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A Jilted Paris Has Pined for the Olympics, but the Long Wait May … – New York Times
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The highs and lows of David Beckham’s hunt for a Miami soccer stadium. It’s a long list. – Miami Herald
After four years of fizzled land deals and foiled optimism, David Beckham finally looks to be on the verge of acquiring enough Miami real estate to build a Major League Soccer stadium. On Tuesday, Miami-Dade commissioners are being asked to ratify a recommendation by the mayor to sell Beckham’s partnership a three-acre county truck depot at the corner of Northwest Sixth St. and Sixth Avenue to complete the group’s nine-acre…
Canadian Women’s Hockey League to Add a Team From China … – New York Times
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A girl with short hair was kicked out of a soccer tournament because she ‘looks like a boy’ – Washington Post
It’s not hard to spot Milagros “Mili” Hernandez on the soccer field — she’s the girl with the short, not-quite-pixie cut and the outsized talent. She’s been playing since she was 5, but recently the 8-year-old was bumped up to a team full of 11-year-olds, after running circles around girls her own age in Omaha. Her biggest concern in life is soccer, but her dad, Gerardo Hernandez, recently inquired about…
A Jilted Paris Has Pined for the Olympics, but the Long Wait May End in… – New York Times
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The highs and lows of David Beckham’s hunt for a Miami soccer stadium. It’s a long list. – Miami Herald
After four years of fizzled land deals and foiled optimism, David Beckham finally looks to be on the verge of acquiring enough Miami real estate to build a Major League Soccer stadium. On Tuesday, Miami-Dade commissioners are being asked to ratify a recommendation by the mayor to sell Beckham’s partnership a three-acre county truck depot at the corner of Northwest Sixth St. and Sixth Avenue to complete the group’s nine-acre…
A girl with short hair was kicked out of a soccer tournament because she ‘looks like a boy’ – Washington Post
It’s not hard to spot Milagros ‘Mili’ Hernandez on the soccer field — she’s the girl with the short, not-quite-pixie cut and the outsized talent. She’s been playing since she was 5, but recently the 8-year-old was bumped up to a team full of 11-year-olds, after running circles around girls her own age in Omaha, Nebraska. Her biggest concern in life is soccer, but her dad, Gerardo Hernandez, recently inquired…
Alt-Right Twitter Jackass Somehow Missed That NASCAR Bans Guns At Tracks – Jalopnik
Photo credit: Nick Wass/AP Images Alt-right troll Jack Posobiec took a break from pushing debunked conspiracy theories to make a very stupid tweet. While he posted several photos from this weekend’s NASCAR race at Dover International Speedway, he clearly didn’t read the track’s policies on firearms. Posobiec said terrorists never attacked a NASCAR race, because, well, insert stereotypes here: Unfortunately, he is wrong. Advertisement You can’t bear arms at a…
Canadian Women’s Hockey League to Add a Team From China – New York Times
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A NASCAR Fan Climbed The Catch Fence Again But No One Threw A Caution For It – Jalopnik
GIF via Robert Roeder on YouTube Nearly three years after drunk NASCAR fan No. 1 climbed the catch fence during a race at Richmond International Raceway, it happened again Sunday. NASCAR never even threw a caution for this guy, and USA Today reports that local police said he “kicked an officer in the knee” while being taken into custody. This fan, identified by USA Today as John Infanti, was at…
The 5 Principles I Used to Help Save the Olympics – Entrepreneur
Apply now to be an Entrepreneur 360™ company. Let us tell the world your success story. Get Started » It’s been fifteen years since I worked on the organizing committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and I can’t help but think back to our challenge at the time. In December 1998, the state of Utah felt dejected by a bribery scandal to host the winter games. As…
This Wet NASCAR Road Course Battle Will Completely Melt Your Brain – Jalopnik
GIF via CrashRacing NASCAR is the butt of many jokes over the fact that they won’t run any of their ovals in the rain. But NASCAR will run on a wet road course. The perfect combination of a soaking wet track and ludicrously powerful stock cars is more fun than anyone deserves to watch, and this Mosport battle is one of the best I’ve watched all year. This clip is…
The Nashville hockey experience is weird, loud and perfect – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Jimmie Johnson’s 11th win at Dover ties him with Cale Yarbrough at 83 NASCAR Cup victories – Los Angeles Times
Jimmie Johnson sped off on the final restart and earned another slice of NASCAR history, winning at Dover for the 11th time and moving into a tie for sixth on the career victories list. Johnson again made an impact Sunday at his favorite track — and he worked hard to take this checkered flag. He was forced to start from the rear of the field because of a gear change,…
Up Top, a soccer team made of homeless kids, becomes a national power – City Pages
A quarter century later, coach Acuna’s soccer players use a gym floor instead of a field baked in sunshine. They play four versus four, not the beautiful game’s universal 11 on a side. “When you play soccer, you’re not a rich kid. You’re not homeless. You’re not Muslim. You’re not Catholic,” Acuna says. “You’re just a soccer player.… I think one reason so many play is because it takes you…
Biscuits and bolts? Jimmie Johnson’s flashback yarn reveals how much Dover win means – Charlotte Observer
If you grow up in California where there are no Hardee’s restaurants, and your favorite NASCAR driver raced a stock car and wore a fire suit plastered with the fast-food chain’s logos, you might begin to think that the stores served an even greater purpose than just serving up just hamburgers and fresh biscuits. That’s how Jimmie Johnson led into this fantastic family vacation story that shows just how much…
Gordon Ramsay gives NASCAR taste of the “F” word – The Denver Post
DOVER, Del. — Danica Patrick wanted more than some cooking tips when she chewed the fat with Gordon Ramsay. “I mean, if I don’t hear an F-bomb,” she said, with a laugh. Ramsay, the expletive-spewing celebrity chef, held his tongue when he filmed scenes with Patrick and other NASCAR crew members for his TV show “The F Word.” Ramsay and his team brought their own fresh ingredients to Dover International…
Thrilling Dover race shows NASCAR needs a changing of the guard – The News Journal
x Embed x Share CLOSE Martin Truex Jr. will be back in Dover this weekend defending his Sprint Cup Citizen Soldier 400 title. Race fans will see a triple-header of races and might be seeing Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the last time in a NASCAR race as he will retire after the season. Wochit Buy Photo Jimmy Johnson in the Lowe’s No. 48 Chevrolet wins The 48th Annual AAA 400…
Dale Earnhardt Jr. says NASCAR should dump the overtime line – Sporting News
Dale Earnhardt Jr. thinks NASCAR needs to rethink one of its newest rules — the overtime line. The popular driver watched his teammate, Jimmie Johnson, win in overtime Sunday at Dover International Speedway. But the way Johnson won — taking the lead on the overtime restart, then winning under caution after a multicar crash erupted behind the leaders — made Earnhardt Jr. think the overtime line rule should be modified. He…
Auto racing roundup: NASCAR’s Jimmie Johnson extends track record with 11th win at Dover – The Spokesman-Review
Hooked on NASCAR as a kid, there was something about Cale Yarborough that made a fan out of Jimmie Johnson. Johnson was glued to the set as he sat on a dirty old couch at home in El Cajon, California. He loved Yarborough’s fearlessness and the way the Hall of Fame driver kind of reminded Johnson of his grandfather. Johnson even stopped at a Hardee’s on a road trip…