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CHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) - Following the World Cup tournament in Canada this summer, the U.S. Women’s National Team will play a game versus Costa Rica at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga. The game, called an international friendly, will be played Wednesday, August 19 at 6:30 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN2. Tickets go on sale to the public Wednesday, July 1, at 12 p.m. ET through ussoccer.com and by phone at…

 (AP) Confederate flags are as easy to find at NASCAR races as cutoff jeans, cowboy hats and beer. They fly over motorhomes. They adorn clothing. They are regular fixtures, just like Ford and Chevrolet, and that is unlikely to change any time soon. NASCAR probably would like to see them go away. The sanctioning body for the motorsports series backed South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s call to remove the Confederate…

Feb. 15, 2008: Flags, including a Confederate flag, fap in the wind during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP) Confederate flags are as easy to find at NASCAR races as cutoff jeans, cowboy hats and beer. They fly over motorhomes. They adorn clothing. They are regular fixtures, just like Ford and Chevrolet, and that is unlikely to…

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NASCAR has released a statement endorsing the call by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley on Monday for the removal of the Confederate flag from its statehouse in Columbia. The action comes in the wake of the shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston that left nine dead. South Carolina is the home state of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, which is located about two hours north of…

General view of the Las Vegas strip and skyline on Las Vegas Blvd.(Photo: Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports) LAS VEGAS — On the surface, nothing about Las Vegas screams hockeytown. However, talk has swirled for months about an NHL expansion franchise finding a home in the hard-partying desert oasis. Along the I-15 highway leading into the city, multiple billboards have been erected heralding the town’s bid for a team. And with…

CHICAGO (June 23, 2015) – U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has named the 23-player roster that will defend the USA’s title at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The roster includes 17 players from the 2014 FIFA World Cup squad. Ten players from this group have been a part of USA teams that have won a Gold Cup in the past, including six from the squad that…

The Norwegian women’s soccer team may have lost in spectacular fashion to England on Monday. But the team’s contribution to this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup will go on, in the form of this hilarious attack on sexism in sport, above. In a four-minute mockumentary aired on Norwegian television in the lead-up to the team’s match against England, the players make fun of sexist stereotypes in women’s soccer. “We’re shit, we…

0 Shares Print NASCAR, a sport with deep Southern roots, issued a statement Tuesday supporting the movement to take down the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse grounds. The racing sanctioning body also reiterated its stance that while it discourages its use, it will not ban the flag from being flown by fans during race weekends. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley urged state legislators Monday to pass a bill…

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If the United States women’s soccer team is to lift the World Cup for the first time since 1999, it will have to go through China, the country it famously defeated in the final at the Rose Bowl 16 years ago.  On Monday, goals from Alex Morgan and Carli Lloyd gave the U.S. a 2-0 victory over Colombia in the Round of 16 to set up a quarterfinal meeting with…

Is Danica Patrick a NASCAR Hall of Famer? lRelated Sports Pictures: 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup race winners See all related We’ll pause while as you spit out your coffee. Steven Cole Smith of motorsport.com recently wrote a piece titled: “Why Danica Patrick will make the NASCAR Hall of Fame,” suggesting that she indeed belongs. No need to dissect the piece, word by word, but here is a key paragraph that…

During the FIFA Women’s World Cup game on June 22, all eyes were on Alex Morgan, who scored a goal and brought Team USA ahead in the second half! Not surprisingly, she’s far from your ordinary soccer player. Here are five things you need to know about her! The FIFA Women’s World Cup has been exciting from the moment it kicked on June 6 (no pun intended), but Alex Morgan, 25, gained favoritism when…

Lucy Bronze was pure gold for England on Monday night. The English defender sent her side to the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup with a brilliant game-winning goal in the 76th minute, sending England past Norway, 2-1. It marks the first time England has ever won a game at the Women’s World Cup past the group stage, a fact that wasn’t lost on manager Mark Sampson, per Louise…

Back in 2012, as Napoli lost four-one to Chelsea in the quarterfinals of soccer’s Champions League quarter final, a number of fans noticed something unusual hanging in the Italian club’s end of the stadium: A Confederate flag. Yes, a flag used by soldiers fighting for the Confederacy during the American Civil War was now being flown almost a century and a half later by a bunch of Italian soccer fans in a West London soccer stadium. Many who…

A lot of what happened in the Round of 16 match between the United States and Colombia was old news. The U.S. didn’t play good soccer and their midfield looked totally broken. They depended on Megan Rapinoe to create everything. Their defense and Hope Solo were basically flawless and kept the game scoreless until Alex Morgan changed the match with some individual brilliance. Despite not playing well, the Americans won…

When Martin Truex Jr. won two weeks ago at Pocono Raceway, the impact went beyond just snapping a nearly two-year victory drought. By becoming the 10th race-winner this season, he shrunk the number of Chase for the Sprint Cup spots available to non-winners, further complicating matters for a gaggle of big name winless drivers with nine regular season races remaining. Among the prominent stars still in search of their…

The US Women’s National Team emerged at the top of Group D (the “Group of Death”) on last week after winning against Nigeria at their final Women’s World Cup group stage game in Vancouver. Entering the Round of 16, the USWNT continues to train in preparation for their match against Colombia, taking place tonight (June 22nd, 6pm ET). As they chase down the title, the USWNT is barreling full-steam ahead…

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