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By most accounts, preparations for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, are progressing smoothly. Still, with one year to go before competition begins, the upcoming Games face some uncertainty. It remains unclear whether NHL players will take a break from the regular-season schedule to represent their countries. No big surprise — this has happened before — but as negotiations continue, a Plan B is taking shape for gathering alternate…

The days of wrecked Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series cars being patched up with bear bond and replacement body panels and sent back out on track are officially over. Wednesday morning at the NASCAR R&D Center in Concord, N.C., the sanctioning body announced that wrecked race cars will no longer be able to re-enter the race if they go to the garage for repairs. In addition, teams will have just…

BUY TICKETS: See the Daytona 500 live! DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR announced today it is partnering with American Medical Response (AMR) to expand the capabilities of NASCAR’s medical support model and enhance on-track incident response. AMR, a recognized leader in the emergency medical services, will add a doctor and paramedic to the on-track safety team for each Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series weekend. NASCAR’s industry-leading medical standards remain in place;…

The smartwatch landscape is dramatically different from the one that greeted the first batch of Android Wear devices in the summer of 2014. It’s a lot harder to be bullish about the whole thing these days. Shipments are down, declining 51.6 percent in Q3 of last year, by IDC’s count, while some big names have seemingly abandoned the space altogether, including, notably, Pebble, which recently gave up the ghost altogether….

It’s January in Minnesota. You hear that and, if you’re not from there, you think ungodly cold. Beautiful, frozen Land of 1000 Lakes type stuff. The kind of weather smarter people recommend you stay inside for.  That’s usually right, but today the outside temp is 40 degrees. One day prior, NASA issued a report stating 2016 was the hottest year on record, the third straight year of record temperatures. It’s…

The perfect storm of golf controversy is converging on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The club where golf is supposed to be played in Japan three years from now does not allow women members and might not for the foreseeable future. Here is Reuters with a report out of Tokyo this week. The Kasumigaseki Country Club, which is set to host golf for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, failed to reach a…

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Soccer is 11 vs. 11. The only time it isn’t is if there are red cards, it’s youth soccer or if it is being played indoors, on a beach or in a park. In Honduras on Sunday night, it was 12 vs. 11 with a fan on the field, but that didn’t stop the referee from letting it slide. Down 2-1 in added time, Olimpia drew level against Motagua through…

reader comments 47 When Ellison Onizuka made his second flight as a mission specialist aboard space shuttle Challenger in 1986, one of the personal effects he carried with him was a soccer ball signed by members of the Clear Lake High School girls and boys soccer team, where his daughter attended school. The shuttle, of course, broke apart 73 seconds into flight after the failure of an O-ring in one of its…

NASCAR has settled a lawsuit by a fan who suffered traumatic head injuries after being struck by flying debris from a 2013 crash at Daytona International Speedway. According to ESPN, the suit stated that the fan, Allen Davis, was sitting in the upper deck, and “was struck in the head by a heavy piece of debris and suffered a catastrophic, traumatic brain injury.” MORE: 2017 Daytona 500: Entry list, date, time, TV schedule for…

It looks like the U.S. men’s national team has a new, bold jersey, and it could be what the team will wear at the Gold Cup come this summer. Just as we saw the U.S. unveil new jerseys last year before the Copa America, this is rumored to be the new third jersey for the USMNT. Take a look. The current jerseys weren’t very well-received, especially the black one. And…

BUY TICKETS: See the Daytona 500 live! NASCAR is enhancing the race day experience for fans this season, beginning with the Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona. All throughout the season, fans will be able to tune in to MRN/PRN broadcasts free of charge, including MRN/PRN Monster Energy NASCAR Cup qualifying radio. The in-depth NASCAR Drive experience, which will also be available on mobile web and the app, can be…

BUY TICKETS: See the Daytona 500 live! Former NASCAR championship-winning team owner Robert Yates is “hanging tough” in his battle with liver cancer and has nearly completed chemotherapy treatments, according to his son, Doug Yates. “He has two more and then hopefully they can go to surgery,” Yates, CEO of Roush Yates Engines, said during a teleconference Monday. “But he’s hanging tough. He gets excited when we start racing so…

The 65th annual Beanpot tournament kicks off Monday night with a doubleheader, as Boston’s college hockey powers will duel it out at TD Garden. Harvard will face Northeastern at 5 p.m. ET, followed by Boston playing Boston College at 8 p.m. ET. The winning teams for Monday’s game will play in the championship on February 13 at 7:30 p.m. ET. The consolation game will be played prior to…

A onetime girls soccer coach for Champlin Park High School has agreed to plead guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old boy in his north metro bedroom, with the possibility that the case will later be dismissed. Rebecca L. Noonan, 33, of Minneapolis, pleaded guilty last week in Anoka County District Court to fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with her having intercourse with the boy in his Ramsey home…

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Danica Patrick has a favor to ask: Anybody got $15.2 million to spare? It’s kinda important, and time-sensitive. With Speed Weeks right around the corner in Daytona the following weekend, Patrick has been left in the lurch by her primary sponsor, Nature’s Bakery. The company, based in Nevada and specializing in healthy products like fig bars, is reneging on its NASCAR Monster Energy Cup sponsorship deal with Patrick, who drives…

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – Vietnamese gamblers will soon be allowed to place bets on international soccer competitions under a pilot project. Under the decree signed by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc that takes effect by the end of March, Vietnamese over 21 years of age will be allowed to place bets of up to $44 a day, with a minimum bet of 44 cents. The government will allow only one…

Action is FAST AND FURIOUS at the athletic competition Luke Burbank takes us to this morning — and no, we’re not talking about the Super Bowl: P.J. Ball is a gifted athlete. He’s just 11 years old, but his talent hasn’t gone unnoticed. He’s been interviewed on national TV, his Instagram page is a hit, and with his medal wins, he’s got more hardware to dangle around his neck than…

What if NFL teams made the jump to soccer? It may seem like a ridiculous question, but we aren’t alone in pondering such whimsy. Designer Noah Kline had a similar thought and put together concept soccer kit designs for every NFL team. (He even made a tutorial as to how he did it here.) He made them before the Chargers moved to LA, but the designs still hold up…