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The hockey fight is not dead. Not even close. Among the dozens of fights this month alone, a Nov. 7 blow from San Jose Sharks’ Micheal Haley sent Anaheim Duck Clayton Stoner’s helmet bouncing across the ice. A Nov. 14 punch-up between the Winnipeg Jets and the Nashville Predators landed every single player on the ice in the penalty box. Three days later, Predators forward Mike Fisher punched Ducks defenseman…

Goalkeeper Casey Murphy (blue) starred in the shootout as Rutgers upset Virginia to advance to its first Final Four.(Photo: Kelsey Grant/Courtesy of Rutgers athletics communications) Rutgers women’s soccer team isn’t done making history just yet. Continuing the winningest season in program history, Rutgers advanced to the Final Four for the first time Friday by upsetting No. 1-ranked powerhouse Virginia, 7-6, on penalty kicks, after a scoreless regulation and two overtimes. In a battle…

Goalkeeper Casey Murphy (blue) starred in the shootout as Rutgers upset Virginia to advance to its first Final Four.(Photo: Kelsey Grant/Courtesy of Rutgers athletics communications) Rutgers women’s soccer team isn’t done making history just yet. Continuing the winningest season in program history, Rutgers advanced to the Final Four for the first time Friday by upsetting No. 1-ranked powerhouse Virginia, 7-6, on penalty kicks, after a scoreless regulation and two overtimes. In a battle…

BUENOS AIRES—Argentines are fond of making superlative claims. Their country produces “the world’s best beef,” offers “the world’s widest avenue” and, in compatriot Pope Francis, has provided “the best pontiff ever.” Now they have something new to tout: a statue some assert is the world’s tallest bronze of a soccer player. On Nov. 6, a 22-foot-high 6.3-ton likeness of Ángel Labruna, a mid-20th-century striker, was unveiled in the capital next…

ORONO, Maine — Senior center Will Merchant saved a potential go-ahead goal, then scored the game-winner with 51.7 seconds left to rally the University of Maine hockey team to its third straight win, 5-3, over Princeton University on Friday night at Alfond Arena. Andrew Tegeler’s goal with 6:59 remaining tied it after Ryan Kuffner’s power-play goal at the 7:48 mark of the third period gave Princeton its first lead. The…

Goalkeeper Casey Murphy (blue) starred in the shootout as Rutgers upset Virginia to advance to its first Final Four.(Photo: Kelsey Grant/Courtesy of Rutgers athletics communications) Rutgers women’s soccer team isn’t done making history just yet. Continuing the winningest season in program history, Rutgers advanced to the Final Four for the first time Friday by upsetting No. 1-ranked powerhouse Virginia, 7-6, on penalty kicks, after a scoreless regulation and two overtimes. In a battle…

BUENOS AIRES—Argentines are fond of making superlative claims. Their country produces “the world’s best beef,” offers “the world’s widest avenue” and, in compatriot Pope Francis, has provided “the best pontiff ever.” Now they have something new to tout: a statue some assert is the world’s tallest bronze of a soccer player. On Nov. 6, a 22-foot-high 6.3-ton likeness of Ángel Labruna, a mid-20th-century striker, was unveiled in the capital next…

BUENOS AIRES—Argentines are fond of making superlative claims. Their country produces “the world’s best beef,” offers “the world’s widest avenue” and, in compatriot Pope Francis, has provided “the best pontiff ever.” Now they have something new to tout: a statue some assert is the world’s tallest bronze of a soccer player. On Nov. 6, a 22-foot-high 6.3-ton likeness of Ángel Labruna, a mid-20th-century striker, was unveiled in the capital next…

Not surprisingly, members of the NASCAR community celebrated Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday in style. From drivers, to drivers’ significant others, to FOX Sports TV personalities, check out some of the best “Turkey Day” tweets from around the NASCAR world. Good Morning America, twitterville, race fans, @steviewaltrip and I wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving! pic.twitter.com/b4mUltyxkg — Darrell Waltrip (@AllWaltrip) November 26, 2015 This has definitely been a day of…

Think you already know everything about the No. 3 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series? Think again. Here’s some serious No. 3 trivia for the hard-core NASCAR fan: — A total of 82 drivers have driven the No. 3 in NASCAR’s premier division — the late Dale Earnhardt and 81 others, including his former boss, Richard Childress. — All told, cars carrying the No. 3 have competed in 1,208 NASCAR…

Buy Photo Cape Henlopen’s Sydney Ostroski signs her national letter of intent to play field hockey at West Chester University.(Photo: Staff photo by Ryan Marshall)Buy Photo When Cape Henlopen’s Sydney Ostroski stepped on the campus, she knew. West Chester was the school she would continue her education and career at. And it all happened by chance. “I had no idea about West Chester,” Ostroski said. “I didn’t look there or…

“Didn’t we lock you in a Dumpster one time?” “Yeah, I got out.” “Cool man, I’m glad you did.” — “Old School” So I’m here to report that I’ve emerged from a YouTube rabbit hole, one I willfully stepped into but struggled to get out of. I started innocently enough, reading this terrific first-person essay from former Islanders’ great Bryan Trottier, writing a letter to his younger self about all…

0 Shares print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR: Turn 1: Some howling around NASCAR Nation about a champion that missed 11 races. Should Kyle Busch‘s championship come with an asterisk? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: Absolutely not. Kyle Busch cleared every hurdle placed before him to earn his first Sprint Cup title. Fact is, the road to the championship was far more difficult…

0 Shares print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR: Turn 1: Some howling around NASCAR Nation about a champion that missed 11 races. Should Kyle Busch‘s championship come with an asterisk? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: Absolutely not. Kyle Busch cleared every hurdle placed before him to earn his first Sprint Cup title. Fact is, the road to the championship was far more difficult…

0 Shares print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR: Turn 1: Some howling around NASCAR Nation about a champion that missed 11 races. Should Kyle Busch‘s championship come with an asterisk? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: Absolutely not. Kyle Busch cleared every hurdle placed before him to earn his first Sprint Cup title. Fact is, the road to the championship was far more difficult…

0 Shares print Lewis Hamilton admits he would love to take part in a NASCAR race “one day” after being an impressed spectator for the series’ season finale. Hamilton flew to Miami to support Jeff Gordon last week ahead of the four-time NASCAR champion’s final race in the series. The Mercedes driver is known to be an avid fan of America and American culture but has not raced outside of…

The teams warm up before the start of the men’s hockey game between UMass-Lowell and Vermont at Gutterson Fieldhouse on Nov. 6, 2015.(Photo: BRIAN JENKINS/For the FREE PRESS) Now that the Thanksgiving feast has been relegated to leftovers, college hockey fans can indulge in their favorite sport with plenty of tournaments this weekend, including the inaugural Windjammer Classic at the University of Vermont and the illustrious Primelink Great Northern Shootout…

Lord Coe beat Ukrainian pole vault great Sergey Bubka to become the new IAAF president earlier this year UK Sport has spent £182,000 on five campaigns for senior positions in global sport in the last two years. The agency, which funds Olympic and Paralympic sport, backed campaigns by Lord Coe, Brian Cookson, Sir Phillip Craven, John McEwen and Louise Martin. Two thirds of that sum, £115,000, went to one company,…