roglic wasn’t a name many cycling fans recognized. But after the Slovenian brilliantly rode his way to his first victory in Stage 17 of the Tour de France, Roglic’s name is one fans won’t soon forget. Clocking in at 5:07:41 after riding 183 kilometers through the Alps from La Mure, France, to Serre-Chevalier, Roglic left riders Chris…

Sport accounted for 12 of the 96 best paid BBC stars, with viewers reacting with particular shock at how several male presenters were so much better remunerated than their highest-paid female colleagues. Although Gary Lineker’s place near the top of the list on a salary of between £1.75 million and £1.8 million was expected, the huge gap to some of his most accomplished female colleagues was striking. Lineker is on…

RELATED: Race results | Series standings The No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing team and the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing team in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series were assessed penalties for lug nuts not properly installed in last weekend’s race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The violations were discovered during post-race inspection. Per the infraction under Sections 10.9.10.4 of the NASCAR Rule Book, Scott Graves, crew chief of the No….

An underwater robot entered a badly damaged reactor at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant Wednesday, capturing images of the harsh impact of its meltdown, including key structures that were torn and knocked out of place. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the robot, nicknamed “the Little Sunfish,” successfully completed the day’s work inside the primary containment vessel of the Unit 3 reactor at Fukushima, which was destroyed by a…

[Ed. note: the following piece is another installment in our Hate Week series. Isabelle kicked us off, and then yesterday Mandy found some surprising sympathy for Bobby Ayala. This piece was originally slated to run yesterday, but felt like an unnecessary buzz-harsher after a thrilling late-innings victory. Luckily, the Astros—with an assist from HP umpire Dan Bellino—went right back to their dream-crushing selves yesterday. This is still pretty mad though,…

Sport accounted for 12 of the 96 best paid BBC stars, with viewers reacting with particular shock at how several male presenters were so much better remunerated than their highest-paid female colleagues. Although Gary Lineker’s place near the top of the list on a salary of between £1.75 million and £1.8 million was expected, the huge gap to some of his most accomplished female colleagues was striking. Lineker is on…