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Joe Gibbs is a legend in two top American sports. He coached the Washington Redskins to four Super Bowls, winning three of them, in a 12-year Hall of Fame career before retiring to oversee the NASCAR team he founded. Continue Reading Below While the Redskins did coax him out of retirement for four more years (which included two playoffs during 2004-’07), Gibbs is no longer affiliated with the team…

Believe it or not, competitive hockey is almost back. Training camps for all eight of the World Cup of Hockey participants open Sept. 5. Soon after that, the pre-tournament exhibitions — all of which will be available via television or live stream — will be played in rinks around the world. With that in mind, we’re kicking off our tournament preview coverage with four big questions facing the 2016 World…

One of the joys of this summer has been watching my four-year-old twins learn to swim: from as water-resistant as cats to as playful as porpoises in six weeks. They are fortunate because their granny is a swimming teacher. And she’s got time on her hands – having just been made redundant. She lost her job because her school couldn’t afford to repair its pool. Parents at another local primary…

The once-in-a-generation talent was always apparent. Regularly Kyle Larson exhibited why so many people often compared him to Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart, former open-wheel sprint car standouts who evolved into NASCAR greats. Yet unlike Gordon and Stewart, the 24-year-old Larson didn’t have immediate, transcendent success when he jumped into NASCAR’s top division in 2014. Oh there were moments, flashes where Larson looked just as Gordon and Stewart once…

Joe Gibbs is a legend in two top American sports. He coached the Washington Redskins to four Super Bowls, winning three of them, in a 12-year Hall of Fame career before retiring to oversee the NASCAR team he founded. Continue Reading Below While the Redskins did coax him out of retirement for four more years (which included two playoffs during 2004-’07), Gibbs is no longer affiliated with the team…

One month on from a precipitous collapse in Donald Trump’s poll ratings, many Republicans are no longer asking whether he can win the White House, but how badly he will lose. Election models put Hillary Clinton’s chances of victory in November’s presidential election at over 80% – in the words of the New York Times, “about the same as the probability that an NFL kicker misses a field goal from…

The Enduroman event combines running, cycling and swimming. It begins with an 87-mile run from London to Dover, followed by swimming the English Channel and is supposed to end with a bike ride to Paris.  The organisation raised the alarm on their Twitter feed on Saturday night, posting: “Nick Thomas is being treated at Calais hospital after passing out in the water. Please wait for an update.” A previous message had…

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RELATED: Chase bubble update | Results BROOKLYN, Mich. — He lost the race off pit road, and in his mind, victory had slipped from his grasp once again. So often. So many close calls. “I thought that was the race right there,” Kyle Larson admitted. But this time he said it from Victory Lane. Where Sunday at Michigan International Speedway fate chose to frown on someone else. Confetti flew, fans…

We’ve finally learned the truth behind the infamous angry face Michael Phelps made during the Olympics two weeks ago that became an instant meme. “Remember in Rio when I made that face that ended up all over the Internet?”  I was in the zone with Future’s track ‘Stick Talk’ blaring in my headphones.” Phelps said while announcing the rapper’s performance during the MTV VMAs. Michael Phelps…

RELATED: Results | Standings | Chase GridSHOP: Larson gear BROOKLYN, Mich. — In the last few laps of Sunday’s Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway, tears began to well up in Kyle Larson‘s eyes. When Larson subsequently took the checkered flag to win the first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of his career, the emotion was all but overwhelming — and for good reason. The victory came in Larson’s…

Every four years the Summer Olympics and a U.S. presidential campaign coincide, providing stirring examples of grace under pressure, good sportsmanship, fierce yet respectful competition, and achievements worthy of being celebrated for years to come. At least at the Olympics. (Overgrown adolescent Ryan Lochte and sore loser Hope Solo notwithstanding.) Substituting the gold, silver and bronze of Olympic medals for the blue, purple and red states on an electoral map…

A British athlete has died trying to swim from Dover to Calais. Nick Thomas was taking part in an attempt to run, cycle and swim from Marble Arch, central London, to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris when he got into trouble in the water near Calais, according to the event’s organisers, Enduroman. — Enduroman Events (@EnduromanEvents) August 27, 2016 Nick Thomas is being treated at Calais hospital after passing…

Joey Logano is quite familiar with winning from the pole at Michigan International Speedway, something he’s accomplished twice previously — including in June at the 2-mile track. The Team Penske driver will have a chance to make it a third on Sunday, as he took the No. 1 spot on the starting grid during Friday qualifying for the Pure Michigan 400. A victory and Logano would tie NASCAR Hall…

PARIS (Reuters) – The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has provisionally suspended Benoit Paire, Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia for “damaging” the organization’s image by their behavior at this month’s Rio Olympics. “Following the Rio Olympics, the Committee of the French Tennis Federation met at length about the case of the players who violated the federation and damaged the image of tennis,” the FFT said in a statement. Paire, seeded 16th…

For trans swimmers, entering a pool changing room is the most feared moment, TAGS founder Francis tells Mashable. TAGS has removed this crucial barrier. There are three changing rooms at the pool and swimmers can use one that corresponds with their gender identity — be that female, male, or non-binary.  Once in the pool, swimmers alternate between swimming and chatting in groups, or one-on-one. In one corner, TAGS member Alex White is…

Soccer in America has come a long way over the last 20 years. When the San Jose Clash beat DC United in Major League Soccer’s inaugural game in April of 1996, soccer was still considered a fringe sport in the United States. Now, interest in the sport is rapidly growing in America. MLS set new attendance records in 2015, and numerous cities are now competing to become the league’s next expansion market. Outside of…

Anyhow, ITV’s cute idea is an interesting morsel of a quite juicy problem: sports participation has, sorry to say, actually dropped since London 2012. We are a nation of sports lovers, and thanks to our targeted Lottery spend we are now a nation of sports winners as well (not you, football). Only, away from the elite level, we love to watch, talk and read about sport, as long as we…

For trans swimmers, entering a pool changing room is the most feared moment, TAGS founder Francis tells Mashable. TAGS has removed this crucial barrier. There are three changing rooms at the pool and swimmers can use one that corresponds with their gender identity — be that female, male, or non-binary.  Once in the pool, swimmers alternate between swimming and chatting in groups, or one-on-one. In one corner, TAGS member Alex White is…

Hope Solo’s days with the women’s national soccer team may not be over, but they are certainly numbered. Yet that doesn’t necessarily mean we’ve seen the last of her in a U.S. uniform. Solo was given a six-month suspension and her contract with U.S. Soccer was terminated last week over ill-considered comments she made following her team’s quarterfinal loss to Sweden in the Olympic soccer tournament, a clear sign the…