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NASCAR drivers ready to put Rolex in rearview mirror – Nascar

Sunday, January 31, 2016

RELATED: Best photos from Rolex 24 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona was certainly rare of late, in that none of the current NASCAR drivers entered in the great sports car race hoisted an overall winner’s trophy. Since Casey Mears became the first full-time Sprint Cup Series driver to score an overall victory in this event in 2006 — NASCAR drivers have won five more grand Rolex titles,…

NHL All-Star Game Live Stream: Watch Hockey’s Best Players In Action Online – Hollywood Life

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Yee-Haw! Hockey’s finest will be heading to Music City as the Nashville Predators play host to the NHL All-Star game. We’ve got your way to watch all the icy fun on Live Stream! Get ready for hockey to go country! Nashville is getting is first chance to play host to the annual NHL All-Star Game and the city is going to do everything possible to show some southern hospitality to the…

No. 2 Tequila Patron ESM wins Rolex 24 at Daytona – Nascar

Sunday, January 31, 2016

RELATED: Photos from Rolex 24 at Daytona DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Appropriately enough, after 24 hours of seemingly non-stop action, the fastest car still running was the overall winner of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Luis Felipe “Pipo” Derani, a baby-faced 22-year-old racing prodigy from Brazil, took the checkered flag on Sunday afternoon in the No. 2 Tequila Patron ESM Honda-powered Ligier JS P2, 26.166 seconds ahead of 2005 overall…

Richfield High School: Where hockey died – Minneapolis Star Tribune

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Richfield’s many outdoor skating rinks were once packed with youngsters dreaming of someday playing high school hockey for the hometown Spartans. Those youngsters, many playing nightly under the lights, would build a legacy of success — six appearances in the old one-class, eight-team state tournament, including a championship game appearance in 1976. Now those same outdoor rinks stand quiet and mostly empty. There are no more dreams of growing up…

Honing Skills in US, a Group of Teenagers Is Fueling China’s Hockey Shift – New York Times

Sunday, January 31, 2016

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San Jose to consider dirt soccer fields – San Jose Mercury News

Sunday, January 31, 2016

In the world’s poorest countries, kids play soccer on fields of dirt. This coming Wednesday evening, partly for reasons of cost and drought, San Jose’s Parks and Recreation Commission will discuss whether the city should imitate them. Yes, fields of dirt. The stuff that turns to mud in a heavy rain. The stuff that keeps carwashes in business. The stuff that has inspired countless parental crusades. The stuff that has…

Attrition claims early favorites in Rolex 24 – Nascar

Sunday, January 31, 2016

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 31, 2016) — While the 54th Rolex 24 At Daytona is shaping up to be one of the most competitive in the race’s history, attrition has claimed a handful of favorites as the race hits the halfway mark and the second segment of the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup. At the conclusion of the 12th hour, multiple cars remain on the lead lap in all…

Honing Skills in US, a Group of Teenagers Is Fueling China’s Hockey Shift – New York Times

Sunday, January 31, 2016

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Two Women’s Hockey Leagues Can Bank on a Future – New York Times

Sunday, January 31, 2016

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San Diego Youth Soccer Referee Retires, 925 Games Later – NBC 7 San Diego

Sunday, January 31, 2016

With exactly 925 youth soccer games under his belt, a San Diego-based referee has hung up his whistle and retired from the field. American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) ref Ron Newby, who recently turned 78 years old, told NBC 7 Friday that he refereed his first soccer game back in 1979 – sort of by mistake. …

Two Women’s Hockey Leagues Can Bank on a Future – New York Times

Sunday, January 31, 2016

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Honing Skills in US, a Group of Teenagers Is Fueling China’s Hockey Shift – New York Times

Sunday, January 31, 2016

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Early drama marks 54th running of Rolex 24 – Nascar

Sunday, January 31, 2016

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The North American professional racing season kicked off Saturday afternoon when the green flag dropped on the 54th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the twice-around-the-clock endurance race featuring four classes of cars in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. Six hours in, and the race was startlingly dramatic, with massive problems for the highest-profile entries, the two Ford GTs. This was the first outing…

Hockey communities take on new challenges – Minneapolis Star Tribune

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Tom Osiecki remembers a high school hockey season, somewhere around the time his Burnsville boys’ squad won back-to-back state titles in the mid-1980s, when he had 120 youngsters between grades 10 and 12 try out for the team. Times have changed. Burnsville’s youth numbers are way down from Osiecki’s era, just like they are in the Bloomington Jefferson and Kennedy associations, also one-time state powers. And youth numbers are down…

Two Women’s Hockey Leagues Can Bank on a Future – New York Times

Sunday, January 31, 2016

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Honing Skills in US, a Group of Teenagers Is Fueling China’s Hockey Shift – New York Times

Sunday, January 31, 2016

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Denny Hamlin makes appearance at Rolex 24 – Nascar

Sunday, January 31, 2016

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Saturday afternoon’s Rolex 24 at Daytona starting grid was not only a huge mass of sports car fans, but a very respectful showing of NASCAR personnel eager to be a part of racing’s great annual season-opener at Daytona International Speedway. NASCAR President Mike Helton took in the scene on pit road as did Sprint Cup driver Denny Hamlin, who at one point was set to drive in this year’s 24-hour…

Truex’s spotter guides Rolex 24 car to top of lineup – Nascar

Sunday, January 31, 2016

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Clayton Hughes stood in the Daytona International Speedway garage Saturday morning looking and feeling a little in awe of the crowded, busy realm of onlookers and race teams readying to put cars on the starting grid for the Rolex 24 at Daytona. In a couple of hours Hughes — whose full-time job is spotting for Martin Truex Jr. in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series — and his co-spotter for the team…

Mild Winter Forces Change To Annual NH Pond Hockey Tournament – CBS Local

Sunday, January 31, 2016

CONCORD, N.H. (CBS/AP) — An annual tournament that celebrates New Hampshire’s hockey heritage is underway again in Concord, though with different equipment this time around. The Black Ice Pond Hockey Championship, now in its sixth year, is being held Saturday and Sunday at White Park. Teams compete 4-on-4 with no goalies and no nets — the goals are boxes with slots cut into them. The tournament was created both to…

Honing Skills in US, a Group of Teenagers Is Fueling China’s Hockey Shift – New York Times

Saturday, January 30, 2016

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