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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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ENLARGE After each milestone for soccer in the U.S., the same question always follows: Has the sport finally “arrived” in the mainstream? Sunday’s 5-2 U.S. victory over Japan in the Women’s World Cup final is the latest example: With 26.7 million U.S. viewers, it became the most-watched soccer game in U.S. history. Experts say the real question for soccer’s growth isn’t whether its premier global matches have drawing power (they…

Mike Hewitt—FIFA/Getty Images The USA team celebrates victory in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 Final between USA and Japan at BC Place Stadium on July 5, 2015 in Vancouver. Christina Asquith and Xanthe Ackerman are journalists with The Fuller Project for International Reporting. The U.S. women’s soccer team should use their stage to demand that all governments support women in soccer Almost 27 million viewers in the U.S. watched…

SPARTA, Ky. – Here comes the rain again. Two days after the Coke Zero 400 ended at 2:41 a.m. because of a three-hour weather delay, a midafternoon shower put another damper on NASCAR’s plans to begin testing new rules at Kentucky Speedway. Sprint Cup teams were scheduled to test at the 1.5-mile oval from 3-8 p.m. with a one-hour break from 5-6, but as of 3 p.m., it still was…

Mike Hewitt—FIFA/Getty Images The USA team celebrates victory in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 Final between USA and Japan at BC Place Stadium on July 5, 2015 in Vancouver. Christina Asquith and Xanthe Ackerman are journalists with The Fuller Project for International Reporting. The U.S. women’s soccer team should use their stage to demand that all governments support women in soccer Almost 27 million viewers in the U.S. watched…

It’s a good call. President Obama gave a buzz to the US Women’s Soccer team Tuesday afternoon following their historic World Cup Victory — yukking it up with the players and coach, according to a video posted online. In the video, posted on the White House Twitter feed, the President can be seen joking around with the women, who are gathered together listening to the Commander in Chief on speaker…

A child has become critically ill from a very rare brain infection caused by a freshwater amoeba after swimming in Pope County’s Lake Minnewaska, the Minnesota Department of Health announced Tuesday evening. Health officials believe the child, whose age was not released, developed primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare form of meningitis caused by an amoeba known as Naegleria fowleri that is associated with warm, freshwater areas. The amoeba causes…

It’s a good call. President Obama gave a buzz to the US Women’s Soccer team Tuesday afternoon following their historic World Cup Victory — yukking it up with the players and coach, according to a video posted online. In the video, posted on the White House Twitter feed, the President can be seen joking around with the women, who are gathered together listening to the Commander in Chief on speaker…

NASCAR hasn’t had enough time yet to determine what safety changes may result from Austin Dillon’s terrifying last-lap crash at Daytona International Speedway early Monday morning. That’s the word from NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer Steve O’Donnell, who said in a Tuesday afternoon teleconference that the sanctioning body has no timetable for the completion of the investigation into Dillon’s crash. Dillon’s car went into the Daytona frontstretch…

Reigning Brickyard 400 champion Jeff Gordon is looking forward to the new package that will be used at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.(Photo: Mike DiNovo, USA TODAY Sports) NASCAR on Tuesday announced rules package changes for four of the final nine races of the Sprint Cup regular season and left open the possibility of more in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. The new packages, intended to stoke passing and enliven a…

A national campaign to pressure FIFA to pay women’s soccer teams fairly gained wide attention in its first day, after the international soccer governing body awarded the U.S. women’s soccer team, winners of the Women’s World Cup, $6 million less than it paid men’s teams that lost in the first round of last year’s World Cup. The U.S. women’s soccer team not only won the World Cup on Sunday —…

I only stopped playing Rocket League to write this article, and man am I ever itching to get back to it. Rocket League just came out today—after a lengthy period of testing—on PS4 (for free, if you’re a PS Plus member) and Steam, where it’s doing especially well. Rocket League is Steam’s latest sensation, currently the second best seller on the whole service behind only Ark: Survival Evolved, and it’s…

The confetti will be flying when the city holds a parade for the U.S. women’s soccer team to celebrate its World Cup victory. Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration announced Tuesday that the parade has been scheduled for Friday at 11 a.m. in lower Manhattan, along Broadway from the Battery to City Hall, known as the Canyon of Heroes. The celebration will include a program at City Hall. The team defeated…

A national campaign to pressure FIFA to pay women’s soccer teams fairly gained wide attention in its first day, after the international soccer governing body awarded the U.S. women’s soccer team, winners of the Women’s World Cup, $6 million less than it paid men’s teams that lost in the first round of last year’s World Cup. The U.S. women’s soccer team not only won the World Cup on Sunday —…

Austin Dillon’s crash was violent and scary. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the first time we’ve seen something like that happen at Daytona International Speedway.  On Monday’s edition of FOX Sports 1’s “NASCAR Race Hub,” Danielle Trotta and Adam Alexander took a look back at three of the worst catch fence wrecks in DIS history.

The U.S. Women’s National Team scored what may well be its most high-profile victory ever on Sunday, and more sports fans than ever have been given good reason to follow women’s soccer. However, in the wake of the team’s big win over Japan, one article pointing out the disparity between how female and male athletes are paid has gone viral – and for good reason, too. Many people might be…

Austin Dillon said he was “feeling pretty good” and brushed aside calls to end restrictor-plate racing in an appearance on the TODAY Show, less than two days after his car went airborne at Daytona International Speedway. “It’s not the greatest feeling in the world …” he said of the wreck. “When the car flips over you know it’s getting ready to be a rough ride. You hold on with all…

NASCAR officials plan to talk to pit crew members who rushed to aid Austin Dillon after his last-lap crash but will not penalize them, Steve O’Donnell told NASCAR SiriusXM Radio on Tuesday. Pit crew members from the teams of Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kasey Kahne and Casey Mears were among those who ran to Dillon’s car, which landed upside down near the exit of pit road after crashing into the catch fence at…

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