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This is the first in a series of 2017 NASCAR manufacturer previews. This week: Ford. New faces – and a new team – will mark Ford’s 2017 lineup in NASCAR’s top tier. Stewart-Haas Racing The biggest move of the offseason can be found in Kannapolis, where Stewart-Haas Racing has switched from Chevrolet to Ford. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a bumpy transition year, either, as evidenced by how well…

FALMOUTH — A 17-year-old Falmouth High School hockey player was killed, and his teammate suffered life-threatening injuries, when the car he was driving Thursday night crashed into the woods off a road, officials said. Neither teen was identified by Falmouth police. The driver was from East Falmouth, police said in a statement. Advertisement The second player was extricated from the car by rescue personnel and flown to a Rhode Island…

Score one for revenue sharing. The Indians, who ranked 28th in home attendance last season, reached agreement on a three-year, $60 million contract Thursday with free-agent slugger Edwin Encarnacion, according to major-league sources. The Athletics, who ranked 29th, also were prominent in the bidding. I’m not suggesting that the low-revenue teams are on a level playing field with their high-revenue brethren — heavens no. The sport’s economic structure never will be…

Princeton University announced Thursday that it will cancel the rest of the season for the men’s swimming and diving team following findings of “misogynistic and racist” content shared by team members. The team will not compete in its two final meets of the regular season, scheduled to take place against Navy on Jan. 7 and Harvard and Yale on Feb. 5. The team will also not compete in the Ivy…

UKAD previously called on British Cycling’s HQ two months ago while they were investigating an unspecified claim of wrongdoing. Team Sky principal Sir Dave Brailsford was grilled by a House of Commons select committee this week about the package, which he said contained the decongestant Fluimucil, although there is no suggestion that this latest Ukad visit is linked to Brailsford’s explanation. Meanwhile, a number of contributors to an independent review…

This is the first in a series of 2017 NASCAR manufacturer previews. This week: Ford. New faces – and a new team – will mark Ford’s 2017 lineup in NASCAR’s top tier. Stewart-Haas Racing The biggest move of the offseason can be found in Kannapolis, where Stewart-Haas Racing has switched from Chevrolet to Ford. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a bumpy transition year, either, as evidenced by how well…

One of the Brazilian soccer players who survived a plane crash in Colombia made an emotional return to the game — wearing his yellow jersey and kicking the ball gingerly before a friendly match. Alan Luciano Ruschel, 27, was one of six people who survived the Nov. 28 crash of the LaMia airline plane that went down near Medellin, claiming the lives of 71 of 77 aboard, including 19 players…

Gomez Laleau, director and founder of the Little Haiti Football Club, received a phone call during the holiday season from two high school students interested in raising money to donate equipment to his nonprofit soccer club organization. “I thought it was a prank call,” he said. “You normally see these efforts from organizations or adults, not kids their age.” Max De Witte, 17, and Stefano Marconi, 16, both juniors at…

HIALEAH, Fla. – A woman who was crowned Miss Miami Lakes USA was arrested Wednesday after she attacked a party guest with an aluminum baseball bat, police said. Vanessa Barcelo, 26, faces charges of aggravated battery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery. According to a Hialeah police report, Barcelo got into an argument with a guest at a party she was having to promote her business and ordered…

EXPAND Dear members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America — or those of you members who vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame — I realize that many of you have already cast your ballots as to who will be inducted into the next class. But to those of you still agonizing over which ten players you should vote for, let me please make a few suggestions. I’m from…

Just in time for the holidays, Canadian indie studio Metalhead Software released the first gameplay footage of Super Mega Baseball 2 today, in a video focusing on the game’s revised visuals. The original Super Mega Baseball, which debuted in December 2014, was one of the biggest surprises of that year — a game with a kid-oriented art style that belied a fundamentally solid simulation of baseball underneath. If Super Mega…

A report released by a major sporting goods association is putting a number on what anyone involved with children and athletics is seeing — kids increasingly specializing in fewer sports. The Sports & Fitness Industry Association’s annual report on athletic participation, released in December, notes that in 2015, more than 28.6 million children ages 6-17 played a team sport in 2015, up nearly 3 million from 2013 and 2 million from 2014. However,…

Princeton University announced Thursday that it will cancel the rest of the season for the men’s swimming and diving team following findings of “misogynistic and racist” content shared by team members. The team will not compete in its two final meets of the regular season, scheduled to take place against Navy on Jan. 7 and Harvard and Yale on Feb. 5. The team will also not compete in the Ivy…

“I had take off social media before the Olympics. Then after team finals in Rio, I Googled myself and there was just so much noise,” Douglas told Teen Vogue’s editor-in-chief Elaine Welteroth. “First it started with me not having my hand over my heart, then my hair, then me not being supportive. I was like oh my God, I have no idea where this is coming from. It was hard.”

HIALEAH, Fla. – A woman who was crowned Miss Miami Lakes was arrested Wednesday after she attacked a party guest with an aluminum baseball bat, police said. Vanessa Barcelo, 26, faces charges of aggravated battery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery. According to a Hialeah police report, Barcelo got into an argument with a guest at a party she was having to promote her business and ordered him…

EXPAND Dear members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America — or those of you members who vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame — I realize that many of you have already cast your ballots as to who will be inducted into the next class. But to those of you still agonizing over which ten players you should vote for, let me please make a few suggestions. I’m from…

SI.com annually highlights a select group in the sports media who were newsworthy, both for positive and negative reasons. Below are the selections for 2016. Media Person of the Year THE PICK: Vin Scully The last on-air words from the eternal voice of baseball were filled with grace—of course they were. So this is Vin Scully, wishing you a very pleasant good afternoon, wherever you may…

Authorities released actor Alan Thicke’s official cause of death Wednesday, revealing the that the 69-year-old suffered a ruptured aorta and a standard type A aortic dissection. The Canadian native had been playing hockey with his youngest son, when he complained of chest pains, leaving some to question whether the sport contributed to his demise. “People can have aortic dissections when they’re at rest or when they’re active,” Dr. Jean…

SI.com annually highlights a select group in the sports media who were newsworthy, both for positive and negative reasons. Below are the selections for 2016. Media Person of the Year THE PICK: Vin Scully The last on-air words from the eternal voice of baseball were filled with grace—of course they were. So this is Vin Scully, wishing you a very pleasant good afternoon, wherever you may…

Christmas Eve features 11 games. Redzone (available on Red Button and Sky Sports Mix) lets you follow all at once in gloriously action-packed and advert-free style. Highlights abound, but Baltimore Ravens vs Pittsburgh Steelers is likely to be a fantastically bad-tempered alternative to falling out with your mother over a late night board game on Christmas Day. The season concludes with a full slate of games on New Year’s Day, beginning at…