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Those who knew the late Curtis Turner best said he didn’t know a lick about the mechanics behind a race car. But they are also in agreement about one thing: Turner – one of five Class of 2016 inductees into the NASCAR Hall of Fame – sure could drive them fast. “He’s probably one of the best natural race car drivers NASCAR’s ever had,” former Charlotte Motor Speedway president H.A….

The sound of a group of kids screaming “Happy birthday, Mack” echoed at the indoor soccer complex at Holuba Hall. With soccer balls in hand, a group of about two dozen kids learning goalkeeping skills huddled on part of the artificial soccer field. On the count of three, they each thew the balls in the air while simultaneously yelling the birthday call. Mack Brady would have turned 12 Saturday. His…

January 15, 2016_Carlsbad, California_USA_| Hitting the wall are Kyle Plouffe, left, and Blake Scrable, at right, during a practice session of the Carlsbad United Hockey team at Icetown Carlsbad. |_Mandatory Photo Credit: Photo by Charlie Neuman/San Diego Union-Tribune/©2016 San Diego Union-Tribune, LLCSan Diego Union-Tribune January 15, 2016_Carlsbad, California_USA_| Hitting the wall are Kyle Plouffe, left, and Blake Scrable, at right, during a practice session of the Carlsbad United Hockey team…

Rico Abreu went back-to-back in the Chili Bowl, winning one of the most prestigious Midget Car races in the country for the second consecutive year.   Abreu — who on Friday announced his full-time ride with ThorSport Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series — began his ascent into NASCAR with his 2015 win, and he repeated the feat this year in a championship race that started Saturday night and ended…

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SANTA CLARA — More than 1,000 youth soccer players who were kicked off their fields by the National Football League may have found a pretty cool replacement: a professional soccer stadium. The San Jose Earthquakes have pledged to open two fields at Avaya Stadium to young Santa Clara players displaced by Super Bowl 50, a gesture that could end nearly two weeks of bitter litigation and finger-pointing between the Santa…

SAN JOSE — It was a no-nonsense face-off in court Monday between the NFL, the city of Santa Clara and a youth soccer league — and for the first time, new arguments came to light in the legal dispute over whether the NFL can use a soccer park next to Levi’s Stadium for Super Bowl 50. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Joseph H. Huber said he wouldn’t rule until…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (January 11, 2016) — NASCAR announced today the 25 eligible drivers and the format for the season-opening 75-lap Sprint Unlimited at the new Daytona International Speedway motorsports stadium on Saturday, Feb. 13. The event, which will be broadcast live on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM, marks the first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race following the completion of DAYTONA Rising, the $400 million frontstretch redevelopment project that has transformed Daytona International Speedway into the…

Denna Laing, the professional women’s hockey player who has been hospitalized with severe spinal damage since crashing into the boards during an exhibition before the NHL Winter Classic, said that the injury didn’t spoil “the best day of my life.” “We made history that day and I would never take those moments back,” she wrote in a Facebook post, accompanied by a dozen pictures of her and her teammates trying…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Chelsea have tabled a £30m bid for Shakhtar Donetsk attacking midfielder Alex Teixeira, 26, who has scored 26 goals in 26 games this season. (Star) The Blues are also eying a deal for AC Milan striker Carlos Bacca, 29, and are willing to meet the £30m asking price. (Gazzetta dello Sport via Express) Everton will make a…

SAN JOSE — A new soccer field complex planned for a 13-acre parcel near the Earthquakes’ Avaya Stadium might be moved to a larger piece of land at the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens — but city officials say the move faces several hurdles and lots of red tape. San Jose elected leaders on Tuesday were getting ready to award a construction contract to build the four-field Coleman Soccer Field…

Believe it or not, it’s not always about stock cars for NASCAR drivers. That much was apparent through numerous social-media postings by NASCAR types who obviously were very impressed with the AMA Supercross season opener on Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif. Among those who commented were Sprint Cup drivers Clint Bowyer, AJ Allmendinger, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Chase Elliott as they caught the action televised on FS1. XFINITY Series driver…

My 5-year-old is learning to skate. Soon, he wants to play hockey. And I’m going to let him. Because when I watch him on the ice, my sensitive son seems inquisitive, animated, brave. Not when I’m around, of course. When I took him skating, he wouldn’t let go of my hand. He cried that it was hard. I rewarded him with a donut for skating 10 feet on his own….

Want to buy a true old-school NASCAR race car? You’ll have your chance at the upcoming Barrett-Jackson Collector-Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. And when we say old school, we mean old, old school. In 1957, Chevrolet decided to create a race car that would dominate NASCAR and establish Chevrolet as the car to beat in the minds of buyers across the country. Known as the “Black Widow,” the…

NHL Network and Sportsnet will televise “Rogers Hometown Hockey” on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET, prior to the game between the Ottawa Senators and Washington Capitals (Sportsnet). This week’s location is Swift Current, Saskatchewan and the show will celebrate the history of hockey in the city. Among the features airing on the pregame show: * Patrick Marleau, a Saskatchewan native, played for the Swift Current Legionnaires and had an…

Want to buy a true old-school NASCAR race car? You’ll have your chance at the upcoming Barrett-Jackson Collector-Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. And when we say old school, we mean old, old school. In 1957, Chevrolet decided to create a race car that would dominate NASCAR and establish Chevrolet as the car to beat in the minds of buyers across the country. Known as the “Black Widow,” the 1957 Chevrolet…

Want to buy a true old-school NASCAR race car? You’ll have your chance at the upcoming Barrett-Jackson Collector-Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. And when we say old school, we mean old, old school. In 1957, Chevrolet decided to create a race car that would dominate NASCAR and establish Chevrolet as the car to beat in the minds of buyers across the country. Known as the “Black Widow,” the 1957 Chevrolet…

Manchester United’s players and manager Louis van Gaal “look bored” and are “going through the motions”, says the club’s former midfielder Paul Scholes. Van Gaal’s side laboured to a 1-0 FA Cup third-round win over Sheffield United – failing to score a first-half goal for the 10th home match in a row. “There just seems to be an acceptance of bad performances,” Scholes,…

About an hour after her record-setting performance in last summer’s Women’s World Cup final, Carli Lloyd called her personal coach, James Galanis, in New Jersey. “I’m not stopping. I want more,” Galanis said Lloyd told him. “Then the next question was ‘when are we training again?’ “ For Galanis, the short conversation told him all he needed to know: success wasn’t going to spoil Lloyd. For more than a decade…