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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…

NASCAR confirmed Wednesday that Jimmie Johnson‘s team received a warning for needing more than three attempts at prerace inspection three times last weekend at Pocono Raceway. Sam Hornish Jr.‘s team also was warned for prerace inspection at Pocono. The teams of Danica Patrick and David Gilliland received warnings for failing pre-qualifying inspection too many times at Pocono. This marks the fourth warning for Johnson’s team this year, starting at Atlanta for heat shields – similar…

A rendering of the proposed Olympic Stadium, which could be located at Widett Circle, or what Boston 2024 is now referring to as “midtown.” (Boston 2024) BOSTON A new report from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance and Transportation for Massachusetts is calling for a new statewide planning commission to coordinate preparations for hosting the Olympic Games, even if Massachusetts voters eventually reject the 2024 bid….

Joe Hockey has sought to mollify aspiring homebuyers offended by his comments about entering the market, saying he “totally understands” that housing is very expensive for a lot of people. The treasurer faced criticism for his remarks on Tuesday that “if housing were unaffordable in Sydney, no one would be buying it” and “the starting point for a first home buyer is to get a good job that pays good…

Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY SportsChicago Blackhawks left wing Brandon Saad with Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Jason Garrison, right, and center Alex Killorn in the first period in game three of the 2015 Stanley Cup Final at United Center. The chairman of NBC Sports has thoughts on beards in hockey. Specifically, Mark Lazarus thinks hockey players should abandon their tradition of not shaving during the playoffs because it makes it too…

Looks like Anderson Silva won’t try out for next year’s Olympic Games after all. The former UFC middleweight champion, and 5th dan black belt in taekwondo, announced in April his desire to represent Brazil in taekwondo at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but his manager Jorge Guimaraes told PVT that Silva has changed his plans. “This Olympic thing has been discarded. Anderson won’t participate in the…

This week, video of a white police officer’s response to a complaint about black teens at a pool party in McKinney, Texas, went viral, because it struck many viewers as shockingly violent and disproportionate. The backstory only made the footage more troubling. According to several accounts, police were called in response to a fight that broke out when a white adult told the black kids, some of whom had…

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Looks like Anderson Silva won’t try out for next year’s Olympic Games after all. The former UFC middleweight champion, and 5th dan black belt in taekwondo, announced in April his desire to represent Brazil in taekwondo at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but his manager Jorge Guimaraes told PVT that Silva has changed his plans. “This Olympic thing has been discarded. Anderson won’t participate in the…

Last night the United States Women’s soccer team won a 3-1 victory over Australia. If the team keeps winning, attention and viewership will grow; star players have the potential to become household names. Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain still have high name recognition from their victory in 1999. A few of the young player on the current team are about to be transformed into marketing and endorsement stars. Major sporting…

It’s possible, arguably likely, that the entire 2016 U.S. Olympic women’s soccer team will be made up of 2015 Women’s World Cup players, in part because the Olympic roster maximum is 18 players, versus 23 for the World Cup. Take a look at history. Women’s soccer debuted at the Olympics in 1996. In five Olympics, an average of 3.4 players per Games made the U.S. Olympic team after not being on…

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It’s possible, arguably likely, that the entire 2016 U.S. Olympic women’s soccer team will be made up of 2015 Women’s World Cup players, in part because the Olympic roster maximum is 18 players, versus 23 for the World Cup. Take a look at history. Women’s soccer debuted at the Olympics in 1996. In five Olympics, an average of 3.4 players per Games made the U.S. Olympic team after not being on…

It’s possible, arguably likely, that the entire 2016 U.S. Olympic women’s soccer team will be made up of 2015 Women’s World Cup players, in part because the Olympic roster maximum is 18 players, versus 23 for the World Cup. Take a look at history. Women’s soccer debuted at the Olympics in 1996. In five Olympics, an average of 3.4 players per Games made the U.S. Olympic team after not being on…

Cairo (CNN)An Egyptian court sentenced 11 men to death Tuesday for their involvement in the worst soccer violence in Egypt’s history, according to a broadcast on Egyptian state TV. More than 70 people, some of them children, were killed on February 1, 2012, when fans rioted at a soccer game in the northeastern city of Port Said. Fans of the hometown Al-Masry club stormed the field after securing a win…

When the U.S. women’s soccer team launched its quest for a World Cup Monday night against Australia, there were 30,000 fans in the stands at Winnipeg Stadium— but not a single blade of grass on the field. Despite their protests, the best female soccer players in the world are being forced to play all the games of the 2015 Women’s World Cup on artificial turf. “It’s kind of a nightmare,”…

A 48-year-old woman died Saturday after suffering a medical emergency during the 25-yard backstroke competition at Special Olympics Maryland’s annual Summer Games at Towson University. Tresaraie Dalana Shavers was less than 10 yards from finishing the race when her jaw tightened, her head dipped below the surface and she stopped moving forward, longtime coach Phil Wetzler said. lRelated Maryland 45th annual Maryland Special Olympics Summer Games held in Towson See…

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The social media company WalletHub broke down the top 74 hockey cities for hockey fans, and Chicago was ranked in the top 10 for “Team and Performance.” And America’s obsession with hockey seems only to be growing. It’s currently the fourth most followed sport among U.S. adult fans and has climbed one spot in the top 10 every year since 2012. The NHL is in fact so popular that it…

In the video — a clip that, by Monday morning, had been viewed more than 4 million times — the white officer in McKinney, Tex., pushes a black teenage girl onto the ground, unholstering his weapon as her frantic friends try to approach. The girls in the chaotic scene are all wearing bathing suits. The setting, on a Friday evening in suburban Dallas, was a community swimming pool. As Yoni Appelbaum…