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Volkswagen The Volkswagen GTI is turning 40 years old soon and VW is celebrating the occasion with a new GTI Clubsport and the insane GTE Sport plug-in hybrid concepts. The GTI Clubsport is only mild in contrast with the wild GTE Sport. The hatch — presented as “a close-to-production concept car” at its Lake Wörthersee unveiling — builds on the performance of the standard GTI’s 2.0-liter TSI engine with the…

Alexander Ovechkin guaranteed that the Capitals will win tonight’s Game 7. What if the Rangers win? Or, more trickily, what if the Caps win and Ovechkin doesn’t appear on the scoresheet? How would that reflect upon Ovechkin, who (unfairly) has gained a reputation as a scorer who can’t score in the most critical of games? Alex Ovechkin: “We’re Going To Come Back And Win The Series” Alex Ovechkin: “We’re Going…

NASCAR did two things right on Wednesday, when it ruled Kyle Busch would get a medical waiver and wouldn’t get a top-30 waiver. Those two decisions were fair to Busch and more importantly, fair to the other 42 drivers hoping to qualify for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. To review: In order to make the Chase, a driver has to: 1. Win at least one race in the…

I know it’s easy to hang our hat on something new and exciting that comes along in our sport. I just have to say that I am as excited about this young Erik Jones as I have been in quite a while. This kid has burst on the NASCAR scene in like the last year and a half. For him to do what he did all weekend long in his…

McIntyre, a Boston Bruins draft pick, will soon start negotiations with the NHL club. His departure means UND will start next season with 43 minutes, 19 seconds of college experience in net, all by soon-to-be-sophomore Cam Johnson. No single goaltender is likely to fill all of McIntyre’s minutes (he played more than any goalie in the nation last season). It is more likely to be a balance of the three…

Tom Brady picked a superstar lawyer with a history of wins against the NFL. Can it help him beat the “Deflategate” rap?

NASCAR announced Wednesday that Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s team and Joey Logano’s team were among five Sprint Cup teams that received written warnings for failing inspection last weekend at Kansas Speedway. NASCAR stated that the teams of Logano, Casey Mears and Paul Menard received written warnings for failing pre-qualifying inspection twice. NASCAR stated that the teams of Earnhardt and Cole Whitt received written warnings for failing pre-race inspection twice. The Sprint Cup…

During a Toronto FC game last Sunday, a moronic soccer fan thought it would be really funny to shout a rude obscenity into a reporter’s microphone. Turns out, that fan has been fired. The exchange went viral mostly because the reporter fought back, questioning why he thought it was so funny to ruin her broadcast. Speaking to the Toronto Sun, City News reporter Shauna Hunt explained her reasoning: “This is something that…

I know it’s easy to hang our hat on something new and exciting that comes along in our sport. I just have to say that I am as excited about this young Erik Jones as I have been in quite a while. This kid has burst on the NASCAR scene in like the last year and a half. For him to do what he did all weekend long in his…

NASCAR did two things right on Wednesday, when it ruled Kyle Busch would get a medical waiver and wouldn’t get a top-30 waiver. Those two decisions were fair to Busch and more importantly, fair to the other 42 drivers hoping to qualify for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. To review: In order to make the Chase, a driver has to: 1. Win at least one race in the…

Kyle Busch(Photo: Peter Casey, USA TODAY Sports) Kyle Busch is back. Busch will climb into the seat of his No. 18 Toyota at Charlotte Motor Speedway for this weekend’s All-Star Race, less than three months after he broke his right leg and left foot in a crash at Daytona International Speedway. He’ll practice the car on Friday, then race in the All-Star event Saturday night. He is eligible due to…

FOX Sports 1 opens its annual 10 DAYS OF THUNDER Presented by Polaris programming block with a full calendar of racing from 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway and a selection of special original programs, including the anxiously awaited 100,000 CAMERAS: TALLADEGA. Highlighting the opening weekend on track, NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE action gets started under the lights with the NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR SHOWDOWN on Friday, May 15 (7:00 PM ET), the last-chance qualifier…

Abby Wambach’s nose was broken. Or maybe it wasn’t. “I don’t know,” the U.S. soccer star said Sunday afternoon. “I don’t want to know. I don’t care, honestly.” Upon hearing this, one of Wambach’s biggest fans could only shake her head and sigh. Broken nose? Nothing new. “I’ve seen a lot of those,” said Judy Wambach, Abby’s mom. And thus unfolded the best Mother’s Day soccer story ever — or…

Treasurer Joe Hockey has revealed the deficit will beat his own December forecast as well as “market expectations” to come in below $40bn. “Market expectations are for a budget deficit of around $40bn to $41bn, we’re going to beat that and we’re going to beat it every year,” Hockey said on Tuesday. In the 2014 budget, the deficit was forecast to be $29.8bn. It was revised to $40.4bn in the…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A Spanish court will decide whether soccer players can go ahead with their planned strike before the final two rounds of the season. The National Court said Monday it was summoning the Spanish league and the Spanish players’ union to ”hear arguments” on Wednesday before ruling on the league’s request that the strike be temporarily suspended. The union has the backing of the Spanish soccer federation…

Abby Wambach’s nose was broken. Or maybe it wasn’t. “I don’t know,” the U.S. soccer star said Sunday afternoon. “I don’t want to know. I don’t care, honestly.” Upon hearing this, one of Wambach’s biggest fans could only shake her head and sigh. Broken nose? Nothing new. “I’ve seen a lot of those,” said Judy Wambach, Abby’s mom. And thus unfolded the best Mother’s Day soccer story ever — or…

The song “California Dreaming” blared from the loudspeaker at Honda Center in mid-March. Fans clad in orange, black, gray – maybe a little purple, crowded into the building for that night’s tilt between the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks. There was no novelty between the two teams and their fan-bases, just utter stone cold hatred from the stands on down to the ice. The rivalry was intense, just as…

USA Women’s Soccer Team Tops Ireland In World Cup Warm-Up (Video) SAN JOSE, Calif. — Abby Wambach scored twice and the U.S. defeated Ireland 3-0 on Sunday in an exhibition game in preparation for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Defender Julie Johnston, who has made just 10 international appearances, added a goal to extend her scoring streak to three consecutive games. It was the Americans’ fifth consecutive shutout, and…

United States goalie Connor Hellebuyck eyes the puck during the Group B preliminary match against Slovenia at the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships on May 10, 2015 at the CEZ Arena in Ostrava.(Photo: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images) PRAGUE — Brock Nelson scored twice and added an assist Sunday as the United States clinched a spot in the quarterfinal of the ice hockey world championship with a 3-1 victory over Slovenia….

At 6, Andrew Shaw received his first stitches — right above his eye after crashing into a table during a wrestling match. It was the first of countless times he was sewn back together. The conversation on the way to the hospital went like this on repeat: “I don’t want to go,” Andrew said. “Well, you have to, so we’re going,” his mother, Darlene Shaw, replied matter of factly. With…