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Streams of paper fell from the heavens, raining down on the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team from the skyscrapers above like a barrage of goals as New York and a nation celebrated the team’s astonishing 2015 World Cup Championship run with a historic parade through the famed Canyon of Heroes — now and forever also the Canyon of Heroines. The traditional “ticker-tape” parade through lower Manhattan…

Ben Kennedy crashes into the fence and wall during the Camping World Truck Series race at Kentucky Speedway.(Photo: Jeff Curry, Getty Images) SPARTA, Ky. — For the second time this week, a car has left the racing surface and gone into the catchfence at a NASCAR race. Ben Kennedy went up in the air and into the fence in Turn 1 with five laps to go in Thursday night’s Camping…

Getty Images This should be interesting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the Indian soccer team—currently sitting at 156th spot in the global rankings—to play soccer powerhouse and five-time World Cup winners Brazil, currently ranked 6th. He also wants India to meet the other nations comprising the BRICS bloc of emerging economies on the soccer field. “India could host a football event next year,” Modi said at the ongoing BRICS…

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Ben Kennedy crashes into the fence and wall during the Camping World Truck Series race at Kentucky Speedway.(Photo: Jeff Curry, Getty Images) SPARTA, Ky. — For the second time this week, a car has left the racing surface and gone into the catchfence at a NASCAR race. Ben Kennedy went up in the air and into the fence in Turn 1 with five laps to go in Thursday night’s Camping…

The United States Women’s Soccer Team is being honored today with a historic ticker-tape parade in New York City following the team’s World Cup triumph. This marks the first time a women’s sports team is receiving a ride down the city’s famed Canyon of Heroes. The parade follows the team’s 5-2 victory Sunday against Japan, securing the United States’ third World Cup title. A rally was also hosted Tuesday for…

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0 Shares Print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR this week: Turn 1: What effect will Sunday’s wreck have on Austin Dillon? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: My experience after wrecking at Talladega in 1996 was that I did not recognize any apprehension at any tracks — until I returned to Talladega. During practice, I found myself in the center of a large pack…

NASCAR was forced to end Thursday’s UNOH 225 Camping World Truck Series race five laps early after Ben Kennedy’s No. 11 truck lifted into the air and damaged the catch fence going into Turn 1. With extensive damage to the fencing, two-time defending series champion Matt Crafton was declared the winner.  Kennedy was able to walk from his heavily damaged truck and thanked NASCAR’s safety programs after being checked out…

Yahoo launched a fantasy sports site, a pay-to-play offering to complement the season-long fantasy leagues it offers people for free. Re/code reports.

0 Shares Print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR this week: Turn 1: What effect will Sunday’s wreck have on Austin Dillon? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: My experience after wrecking at Talladega in 1996 was that I did not recognize any apprehension at any tracks — until I returned to Talladega. During practice, I found myself in the center of a large pack…

Mayor Chris Coleman on Thursday made a serious pitch to lure Major League Soccer to St. Paul with a stadium near Snelling and University avenues. “I believe that in the next few weeks, we could have a clear path forward for a stadium on that site,” Coleman said in a conference call with reporters. MLS, the top professional soccer league in the U.S., awarded an expansion franchise to second-tier club…

Is there anything in the world more pointless than having a pet rock? Why yes there is, and it’s called the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking for international soccer teams. The rankings are always flawed, hold pretty much no importance and are simply a way to annoy people and get them talking. All ring true for July’s rankings. The US, probably a top 20 national team, is ranked 34th, falling seven spots…

0 Shares Print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR this week: Turn 1: What effect will Sunday’s wreck have on Austin Dillon? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: My experience after wrecking at Talladega in 1996 was that I did not recognize any apprehension at any tracks — until I returned to Talladega. During practice, I found myself in the center of a large pack…

Yahoo launched a fantasy sports site, a pay-to-play offering to complement the season-long fantasy leagues it offers people for free. Re/code reports.

Concerned that time is running out to land a Major League Soccer franchise for the Twin Cities, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman said Thursday that he will lead an “all-hands-on-deck effort in the next few weeks” to build a stadium on an underdeveloped tract in the Midway area. The mayor gave no specifics for a financing plan, saying that it was too early to say how St. Paul might assist…

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Multiple drivers, most notably Ryan Newman and Joey Logano, spoke in highly critical terms of the dangers inherent in restrictor-plate racing after Austin Dillon’s airborne crash on the final lap of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Others in the sport have in recent days lobbied NASCAR to make major changes at Daytona and Talladega Superspeedway, and some pundits have even suggested abandoning the often-maligned restrictor plates altogether….

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