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The thing that stands out when you look at the stats for the four teams that are still left standing at this point in the season is save percentage. There’s a lot to differentiate these teams from one another in a number of ways, but when it comes to play in the blue paint, very little separates them. Team save percentages for the season to date come in at .928,…

So Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said some sorta poor-sport-y stuff after his Badgers lost the NCAA championship game to Duke last night. In the video below, he can’t get through the pro forma talk of how much his graduating players meant to him without tossing in a passive-aggressive aside about how “we don’t do a rent-a-player.” In the next one, he can’t even get a full sentence into how proud…

Thibault Camus/AP Paris has a pollution problem. Instead of the smoke from Gauloise cigarettes and the aroma of freshly baked bread, the air is packed with smog, an issue that got so bad one day last month, the city forcibly halved traffic by allowing only cars with odd-number plates to drive. Paris is working toward less authoritarian, more considered solutions, including a program that gives drivers up to $11,400 if…

A Dutch soccer club is working to identify fans who chanted anti-Semitic slogans about the Holocaust during a match with a rival team from Amsterdam. The chants were documented on Sunday at Galgenwaard Stadium in Utrecht, a city situated 40 miles southeast of the Dutch capital Amsterdam, during an honor division match between Amsterdam’s Ajax team and FC Utrecht, the De Telegraaf daily reported. Utrecht supporters chanted…

A Dutch soccer club is working to identify fans who chanted anti-Semitic slogans about the Holocaust during a match with a rival team from Amsterdam. The chants were documented on Sunday at Galgenwaard Stadium in Utrecht, a city situated 40 miles southeast of the Dutch capital Amsterdam, during an honor division match between Amsterdam’s Ajax team and FC Utrecht, the De Telegraaf daily reported. Utrecht supporters chanted…

Danica Patrick says qualifying doesn’t have to be heart-racing for TV viewers every weekend.(Photo: Jerome Minton, USA TODAY Sports) CONCORD, N.C. — Danica Patrick helped Charlotte Motor Speedway announce an old-school music act for the Coca-Cola 600 on Tuesday: ZZ Top. As it turns out, she’s also a fan of another throwback: Single-car qualifying at superspeedways. Patrick applauded NASCAR for announcing a change to qualifying at the upcoming Talladega Superspeedway…

Oh dear, John Fish used the “P” word. As in, “decline of Patriotism.” And as in, if you oppose my wish to make Boston the site of the 2024 Olympics, you are a member of that less-than-upright-group known as decliners. No, he did not say that. But yes, he did imply it. His exact words were: “Personally, what bothers me a lot is the decline of pride, of patriotism and…

A community is mourning today after a brother and sister were killed in a crash on their way home from high school soccer practice. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victims as Peyton Christopher Spain, 17, and Erin Ashley Spain, 15. Both were students at Hueytown High School and were on the school’s competitive soccer teams. “They were very, very sweet, popular kids,” principal Gayle Gober told AL.com this…

Michael Phelps is clear to return to competitive swimming Monday after serving a six-month suspension from USA Swimming as punishment for his drunken driving arrest in September. lRelated Olympics Michael Phelps suspended 6 months, won’t swim in world championships See all related The record-setting Olympian is expected to return to the pool in less than two weeks for the Arena Pro Swim Series event in Mesa, Ariz. The meet, which runs…

The tales vast in number seem more folklore than genuine, and yet the authenticity is 100 percent. Each underlining the long held doctrine that NASCAR drivers are tough guys, who will do anything to win even if it’s at the expense of their personal well-being. There was the time Richard Petty raced despite sustaining a broken neck. Or the time Ricky Rudd barrel rolled in a Daytona 500 preliminary…

Piqué is no stranger to technology. With over 10 million followers on Twitter and nearly 3 million on Instagram, the soccer phenom is an avid user of social media. He said he would jump at the chance to do business with Dallas Maverick’s owner and tech mogul Mark Cuban. Yet Piqué acknowledges that, even among today’s tech savvy sports stars, launching a gaming company is an unusual side gig….

FILE – Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, center, smiles as he officially opens the refurbished Sunnydale rink with Toronto Maple Leafs’ coach Ron Wilson, right, and other dignitaries who were on hand as well as the Toronto Maple Leafs NHL hockey team, who practiced on the outdoor rink in Toronto in this Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012 file photo. Ford, who became a global sensation in 2013 after admitting he’d smoked crack…

Jon Bieniewicz’s widow, Kris Bieniewicz, addresses the court as she gives the last victim’s impact statement and holds up a soccer “red flag.”(Photo: Todd McInturf / The Detroit News) Detroit — The wife of a Detroit-area soccer referee filed a $51 million lawsuit Friday against a hot-headed player who is in prison for throwing a punch that killed her husband during a game last summer. The figure represents $1 million…

Jon Bieniewicz’s widow, Kris Bieniewicz, addresses the court as she gives the last victim’s impact statement and holds up a soccer “red flag.”(Photo: Todd McInturf / The Detroit News) Detroit — The wife of a Detroit-area soccer referee filed a $51 million lawsuit Friday against a hot-headed player who is in prison for throwing a punch that killed her husband during a game last summer. The figure represents $1 million…

The U.S. women’s hockey team will play Canada in the World Championship final Saturday, for the 16th time in 16 editions of the competition dating to 1990. The U.S. trounced Russia 13-1 in its semifinal in Malmo, Sweden, on Friday. The Americans outscored four opponents by a combined 30-6 en route to the final, including a 4-2 win over Canada in its group-stage opener last Saturday. The U.S. roster at…

Jon Bieniewicz’s widow, Kris Bieniewicz, addresses the court as she gives the last victim’s impact statement and holds up a soccer “red flag.”(Photo: Todd McInturf / The Detroit News) Detroit — The wife of a Detroit-area soccer referee filed a $51 million lawsuit Friday against a hot-headed player who is in prison for throwing a punch that killed her husband during a game last summer. The figure represents $1 million…

Just six races into the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, and already there have been enough surprises and plot twists to make this one of the most interesting campaigns in years. Call it the good, the bad and the ugly. There’s already been lots of all three. To wit: The good: Kevin Harvick has followed up his championship season with two victories, three runner-up finishes and six top 10s…

This dude right here—who seems to be feeling pretty good about the fact that he just exited a hockey brawl down a shirt, jacket, and tie—is named Andrei Razin, and he’s the head coach of a hockey team in Russia’s minor league. He ended up this way after scrapping with opposing head coach Alex Zhdahin, who was getting into the face of one of the referees over a call. Here’s…

India may bid for the 2024 Olympics, hoping to host the event for the first time in almost seven decades as an independent nation. According to local media reports, the prime minister, Narendra Modi, who won a landslide victory last year, is keen to hold the Olympics in the emerging Asian power. Thomas Bach, the International Olympic Committee president, will meet Modi later this month in Delhi. The Times of…

India may bid for the 2024 Olympics, hoping to host the event for the first time in almost seven decades as an independent nation. According to local media reports, the prime minister, Narendra Modi, who won a landslide victory last year, is keen to hold the Olympics in the emerging Asian power. Thomas Bach, the International Olympic Committee president, will meet Modi later this month in Delhi. The Times of…