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Few days pass in which Blues broadcaster John Kelly isn’t reminded by fans about the role his father, Dan Kelly, played in them becoming attached to the organization. Dan Kelly arrived in St. Louis in 1968, at the start of the club’s second season in the NHL, and for the next two decades called every highlight: Red Berenson’s six-goal game, two Stanley Cup finals, the Monday Night Miracle and every…

As Hilda Nissan kicked a soccer ball around with about a dozen girls her age, a look of delight came over her each time the ball shot gracefully out from under her foot, gliding along the plush grass at John F. Kennedy Park in El Cajon. “My favorite part is being with my teammates and having fun. I don’t really care about winning,” said the 11-year-old captain of her team,…

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UND men’s and women’s hockey players on full scholarships will receive $3,400 this season in additional money after the NCAA approved the measure last year. The additional money is set aside to cover costs outside of tuition, fees, books and housing. If an athlete is on a 90 percent scholarship, he or she will receive 90 percent of the $3,400 and so on. Many of UND’s top rivals in men’s…

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Buy Photo Skyler Davis, left, listens to the Vermont men’s soccer coaches speak after practice on Tuesday at Virtue Field.(Photo: AUSTIN DANFORTH/FREE PRESS)Buy Photo College soccer or the Winter Olympics. Every new year poses questions. That was what Skyler Davis drew at the start of 2014. Take one last flyer on his Olympic dream, a win-or-that’s-it chance to join the American ski team in Sochi, or embrace an uncertain future…

Maybe Donald Trump is looking to court the Catholic vote. The Post has learned that the GOP front-runner is looking to buy Argentina’s Club Atletico San Lorenzo di Almagro, best known for running the San Lorenzo soccer team of which Pope Francis is an avid fan. The New York-based Trump, along with business partner Alessandro Proto, has sent a statement of interest to San Lorenzo, a source close to the…

by Phil Hardesty You don’t have to be an Olympian to enjoy the benefits of swimming. It is an effective way to improve and maintain your fitness and health regardless of your age or fitness level. Fitness legend Jack LaLanne is one of the most notable examples of the impact of swimming on health and longevity. Swimming was an important part of both his daily fitness routine as well as…

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Maybe Donald Trump is looking to court the Catholic vote. The Post has learned that the GOP front-runner is looking to buy Argentina’s Club Atletico San Lorenzo di Almagro, best known for running the San Lorenzo soccer team of which Pope Francis is an avid fan. The New York-based Trump, along with business partner Alessandro Proto, has sent a statement of interest to San Lorenzo, a source close to the…

The adage has been said so many times that determining who the first to say it is difficult. Regardless, in many ways it’s the overriding principle of being a NASCAR team owner: “To make a small fortune in racing, you have to start with a big one.” Unlike other professional sports, NASCAR doesn’t have franchises or a structure in place to protect its owners and ensure some modicum of…

Here’s what we learned from the bid: · The necessary upgrades and alterations to existing venues would cost $713 million. · One of those sites, the in-the-works soccer stadium that will be built for a new MLS club on the site of the old Sports Arena, would be temporarily converted to host aquatics events for at least 20,000 viewers. · That cost doesn’t include the $300 million that would go…

ENLARGE The two hosts of “Men in Blazers,” a scrappy soccer-analysis show on the NBC Sports Network, wave handmade signs on the air and broadcast from a room so cramped that guests have to sit behind the duo like children in the back seat of their parents’ car. But behind all the low-tech trappings, the Men in Blazers are a valuable brand. The TV show and podcast have emerged as…

Now that Kurt Busch is engaged, he can further appreciate Dale Earnhardt Jr.‘s interest in next year’s Sprint Cup schedule. While Busch has not announced a date for his wedding to Ashley Van Metre, Earnhardt has said he and Amy Reimann plan to wed next summer after getting engaged June 17 in Germany. With NASCAR racing nearly every weekend, there will be few options for them to choose a summer…

When you think of famous NASCAR car numbers, the two that come most readily to mind are the No. 43 of Richard Petty and the No. 3 that Dale Earnhardt used for most of his career. But with the Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway just around the corner, it’s a good time to note that the most successful car number in NASCAR history is actually the No. 11, the…

Eduardo Antonio Laing is the new New Orleans. For 32 years Tony Laing was the last Honduran player to score in the World Cup. His flying header in 1982 against Northern Ireland made him famous in his homeland where he is forever known as “the needle” and strangers stopped to shake his hand and shout his name. “I think about that goal all the time,” Liang says in Spanish through…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester City are confident they have finally agreed a deal to sign Belgium midfielder Kevin de Bruyne, 24, from Wolfsburg for an initial £54m. (Guardian)  Manuel Pellegrini’s side plan to offer De Bruyne a contract until 2021 worth £15m per year, almost £300,000 a week. (Daily Mirror) …

Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesOlympic gold medalist and US national-champion sprinter Allyson Felix. See Also On Tuesday, the team behind Los Angeles’ 2024 Olympics bid released a draft of the bid and a budget projection. The big takeaway: LA expects to make $161 million on the 2024 Olympics. It’s fair to treat this projection with a healthy dose of skepticism. The Olympics almost always go over budget and economic-impact estimates are almost…

0 Shares Print Clint Bowyer became the biggest NASCAR name looking for a 2016 job when he announced last week he wouldn’t go with Rob Kauffman, a co-owner of Michael Waltrip Racing, who is shutting down MWR and becoming part-owner of Chip Ganassi Racing. Bowyer hasn’t announced where he will drive in 2016; he was vague in his answers when he met with the media Friday. Does he want a…

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