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The United Soccer League plans to continue a burst of expansion that has spread its footprint across nearly 30 markets in the United States and Canada, its president said Thursday. “The expansion clubs who have joined the league this year and in the previous season have done extremely well,” the USL president, Jake Edwards, said during a conference call with reporters. “The popularity…

DULUTH, Minn. — In northern Minnesota, it’s not uncommon to find a guy in his nineties looking back on his glory days as a hockey player – but it is uncommon to find a guy still living them. Like his handle bar mustache, Mark Sertich’s hockey days appear to be never ending. “You’ve gotta challenge yourself a little bit,” said Sertich. “I think that’s what keeps you going.” Mark Sertich…

Volkswagenn Hayranları/YouTube See Also Volkswagen’s emissions crisis could hit American bicycle racing close to home and leave USA Cycling, the sport’s national governing body, scrambling to find a new title sponsor if the beleaguered automaker decides not to renew its partnership in the coming weeks. Volkswagen is USA Cycling’s biggest partner, and this is a contract-renewal year. Last month, an investigation by the US Environmental Protection Agency revealed Volkswagen had…

NASCAR’s most popular driver is at a crossroads in the 2015 season. Dale Earnhardt Jr. needs to win either this weekend’s Hollywood Casino 400 in Kansas or the CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega on Oct. 25. Earnhardt currently sits 11th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase standings; he’s 19 points behind Brad Keselowski on the cutoff line. These next two races are the final ones of the Contender Round in the…

Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott, who makes the jump to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series next season, will unveil his 2016 No. 24 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet SS paint scheme on NASCAR Race Hub on FS1 this coming Monday at 6 p.m. ET. The anticipated reveal is being simulcast in New York City’s Times Square on the giant FOX video screen. Elliott, 19, the defending NASCAR XFINITY Series champion and…

For the first time since 2003, the Valley Preferred Cycling Center will be hosting the USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships. The velodrome in Trexlertown last hosted the junior national championships in 2013, but last hosted the elites in 2003. This time out, the world-famous Concrete Crater will host both the junior and elite events. The 2016 USA Cycling Elite and Junior Track National Championships will be held July 25-31,…

The United Soccer League plans to continue a burst of expansion that has spread its footprint across nearly 30 markets in the United States and Canada, its president said Thursday. “The expansion clubs who have joined the league this year and in the previous season have done extremely well,” the USL president, Jake Edwards, said during a conference call with reporters. “The popularity…

Sometimes, the best thing a driver can do is simply start over. In 2014, his inaugural year with Stewart-Haas Racing, Kevin Harvick won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. This after spending 13 seasons unsuccessfully chasing a title with Richard Childress Racing. The driver who replaced Harvick at RCR, Ryan Newman, finished second in last year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Not only was it the best result…

NASCAR announced Wednesday that the sanctioning body has issued warnings to several teams — including five in the Chase for the Sprint Cup — following last weekend’s Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Most impacted are Chase driver Brad Keselowski and non-Chase driver Tony Stewart who will lose their pit selections for Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway as a result of their respective teams accumulating four…

It was an extra-special weekend for Cristina Tortolano. The 11-year-old from Rhode Island celebrated both her love of hockey and her mighty courage during the Rhode Island Columbus Day Invitational Tournament, one of many events held nationwide during IIHF World Girls Ice Hockey Weekend. A creation of 1998 United States Olympic teammates Vicki Movsessian-Lamoriello and Sara DeCosta-Hayes, the tournament hosted more than 70 girls teams from…

Oribe Peralta of Mexico, at left, celebrates with teammates Javier Hernández, center, and Paul Aguilar after Hernández scored a goal during Mexico’s 3-2 victory over the United States on Saturday. Credit Photograph by MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty For weeks, a certain stench had been hanging over this past Saturday night’s highly anticipated soccer match between the U.S. and Mexican national teams. It was impossible to ignore, even if most public commentators, including…

i Soccer buddies Lahis Maria Ramos Veras, 14, left, and Milena Medeiros dos Santos, 16, don’t let taunts keep them from playing. Lahis goes by the nickname “Lala.” Lianne Milton/for NPR hide caption itoggle caption Lianne Milton/for NPR Soccer buddies Lahis Maria Ramos Veras, 14, left, and Milena Medeiros dos Santos, 16, don’t let taunts keep them from playing. Lahis goes by the nickname “Lala.” Lianne Milton/for NPR It’s a…

When Jonathan Gregg played youth soccer in the 1980s, the typical scene was 11 players-a-side mauling the ball while coaches and parents on the sideline yelled encouragement, screamed in angst, and generally made a lot of noise. No longer. Gregg now coaches youth soccer, among other sports. A few weeks ago in Mill Valley, California, his two recreational teams duked it out in total quiet. As part of the first…

When William Byron sat in his classroom at Charlotte Country Day last Monday he heard everyone buzzing about the big wins for the school’s sports teams. Sitting in the back of the room, the high school senior couldn’t help but think about his big weekend. While his classmates were busy competing against other schools, Byron was racing around Dover International Speedway, putting the finishing touches on his championship season in…

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With the same guys finishing up front and a couple of big names again experiencing considerable setbacks, an unmistakable air of familiarity hangs over the Chase for the Sprint Cup giving it a feel that the 2015 playoffs may, in fact, be a replay of last year’s postseason. Putting forth a dominating performance that saw him lead a career-high amount of laps, Joey Logano won Sunday’s Round 2 race…

It’s not how most Ivy League graduates picture their first year out of school — making 400 bucks a week, working weekends, and sleeping in buses rumbling through Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. But while most of his classmates were battling each other for jobs during the Great Recession in 2009, Ryan Garbutt was battling the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees for the final playoff spot in the Central Hockey League’s…

Jurgen Klinsmann may be facing the biggest crisis in his four years running the U.S. program.(Photo: Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports) A really bad week for United States soccer coach Jurgen Klinsmann could become a disastrous one Tuesday, with the Olympic men’s team one defeat away from missing out on next summer’s Games in Rio de Janeiro. Klinsmann came under fire in the aftermath of Saturday’s demoralizing 3-2 extra time…

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