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Nine people died and a 13-year-old boy was missing Sunday after a furious flash flood tore through a group of family and friends cooling off in a creek in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona. Gila County Sheriff’s Det. David Hornung told the Associated Press that the group from the Phoenix and Flagstaff areas had met up for a day trip along the popular Cold Springs swimming hole near Payson…

Joe Tacopina has guided Venezia from Italy’s fourth division to the second division in two years.(Photo: Venezia FC) In terms of this week’s soccer friendlies, Tuesday’s Detroit City FC-Venezia FC encounter might be dismissed as an undercard to the following day’s AS Roma-Paris Saint Germain clash at Comerica Park. That would be shortsighted. Perhaps no soccer team has compiled a more compelling story than the Winged Lions of Venice. In…

Denny Hamlin held off Kyle Larson over the final laps Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and sent Joe Gibbs Racing to Victory Lane for the first time this season. One of the top organizations in NASCAR, JGR had yet to have any of its four drivers win until Hamlin took the lead with 33 laps left and held off the hard-charging Larson on the final lap. Hamlin needed his…

RELATED: Jones in 20, Kenseth out | Silly Season tracker Team owner Joe Gibbs shed some light on the recent state of transition for his racing organization Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, saying Matt Kenseth’s candid response about his future accelerated the timeline for the team’s announcements. Joe Gibbs Racing announced Tuesday that rookie Erik Jones would succeed Kenseth in JGR’s No. 20 Toyota. Gibbs appeared on NBCSN’s pre-race…

More recently, Mr. Wolff was a sports commentator for the cable TV station News 12 Long Island, which he joined when it was founded in 1986. He delivered his final essay in February. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Mr. Wolff teamed with Joe Garagiola on NBC-TV’s baseball Game of the Week in the early 1960s. He was a broadcaster for Madison Square Garden for more than 50 years on…

John and Jeanne Stewart at Arnold Palmer Putt Putt in Penfield in 1989.(Photo: Annette Lein) Jeanne Stewart, a pioneer in girls high school sports in the Rochester area, founder of the Rochester Sports Garden and aunt to 41, died July 11 at age 78. Mrs. Stewart, formerly of Victor, opened the Sports Garden in 1995, turning a vacant warehouse on East Henrietta Road into one of the county’s most popular indoor…

CHICAGO – Perhaps Cubs fans can feel just a little bit better about things after an eventful, positive start to the 2016 season. Bears fans might not get that luxury in what looks like another long rebuilding year for the team. Luis Medina has been paying close attention to both as part of Bleacher Nation and The Ten-Yard Line and he paid another visit to Sports Feed Sunday to discuss…

Robert Kinsler started United Fray in 2009. He was working as a real estate broker in Washington when he saw an article about leagues for Skee-Ball, the arcade game, in New York. He started his own league, charging $20 a person. At the start of the following year, several hundred people had signed up. He quit his job to focus on the league full time. Last year, United Fray had…

RELATED: Jones in 20, Kenseth out | Silly Season tracker Team owner Joe Gibbs shed some light on the recent state of transition for his racing organization Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, saying Matt Kenseth’s candid response about his future accelerated the timeline for the team’s announcements. Joe Gibbs Racing announced Tuesday that rookie Erik Jones would succeed Kenseth in JGR’s No. 20 Toyota. Gibbs appeared on NBCSN’s pre-race…

The government has warned British Cycling that funding is dependent on adoption of reforms It is “doubtful” that crucial governance reforms for British Cycling will be approved next weekend, plunging the organisation into a financial crisis, a former chief executive says. Peter King, who ran the governing body from 1997 to 2008, told the BBC that he expected the proposals to be rejected at an extraordinary general meeting of its…

A flash flood barreled through a popular Arizona swimming hole where more than a hundred people were taking refuge from summer heat, killing at least seven people, leaving many more missing and forcing survivors to cling to trees in the rocky terrain, officials and a witness said. Meteorologists had issued a flash-flood warning surrounding a popular swimming area inside the Tonto National Forest before the wave of water gushed through…

New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels became the fourth consecutive Patriot to drive the pace car at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday. McDaniels, who is a self-proclaimed NASCAR fan, follows Julian Edelman, Rob Ninkovich and Matt Light in leading the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series field to green at the track. “Driving the pace car to start the race is about as exciting as it gets,” McDaniels said. “I…

Witnesses said at least eight people have died and more than 50 were injured after a stadium wall collapse and stampede at a soccer match in the Senegalese capital. Those present said fighting broke out late Saturday between rival fans of US Ouakam and Stade de Mbour and police fired tear gas. A wall at the Demba Diop stadium in Dakar collapsed, witnesses said. Government spokesman Seydou Gueye on Sunday…

Video gaming adopts intercity rivalry to break into major league sport

Lonzo Ball continued to make as much noise about his shoes as his game, though Ball was impressive in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 115-106 Summer League victory over the Brooklyn Nets in Las Vegas on Saturday. Ball, who has sported the family shoes — Big Baller Brand — Nike and Adidas in previous outings, broke out the new, not-on-the-market-yet Stephen Curry Under Armor kicks. Oh, he had 14 points, nine…

Robert Kinsler started United Fray in 2009. He was working as a real estate broker in Washington when he saw an article about leagues for Skee-Ball, the arcade game, in New York. He started his own league, charging $20 a person. At the start of the following year, several hundred people had signed up. He quit his job to focus on the league full time. Last year, United Fray had…

Lonzo Ball continued to make as much noise about his shoes as his game, though Ball was impressive in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 115-106 Summer League victory over the Brooklyn Nets in Las Vegas on Saturday. Ball, who has sported the family shoes — Big Baller Brand — Nike and Adidas in previous outings, broke out the new, not-on-the-market-yet Stephen Curry Under Armor kicks. Oh, he had 14 points, nine…

SUNDAY ON TV TENNIS 9 a.m. ESPN — Wimbledon Championships, men’s final, at London NBA BASKETBALL 6 p.m. ESPN2 — Summer League Playoffs, semifinal, Portland-San Antonio winner vs. Miami-Memphis winner, at Las Vegas 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Summer League Playoffs, semifinal, Boston-Dallas winner vs. L.A. Lakers-Brooklyn winner, at Las Vegas MLB BASEBALL 1:10 p.m. FOX OHIO — Washington at Cincinnati 1:10 p.m. TBS — Game 1, N.Y. Yankees at Boston…

Lewis Hamilton took a dominant victory at Silverstone to tie the all-time record of five career wins in the British Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver equalled the tally of Scot Jim Clark and Frenchman Alain Prost with his fourth home win in a row to add to his first win for McLaren in 2008. Hamilton’s victory cut his deficit to Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel to just one point in the championship…

Contrary to reports, Talking Smack was not canceled due to a lack of viewers. The WWE Network show, popular among fans for its organic nature, was canceled by Vince McMahon. McMahon, whose appearances at weekly WWE television shows is becoming increasingly irregular, was at TVs this past week. Sources close to the situation reported that McMahon was unhappy with the show and strongly believed it did not serve the company’s…