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i Gabriel Ramirez, a 25-year-old full-time college student, cheers on the U.S. national soccer teams in his spare time. His family is from Mexico City and still roots for El Tri, the Mexican national team. Shereen Marisol Meraji/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Shereen Marisol Meraji/NPR Gabriel Ramirez, a 25-year-old full-time college student, cheers on the U.S. national soccer teams in his spare time. His family is from Mexico City and…

i Gabriel Ramirez, a 25-year-old full-time college student, cheers on the U.S. national soccer teams in his spare time. His family is from Mexico City and still roots for El Tri, the Mexican national team. Shereen Marisol Meraji/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Shereen Marisol Meraji/NPR Gabriel Ramirez, a 25-year-old full-time college student, cheers on the U.S. national soccer teams in his spare time. His family is from Mexico City and…

Taya Kyle was honored Sunday before the Coca-Cola 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, where she became the first woman to receive the racetrack’s annual Stonewall Jackson Award (awarded to “those individuals who demonstrate the highest standards of patriotism”). Before the race, Taya spoke about her late husband, Chris Kyle’s love for NASCAR, and how it got started. Initially, she says, when she met Chris, he…

That Brandon Saad’s journey to the NHL began with ball hockey games in the cul-de-sac in front of his childhood home in Gibsonia, Pa., is telling. Family is entwined through the fabric of Saad’s progression from natural athlete growing up in the community about 25 miles north of Pittsburgh to Blackhawks left wing with a future as bright as any young player in the NHL. At 22, he has already…

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Lacrosse is traditionally known as an East Coast sport, one played in prep schools in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic and in colleges mostly up and down the East Coast. But in recent years, it’s become a sport that’s quickly spreading, starting with Northwestern women’s team taking the first championship away from the traditional powerhouses a decade ago. And now, for the first time in NCAA history,…

i Gabriel Ramirez, a 25-year-old full-time college student, cheers on the U.S. national soccer teams in his spare time. His family is from Mexico City and still roots for El Tri, the Mexican national team. Shereen Marisol Meraji/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Shereen Marisol Meraji/NPR Gabriel Ramirez, a 25-year-old full-time college student, cheers on the U.S. national soccer teams in his spare time. His family is from Mexico City and…

INDIANAPOLIS — Brian Campe’s route to an Indianapolis 500 victory was circuitous. But so was Juan Pablo Montoya’s, or at least his second. So as Campe, an Alabama native and former NASCAR Xfinity Series crew chief, celebrated on bent knees with the Colombian former open wheel/NASCAR/open wheel again driver, it just made sense. Juan Pablo Montoya celebrates with his No. 2 Chevrolet team after winning the 99th running of the Indianpolis…

That Brandon Saad’s journey to the NHL began with ball hockey games in the cul-de-sac in front of his childhood home in Gibsonia, Pa., is telling. Family is entwined through the fabric of Saad’s progression from natural athlete growing up in the community about 25 miles north of Pittsburgh to Blackhawks left wing with a future as bright as any young player in the NHL. At 22, he has already…

The name of a fallen airman is seen on Sam Hornish Jr.’s windshield of the No. 9 Twisted Tea Ford as he practices for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 on May 21 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C.(Photo: Matt Sullivan/NASCAR via Getty Images) NASCAR driver Sam Hornish Jr. remembers Memorial Day weekend 10 years ago with a certain shudder. An Indy car racer at the time, that…

By Dan Wuori Published 15 hours ago Kristin Armstrong shows off her fourth stars and stripes jersey. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com Kristin Armstrong has secured her place at September’s UCI world time trial championships in Richmond, Virginia after capturing her fourth U.S. national TT title in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Twenty16-Sho-Air rider delivered a course record time of 42:08 over 19.2 miles at the Volkswagen USA Cycling Professional…

(Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) CONCORD, N.C. – The Coca-Cola 600 is known as NASCAR’s longest, most grueling race of the year. It’s 100 miles longer than any other race on the 36-week schedule, and drivers often speak of taking extra care of themselves in order to be fresh at the end of it. But one driver is going to go the extra mile – 14 miles, actually –…

The 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup season shifts to Charlotte on Sunday for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Matt Kenseth won the pole on Thursday with a top qualifying speed of 194.252 mph, and he’s looking for his first win in Charlotte. Kenseth has finished as a runner-up here three times in his career, more than any other active driver. Joey Logano starts in second position. Logano…

(Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) CONCORD, N.C. – The Coca-Cola 600 is known as NASCAR’s longest, most grueling race of the year. It’s 100 miles longer than any other race on the 36-week schedule, and drivers often speak of taking extra care of themselves in order to be fresh at the end of it. But one driver is going to go the extra mile – 14 miles, actually –…

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(Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) CONCORD, N.C. – The Coca-Cola 600 is known as NASCAR’s longest, most grueling race of the year. It’s 100 miles longer than any other race on the 36-week schedule, and drivers often speak of taking extra care of themselves in order to be fresh at the end of it. But one driver is going to go the extra mile – 14 miles, actually –…

(Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) CONCORD, N.C. – The Coca-Cola 600 is known as NASCAR’s longest, most grueling race of the year. It’s 100 miles longer than any other race on the 36-week schedule, and drivers often speak of taking extra care of themselves in order to be fresh at the end of it. But one driver is going to go the extra mile – 14 miles, actually –…

The sports world is still buzzing about Andrew Shaw’s header goal that wasn’t from Game 2 of the Western Conference finals against the Anaheim Ducks. Usually disallowed goals are forgotten soon after they’re washed out by the officials, but Shaw’s perfect form in heading a puck into the net provided too good a visual to forget. Now Shaw can at least look the part when trying to bring soccer to…

After leading 163 of 200 laps in dominant fashion, Austin Dillon won the NASCAR Xfinity Series Hisense 300 Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It marked the second Xfinity Series win of the season for the Sprint Cup regular, as he outlasted fellow Sprint Cup drivers Denny Hamlin and Kasey Kahne to take the checkered flag in Concord, North Carolina. Here is a look at the top 10 finishers…

Everything you need to know about Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, in three minutes: Three things to watch 1. Between them, Jimmie Johnson (four) and Kevin Harvick (three) have won the last seven Cup series races held on 1.5-mile tracks dating back to last season. And Harvick has won three of the last eight races at Charlotte, including last fall. 2. After a victory in the All-Star Race, Denny Hamlin…