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The NASCAR community always has a way of coming together in someone’s time of need. That continued on Wednesday when many members from various NASCAR teams attended Jake Leatherman’s funeral in Hickory, North Carolina, per a request from his mother, Crystal. Jake lost his battle with juvenile myelomoncytic leukemia last Tuesday after a long battle with the disease. 5-year-old Jake became a huge NASCAR fan during his difficult fight, falling…

Todd Gordon, crew chief for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Joey Logano, has been fined $10,000 for a lug nut infraction following the completion of Sunday night’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.   The No. 22 Team Penske group was one of several Sprint Cup Series teams to receive either penalties or warnings, according to the NASCAR penalty report issued Wednesday. Meanwhile, NASCAR XFINITY Series driver Brendan Gaughan‘s…

People should receive £250 a year in tax breaks if they cycle to work, according to a proposal to improve public health and business productivity backed by some of the UK’s biggest companies and the Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey. According to a report published by British Cycling, businesses should be able to claim back in tax up to £100,000 in construction works such as bike parking, showers or other cyclist…

Pardon the pun, but Harvard University is Crimson in the face with embarrassment over a so-called scandal involving the men’s soccer team. Because of the “scandal,” Harvard has voluntarily forfeited its remaining schedule of men’s soccer games. The accusations, which go back to 2012, allege members of the men’s soccer team rated female soccer recruits on a number system that was based on sex appeal and was often graphic and…

Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN POWELL / LIVERPOOL FC VIA GETTY In 2012, members of the men’s soccer team at Harvard University produced a detailed Google document that assessed the physical characteristics of the high-school seniors recently recruited to the women’s team. The “scouting report,” which the Harvard Crimson revealed in an article last month, was vulgar even by Trumpian measures, not only quantifying each woman’s attractiveness with a numerical rating…

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Radio host Rush Limbaugh, who once called law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” for speaking out in support of birth-control access, is now defending the Harvard men’s soccer team, Media Matters reported. Last week, Harvard administrators canceled the rest of the team’s season after discovering players had kept an online scouting report that rated Harvard women players’ looks and assigned them a sexual position. The practice had been going on for…

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PYRBAUM, Germany Hamdi Al-Kadri used to referee soccer matches with players as big as Ronaldo. Now, forced to flee his native Syria, he oversees amateur matches as a way to integrate into his new home country, Germany. The 51-year-old former FIFA referee fled the Syrian civil war in 2012 after his house in Damascus was destroyed in an air raid, first heading to neighboring Jordan and then making it to…

RELATED: Race results | Updated Chase GridSHOP: Chase gear There’s one to go for the Round of 8 in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, and it’s desperation time for a few drivers after Sunday’s rain-shortened AAA Texas 500 from Texas Motor Speedway. Sixteen drivers came into this year’s Chase with high hopes for a championship, but we’re one week away from cutting the field to the Championship 4 at Phoenix…

Carl Edwards got the victory he desperately needed to earn a championship-contending spot in the NASCAR Sprint Cup finale, winning at Texas on Sunday night in a race shorted by 41 laps because of rain after the start was delayed nearly six hours.  With his fourth career win at Texas, Edwards joined Jimmie Johnson as drivers locked into the championship-contending spots in Homestead.  That leaves two spots up for grabs…

RELATED: History behind Dillon’s comment Austin Dillon had harsh words for Kevin Harvick after an on-track altercation in the late stages of Sunday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Dillon, the pole-starter, and Harvick ran in close quarters in a contest for fifth place shortly after a restart. Harvick’s Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 Chevrolet bumped Dillon’s Richard Childress Racing No. 3 Chevy from behind, sending his…

Of note: Several players competing in lesser leagues or with reserve squads are not listed. Americans with dual nationalities representing other national teams have also been omitted. *Named to U.S. roster for World Cup qualifiers vs. Mexico and Costa Rica ENGLAND Premier League Stoke City defender-midfielder Geoff Cameron: not in the 18 (injured) for 1-1 draw at West Ham Middlesbrough goalkeeper Brad Guzan*: not in the 18 for 1-1 draw…

SAN JOSE — On Wednesday, Jennifer Hall was honored by the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame as its Special Olympian of the Year. On Sunday, Hall experienced something perhaps even more thrilling — a chance to play floor hockey with San Jose Sharks stars Joe Pavelski and Mikkel Boedker. Hall was one of dozens of South Bay Special Olympians who took part in a scrimmage in a high school gym…

After an almost six-hour delay due to rain, Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race is underway at Texas Motor Speedway. The AAA Texas 500 was originally scheduled for 2 p.m. ET, but rain began falling immediately following the national anthem. Because of ongoing showers and how difficult it is to dry the 1.5-mile oval, the start time was pushed to just before 8 p.m. ET. Texas is the latest…

MORE JUNIOR: Will Gordon race again? | In broadcast booth at Martinsville If you’ve ever wondered if NASCAR drivers are fast off the race track, Amy Reimann is here to answer this burning question. My little speed racer. #WheelingIt #warning pic.twitter.com/r1ES30FqjP — Amy Reimann (@Amy_Reimann) November 6, 2016 Reimann, Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s fiancée, snapped the 13-time NMPA Sprint Most Popular Driver Award recipient’s trouble on Sunday in Texas — sharing with…

Pop-out player Soccer fans around the world love to question the calls that the referees make during games. One common insult is to say the referee must not be able to see well. A new study says most referees can see just fine. Belgian and British researchers found that the best referees, however, are able to pay attention to the parts of a play where a foul is most likely…

In this March 13, 2016, file photo, people walk near Memorial Church on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. . (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) Harvard University told members of the men’s soccer team that their season was being canceled because for years some members of the team had given sexually explicit “grades” to recruits of the women’s soccer team based on their appearance. The men’s soccer team issued…