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At its core, auto racing always was and always will be dangerous. That’s a fact. Saturday night’s scary crash at Kansas Speedway, where Aric Almirola plowed into Danica Patrick and Joey Logano was a sobering reminder of the laws of physics: Momentum equals mass times velocity. In the case of Almirola, it was an object that weighed 3,450 pounds hitting another object of the same weight at a speed of…

Sweet-swinging Mets outfielder Michael Conforto’s No. 1 fan is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in synchronized swimming. His mom, Tracie. For Mother’s Day, the 24-year-old budding star paid tribute to the person who instilled in him a sense of “pride and work ethic.” The former Tracie Ruiz in 1988AP “She always told me to obsess over whatever it is you’re doing,” said Conforto. The former Tracie Ruiz won gold medals…

Buy Photo Detroit City FC is one of five semi-professional soccer teams in the tri-county area.(Photo: Daniel Mears, The Detroit News)Buy Photo Semi-professional soccer is experiencing a big bounce in the Metro Detroit area. This month, five teams kicked off their respective seasons in the tri-county region, highlighted by Detroit City FC’s regular-season debut before 5,041 supporters Friday at Keyworth Stadium in Hamtramck. Le Rouge’s immense popularity, as evidenced by its…

Martin Truex Jr. finally ended his string of rotten luck at Kansas Speedway. Danica Patrick was left to rue more bad luck of her own. Truex pulled away from Ryan Blaney and Kevin Harvick on a late restart Saturday night, winning the NASCAR Cup Series race that he seemed to dominate every year without reaching victory lane. “They’re all so special, honestly. These races are so hard to win,” said…

NASCAR heads to Kansas Speedway for Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events. Check out the full weekend schedule below. Note: All times are ET SATURDAY, MAY 13: ON TRACK–6:55 p.m.: Driver Introductions –7:35 p.m.: Presentation of Colors by Whiteman Air Force Base Honor Guard –7:35 p.m.: Invocation by Chaplain Major Benjamin Hayden, 442d Fighter Wing –7:36 p.m.: National Anthem by Major Ellen Stephenson, 442d…

Ryan Blaney appeared set to score his first career win, but Martin Truex Jr. was better over a sequence of late restarts to pick up the Go Bowling 400 victory Saturday night at Kansas Speedway, a race marred by a multi-car accident that sent Aric Almirola to hospital. The win was redemption for Truex, who dominated this race a year ago before a fluky parts failure during a late pit…

Danica Patrick walked away after her car slammed into the wall and caught on fire, while Aric Almirola is in stable condition after their involvement in a horrific multi-car crash during Saturday night’s Monster Energy Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. Joey Logano and Patrick were racing for position in Turn 2 with 67 laps remaining when an apparent mechanical failure believed to be a broken right-front brake rotor caused…

Hundreds of years of collective memories of the black experience in baseball came together Saturday at the Babe Ruth Museum as players who followed in Jackie Robinson‘s footsteps told their stories. In observance of Negro Leagues Baseball Day in Maryland, the museum brought together Negro Leagues and major league veterans to share their experiences. There was Al Bumbry, a member of the Orioles Hall of Fame. There was Fred Valentine,…

A late start, weather delay and heavy downpour weren’t going to derail the Chapin boys soccer team Friday night. The Eagles braved all of those circumstances on their way to a 2-0 win over Eastside for the Class 4A Boys Soccer championship at Irmo’s W.C. Hawkins Stadium. It was Chapin’s second straight state title and fourth in school history. “This team battled all year and struggled with mental toughness and…

Two unrelated events this week more than a thousand miles apart involving NASCAR and medical marijuana stirred the pot. Wednesday, a Pennsylvania company encountered opposition as it sought permission to use land leased from Pocono Raceway, where two NASCAR Cup Series races take place each year, to grow and process medical marijuana. The company’s president is a part of the family that built and runs the track. Friday, NASCAR officials…

Sports fans make lists. It’s what we do. Hell, half of these Sunday columns are lists of some sort or another, and they always generate the most response because, well, sports fans read these lists and, being sports fans themselves, have their own lists. And the best part about lists is this: Nobody’s right. Nobody’s wrong. But the list you write is just more right. Unless it is a subject…

MESQUITE — When it comes to building a niche customer base, there may be none more loyal than athletes. They thrive in the thrill of competition and the good ones excel in an atmosphere of teamwork. They know that practice, practice, practice will make them better and that living in a camp environment can build lifelong friendships. And it’s fun, really fun. Immersion in an athletic sports camp can be…

A TOP sports star is being investigated by police over allegations he callously infected a lover with HIV. The international ace has been given a formal written notice informing him it is a criminal offence to knowingly pass on the virus. International ace is being investigated by cops over allegedly infecting partner with HIV The police inquiry began when the lover contacted them after the pair split. The ex claimed…

The Washington Nationals have avoided at least one potential source of drama with superstar Bryce Harper, agreeing to pay him $21.65M for the 2018 season. The team announced the deal on Saturday, which will cover Harper’s final season of arbitration eligibility. Jon Heyman of Fan Rag Sports adds that it’s the largest one-year deal ever for an arbitration eligible player. Harper can earn an additional $1M if he wins MVP. [Join…

CHICAGO — Not every player signing happens solely because of the basketball end of the NBA’s business. The Mavericks have put the wheels in motion to sign veteran Chinese swingman Ding Yanyuhang and have him play in their summer league and likely be on their training camp roster, president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson said. Ding, 23, has been playing professionally in the Chinese Basketball Association and was that league’s…

Photo credit: Orlin Wagner/AP Images Sorry, anyone who dreams of puff-puff-passing the competition on a banked oval thanks to some help from the legal weed industry. NASCAR just said no to Carl Long running with a hemp vape shop as a sponsor, reports ESPN. Long is racing in the top-level Cup Series for the first time in eight years after receiving NASCAR’s largest ever fine in 2009. Colorado-based Veedverks originally…

Media playback is not supported on this device Highlights: Man City win Women’s FA Cup World Player of the Year Carli Lloyd was among the scorers as Manchester City cruised past Birmingham to win the Women’s FA Cup for the first time. Lucy Bronze headed the opener following a free-kick and crossed for Izzy Christiansen to crash home the second. Lloyd’s header capped a fine 14-minute spell to make it…

After all the delays caused by the rain and an oil spill, the five races have been completed. And what a climax! Glenn Irwin may be more used to the short circuit game, but what a battle that was with Alastair Seeley in the final Superbike event. Seeley, the record holder for number of wins on 17 going into the week, will be more than happy to have added four…

WASHINGTON – This building never experienced euphoria like this, never shook as if the fault lines beneath were about to separate with seismic force. This building was always silenced by being on the wrong end of Dwyane Wade‘s superstar turn, of LeBron James‘ birth as a dream killer, of David West‘s soul-crushing step-back jumpers and of Paul Pierce briefly contemplating retirement after a 3-pointer fell a wee bit too late….

Nathan Redmond has scored seven Premier League goals this season Southampton remain on course for a top-half Premier League finish as they held off a late fightback from a meek, already relegated Middlesbrough. Jay Rodriguez put Saints in front at the end of a lifeless first half, losing Calum Chambers to turn in Shane Long’s cross after a neat build-up. Half-time substitute Nathan Redmond curled an exquisite strike into the…