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New Hampshire Motor Speedway had some fun with NASCAR’s latest prize fight and stuck a free standing heavy bag with a pair of red Everlast gloves in the motorhome lot. The sign next to the boxing equipment read: “Chase Stress Reliever.” There was no reason for any drivers to lace up the gloves and channel their inner Floyd Mayweather and spar a few rounds Friday against the bag. The only…

Is debating whether bridge is a sport or a game a sport or a game? It’s neither, is it, because a conclusion isn’t arrived at under a specific set of rules that govern the manner in which points can be scored. This is the defining thing that sports and games have in common. Another thing that sports and games have in common is that the conclusions of such competitions only matter to…

More: Beach Volleyball April Ross looks ahead to 2016, ongoing Brazilian rivalry Brazil leaves beach volleyball legends off Olympic team Misty May-Treanor not ruling out competing again after AVP Championships NEW YORK — Kerri Walsh Jennings says she has no doubt she will win a fourth straight Olympic gold medal in Rio, but, after dislocating her right shoulder twice this season to require a fifth career surgery on the shoulder, she had this to say two…

NEW YORK — Kerri Walsh Jennings says she has no doubt she will win a fourth straight Olympic gold medal in Rio, but, after dislocating her right shoulder twice this season to require a fifth career surgery on the shoulder, she had this to say two months ago to partner April Ross, with her surgeon also present: “You know, if you’re going to pick someone else up and play, make sure it’s somebody you…

The link between VW, the club, its fans and players is inextricable. Wolfsburg’s stadium is called the Volkswagen Arena; the VW logo is emblazoned across the club’s shirts; many of the team’s fans are also VW employees. “We had cars from Volkswagen that were given to us. We had so many things from Volkswagen, so the link is not hidden, it is just there,” former Wolfsburg forward…

Is debating whether bridge is a sport or a game a sport or a game? It’s neither, is it, because a conclusion isn’t arrived at under a specific set of rules that govern the manner in which points can be scored. This is the defining thing that sports and games have in common. Another thing that sports and games have in common is that the conclusions of such competitions only matter to…

Graeme Roustan wants to bid for Performance Sports Group, the maker of Bauer hockey equipment, which is part of the reason he is expected on Friday to back down from a nasty proxy fight. “This isn’t the end. It’s the beginning,” a source close to the situation said. The move by Roustan, the former PSG chairman, comes after current Chairman Bernie McDonell greeted in a less-than-cordial manner his predecessor’s move…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. The Football Association could try to make Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola, 44, the next England boss and would be willing to pay the Spaniard £10m a year to succeed Roy Hodgson, 68. (Sun – subscription required)  But Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge believes Guardiola, who has also been…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. The Football Association could try to make Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola, 44, the next England boss and would be willing to pay the Spaniard £10m a year to succeed Roy Hodgson, 68. (Sun – subscription required)  But Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge believes Guardiola, who has also been…

The hardest hit, the one Jeff Gordon thought for sure would necessitate sitting out a race, occurred March 1999 at Texas Motor Speedway. That was when the right-front tire on the No. 24 car exploded, sending Gordon slamming into the outside Turn 4 wall and shooting across the track through the infield. With no SAFER barrier in place to absorb the contact, the punishment Gordon took was severe. For…

Justin Ryan, left, plays for a coach who says he has built a program on “respect, goodness, discipline and knowledge.”(Photo: Courtesy of Novi Detroit Catholic Central) Gene Pulice got his point across to his Novi Detroit Catholic Central soccer players the year he took over the program. This is his fourth year as the school’s coach. In Year 1 when his authority was challenged, he immediately handled the situation. “My…

The hardest hit, the one Jeff Gordon thought for sure would necessitate sitting out a race, occurred March 1999 at Texas Motor Speedway. That was when the right-front tire on the No. 24 car exploded, sending Gordon slamming into the outside Turn 4 wall and shooting across the track through the infield. With no SAFER barrier in place to absorb the contact, the punishment Gordon took was severe. For…

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Everybody pees. You pee. I pee. Your boss pees, and so does the man who sold you coffee this morning. Professional soccer players pee, too. Douglas dos Santos, a midfielder with Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, had to pee. But the quarter-finals of the Copa Do Brasil were about to start and, well, he crouched down and did what he had to do. Douglas Mito, tirando uma…

NASCAR announced penalties on Wednesday afternoon to two Sprint Cup Series teams stemming from last weekend’s Chase for the Sprint Cup opener at Chicagoland Speedway. And one of them has suffered a severe setback to its championship hopes as a result. The No. 15 team of Michael Waltrip Racing’s Clint Bowyer has been penalized for an infraction that occurred during opening-day inspection on Sept. 18. This is a P4 level…

The New Jersey native said her schedule has been hectic since her World Cup victory, where she became the first woman ever to score a hat trick in the finals, opening the door to more public appearances and marketing deals. Lloyd has scored endorsement deals with from Visa, Nike, Xfinity and others. “I just have a lot going on, but you have to put your…