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Karishma Kapoor, 20, is a business student, a soccer fan — and a betting woman. One day last August, she was at her grandmother’s house. “We just all sat around talking, and then football came up. And we just thought, ‘Why not?’ Kapoor recalls. “It’s only a pound, so we put 2 pounds on (about $3), at 5,000-to-one odds.” She placed a bet online — against the 5000-to-one odds —…

Photo credit: Getty Images Remember the end of last year, when NASCAR’s headlines were all dominated with the beef between Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano? It’s baaaaaaaack! This time, Kenseth blamed Logano for contact during today’s Talladega race and gave him a bit of a warning as they were both outside the infield care center. http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/nascars-kenset… NASCAR’s Kenseth Suspended For Two Races For Punting Logano Into Wall NASCAR’s Kenseth Suspended…

The Sacramento Republic FC of the United Soccer League takes on the St. Louis FC.(Photo: United Soccer League) — Two professional soccer leagues are considering Nashville for a future expansion franchise as Metro officials said potential team investors are exploring the city’s appetite for higher-level pro soccer. Representatives from the rapidly growing United Soccer League and the North American Soccer League both confirmed interest in making Nashville a future expansion…

RELATED: Results | Standings post-Talladega | Relive the day in photos TALLADEGA, Ala. — Austin Dillon, driving a Chevrolet with NASCAR’s most famous number — 3 — on its side panels, nearly matched one of Dale Earnhardt’s most extraordinary feats at the exact location it happened, mere days after what would’ve been the 65th birthday of the late, great “Intimidator.”   Instead, he still came home with a career-best finish in…

RELATED: Talladega leaderboard | How Stewart will be scored   Ty Dillon subbed in for three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart on Sunday, taking over the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 14 Chevrolet at Talladega Superspeedway.   The team made the driver switch in the 52nd of a scheduled 188 laps in Sunday’s GEICO 500. The swap went according to plan, with Dillon intending to fill in during the first caution period as Stewart eases back to…

‘Dega! It’s legendary for a reason, and much of that reason is the insanity of restrictor plate racing. Everyone’s as aggressive as possible to finish well at one of NASCAR’s most famous tracks, which often leads to chaos. Bonus: after a last-lap review, today’s winner wasn’t who everyone thought it would be. Today’s Xfinity Series race ended with two restarts. The first of the final two restarts happened with five…

Australian Shane Sutton won Commonwealth Games gold as a rider Shane Sutton should have got a “slap on the wrist” if necessary but should have stayed on at British Cycling, ex-swimming boss Bill Sweetenham says. Sutton resigned as technical director on Wednesday amid claims of sexism and discrimination towards elite cyclists. The Australian has denied the allegations and said he stepped down in the best interests of British Cycling. “There…

The English Premier League is the most-watched sports league in the world. But in the U.S., it isn’t even the most-viewed soccer league. Mexico’s Liga MX is averaging more than 1.1 million viewers on the Univision-owned UniMas Spanish-language network, an audience 19% larger than NBC averages for its weekly EPL telecasts. And that’s a success built largely on time and loyalty, two advantages Univision’s Mexican soccer coverage has over NBC…

New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony doesn’t know if he wants to play in the Olympic Games this summer. He has represented the United States at the last two Olympics, and USA Basketball included him on its list of 30 finalists in January. In an interview with The Vertical’s Michael Lee, Anthony said that he’ll wait and see how he’s feeling in the summer: USA Basketball has provided Anthony his…

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — More than 60 years after he started playing and more than 30 years after he started coaching, the hockey rink is still where Doug Woog feels most comfortable. Even at 72 years old, he can’t help but stay involved. “Thirty-some years, you just don’t want to drop off the map either,” said Woog. Woog’s latest pet project is called Crown Hockey — an offseason program for kids…

‘Dega! It’s legendary for a reason, and much of that reason is the insanity of restrictor plate racing. Everyone’s as aggressive as possible to finish well at one of NASCAR’s most famous tracks, which often leads to chaos. Bonus: after a last-lap review, today’s winner wasn’t who everyone thought it would be. Today’s Xfinity Series race ended with two restarts. The first of the final two restarts happened with five…

The English Premier League is the most-watched sports league in the world. But in the U.S., it isn’t even the most-viewed soccer league. Mexico’s Liga MX is averaging more than 1.1 million viewers on the Univision-owned UniMas Spanish-language network, an audience 19% larger than NBC averages for its weekly EPL telecasts. And that’s a success built largely on time and loyalty, two advantages Univision’s Mexican soccer coverage has over NBC…

New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony doesn’t know if he wants to play in the Olympic Games this summer. He has represented the United States at the last two Olympics, and USA Basketball included him on its list of 30 finalists in January. In an interview with The Vertical’s Michael Lee, Anthony said that he’ll wait and see how he’s feeling in the summer: USA Basketball has provided Anthony his…

4:59 PM ET print TALLADEGA, Ala. — Members of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Drivers Council said they appreciated NASCAR chairman Brian France coming for part of their meeting Friday night at Talladega Superspeedway. NASCAR’s chief executive had not gone to any meetings since the group’s inception last year, theorizing that the drivers might be more open without him there. McGee: Drivers and NASCAR working together … finally Drivers organized at…

‘Dega! It’s legendary for a reason, and much of that reason is the insanity of restrictor plate racing. Everyone’s as aggressive as possible to finish well at one of NASCAR’s most famous tracks, which often leads to chaos. Bonus: after a last-lap review, today’s winner wasn’t who everyone thought it would be. Today’s Xfinity Series race ended with two restarts. The first of the final two restarts happened with five…

The English Premier League is the most-watched sports league in the world. But in the U.S., it isn’t even the most-viewed soccer league. Mexico’s Liga MX is averaging more than 1.1 million viewers on the Univision-owned UniMas Spanish-language network, an audience 19% larger than NBC averages for its weekly EPL telecasts. And that’s a success built largely on time and loyalty, two advantages Univision’s Mexican soccer coverage has over NBC…

Roger Faulkner in 1994.(Photo: Kris Gillette) Roger Faulkner, who founded the most prominent soccer team to play in Michigan to date, said he was impressed by the $1-billion plan unveiled Wednesday in downtown Detroit by Dan Gilbert — in partnership with Pistons owner Tom Gores — to bring a Major League Soccer expansion team to Detroit. Gilbert, founder and chairman of Quicken Loans and majority owner of the NBA’s Cleveland…

LONDON — Britain looks set to witness the final chapter this weekend of an underdog story that arguably outshines even the 1980 “Miracle on Ice.” Leicester City — a pro soccer team built on a shoestring budget, and hailing from an unfashionable city in central England — can clinch the British Premier League on Sunday with a win over 13-time champions Manchester United. Before the season began, they were 5,000-to-1…

Despite a spell of unprecedented success, should we compromise on no-compromise? That question has been preoccupying those at the sharp end of the sporting system this week as the wheels threatened to come off at British Cycling with less than 100 days to go until the Rio Olympics. The man in charge of the elite track team, Shane Sutton, resigned as the dam burst on a stream of allegations of…

Saturday’s women’s race, which was won by Kirsten Wild  (Hitec-Products) ahead of Briton Lucy Garner (Wiggle-High5), claimed  £15000, the most lucrative prize pot in women’s cycling history. And  the race was billed as a landmark in terms of equal opportunity with  the women racing the same course as the men from Otley to Doncaster.  Live television coverage, a rarity in women’s cycling, was a big part  of the equation, and…