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Getty Images Drama, drama, drama. The Calgary Flames were on quite the roller-coaster ride Tuesday night when they welcomed the Anaheim Ducks into the Saddledome. Down 2-0 in the second-round playoff series, the Flames desperately needed a win lest the Ducks take too commanding a lead. At the 13:23 mark of the third period, trailing Anaheim 3-2, Calgary seemed to tie things up when, after a second look, forward Sam…

NASCAR executive vice president Steve O’Donnell said the sport is pleased with its current track lineup.(Photo: John David Mercer, USA TODAY Sports) CHARLOTTE – Despite Kevin Harvick’s concerns about NASCAR’s schedule becoming “stagnant,” NASCAR executive vice president Steve O’Donnell said officials remain comfortable with the current calendar. “We’re happy with the schedule we have,” O’Donnell said Tuesday. “We certainly look at what’s available to us, but the schedule we have…

Officials say a Sanford seventh grader has passed away after suffering some kind of medical emergency during a soccer match at East Lee Middle School. Quaneisha Richmond, 12, was playing in the game on the evening of April 30 when she appeared to suffer from a seizure. She was rushed to Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford where she died later that evening. “This is a great loss for our East…

The term “soccer mom”—political shorthand for the upscale suburban women President Clinton courted so successfully in the 1990s—may have fallen out of use with the Beltway set in more recent years, but this swing voting bloc is still around. Just ask Arne Duncan. As President Obama’s education secretary and the administration’s head cheerleader for the new Common Core academic standards, Mr. Duncan has spent four years trying to convince the…

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A 57-year-old youth hockey coach is facing charges after police say he stalked an 18-year-old waitress in Shelton, staring at her during her shift, passing her notes and following her out of the restaurant. Police said Kim Lariccia, 57, of Milford, “obsessively watched” the waitress for…

The past and future of the sport came together Tuesday morning when the 2015-2016 NASCAR Next class was introduced at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina. The program, which is in its fifth year, is used to help prepare young up-and-coming racers for a potentially successful career in NASCAR’s top three national touring series — Camping World Truck, XFINITY and Sprint Cup. Past NASCAR Next members include…

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Gabriel Clarke lined up as a reporter for BT’s Champions League coverage Leeds owner Massimo Cellino has Football League ban lifted Ruud Gullit was forced to miss Match of the Day after missing flight Ed Smith will ghostwrite Andrew Flintoff’s new auto-biography  By Charles Sale for the Daily Mail Published: 18:12 EST, 4 May 2015 | Updated: 03:23 EST, 5 May 2015 11 View comments BT Sport have targeted ITV’s…

Five years after he was turned down by Arsenal, Nigerian billionaire industrialist Aliko Dangote said he still wants to buy the storied English Premier League soccer team—for the right price. Dangote—who lost some $10 billion in net worth in 2014 due to a crash in the Nigerian stock market and value of the Nigerian naira but is still Africa’s richest person—told Bloomberg that he is interested in taking control of the club, of which…

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On April, 30, 1987, Lou Lamoriello was named the third general manager in New Jersey Devils history. Just over 28 years later, they have a fourth.  In the span between Lamoriello taking over the Devils and relinquishing his job to former Pittsburgh Penguins GM Ray Shero, New Jersey has experienced (in particular order): – Three Stanley Cups, won in the span of eight seasons. – Five conference championships. – Nine…

•   Rico Abreu (23, Rutherford, Calif., Twitter: @Rico_Abreu) – A 2014 USAC national champion and winner of the 2015 Chili Bowl, he has two top-10 finishes in three K&N Pro Series East starts, his first season racing in stock cars.•   Nicole Behar (17, Otis Orchards, Wash., @NicoleBehar33) – Tied the series record for highest finish by a female driver in just her fifth K&N West start with her second-place mark at Irwindale Event…

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Five years after he was turned down by Arsenal, Nigerian billionaire industrialist Aliko Dangote said he still wants to buy the storied English Premier League soccer team—for the right price. Dangote—who lost some $10 billion in net worth in 2014 due to a crash in the Nigerian stock market and value of the Nigerian naira but is still Africa’s richest person—told Bloomberg that he is interested in taking control of the club, of which…

It’s deja vu all over again in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s emotionally charged victory in Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway made it eight different winners in the first 10 races of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Last year, there were eight different winners in the first 10 races of the season. In 2013, there were eight different winners in the first 10 races…

A U.S. squad with one Olympian topped a more experienced Russian team 4-2 in group play at the World Hockey Championship in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on Monday. Trevor Lewis, Torey Krug, Mark Arcobello and Brock Nelson scored for the Americans, the first three coming on Russian veteran goalie Sergey Bobrovsky. Lewis, Krug and Arcobello are playing at a senior World Championship for the first time. Anton Belov and Sergey Plotnikov potted Russia’s tallies on AHL goalie Jack Campbell. The U.S. team…

0 Shares Print It’s Talladega time! The Sprint Cup Series checks in at the second — and longest — restrictor-plate track this season, mighty 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway for the Geico 500 to Sunday (1 p.m. ET, Fox). Craven: Talladega both terrifying, irresistible Talladega Superspeedway, where the “big one” is always lurking, can make you feel invincible one minute and vulnerable the next, Ricky Craven writes. Who will have the upper…

Dale Earnhardt Jr. had been having a decent 2015 season until Sunday, when he secured a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup by taking the checkered flag in the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Many of the most talented drivers had strong showings in Sunday’s race, including perennial NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson. He came in second and closed the gap on points leader Kevin…

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