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At a certain point you wonder if Joe Hockey has been planted in the government by the ALP. Within 12 months the treasurer has told everyone that “the poorest people either don’t have cars or actually don’t drive very far in many cases”, and that half the people in “higher-income households pay half their income in tax”. And now he has informed us that “if housing were unaffordable in Sydney,…

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Team owner Jack Roush questions the consistency of NASCAR’s laser platform, raising issues with an inspection process noteworthy for the numerous warnings issued teams this season. Cars must go through NASCAR’s laser platform for inspection at the start of the weekend, before qualifying and before the race. The laser platform logs measurements of various parts, including front and rear wheel camber, wheel base and rear axle location. The laser platform…

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is a fan of the U.S. women’s national team. But he’s not a fan of how U.S. Soccer has handled Hope Solo’s domestic violence charges. Blumenthal sent a letter to U.S. Soccer president Suni Gulati to criticize the federation’s “failure to take adequate action to investigate” allegations of a June 2014 domestic violence incident involving Solo and her half-sister and nephew. Citing ESPN’s “Outside the…

Team owner Jack Roush questions the consistency of NASCAR’s laser platform, raising issues with an inspection process noteworthy for the numerous warnings issued teams this season. Cars must go through NASCAR’s laser platform for inspection at the start of the weekend, before qualifying and before the race. The laser platform logs measurements of various parts, including front and rear wheel camber, wheel base and rear axle location. The laser platform…

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Gayle Anderson was live in Long Beach with a preview of the this weekend’s 2015 SPECIAL OLYMPICS SUMMER GAMES, Saturday, June 13th through Sunday, June 14th at California State University, Long Beach and Recreation Park Golf Course. Summer Games attracts more than 1,100 athletes from across Southern California who will compete for gold, silver, and bronze medals and ribbons. The games feature our six summer sports — aquatics, athletics (track…

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Another Sprint Cup Series race weekend, another plethora of warnings for issues in inspection. NASCAR confirmed to FOXSports.com late Wednesday that the teams of Jimmie Johnson, Danica Patrick, Sam Hornish Jr. and David Gilliland each received a written warning from NASCAR for issues in inspection last weekend at Pocono Raceway. In the case of Patrick and Gilliland, their cars had trouble passing pre-qualifying inspection — resulting in the warnings, respectively,…

AP Images These are good times for US national soccer teams of all genders and ages. 1. The US women’s team is on top of Group D (the Group of Death!) in the Women’s World Cup after a 3-1 win over Australia. The USWNT is still one of the tournament’s two big favorites. 2. The US men’s team just beat Germany (the reigning World Cup champions and No….

(Getty) Carmelo Anthony is the proud new owner of Puerto Rico FC, an expansion team in NASL that will begin play in 2016. This is Anthony speaking about soccer in ESPN FC: My passion for soccer has always been there. I just always kept it to myself and among my circle. Going to games, sneaking into games and just watching and being around the sport over the years. The more…

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Travelpix Ltd—Getty Images Boston’s Faneuil hall, cafes and Quincy market. Half of Massachusetts doesn’t want to host. In early 2015, not long after Boston was selected as the U.S. Olympic Committee’s bid to potentially host the 2024 summer games, a poll indicated that locals were kind of meh about the prospect. In a survey by Boston NPR station WBUR, nearly half (48%) of Bostonians said they were “excited” about the…

Travelpix Ltd—Getty Images Boston’s Faneuil hall, cafes and Quincy market. Half of Massachusetts doesn’t want to host. In early 2015, not long after Boston was selected as the U.S. Olympic Committee’s bid to potentially host the 2024 summer games, a poll indicated that locals were kind of meh about the prospect. In a survey by Boston NPR station WBUR, nearly half (48%) of Bostonians said they were “excited” about the…

Travelpix Ltd—Getty Images Boston’s Faneuil hall, cafes and Quincy market. Half of Massachusetts doesn’t want to host. In early 2015, not long after Boston was selected as the U.S. Olympic Committee’s bid to potentially host the 2024 summer games, a poll indicated that locals were kind of meh about the prospect. In a survey by Boston NPR station WBUR, nearly half (48%) of Bostonians said they were “excited” about the…

The U.S. men’s soccer team defeated the current World Cup champions on Wednesday, with a 2-1 victory over Germany in a thrilling non-competitive match. Although Germany scored first after just 12 minutes, Sports Illustrated reports, U.S. midfielder Mix Diskerud tied the game in the 41st minute. With three minutes left in the match, substitute Bobby Wood hammered home a late winner. The come-from-behind victory against FIFA’s top-ranking national squad comes…

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Members of the French team celebrate a goal during their World Cup match against England, on Tuesday, in Canada. Credit Photograph by Steve Bardens/FIFA via Getty “We have everything to prove,” Brigitte Henriques, the secretary-general of the French Football Federation (F.F.F.), said recently of France’s quest at the World Cup in Canada. They even have a hashtag, #objectifcanada. This year’s favorites are a familiar bunch: the United States; Japan, the…

Xplode Fight Series (XFS) is back in the news this week, after a video surfaced on Tuesday that showed a fat “soccer mom” getting destroyed by a trained fighter. While XFS operates under the guise of mixed martial arts (MMA), this is about one notch above (or below, depending on geography) an underground smoker. Bloody Elbow provides some background on the organization: Xplode Fight Series, a…

Bobby Wood of the United States watches as he scores in the second half to beat Germany in an international friendly on June 10, 2015.(Photo: Alexander Hassenstein, Bongarts/Getty Images) COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — For the second time in six days, Bobby Wood scored a late goal to give the United States its first victory at a European soccer power. The 22-year-old from Hawaii scored in the 87th minute Wednesday night, lifting…