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2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games 1. Name the two distances that Mo Farah won gold in the Rio 2016 games. 2. Where did Brit Jessica Ennis-Hill finish in the heptathlon? 3. Which country won handball men’s gold in Rio? 4. What is the nationality of Annemiek van Vleuten, who fractured her back in a fall when leading the women’s road race? 5. Brit Kadeena Cox won Paralympic gold in the…

Editor’s note: Images courtesy of Georgia Tech athletics/Danny Karnik   A college football player leaving school early to pursue his dream of being in a professional sport is not unusual. In that regard, Eason Fromayan will not be alone when he departs Georgia Tech following the team’s Dec. 31 bowl game with one season of eligibility remaining.   Fromayan, a large fellow at 6-foot-4, 285 pounds, has decided to step…

The NASCAR Foundation has joined efforts to support a comprehensive relief campaign for those affected by the recent tragic fires in Sevier County, Tennessee, with a contribution to the Food City Charitable Foundation. Led by Food City’s President and CEO Steve C. Smith, action was taken quickly to build a response to the tragedy through the Food City Charitable Foundation. Bristol Motor Speedway contributed to the effort with a company-wide…

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Former USMNT manager Bob Bradley isn’t just having issues on the pitch, but he is having some issues off of it. The Swansea City manager, who has won just two of 10 matches since joining the club in October, is being criticized for his American soccer vocabulary and the confusion it creates in England. According to ESPNFC, Bradley has received some flack for using “PK” to say penalty kick, and…

Some folks just can’t let go when it comes to NASCAR die-cast model cars – and Star Wars memorabilia. According to The Progress (Pa.) newspaper, Joseph Sabatose, 52, of Treasure Lake, Pennsylvania was sentenced to serve 90 days in a Clearfield County jail after breaking into a woman’s home and taking two NASCAR die-casts, two Star Wars “models” and some rosaries. The two apparently had a previous relationship, but the…

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Stephen Park has been appointed the British Cycling performance director at the embattled governing body. The Glasgow-born 48-year-old might have stayed in place as the Royal Yachting Association’s Olympic manager but the fact he has jumped ship to an organisation veering from one crisis to another – and a new sport – shows his ambition. “Welcome aboard,” British Cycling declared on Twitter in announcing Park’s arrival. The two-times Olympic sailing…

Princeton University announced Thursday that it will cancel the rest of the season for the men’s swimming and diving team following findings of “misogynistic and racist” content shared by team members. The team will not compete in its two final meets of the regular season, scheduled to take place against Navy on Jan. 7 and Harvard and Yale on Feb. 5. The team will also not compete in the Ivy…

It was somehow typical of 2016 that on the morning after Andy Murray accepted the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year Award for a third time in his career, the focus should switch so joltingly to a man whose strategic brilliance had produced an avalanche of Olympic medals and the first British winner of the Tour de France, but who was now seen trying to persuade a sceptical House of…

Princeton University announced Thursday that it will cancel the rest of the season for the men’s swimming and diving team following findings of “misogynistic and racist” content shared by team members. The team will not compete in its two final meets of the regular season, scheduled to take place against Navy on Jan. 7 and Harvard and Yale on Feb. 5. The team will also not compete in the Ivy…

Stephen Park, the Royal Yachting Association’s Olympic manager, has been named the new performance director at British Cycling, filling a role left vacant since Sir Dave Brailsford stepped aside in 2014 to focus his energies on Team Sky. Park, 48, will begin his role in the spring, by which time the independent review investigating the culture at cycling’s national governing body will have delivered its report.   Despite the success of…

UKAD previously called on British Cycling’s HQ two months ago while they were investigating an unspecified claim of wrongdoing. Team Sky principal Sir Dave Brailsford was grilled by a House of Commons select committee this week about the package, which he said contained the decongestant Fluimucil, although there is no suggestion that this latest Ukad visit is linked to Brailsford’s explanation. Meanwhile, a number of contributors to an independent review…

This is the first in a series of 2017 NASCAR manufacturer previews. This week: Ford. New faces – and a new team – will mark Ford’s 2017 lineup in NASCAR’s top tier. Stewart-Haas Racing The biggest move of the offseason can be found in Kannapolis, where Stewart-Haas Racing has switched from Chevrolet to Ford. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a bumpy transition year, either, as evidenced by how well…

FALMOUTH — A 17-year-old Falmouth High School hockey player was killed, and his teammate suffered life-threatening injuries, when the car he was driving Thursday night crashed into the woods off a road, officials said. Neither teen was identified by Falmouth police. The driver was from East Falmouth, police said in a statement. Advertisement The second player was extricated from the car by rescue personnel and flown to a Rhode Island…

Princeton University announced Thursday that it will cancel the rest of the season for the men’s swimming and diving team following findings of “misogynistic and racist” content shared by team members. The team will not compete in its two final meets of the regular season, scheduled to take place against Navy on Jan. 7 and Harvard and Yale on Feb. 5. The team will also not compete in the Ivy…

UKAD previously called on British Cycling’s HQ two months ago while they were investigating an unspecified claim of wrongdoing. Team Sky principal Sir Dave Brailsford was grilled by a House of Commons select committee this week about the package, which he said contained the decongestant Fluimucil, although there is no suggestion that this latest Ukad visit is linked to Brailsford’s explanation. Meanwhile, a number of contributors to an independent review…

This is the first in a series of 2017 NASCAR manufacturer previews. This week: Ford. New faces – and a new team – will mark Ford’s 2017 lineup in NASCAR’s top tier. Stewart-Haas Racing The biggest move of the offseason can be found in Kannapolis, where Stewart-Haas Racing has switched from Chevrolet to Ford. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a bumpy transition year, either, as evidenced by how well…

One of the Brazilian soccer players who survived a plane crash in Colombia made an emotional return to the game — wearing his yellow jersey and kicking the ball gingerly before a friendly match. Alan Luciano Ruschel, 27, was one of six people who survived the Nov. 28 crash of the LaMia airline plane that went down near Medellin, claiming the lives of 71 of 77 aboard, including 19 players…