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PLYMOUTH, Mich. — The U.S. women’s hockey team, fueled and fired up by an opportunity to play in a tournament it was willing to sit out, started fast and strong against its rival in a highly charged and physical game. Brianna Decker broke a scoreless tie late in the second period and Nicole Hensley stopped 18 shots, lifting the U.S. over Canada 2-0 on Friday night in the International Ice…

BUY TICKETS: See the races at Martinsville | Full schedule for Martinsville MORE: Final practice results | Best 10-lap averages Clint Bowyer led Saturday’s final practice at Martinsville Speedway in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series ahead of Sunday’s STP 500 (2 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Bowyer turned a fast lap of 93.863 mph around the .526-mile track in his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford. Defending race…

2:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment MARTINSVILLE, Va. — A crew chief can’t make a slew of changes to help a driver get around Martinsville Speedway once the race starts Sunday. A change here or there could help slightly. But the driver has to find the best rhythm to take care of tires and brakes. A crew chief, though, could become vital if a driver…

Ian O’Brien stood outside Anfield, the refurbished home of the Liverpool Football Club, rubbing his ruddy hands together in an unsuccessful effort to ward off an early morning chill when a stranger approached. “Where’s Goodison Park?” the man asked. “Don’t swear in here, mate!” O’Brien snapped before turning away. Goodison Park, you see, is the stadium used by Everton, Liverpool’s chief rival. If Anfield is a cathedral — and O’Brien,…

PLYMOUTH, Mich. — The U.S. women’s hockey team, fueled and fired up by an opportunity to play in a tournament it was willing to sit out, started fast and strong against its rival in a highly charged and physical game. Brianna Decker broke a scoreless tie late in the second period and Nicole Hensley stopped 18 shots, lifting the U.S. over Canada 2-0 on Friday night in the International Ice…

PLYMOUTH, Mich. — The U.S. women’s hockey team, fueled and fired up by an opportunity to play in a tournament it was willing to sit out, started fast and strong against its rival in a highly charged and physical game. Brianna Decker broke a scoreless tie late in the second period and Nicole Hensley stopped 18 shots, lifting the U.S. over Canada 2-0 on Friday night in the International Ice…

PLYMOUTH, Mich. — The U.S. women’s hockey team, fueled and fired up by an opportunity to play in a tournament it was willing to sit out, started fast and strong against its rival in a highly charged and physical game. Brianna Decker broke a scoreless tie late in the second period and Nicole Hensley stopped 18 shots, lifting the U.S. over Canada 2-0 on Friday night in the International Ice…

MARTINSVILLE: See the full schedule  RELATED: Stage lengths for all events   Just six weeks into the 2017 season, the implementation of stages for all three NASCAR national series has grown from mild concern to garage-wide positive reviews.   The format change, announced Jan. 23, provides two pre-determined breaks in each championship points event and rewards those drivers running in the top 10 at the end of each stage with additional…

Is Randy Moss coming out of retirement? No, but he and the Charlotte Independence tried to pull one over with an April Fools joke … on March 31? The NFL legend appeared to signed a contract with the Charlotte Independence of the second division USL. Best of all, Moss is rocking the No. 84, which he made famous as a star wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings nearly 20 years ago….

RELATED: Read more Inside Groove MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Never let it be said that Kyle Larson isn’t a man of the people, at least when it comes to flying. One week after visiting Victory Lane at Auto Club Speedway, Larson arrived at Martinsville Speedway revealing that a significant portion of his air travel is done commercially. Though his celeb stature in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series could afford him…

NASCAR Driver Austin Dillon loses control of his car at high speed and the rear of his Chevy crashes into a cement barrier. He exits the car slowly as a policewoman yells at him to get down, and he complies, falling on his knees.   Then, the car blows up. Dillon waits a few beats and then stands, exhales, and smiles a grin mixed with relief, joy, and…

After a week dominated by an unfortunate-looking Cristiano Ronaldo statue, it’s time to get back to on-the-field excitement. La Liga’s title race looks like it’s going down to the wire, and the top three teams are all playing Sunday. Atletico, the dark horse team in fourth, will play on Saturday. Sevilla, eight points off leaders Real Madrid, start the action early against Sporting on Sunday. Los Blancos then host Alaves…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment sports + biz + culture + lifeGet REDEF delivered to your inbox rantnrave:// I remember Tiger Woods at the top of his game. He was the epitome of cool. His game has fallen. His profile has diminished. His star has faded. But stories like Sean Zak’s oral history of the 1997 Masters remind you of the echelon Woods occupied all to himself….

Romelu Lukaku and Everton visit Anfield for the Merseyside derby Saturday on NBCSN. (Reuters) All times are Eastern Of note: First-division matches only. Check league websites and TV listings for NASL, USL, English Championship and Ascenso MX. FRIDAY 1 p.m.: Guingamp vs. Nancy fuboTV, beIN Sports Connect 2:30 p.m.: Hertha Berlin vs. Hoffenheim FS2, GolTV, Fox Sports Go, foxsoccer2go.com 2:45 p.m.: Espanyol vs. Real Betis beIN Sports Espanol, fuboTV, beIN…

Fast forward to 2017. Earlier this month, Knight and other members of the U.S. women’s national team reached their breaking point. If the women didn’t get a better deal from USA Hockey, the players planned to boycott the World Championships kicking off today in Plymouth, Michigan. They stared down the U.S. hockey powers-that-be with a fierceness and determination born of years of second-class citizenry. Tuesday night, they won. Tonight, the U.S. faces team Team Canada at the World Championships….

The first five races of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season have produced five different winning drivers and five different winning teams. We’ll find out Sunday if we have a sixth new winner, as NASCAR takes to Martinsville Speedway for the STP 500 and the first short-track race of the season. Coverage begins on FS1 at 12:30 p.m. ET Sunday. With 21 races left in the…

Team USA players pose with their medals and the trophy after winning the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship gold medal match in Malmo, Sweden on April 4, 2015.(Photo: Claudio Bresciani, AP) Free Press special writer Nicole Haase breaks down the eight teams competing at the International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championships, which runs Friday through April 7 at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth: Group A Canada The…

The first five races of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season have produced five different winning drivers and five different winning teams. We’ll find out Sunday if we have a sixth new winner, as NASCAR takes to Martinsville Speedway for the STP 500 and the first short-track race of the season. Coverage begins on FS1 at 12:30 p.m. ET Sunday. With 21 races left in the…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment A top recruit for the University of North Dakota’s women’s hockey team learned the school was axing the program during her recruiting visit. Lauren Hennessey flew from Massachusetts to North Dakota on Wednesday morning for a campus tour, only to be informed of the school’s decision — part of a schoolwide $1.3 million budget-trimming directive — during a meeting with the coaching…

Mark Shuttleworth’s path to a career in professional hockey was hardly typical. The Penguins director of amateur hockey originally went to Duquesne University to study music and wound up earning a degree in secondary education communication arts. Shuttleworth, a Pleasant Hills native and Thomas Jefferson High School graduate, did church youth work in the early 1980s before helping to manage the former Neville…