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Great Britain’s Christopher Froome waits for the start of the 203,5 km second stage of the 104th edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 2, 2017 between Dusseldorf, Germany and Liege, Belgium. AFP LIEGE, Belgium—Chris Froome and his Sky team were under attack again on the opening weekend of the Tour de France, but not on the road. Having previously been accused of doping and using a…

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. raced to his second victory of the season — and second on a restrictor-plate track — Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway. Stenhouse picked up his first career NACAR Cup Series win in May at Talladega. Just like last time, girlfriend Danica Patrick was there to greet him in victory lane — she had wrecked out shortly before and was the first person at his car window…

William Byron got his second win of the season, and this time he got to do it in front of his bosses. Byron won his second consecutive Xfinity Series race on Saturday by leading a 1-2 finish at Daytona International Speedway for JR Motorsports. Byron raced to his first career Xfinity victory last weekend at Iowa, but team owners Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rick Hendrick weren’t at the track to…

For these games, Arena has given many of his top-choice players a rest. In their place on the 23-man roster are some other veterans and a host of new faces and second-tier players, all hoping to catch the coaching staff’s eye a year before the World Cup. A couple did that on Saturday: Forward Dom Dwyer slammed in a deflection to open the scoring 19 minutes into his debut with…

RELATED: Set your Fantasy Live lineup now! Dale Earnhardt Jr., $20: Earnhardt Jr. is the best restrictor-plate racer in NASCAR, his car was fastest in final practice and teammate Chase Elliott says Earnhardt is more locked in than he’s ever seen. Oh, and the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet is starting on the Coors Light Pole. Yes, picking the driver starting P1 is a risk at big tracks due to…

For these games, Arena has given many of his top-choice players a rest. In their place on the 23-man roster are some other veterans and a host of new faces and second-tier players, all hoping to catch the coaching staff’s eye a year before the World Cup. But the players also know a hard truth: Whatever they do in the next month, most of them will watch the World Cup…

Surafel Wodajo’s most cherished memory from his childhood in Ethiopia is sitting on the cement floor in his living room watching Zinedine Zidane, a French soccer star who was in an Italian league at the time, on his family’s black-and-white TV. Armon Tenaw, who now plays on a team with Wodajo in Seattle, can’t pinpoint when he was introduced to the sport. It’s just always been there. He remembers playing…

Big Ten Welcomes Notre Dame Men’s Ice Hockey as Sport Affiliate Member Fighting Irish join Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin to give the conference seven hockey programs for the 2017-18 season Print Email Text July 1, 2017 The University of Notre Dame officially became a sport affiliate member for men’s hockey Saturday. The Fighting Irish join Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin to…

After touching the wall nearly five seconds after Smith and almost two seconds behind Eastin, Beisel made her way to their lanes at the Indiana University Natatorium and offered her congratulations. “I’m handing you over the 400 I.M. baton,” she told them. Photo Beisel, left, was third to touch the wall in the 400 individual medley, but a disqualification moved her into second. The race was won by Leah Smith,…

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s retirement tour is making an emotional stop at NASCAR’s most famous track. Earnhardt won his first pole Friday since Sept. 29, 2013, and will lead the field to the green flag in what could be his final Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway. Earnhardt reached 190.973 mph during his fast lap, putting his No. 88 Chevrolet in the top spot for the Saturday night race. The…

Friday night, NASCAR driver Matt Tifft will be flying around the Daytona International Speedway track in his patriotic No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota during the Coca-Cola Firecracker 250, looking for his first XFINITY Series race win. But this time last year, the now-21-year-old was in a very different position. While being treated for a disc condition in his back, a slow-growing brain tumor — also known as a low-grade…

Who takes the checkered flag as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads to Daytona? Here are our picks for Sunday’s race. Winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr. It is Dale Jr. weekend at Daytona after all! The No. 88 team will be doing everything it can this week to get a playoff-clinching race at arguably its best track. Final practice proved just that with Dale Jr. posting the fastest speed. He…

Friday night, NASCAR driver Matt Tifft will be flying around the Daytona International Speedway track in his patriotic No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota during the Coca-Cola Firecracker 250, looking for his first XFINITY Series race win. But this time last year, the now-21-year-old was in a very different position. While being treated for a disc condition in his back, a slow-growing brain tumor — also known as a low-grade…

Kobe Bryant is an AC Milan fan, but also loves Barcelona. Soon after then-6-year-old Kobe Bryant moved to Italy with his family, he went down to a local park in search of a basketball game. The court was easy enough to find but what the local kids were doing on it looked a lot different. Underneath each basket was a set of goalposts, allowing the kids to play pickup games…

NASCAR driver Mike Wallace has resumed his legal fight over the 2016 mauling he took during a post-concert brawl at PNC Pavilion, with the veteran racer and his family accusing the venue’s owners and management of irresponsibly failing to head off the fight. In a lawsuit moved to federal court on Friday, Wallace, his wife, daughter and son-in-law accuse the corporate owners/operators of allowing an unruly group with a history…

Friday night, NASCAR driver Matt Tifft will be flying around the Daytona International Speedway track in his patriotic No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota during the Coca-Cola Firecracker 250, looking for his first XFINITY Series race win. But this time last year, the now-21-year-old was in a very different position. While being treated for a disc condition in his back, a slow-growing brain tumor — also known as a low-grade…

Chuck Burton/Associated Press Fresh off Kevin Harvick’s first win of the season, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series speeds into a holiday weekend featuring one of the year’s best events, the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Any trip to Daytona is special—and especially so if the event surrounds a holiday. But this year has found a way to be even more important than usual. NASCAR’s playoff picture is…

“The costume is a symbol, and we, the team, carry it with great responsibility,” he said. “It stands for all the indigenous peoples of the country, and for Guatemala as a whole.” The women in Xejuyup weave the shirts for the men in their families, a task that usually takes two months. The skirt is made of wool and bought in the region. A full uniform is worth about 2,000…

An anonymous bomb threat was called in Thursday regarding Daytona International Speedway but local law enforcement swept through the facility and found no traces of any explosive devices. A statement from the Daytona Police Department reads as follows: “On Thursday afternoon, June 29, 2017, a call was received at the front desk of the Daytona Beach Police Department regarding a bomb threat at the Speedway. The caller said…

CONCORD, N.C. — Summer typically consists of swimming, beach trips, and family barbecues. On a late June day, a group of high school students took a moment away from the standard summer scene to experience their possible future with NASCAR. Twenty-two young NASCAR fans, encompassing all regions of the nation, traveled to the Leavine Family Racing headquarters in Concord, North Carolina, for Camp 95. Handpicked, these students came to Camp…