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The NASCAR Mexico Series has a new title sponsor thanks to a multi-year deal with Old World Industries and its Peak brand. Following an exhibition race in Mexico City Dec. 3-4, the newly remained NASCAR Peak Mexico Series will resume racing in 2017 after a one-year hiatus. NASCAR officials said a schedule for the series will be released at a later date. From 2004 to 2015, the series ran 14…

With the 2016 presidential election less than three weeks away, the heat is on for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to make their final push for the White House. With that said, the truck of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Austin Wayne Self will carry the Trump Pence 2016 campaign logo and patriotic colors in Saturday’s Fred’s 250 at Talladega Superspeedway (1 p.m. ET, FOX). Maybe this wrap will…

As the manager of a Premier League soccer club, do you dump your non-British players in anticipation of a “hard Brexit” or do you take your chances with the best foreign talent, hoping for the best, work permit-wise, when the UK eventually quits the European Union? Those are some of the choices confronting players of the best-selling soccer simulation video game Football Manager, which announced yesterday that it had built…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (October 18, 2016) — During an event with team owners, drivers, local dignitaries and media at the InterContinental Presidente Hotel in Mexico City, NASCAR today announced plans to strengthen its presence in Mexico for years to come with a full slate of races in 2017 and beyond. Also announced was a multi-year agreement with Old World Industries (OWI) to make PEAK® title sponsor of the NASCAR PEAK…

Allison Lee Isley/Journal Twin City TOPSoccer Brodie Douglass (front) dances with his buddy Cameron Barry during the Twin City Youth Soccer Association TOPSoccer Program at Forsyth Country Day School in Lewisville. Photos by Allison Lee Isley/Journal Twin City TOPSoccer Malcolm Egan (front) plays with his buddy Delaney Cowart during the Twin City Youth Soccer Association TOPSoccer Program at Forsyth Country Day School in Lewisville. Allison Lee Isley/Journal Twin City TOPSoccer…

Major international sporting events bring together people from different cultural backgrounds, offering a chance for world peace and economic and cultural empowerment. Over the next several years Japan has an excellent opportunity to lead the world as it hosts major sporting events and cultural festivals. The World Forum on Sport and Culture, to be held in Kyoto on Wednesday and Thursday and in Tokyo from Thursday through Saturday, will offer…

RELATED: Current Chase Grid | Driver standings Sunday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway will shrink the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field from 12 drivers to eight. Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick are already locked into the Round of 8 with victories at Charlotte and Kansas, respectively, which leaves 10 drivers battling for six spots. Here’s a look at how drivers can clinch spots in the next round.  Tune in…

Although they’ve maintained an unbeaten record and a four-week grip on the No. 1 ranking in men’s soccer, the Maryland Terrapins have had to execute several narrow escapes. There is no doubting the bounty of talent and capacity to end an eight-year drought without a national trophy, yet vulnerabilities have surfaced time and again, requiring late strikes and overtime heroics. Tuesday’s 2-1 victory over American University at Ludwig Field in…

Enlarge this image Rain beats against the windows of a downtown New York City building on a soporific Friday morning. A high school teacher is reading out loud from a sample recommendation letter when she notices a few students fidgeting and texting. “I’m not seeing all eyes …” she says, her voice trailing off. Naama Wrightman, who is coaching the teacher, jumps in. “All right, pause. It’s the right correction….

Enlarge this image Rain beats against the windows of a downtown New York City building on a soporific Friday morning. A high school teacher is reading out loud from a sample recommendation letter when she notices a few students fidgeting and texting. “I’m not seeing all eyes …” she says, her voice trailing off. Naama Wrightman, who is coaching the teacher, jumps in. “All right, pause. It’s the right correction….

When the Chase outlook appeared bleak for the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team, Kevin Harvick channeled his inner El Toro and charged to the win at Kansas Speedway. Harvick was down — eight points outside of the top-eight in the Chase, to be exact — entering the second race in the Round of 12 on Sunday. An engine failure at Charlotte Motor Speedway the week before had put…

Not long after Indians right-hander Trevor Bauer‘s forced departure from Game 3 of ALCS in Toronto — a departure that was the result of gash on his right pinky, itself the result of a drone’s act of betrayal — it started. By “it,” I mean inane comparisons of Bauer to any number of far hardier hockey players. For instance … And … And … And so on. The implication —…

The International Olympic Committee has disqualified two more athletes from London 2012 after they tested positive in the re-analysis of stored anti-doping samples. The Russian weightlifter Apti Aukhadov and Ukrainian pole vaulter Maksym Mazuryk both tested positive for the anabolic steroid turinabol. Aukhadov, the 2013 European and world champion in the 85kg category, loses the silver medal he won in London, while Mazuryk, a former world junior champion and 2010…

In Italy, they’re passionate about family, faith and football. Joe Tacopina inherited that same love from his Italian immigrant parents. So while his dad was undeniably proud that he become a high-profile Manhattan attorney, it was when Tacopina became vice president of the Italian soccer team Roma that he, for the first time, saw his stoic late father tear up. Following Roma, Tacopina bought Bologna, turning around the club’s finances…

Enlarge this image Rain beats against the windows of a downtown New York City building on a soporific Friday morning. A high school teacher is reading out loud from a sample recommendation letter when she notices a few students fidgeting and texting. “I’m not seeing all eyes …” she says, her voice trailing off. Naama Wrightman, who is coaching the teacher, jumps in. “All right, pause. It’s the right correction….

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike agreed Tuesday to cooperate to reduce the cost of hosting the 2020 Olympics in their first meeting since Koike took office. Sitting side by side only weeks after the freshly elected governor vowed to take an ax to various existing plans to pare spiraling costs, Bach assured Koike that “we are in this boat together.” “We are going to…

<!– FOOTBALL GOSSIP Celtic’s Champions League opponents Borussia Monchengladbach have suffered another injury blow as 20-year-old Danish centre-half Andreas Christensen has been ruled out with injury. The Bundesliga side already have three strikers rated as doubtful for the tie. (Various) Christensen has told his team-mates that Moussa Dembele is as dangerous as two top players from the other teams in the Champions League group, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Manchester City’s…

Enlarge this image Rain beats against the windows of a downtown New York City building on a soporific Friday morning. A high school teacher is reading out loud from a sample recommendation letter when she notices a few students fidgeting and texting. “I’m not seeing all eyes …” she says, her voice trailing off. Naama Wrightman, who is coaching the teacher, jumps in. “All right, pause. It’s the right correction….

LONDON is hosting a heroes’ return later today, as Olympic and Paralympic athletes are celebrated in the capital – following their success at Rio 2016. It’s the second homecoming parade this week, after celebrations took place in Manchester yesterday afternoon. Boxer Nicola Adams was one of the stars of yesterday’s parade Along with rower and two-time Olympic champion Helen Glover Rio 2016 was one of Britain’s most successful games ever,…

The president of Amherst College is commending the men’s soccer team after one of its players penned an open letter in the Huffington Post, sharply critizing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments about women and his excuse for those comments: “locker room talk.” President Biddy Martin said the letter “exemplifies Amherst’s values in multiple ways.” Advertisement It was written by senior David Lander and published on Sunday. “I commend David,…