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ENLARGE London As much as they could, the four major contenders in the English Premier League spent the off-season preparing in secret. They kept player transfers quiet. They dodged tactical questions. They tinkered with lineups. And yet the top four clubs in England—Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United MANU 0.60 % —all arrived at the same conclusion this summer: It’s time to give up on traditional strikers. Over the…

0 Shares Print They’re called immortals, after all. So before we ask ourselves which of the traditional Big Four pro sports Halls of Fame is the truest to its history, let’s take a flight of fancy. Imagine a picnic at which all of the players have gathered. They are alive and well, in the good company and cheer of their peers. Picture Babe Ruth hugging Lou Gehrig around the neck…

If another car spins off Turn 3 at Pocono Raceway and hits the inside wall to pit road, it won’t be from a lack of effort to prevent it. That was the gist of the message deliverered Monday by NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer Steve O’Donnell on the heels of a weekend when three competitors spun off Turn 3 and struck the track’s inside pit wall…

By Fred Dreier Published Aug. 6, 2015 Updated 6 hours ago Photo: iStockPhoto.com and Tim de Waele As cycling fans, we have grown accustomed to our sport’s constant chaos. Cycling’s transfer window is not yet a week old, and already numerous marquee athletes have either confirmed or hinted at team changes. Two teams face evaporation if their respective searches for title sponsorship come up empty. A fan-friendly American rider…

0 Shares Print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR this week: Turn 1: We never see a car impact the pit wall like Kasey Kahne’s did on Sunday, yet we just saw it twice in one weekend. Should — or is — there anything that can be done to prevent that in the future? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: It can be corrected by…

0 Shares Print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR this week: Turn 1: We never see a car impact the pit wall like Kasey Kahne’s did on Sunday, yet we just saw it twice in one weekend. Should — or is — there anything that can be done to prevent that in the future? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: It can be corrected by…

Dean Lombardi (Ludlow, Mass.), president and general manager of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, has been named general manager of Team USA for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey it was announced today by USA Hockey. Lombardi has guided the Kings to a pair of Stanley Cup titles in the last four seasons and has served as part of the U.S. Men’s National Advisory Group since 2009. In…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Kyle Busch’s quest for wins in four consecutive races ended when his car ran out of gas in the closing laps at Pocono last weekend. Busch will be in great position to start a new streak this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit heads to Watkins Glen for the second road race of the season. Having already won at Sonoma, Busch gets the chance to sweep the road courses in Sunday’s Cheez-It 355….

HAMBURG, N.Y. (WKBW) – Sources in Hamburg tell 7 Eyewitness News that police are investigating an alleged incident involving Chicago Blackhawks player and South Buffalo native Patrick Kane and a woman that began at a bar in Evans. A manager at Mickey Rat’s Beach Club in Evans tells 7 Eyewitness News that Hamburg police called the bar to see if Patrick Kane was there this past Saturday.  The Manager said…

Last weekend, just a few days after Boston’s Olympics dream officially died, the three 30-somethings who helped orchestrate its demise found themselves with a luxury unavailable during the preceding months: a weekend off. Kelley Gossett went to the beach, thumbing through issues of the New Yorker and Vanity Fair and enjoying a reprieve from the Olympics-related literature that had dominated her reading for months. Liam Kerr spent time with his…

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A swimmer with a heart-wrenching history is about to race at the Olympics, so of course NBC will first air a slickly produced feature full of teary interviews and stirring music. Not next year. Not enough time. With the 2016 Summer Games taking place in Rio de Janeiro, which is just an hour ahead of the United States’ Eastern time zone, the network can broadcast many high-profile events live in…

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By James Raia Published 13 hours ago BMC team doctor Eric Heiden (center) was on hand to witness Taylor Phinney’s return to cycling at Tour of Utah, along with Phinney’s father, Davis, and mother, Connie Carpenter-Phinney. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com Eric Heiden is now nearly 30 years removed by his pro cycling career. But the longtime physician for BMC Racing was preparing for another stage of…

While toiling away at a lesser swim meet in San Antonio while all his Olympic teammates are in Russia for the 2015 world championships, Michael Phelps was still able to make some news this week by vowing not to have another drop of alcohol until after the 2016 Rio Olympics, which start one year from today. Via Paul Newberry of the AP: “Before I even went to court, I said to myself…

Katie Ledecky celebrates after winning the women’s 200 freestyle at the FINA Swimming World Championships at Kazan arena in Kazan, Russia, 5 August 2015. EPA/VALDRIN XHEMAJ ORG XMIT: VXH21(Photo: Valdrin Xhemaj, EPA) KAZAN, Russia (AP) — Katie Ledecky is unbeatable in the distance races. Turns out she’s awfully good going shorter, too. The 18-year-old American rallied to win the 200-meter freestyle at the world swimming championships Wednesday night, beating a…

Johnny Milton Terry was sentenced to 10 years probation and fined $1,000 plus court costs Monday after pleading no contest in the February theft of the pickup truck and the trailer that contained a NASCAR Sprint Cup car. Team Xtreme reported that the vehicle and trailer with the car Travis Kvapil was to have raced at Atlanta Motor Speedway were stolen from a Drury Inn parking lot in Morrow, Ga.,…