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NASHVILLE — Clint Dempsey wants to look ahead to helping the US defend its CONCACAF Gold Cup title and not back to his confrontation with a referee that caused American coach Jurgen Klinsmann to replace the fiery forward as captain for the tournament. Dempsey converted a penalty kick in his return from a suspension, Timmy Chandler scored his first international goal, and the United States routed Guatemala, 4-0, Friday night…

0 Shares Print DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR will not return to the Trump National Doral Miami resort for its postseason Camping World Truck Series and Xfinity Series banquet after Donald Trump’s recent comments on the presidential campaign trail. NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Matt Crafton poses with his trophies during last year’s Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series banquet at Trump National Doral Miami. NASCAR announced it…

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While golf organizations apparently hope the Donald Trump controversy will go away, NASCAR on Friday cut ties with the Republican billionaire presidential candidate, who has doubled down on racist remarks that called Mexican immigrants “rapists.” On the same day one of its top sponsors called on NASCAR to take a stance against Trump, the motorsports series said it will not hold its season-ending awards ceremony at the Trump National Doral…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Despite requests from NASCAR and track officials and drivers, fans gearing up for this week’s race in Daytona Beach are flying the Confederate flag. [RELATED: Fans offered Confederate flag swap | Activist who took down flag OK with jail time] The Confederate flag became more of a hot topic in the wake of a mass killing last month at a South Carolina church, where a man…

A Confederate flag is seen in the infield at Daytona International Speedway on Friday.(Photo: Jerry Markland, Getty Images) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Confederate flag with the snarling Iron Maiden logo in the center declared that the South will rise again. Hanging from another side of John Wilson’s tent, a black POW/MIA banner stirred in the barely-existent breeze on Friday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway. An American flag had been…

Donald Trump(Photo: Joe Camporeale, USA TODAY Sports) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR will not return to the Trump National Doral Miami resort for its postseason award banquets after Donald Trump’s comments about Mexican immigrants this week. NASCAR spokesman David Higdon said the decision was made Friday to hold the sport’s Xfinity and Camping World Truck series banquets at another location, as well as the Sprint Cup Series’ championship weekend news…

As the U.S. women’s national soccer team tries Sunday to claim its first World Cup since 1999, the sport itself appears to be in great shape. More girls and women than ever are participating at the high school and college levels, and the best even have a chance to make money by playing professionally. It’s a success story with few equals in the era of Title IX, the 1972 law…

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A 28-year-old man died early Friday morning in a possible alligator attack in Orange, just outside of Beaumont, police said. The last fatal alligator attack in Texas occurred about two centuries ago.   The man, whose identity was not released pending notification of his family, was swimming with a woman in Adams Bayou off Burkart’s Marina in the 1800 block of Mississippi Street when police said a large alligator…

One of the biggest NASCAR sponsors in all of racing is pumping the brakes on Donald Trump — trying to pull a huge awards ceremony from one of Trump’s properties and urging all of NASCAR to cut ties. TMZ Sports has learned … Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis reached out to NASCAR head Brian France to express his anger over Trump’s comments regarding Mexican immigrants. Lemonis is a HUGE player…

In all my years doing NASCAR weather there has been only ONE race weekend where I totally got the weather forecast wrong. That race was the 2014 Coke Zero 400 in Daytona last July. NASCAR is back to the track where the 2015 season started, and it’s my chance for a little redemption. Weather in Florida during the month of July is hot, humid with nearly a constant threat…

By Barbara Liston DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – NASCAR wants to limit the Confederate battle flag’s presence at its tracks after the murder of nine black worshippers in South Carolina, but getting U.S. motor racing fans to comply may prove difficult. On the eve of a big holiday race weekend in Daytona Beach, David Childress was among those who ignored the call and packed a t-shirt festooned with the Civil…

Earlier this week, my colleague Peter Walker wrote in-depth about the recent backlash against cycling, which has ranged from damaging media representations to tacks being left on the road and wires strung across popular cycle paths. The piece received thousands of comments, many of them supportive of the article but many repeating the kind of generalisations and stereotypes it set out to challenge. In fact, it featured the kind of…

As NBC Sports takes over broadcasting duties of the Sprint Cup and Xfinity Series this weekend, analysts Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte received a mandate from executive producer Sam Flood that is to be the fulcrum of the network’s NASCAR coverage. Flood instructed Burton and Letarte, who are broadcast newbies, to emphasize storytelling and not “bells and whistles.” He wants them to continually ask themselves, “Why something is happening?”…

 (AP) NASCAR’s national series tracks announced Thursday that they are asking fans to refrain from displaying the Confederate flag at races following the deadly attack at a South Carolina church two weeks ago. The facilities vowed to have the most “welcoming environments in all of sports and entertainment.” The statement was signed by International Speedway Corp. and Speedway Motorsports Inc. — which own most of the tracks in the Sprint…

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Peasap/Flickr See Also Beating the heat and heading for the swimming pool is one all-American way to celebrate July Fourth. But you might want to think twice before diving in. The Centers for Disease Control released a report on June 26 that warned against the increasing number of outbreaks occurring in pools — and the chemical-resistant bacteria that may be lurking in the chlorinated water. Outbreaks are becoming…

We’re required to remind you that these strong takes are SATIRE. Sorry, not sorry. All spelling errors are intentional, we think. -Ed. Hey Japan, congrats on advancing to the World Cup finals on a technicality, Im sure your proud of yourselves. It took you over 90 minutes for you to force England to embarrass itself in gut-wrenching fashion, I mean even Tim Henmann was wondering what was taking you…

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