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A man was shot and killed by police at a sports complex in Huntington Beach Thursday night after witnesses said the man tried attacking families. Authorities said the officer-involved shooting occurred at the Huntington Beach Sports Complex in the 18100 block of Goldenwest Street at about 7:30 p.m. Jose Sanchez said he was coaching two groups of kids – 11-year-old boys and 14-year-old girls – when he saw the man…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment On a chilly January day in Long Island, New York, the Beijing junior hockey team was skating across the ice with fire. After losing its past four games in the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL) by a combined score of 5-45, Team Beijing rattled off two third-period goals against the P.A.L. Junior Islanders to take a 4-3 lead with 10 minutes…

The last vestiges of British Cycling’s reputation appeared to be ripped to shreds last night by an independent review that accused it of allowing a “culture of fear”, with riders and staff bullied and a “dysfunctional leadership” allowed to flourish. A draft copy of the unpublished UK Sport review into the culture of British Cycling, leaked to the Daily Mail, is also damning about Sir Dave Brailsford and Shane Sutton,…

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LOUDONVILLE, N.H. — The general manager of New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Thursday urged fans and small businesses to give him time to fill in the gaps now that one of its two NASCAR races is moving to Las Vegas. New Hampshire has hosted two top-tier NASCAR races a year for two decades, traditionally in July and September. But Las Vegas officials on Wednesday approved a sponsorship agreement with Speedway…

Brad Keselowski, who won Sunday’s Folds Of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, is a husband and father now and that responsibility is every bit as meaningful to him as his role as a top NASCAR driver. Here’s his take on what seems to be a blissful life with his 18-month-old daughter Scarlett and wife, Paige, whom he married in February: ▪ “I’m really lucky to be a race car…

Tragedy struck the baseball world in January when Yordano Ventura and Andy Marte were killed in separate car crashes in the Dominican Republic on the same day. Marte was 33. Ventura was 25. The Dominican Republic team is playing its first 2017 World Baseball Classic game on Thursday night, and the players are honoring their late countrymen by hanging Ventura and Marte jerseys in the dugout. Check it out: The…

As Team USA worked out in Florida this week, Clayton Kershaw stood in front of his locker at the Dodgers’ training camp in Arizona. The national team would go on without the best pitcher in the nation. Kershaw has heard just about enough of the primary talking point surrounding the World Baseball Classic: How much of a classic could it be if Kershaw isn’t playing? And how much of a…

Hey umpire, whattayou, drunk? At one Alabama high school baseball game, police say the answer was yes. WAAY-TV reports a north Alabama umpire faces public intoxication charges after he was arrested for officiating at a high school baseball game while drunk. Priceville police say Derek Bryant was arrested Monday with one inning left in a junior varsity game at Priceville High School. Number of immigrants caught at Mexican border plunges…

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When NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin built his new house in Charlotte, North Carolina, he made sure it included a basketball court. But he had no idea just how serious the basketball played on his court would get until he started a league a couple months ago with several other people from the racing world, known on Twitter as THE HOOP GROUP. Now in their second season, this league is super serious…

Buy Photo Loving baseball coach Alfredo Chacon will retire after the 2017 season, which will be his 26th season at the helm.(Photo: Matt Hollinshead — Current-Argus)Buy Photo LOVING – Alfredo Chacon has touched many lives in the Loving baseball community. He instilled compassion, commitment and long-lasting skills and memories as the Falcons’ head baseball coach. But after 30 seasons with the Falcons, including 26 as the head coach, Chacon will say goodbye…

Follow @neilsteinberg It’s the last Monday in February and 20 teenage boys are waiting in a gym in Deerfield. It could be any high school gym anywhere, except for the big silver mezuzah on the cinderblock doorway, an Israeli flag next to the American flag, and the banner reading “Rochelle Zell Jewish High School.” Paul Chanan gathers the boys in a circle and begins the traditional start-of-practice pep talk. “Today…

Scottsdale Christian baseball coach Tim Salmon took a party of 36 to the Dominican Republic for a missions trip that made the players even more passionate about baseball.(Photo: Courtesy of Tim Salmon) Former major league baseball player Tim Salmon was among a party of 36 from Scottsdale Christian Academy who interrupted the early part of the high school baseball season with a missions trip to the Dominican Republic. After going…

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Drones are the leading weapons of the new age of impersonal warfare. They have been touted as being more efficient, accurate and cheaper than using foot soldiers, with the cost of human lives decreasing dramatically when a pilot can kill his target from behind a computer screen thousands of miles away. As such, they have been labeled “the most humane form of warfare ever.” From…

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While baseball’s foundational history is contested, the core of the game has remained largely unaltered for over a century. Take a stick, hit a ball, then run to a base before the other player can throw the ball there. The bats, gloves, and shoes may have gotten more advanced, but everything else remains almost identical to the good ol’ days. What has changed is the entire world around the game….