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China’s Blueprint for Reaching Top Ranks of Soccer – International New York Times

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

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China’s Blueprint for Reaching Top Ranks of Soccer – International New York Times

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

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The Women’s National Soccer Team Could Forego the Olympics to Protest Wage Discrimination – GOOD Magazine

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Despite being the favorite to repeat as Olympic champions at the games in Rio de Janeiro this summer, the U.S. women’s national soccer team is considering a boycott of the event. And it’s not because of a tyrannical ruling regime in Brazil that inflicts human rights abuses on its citizens. It’s not because playing conditions will be inhumane. It’s because the domestic governing body responsible for handling the team treats…

China Wants to Become a ‘Soccer Superpower’ by 2050 – TIME

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

The Chinese government has unveiled an ambitious blueprint to get 50 million children and adults playing soccer by the end of this decade, with the broader objective of becoming a “world football superpower” by 2050. Despite boasting the world’s largest population and excelling at many sports, particularly athletics, China woefully underperforms at soccer and has only ever qualified for one World Cup. A statement published Monday also outlines plans to…

FOX Sports reporter Jamie Little to pull two-week NASCAR/Supercross double – FOXSports.com

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

This extended Q&A marks the seventh in a series with FOX Sports motor sports personalities to be highlighted over the next several months. On a weekly basis, FOX NASCAR reporter Jamie Little covers pit road in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series. However, during the next two weeks, she expands her usual “double duty” to another racing discipline — Monster Energy AMA Supercross. Prior to covering the…

Ron Hornaday returns to his racing roots – Nascar

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

At KHI, he won two more championships (his four career titles is a series record) and 25 more races between ’05-11. “A.J. was the easiest,” Hornaday said of his various career stops. “He’s always snappy; he sounded like my dad. I’d tell him, ‘A.J., you’d still be driving a car if you could fit in the window so don’t yell at me no more.’ At DEI, founded by seven-time premier…

Wisconsin girls soccer team targeted by Trump wall chants walks off – CBSSports.com

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

A girls high school soccer team in Wisconsin walked off the field after they were the target of Donald Trump chants from people on the sideline, according to WISC-TV. It was the Beloit Memorial girls varsity soccer team, which took on Elkhorn Area High last Thusday. Reportedly there were kids on the side of the field yelling “Donald Trump, build that wall,” toward Hispanic and African American players. According to…

China Wants to Become a ‘Soccer Superpower’ by 2050 – TIME

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

The Chinese government has unveiled an ambitious blueprint to get 50 million children and adults playing soccer by the end of this decade, with the broader objective of becoming a “world football superpower” by 2050. Despite boasting the world’s largest population and excelling at many sports, particularly athletics, China woefully underperforms at soccer and has only ever qualified for one World Cup. A statement published Monday also outlines plans to…

Watch live: Dale Jr.’s Darlington paint scheme reveal – Nascar

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

RELATED: Watch the live stream | 2015 Darlington throwback paint schemes On Wednesday, NASCAR.com will live stream the reveal of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s No. 88 Nationwide Chevrolet paint scheme that he’ll wheel at Darlington Raceway during Labor Day weekend (Sept. 2-4, 2016). The reveal will be streamed from 2-2:45 p.m. ET. In line with last season’s highly successful throwback theme, the annual Southern 500 at Darlington will once again feature a retro theme that focuses upon the…

China Wants to Become a ‘Soccer Superpower’ by 2050 – TIME

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

The Chinese government has unveiled an ambitious blueprint to get 50 million children and adults playing soccer by the end of this decade, with the broader objective of becoming a “world football superpower” by 2050. Despite boasting the world’s largest population and excelling at many sports, particularly athletics, China woefully underperforms at soccer and has only ever qualified for one World Cup. A statement published Monday also outlines plans to…

Ed Snider, Flyers Owner Who Made Philadelphia a Hockey Town, Dies at 83 – New York Times

Monday, April 11, 2016

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The US women’s soccer pay dispute: a tangled web with no easy answers – The Guardian

Monday, April 11, 2016

To get “equal pay”, would the US women’s soccer team give up its salaries? It’s a strange question, but it illustrates the complexity of comparing deals that were negotiated at different times with different goals. The US women’s soccer team, for better or for worse, consists mostly of salaried employees. The men’s team, whose players usually draw the bulk of their income from professional clubs, gets mostly bonus money. Related:…

Ed Snider, Flyers Owner who ‘Created Hockey in Philadelphia,’ Dies at 83 – New York Times

Monday, April 11, 2016

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Roush reveals No. 17 Darlington throwback look – Nascar

Monday, April 11, 2016

RELATED: Buy Darlington tickets   The first formal reveal of a throwback paint scheme for this year’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway came Monday. Roush Fenway Racing released a video of the No. 17 Fastenal Ford of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. that showed the car getting wrapped, along with Stenhouse and Darrell Waltrip chatting about the car and the track.   Waltrip drove the No. 17 throughout his career, and…

Pint-Size Crystal Dunn Reaches New Heights With US Soccer – New York Times

Monday, April 11, 2016

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‘Go Sioux!’ chants echo as North Dakota wins NCAA hockey title – Minneapolis Star Tribune

Monday, April 11, 2016

TAMPA, Fla. — Drake Caggiula was determined to not leave the Frozen Four without North Dakota’s eighth national hockey title. The senior forward scored two third-period goals in his final college game, and the Fighting Hawks got a short-handed goal and three assists from freshman Brock Boeser in a 5-1 victory over top-seeded Quinnipiac on Saturday night. “I just played like it was my last weekend because it was, and…