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A member of the “raspberry” team retrieves the ball after it went out of bounds during the final match of the World Refugee Day Cup, an event organized by Soft Landing Missoula to benefit, and celebrate, Missoula’s refugees, on Saturday evening.

4:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment BROOKLYN, Mich. — After three scary wrecks because of brake failures during the past month, NASCAR decided to do nothing to require teams to run more durable packages. And that appears to be just the way the teams want it. Joey Logano, Jimmie Johnson and Jamie McMurray all have had brakes fail at high speed, Logano at Kansas triggering…

A member of the “raspberry” team retrieves the ball after it went out of bounds during the final match of the World Refugee Day Cup, an event organized by Soft Landing Missoula to benefit, and celebrate, Missoula’s refugees, on Saturday evening.

After nearly 50 years of partnership, cross-promotion, and the consistently weird dissonance of having one of the world’s biggest purveyors of grease-soaked beef sponsor some of its most fit and talented athletes, McDonald’s and the Olympics have parted ways. The fast food chain first teamed up with the international competition in 1968, delivering burgers to competitors, then going on to design elaborate international locations for hungry tourists, directly sponsor the…

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Nick Wass/Associated Press Coming off a close affair won by Ryan Blaney in Pocono, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series turns its attention to one of the season’s more entertaining events in recent years, the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Two years ago, this race saw a jaw-dropping four red flags thanks to rain, making for repeated entertaining sprints for first place before an early ending. Now pair…

WASHINGTON – McDonald’s Corp ended its 41-year-old sponsorship of the Olympic Games three years early, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday, reflecting the US fast-food giant’s focus on its core business as well as rising Olympics sponsorship costs and declining TV ratings. McDonald’s deal would have run through the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, and bowing out will likely to save it hundreds of million of dollars if it…

Federal tax documents released Friday give a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the private committee that is bidding to bring the Summer Olympics back to Los Angeles. LA 2024 raised more than $32 million in donations — and spent about half of that — during the fiscal year stretching from August 2015 to the end of July 2016, according to the most-recent tax information available. The committee identified itself as a nonprofit…

Federal tax documents released Friday give a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the private committee that is bidding to bring the Summer Olympics back to Los Angeles. LA 2024 raised more than $32 million in donations — and spent about half of that — during the fiscal year stretching from August 2015 to the end of July 2016, according to the most-recent tax information available. The committee identified itself as a nonprofit…

The Olympic rings and the golden arches are parting ways. McDonald’s has ended its contract with the Olympic Games. The fast-food giant has sponsored the games for 41 years and was set to do so until 2020. The company’s chief marketing officer said McDonald’s wanted to “focus on different priorities.” McDonald’s has been working to slim down recently. The company says it’s on track to cut costs by $500 million by the end of 2018. SEE…

5.59am EDT05:59 10 mins: Bulley with some strong defence to thwart Bassett this time and the Giants stay within four. And the lead is cut to three soon enough before the Lightning call a time-out, no doubt to regroup in a bid to stave off this resurgent spell from the Giants. Erin Delahunty (@della79) Jamie Lee Price might be the first player to be sent off in this new competition….

x Embed x Share CLOSE The official announcement that Comerica Park will host an International Champions Cup soccer match on July 19 in downtown Detroit, the first-ever soccer match at the ballpark. Video by Kevin Bull, DFP. Birmingham Marian players, coaches and supporters pose with the championship trophy following a 2-1 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern in the Division 2 state championship game on June 16, 2017.(Photo: Keith…

NEW YORK/BERLIN McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N) ended its 41-year-old sponsorship of the Olympic Games three years early, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday, reflecting the U.S. fast-food giant’s focus on its core business as well as rising Olympics sponsorship costs and declining TV ratings. McDonald’s deal would have run through the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, and bowing out will likely to save it hundreds of million of dollars if it…

Federal tax documents released Friday give a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the private committee that is bidding to bring the Summer Olympics back to Los Angeles. LA 2024 raised more than $32 million in donations — and spent about half of that — during the fiscal year stretching from August 2015 to the end of July 2016, according to the most-recent tax information available. The committee identified itself as a nonprofit…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. –  The USA Hockey Friends of Women’s Hockey Fund, which was recently launched by The USA Hockey Foundation in an effort to raise $500,000 annually from corporate and individual donors to support the U.S. Women’s National Team program and the overall furtherance of girls’ and women’s ice hockey in America, is off to a terrific start. “We’re excited about this effort and it’s been great…

NEW YORK/BERLIN McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N) ended its 41-year-old sponsorship of the Olympic Games three years early, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday, reflecting the U.S. fast-food giant’s focus on its core business as well as rising Olympics sponsorship costs and declining TV ratings. McDonald’s deal would have run through the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, and bowing out will likely to save it hundreds of million of dollars if it…

Soccer fans are eagerly awaiting the FIFA Confederations Russia Cup 2017 kicking off this weekend. “The Confederations Cup gives us a taste of what to expect the following year with the World Cup,” said Ronny Suarez, a soccer fan Hillsborough, New Jersey, rooting for Chile this year. “This is something I look forward to every four years. I usually watch them at my house with my family and some of…

NEW YORK/BERLIN McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N) ended its 41-year-old sponsorship of the Olympic Games three years early, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday, reflecting the U.S. fast-food giant’s focus on its core business as well as rising Olympics sponsorship costs and declining TV ratings. McDonald’s deal would have run through the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, and bowing out will likely to save it hundreds of million of dollars if it…

Jamie Squire/Getty Last week, the IOC announced the addition of several new events for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, aimed at gender equality. Swimming added three new events — women’s 1500-meter freestyle, men’s 800-meter freestyle, and a 4×100-meter mixed gender relay. The addition of the events should be welcomed news for swimmers like Katie Ledecky who now have a shot at more medals. However, Michael Phelps is apparently not a fan…