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It didn’t take long for the hockey world to have a varying degree of hot takes on Sidney Crosby’s Game 3 injury. The response was swift, loud, and extremely colored by whatever fan base-colored glasses you tend to wear. This is sports, after all. It’s to be expected from fans, especially in such a high-pressure, high-anxiety time that is the Stanley Cup playoffs. What’s been absolutely out of left field,…

Paul Wolfe, crew chief of the No. 2 Ford fielded for driver Brad Keselowski in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, will not travel with the team to this week’s Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. According to a team spokesperson, team engineer Brian Wilson will handle the crew chief duties during Wolfe’s absence. The organization, which fields entries in the series for Keselowski and Joey Logano, has withdrawn its request…

Photo credit: Matthias Schrader/AP O ye mighty Soccer Gods, how blessed are we, the fans of the sport you so nobly watch over! You’ve given us over a decade of The One, your favorite son, the one and only Lionel Messi, and we have praised you for it! In recent times, you saw fit to grant us arguably the greatest team feat of all time, guiding poor, meek little Leicester…

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Matt Niskanen’s cross-check to the head of Sidney Crosby may well shift the balance of the second-round series between the Penguins and Capitals depending on if or how long one of hockey’s biggest superstars will be out with an injury. The Pittsburgh captain was taken out of the equation less than six minutes into Monday’s Game 3 overtime loss to Washington. He was cutting across the Capitals’ goal crease and got tied up with…

CEO and Chairman of NASCAR, Brian France, speaks to the media during a news conference prior to the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Va., Sunday, April 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Some high-profile Australian athletes, including Olympic and world champions, have opened up on their post-sport difficulties in a revealing ABC documentary. After the Game, an ABC TV’s Four Corners investigation that aired on Monday night, featured interviews with a range of prominent athletes, including Lauren Jackson and Stephanie Rice. Jackson, a 2006 world champion with the Opals, said she misused medication in a bid to continue her glittering career. “There…

Travis Pastrana will compete in his first NASCAR race since 2015, driving for Niece Motorsports in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in September. Before racing at Vegas, he’ll test the truck on Tuesday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Pastrana, who made his name as a champion in Motocross/Supercross in the early 2000s, returns to a NASCAR truck for the first time since he drove for…

The morning commuter peloton can be a sight. While professional cyclists whizz through tours in a blur of neon Lycra and bulging quads, dedicated amateurs often resort to makeshift gear such as flapping Sports Direct jogging bottoms and sweaty cagoules for the schlep to work. Simon Mottram, the chief executive of the cyclewear brand Rapha, is the cycling world’s equivalent of the fashion police, and a rush hour ride across…

Joey Logano leaves a smoke trail as he celebrates his first win of the season.(Photo: Peter Casey, USA TODAY Sports) RICHMOND, Va. — Team Penske knew it would be celebrating a milestone Sunday at Richmond International Raceway, but no one in the organization could have known just how momentous the weekend would become. Joey Logano triumphed in his 300th career start in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, holding off hard-charging…

NASCAR chairman Brian France addressed the media for the first time since last season’s final race Sunday at Richmond, where he touched on a number of topics ranging from Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s retirement to the future of NASCAR.  France, accompanied by his 6-year-old son Luke at the podium in a surprise visit to the media center, noted the cyclical nature of the sport and a recent changing of the guard following the exits of…

RICHMOND, Va. – Finishing a race with a banged-up car is pretty standard for NASCAR races. But if a car is so badly wrecked that it can’t finish the race, new NASCAR rules dictate the driver must be immediately evaluated at the in-field medical care center. Usually within about 10 minutes of entering the center, NASCAR announces the driver has been cleared. But what exactly are these doctors looking for…

Joey Logano smiled as if he’d stolen something and got away with it, and that wasn’t far from the truth. Logano passed distracted and dominant Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski on one restart and then pulled away on another with about 20 laps to go to win the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway on Sunday. “We were just fast enough to break through and kind…

RELATED: France family makes special hospital visit RICHMOND, Va. — NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France said Sunday that NASCAR is in a state of transition within its deep, talented driver pool, drumming up support for incoming young talent in NASCAR’s national ranks.   France’s remarks came during an impromptu media session at Richmond International Raceway about an hour before Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400. France acknowledged the new wave of…

NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France and his wife Amy were front and center at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone on April 26, visiting with patients and taking in a race of a different kind — the pinewood derby variety.   Yes, racing runs deep in the France family roots. So does charity. Wednesday’s visit illustrates a deep relationship with helping children.   Last year, The NASCAR Foundation announced…

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LONDON Chelsea remain on course for the Premier League title after a 3-0 win at Everton left them four points clear of second-placed Tottenham Hotspur, who beat local rivals Arsenal 2-0 on Sunday. Goals by Pedro, Gary Cahill and Willian gave Antonio Conte’s Chelsea side a comfortable win in the end but the Spurs team they beat 4-2 in the FA Cup semi-final last weekend are showing remarkable resilience in…

RICHMOND, Va. — In the vernacular of NASCAR racing, this exact moment in history could perhaps be best described as one of those best-of-times/worst-of-times deals. First, the worst-of-times breakdown. Jeff Gordon, a four-time champion and an enormously popular driver, retired for good after a brief comeback last season. So did Tony Stewart, a three-time champion. Carl Edwards unexpectedly pulled the plug on a stellar career in January, shocking the NASCAR community….

RICHMOND, Va. – The NASCAR schedule takes drivers all over the country, and each track provides its own unique challenges. But the fan experience changes at each track too. “Racing is a different product based on the track, especially if you’re used to watching on TV,” said lifelong NASCAR fan Jennifer Barnhard, who’s from Columbia, South Carolina. “Different tracks provide another dimension of racing.” This weekend, NASCAR is raced the…