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LONDON Chelsea remain on course for the Premier League title after a 3-0 win at Everton left them four points clear of second-placed Tottenham Hotspur, who beat local rivals Arsenal 2-0 on Sunday. Goals by Pedro, Gary Cahill and Willian gave Antonio Conte’s Chelsea side a comfortable win in the end but the Spurs team they beat 4-2 in the FA Cup semi-final last weekend are showing remarkable resilience in…

CLOSE x Embed x Share Holly Johnson is one Hamilton County mom who knows how to stretch a dime. She’s the co-founder with her husband, Greg, of the website ClubThrifty.com and writes columns for IndyStar showing you how to spend less and live more. Dwight Adams/IndyStar IndyStar correspondent Holly Johnson.(Photo: Provided by Holly Johnson) With spring finally here, my kids spend evenings and sleepy weekend mornings riding their bikes, playing…

BEND, OREGON — It may sound odd to speak of water sports in Oregon’s high desert region. But the Deschutes River flows from the Cascade Mountains to the south through the center of Bend, whose very name pays homage to a significant bend in the river. More than a dozen lakes dot the mountains to the west. And whether you’re seeking a zenlike calm, an adrenaline rush or something in the middle,…

It’s 8:02am on Sunday April 30th, 2017.  So here’s the gist… my name is Tim Dillard.  I’m a pitcher in my 15th professional baseball season, and currently in the Milwaukee Brewers organization with Triple-A Colorado Springs.  I think that’s it.  Oh yeah, I’ve been married for eleven years, and have three remarkable kids.  A few months ago I was minding my own business, when MLB Trade Rumors asked if I was…

BEND, OREGON — It may sound odd to speak of water sports in Oregon’s high desert region. But the Deschutes River flows from the Cascade Mountains to the south through the center of Bend, whose very name pays homage to a significant bend in the river. More than a dozen lakes dot the mountains to the west. And whether you’re seeking a zenlike calm, an adrenaline rush or something in the middle,…

If you are reading this, you know I like to pick things apart. Drafts, situational coaching and players — you name it. But somehow, as I did the grades for this year’s NFL Draft, I had to stop for a second because I think many teams did a good job handling their board. I didn’t give out one “F” this year. I handed out five “A” grades. What is wrong…

NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France paid a surprise visit to the Richmond International Raceway Sunday, just one hour before the start of the Toyota Owners 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. During the session, France was joined by his son Luke, 6.  That was an early tipoff that there would be no blockbuster announcement, no major new initiatives to be rolled out. Instead, France began the…

Bleacher Report CEO Dave Finocchio wants to build the next MTV — just without the whole TV part. It’s been just over a year since Turner, which bought Bleacher Report for a reported $175 million back in 2012, laid out a plan to inject $100 million into turning the sports property into a video juggernaut. In that time Finocchio has launched a number of original online series, a feature length…

RICHMOND, Va. — In the vernacular of NASCAR racing, this exact moment in history could perhaps be best described as one of those best-of-times/worst-of-times deals. First, the worst-of-times breakdown. Jeff Gordon, a four-time champion and an enormously popular driver, retired for good after a brief comeback last season. So did Tony Stewart, a three-time champion. Carl Edwards unexpectedly pulled the plug on a stellar career in January, shocking the NASCAR community….

RICHMOND, Va. – The NASCAR schedule takes drivers all over the country, and each track provides its own unique challenges. But the fan experience changes at each track too. “Racing is a different product based on the track, especially if you’re used to watching on TV,” said lifelong NASCAR fan Jennifer Barnhard, who’s from Columbia, South Carolina. “Different tracks provide another dimension of racing.” This weekend, NASCAR is raced the…

Don Prevish Jr. was 13 when his uncle took him to his first stock-car race at what was then known as Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway. His uncle, a Henrico County policeman working a security gig at the track that day, dropped him off in the pits with two instructions. “He told me not to get hit by a car and to have fun,” Prevish recalled. Prevish not only had fun, he…

Anthony Joshua stamped himself as a true boxing great Satuday with a commanding performance in an 11th-round technical knockout of ex-champion Wladimir Klitschko in front of an insane scene at Wembley Stadium in London, where a record crowd of 90,000 roared its approval from beginning to end. Joshua (19-0, 19 KOs) retained his IBF heavyweight title and added the WBA belt in arguably the most compelling heavyweight title fight since…

RICHMOND, Va. – The NASCAR schedule takes drivers all over the country, and each track provides its own unique challenges. But the fan experience changes at each track too. “Racing is a different product based on the track, especially if you’re used to watching on TV,” said lifelong NASCAR fan Jennifer Barnhard, who’s from Columbia, South Carolina. “Different tracks provide another dimension of racing.” This weekend, NASCAR is raced the…

Kyle Larson is enjoying a breakout season at NASCAR’s highest level, 17 years in the making.  Larson began racing go-karts at age 7, and worked his way up from racing open-wheel cars on local tracks to stock cars in NASCAR. You may even see him in the Indy 500 someday. He still races every chance he gets no matter the car or surface, much like Tony Stewart would have done before retiring from…

Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com Two nights before the 2017 Strade Bianche, WorldTour teams huddled around the dinner table, laughing and relaxing before the big battle. Many of them were chattering away in Italian. The scene didn’t seem extraordinary in any way. Yet, it was, for one simple reason: Despite the fact that a number of the teams at the hotels sprinkled across the Tuscan landscape were loaded with…

Matt Kenseth will be the first to tell you that he’s not known for his great qualifying, but Friday at Richmond International Raceway, Kenseth earned his 19th career pole when he put his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the No. 1 spot for Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. Ryan Blaney will start on the outside of Row 1 in his Wood Brothers Racing Ford,…

Matt Kenseth will be the first to tell you that he’s not known for his great qualifying, but Friday at Richmond International Raceway, Kenseth earned his 19th career pole when he put his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the No. 1 spot for Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. Ryan Blaney will start on the outside of Row 1 in his Wood Brothers Racing Ford,…

If there’s one thing that’s come through loud and clear from Dale Earnhardt Jr. this week, it’s how much relationships matter to him. And when you spend two decades in the racing business, you build a huge base of relationships — with other drivers, crewmembers, NASCAR officials, sponsors and race fans. Those relationships have been — and will continue to be — critically important to Earnhardt as he transitions from…

Jerry Seinfeld with famed guest star Keith Hernandez at Shea Stadium in 2005.(Photo: Jim McIsaac, Getty Images) Comedian Jerry Seinfeld turns 63 on Saturday, and while he bashed birthdays on his show in an attempt to be dark and disturbed – “nevitably, irrevocably: Happy birthday? No such thing” – we wanted to mark the occasion with the top 10 sports moments from Seinfeld. Giddyup. 10. “This is America!” Sitting in the owner’s box at Yankee Stadium…