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x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Gluck previews the top story lines at NASCAR’s GoBowling 400. USA TODAY Sports Martin Truex Jr. will start from the pole Saturday night in the Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway.(Photo: Jasen Vinlove, USA TODAY Sports) KANSAS CITY, Kan.  — It’s NASCAR race day at Kansas Speedway, and we’ve got some essential information you need to get ready for Saturday night’s Go…

Former NASCAR driver Dave Blaney, 53, was involved in a sprint car crash during qualifying for the World of Outlaws #LetsRaceTwo at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Friday night. He has since been released from hospital with no reported injuries. His team reports that Blaney is very sore and that they are en route to the team’s headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. Blaney will not race at Eldora Saturday night. Blaney…

By Faith Karimi, CNN Updated 10:54 AM ET, Sat May 7, 2016

When Frank Molinaro attempts to qualify his weight for the Summer Olympics at a last-chance qualifier in Turkey on Sunday morning, he won’t have too many bigger supporters than the man he beat in a state final 11 years ago. Molinaro, a Southern Regional High School graduate, was the surprising winner of the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 65 kg freestyle weight class in April as the No. 9 seed,…

Breeja Larson’s Hasty Rise To The Olympic Stage Sponsored by Hasty Awards Breeja Larson first became interested in swimming when she was in eighth grade. But it wasn’t until she was 17 that she first began to take the sport seriously. Then, just three years later, she found herself at the U.S. Olympic Trials taking on world record holders Rebecca Soni and Jessica Hardy. Defying the odds,…

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s affinity for NASCAR history is well-known, as he is a collector of classic memorabilia and even goes online to track down videotapes of races from the 1970s and early 1980s, his favorite era of the sport. But even Earnhardt admits he didn’t know all he could about NASCAR’s roots, forged in the backwoods of Georgia and the Carolinas where bootleggers supped up their cars to outrun…

Conceived to embody a winner-take-all, no-holds barred mentality paying homage to the sport’s short track roots, NASCAR’s All-Star Race recently has been more fizzle than sizzle. In an effort to juice things up and revert the increasingly blasé attitude fans have toward the exhibition race that awards $1 million to its winner, NASCAR unveiled a rapidly revised format Friday that should rectify the humdrum affair and add significantly more…

What is the absolute worst, most jarring way to learn your team is leaving town? Nope, not that. Nope, that’s pretty bad, but this is worse: Scott Prue of Biddeford was in the Pirates’ office at 4 p.m. to pick up a jersey won by his son in a raffle and to renew three season tickets. Ben Locke, director of ticket operations, was helping Prue with the transaction when an…

The Los Angeles City Council on Friday unanimously approved plans for a privately financed $250-million stadium in Exposition Park, clearing the way for the expansion Los Angeles Football Club to begin construction on the most expensive soccer-specific project in Major League Soccer history. The 22,000-seat stadium will be the centerpiece of a 15-acre complex that will include a conference center, restaurants and a soccer museum. It will be built next…

When was the last time you felt genuine excitement over discovering something you’re passionate about? Like, actually stumbling upon something that makes you want to share your happiness with others? Most recently for me, it was when I found this random girl on Instagram who consistently shares the best food finds in New York City, and every recommendation has been spot-on. The one downside is that she’s weirdly obsessed with…

RELATED: Vote now in Sprint Fan Vote   Rules outlining the 2016 versions of the Sprint All-Star Race and Sprint Showdown at Charlotte Motor Speedway were announced Friday, and NASCAR’s annual All-Star Race will once again include a dramatic final segment to determine a $1 million prize winner.   There are three segments in this year’s Sprint All-Star Race — a 50-lap opening segment, a 50-lap second segment and a 13-lap final dash…

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Watch United States Vs. Canada In World Hockey Championships Online (Live Stream) The Stanley Cup playoffs are in full swing, but another notable hockey tournament gets underway Friday. The IIHF world tournament begins in Russia, highlighted by a group-play matchup between two hockey powers, the United States and Canada. While the rosters don’t have the normal starpower of, say, the Olympics, plenty of notable names are on each roster. That’s…

Last season, Minnesota United striker Christian Ramirez went nine games without a goal. Not an unusual occurrence among attackers, but somehow this one jarred. The previous year, he had lit up the North American Soccer League in his debut season, finding the back of the net so often there was talk of a national team call-up. The critics wrote him off. Ramirez though had other ideas. The second half of…

The number of truly iconic hockey pictures is surprisingly small. The sport is notoriously difficult to photograph, thanks to the fast-paced action, the elusive puck, and some unique space, proximity, and lighting restrictions. There’s Denis Brodeur (yes, Martin’s father) and his shot of Paul Henderson celebrating Team Canada’s victory in the 1972 Summit Series; Ralph Morse’s eerie portrait of goaltender Terry Sawchuk, his scars and stitches simulated with makeup; Heinz…

The number of truly iconic hockey pictures is surprisingly small. The sport is notoriously difficult to photograph, thanks to the fast-paced action, the elusive puck, and some unique space, proximity, and lighting restrictions. There’s Denis Brodeur (yes, Martin’s father) and his shot of Paul Henderson celebrating Team Canada’s victory in the 1972 Summit Series; Ralph Morse’s eerie portrait of goaltender Terry Sawchuk, his scars and stitches simulated with makeup; Heinz…

The number of truly iconic hockey pictures is surprisingly small. The sport is notoriously difficult to photograph, thanks to the fast-paced action, the elusive puck, and some unique space, proximity, and lighting restrictions. There’s Denis Brodeur (yes, Martin’s father) and his shot of Paul Henderson celebrating Team Canada’s victory in the 1972 Summit Series; Ralph Morse’s eerie portrait of goaltender Terry Sawchuk, his scars and stitches simulated with makeup; Heinz…

The number of truly iconic hockey pictures is surprisingly small. The sport is notoriously difficult to photograph, thanks to the fast-paced action, the elusive puck, and some unique space, proximity, and lighting restrictions. There’s Denis Brodeur (yes, Martin’s father) and his shot of Paul Henderson celebrating Team Canada’s victory in the 1972 Summit Series; Ralph Morse’s eerie portrait of goaltender Terry Sawchuk, his scars and stitches simulated with makeup; Heinz…

Whetting America’s appetite for a glimpse into a truly Minnesota thing, ESPN has unveiled a video trailer that teases its “Minneflowta” episode airing Tuesday, when viewers will be clued in on the wild hairdos the State of Hockey’s players come up with every year for the State Tournament. During this past season’s Class AA and A tournaments in March at the Xcel Energy Center, ESPN’s Barry Melrose had a hair…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 5, 2016) — NASCAR today announced the 2017 schedules for its three national series, giving fans and stakeholders a significant head start in planning for next season’s thrilling slate.   A credit to unprecedented industry collaboration, specifically the five-year sanctioning agreement between NASCAR and its tracks, the sanctioning body finalized its 2017 schedules months ahead of previous years’ release.   The result: Three unique schedules featuring…