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With anti-Semitism on the rise in Germany — she recalled signs in shops declaring, “No dogs or Jews allowed” — she left home at 19 and moved to England, where she won the British high-jump championship in 1935. But when the Nazis pressured her father to bring her home, she returned to Germany to seek a position on the Olympic team. Shortly after winning that June meet, held at Adolf…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — For the next three weeks, Kids Drive NASCAR will celebrate the next generation of NASCAR® fans by engaging children and their families with fun and interactive social content, kids’ takeovers and at-track events and activities, NASCAR announced today. Beginning today, kids will go head-to-head with some of the sport’s top drivers in Kids vs. Drivers, a series of timed activity challenges on social media. Monster Energy NASCAR…

The goal, said Dr. George Chiampas, the chief medical officer for the federation, is to educate players with real-time information about their health and nutrition in the hope “that the more they know about themselves, the more engaged and committed they’re going to be on their side.” Change within soccer can still be met with suspicion, however, and even resistance. Only recently, for example, has the game begun to employ…

Katie Ledecky was off tor the night Monday at the world championships. It was up to someone else to seize the moment. Swimming in her home nation, Hungary’s Iron Lady did just that. Katinka Hosszu lived up to her country’s enormous expectations with an electrifying victory in the 200-meter individual medley, spurred on by a flag-waving, foot-stomping crowd at Duna Arena. The new 12,000-seat aquatic facility along the Danube was…

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will do television work on NBC’s NASCAR broadcasts once he retires as a competitive driver at the end of this season, Sports Business Daily reported Monday. Earnhardt announced in April that this would be his last season driving on NASCAR’s top series. He missed roughly half of last season because of concussion symptoms. Earnhardt has yet to win a race this season, which puts his chances in…

10:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment INDIANAPOLIS — Kasey Kahne earned a career-defining victory as the sun set at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. That was appropriate, because the sun could end up setting on his NASCAR career over the next six months. An 18-time winner in the Cup Series, his future is literally in the dark at Hendrick Motorsports, where he has a contract through next…

NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400 Sunday At Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Ind. Lap length: 2.50 miles [NUTTY FINISH: Kasey Kahne ends victory drought at marathon Brickyard 400] [HEROES ARE HUMAN: Brad Keselowski goes deep in message about patience] (Start position in parentheses) 1. (19) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 167 laps, 0 rating, 40 points. 2. (11) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 167, 0, 37. 3. (8) Ryan Newman,…

WESLEY CHAPEL — As a 17-year-old Triple-A hockey player, MacCallum Brown regularly plays against elite talent. As a Palm Harbor resident, he often has to travel to face that talent. Related News/Archive Fans can check out women’s world hockey champs at Wesley Chapel ice facility 3 Months Ago U.S. women’s Olympic hockey team moving to Wesley Chapel (w/video) 2 Months Ago World Hockey Championships offer ‘chance to win something’ for…

NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400 Sunday At Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Ind. Lap length: 2.50 miles [NUTTY FINISH: Kasey Kahne ends victory drought at marathon Brickyard 400] [HEROES ARE HUMAN: Brad Keselowski goes deep in message about patience] (Start position in parentheses) 1. (19) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 167 laps, 0 rating, 40 points. 2. (11) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 167, 0, 37. 3. (8) Ryan Newman,…

True, he’s not exactly the next David Beckham: no over-the-top tattoos, no pop-star wife, no risqué underwear ads. But that’s what makes the fervent soccer-fan love for Harry Kane, striker for the Tottenham Hotspur (a k a the Spurs), all the more remarkable. He’s a wholesome soccer star who’s all about scoring — on the field. On Tuesday, the British soccer phenom brings his magic foot to Red Bull Arena in Harrison,…

Patience. Sports heroes are as imperfect as the rest of us, one NASCAR driver reminded us this week. In a blog post from NASCAR’s Brad Keselowski, he asks fans, media and other drivers not to judge too quickly when the sports stars behave badly. While it might seem obvious, Keselowski – in a post fittingly titled “The Fault in Our Stars” – asks people to remember one fact many may…

NASCAR Heat 2, which we previewed here right before E3, returns in September with the “other two” national series in stock-car racing, the Xfinity Series and Camping World Trucks Series. By itself that will add some depth to what was a rather spartan career mode last year. And another feature that should lengthen Heat 2’s replay value is the addition of split-screen racing. You can get a look at the…

x Embed x Share CLOSE USA TODAY Sports’ Brant James looks ahead to some of the top story lines fans should keep an eye on at the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis this Sunday. USA TODAY Sports Kyle Busch, front, started from the pole and led 149 laps en route to winning his second consecutive Brickyard 400 last year.(Photo: Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports) It’s race day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and…

Patience. Sports heroes are as imperfect as the rest of us, one NASCAR driver reminded us this week. In a blog post from NASCAR’s Brad Keselowski, he asks fans, media and other drivers not to judge too quickly when the sports stars behave badly. While it might seem obvious, Keselowski – in a post fittingly titled “The Fault in Our Stars” – asks people to remember one fact many may…

NASCAR Heat 2, which we previewed here right before E3, returns in September with the “other two” national series in stock-car racing, the Xfinity Series and Camping World Trucks Series. By itself that will add some depth to what was a rather spartan career mode last year. And another feature that should lengthen Heat 2’s replay value is the addition of split-screen racing. You can get a look at the…

Patience. Sports heroes are as imperfect as the rest of us, one NASCAR driver reminded us this week. In a blog post from NASCAR’s Brad Keselowski, he asks fans, media and other drivers not to judge too quickly when the sports stars behave badly. While it might seem obvious, Keselowski – in a post fittingly titled “The Fault in Our Stars” – asks people to remember one fact many may…

William Byron’s first trip to Indianapolis Motor Speedway ended with an unforgettable finish. After taking the lead with 15 laps left, the teenage rookie used some savvy moves and a little luck Saturday to hold off the hard-charging Paul Menard for his third NASCAR Xfinity Series win in less than a month. The margin of 0.108 of a second was the narrowest in race history, and he did it by…

x Embed x Share CLOSE USA TODAY Sports’ Brant James looks ahead to some of the top story lines fans should keep an eye on at the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis this Sunday. USA TODAY Sports William Byron beat Paul Menard to the yard of bricks by 0.108 second, the closest margin of victory in the Xfinity Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.(Photo: Brian Lawdermilk, Getty Images) INDIANAPOLIS — NASCAR’s…

Tim Fedewa’s dropped sandwich led NASCAR to revoke the Kevin Harvick spotter’s credentials during practice for tomorrow’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis. NBCSN caught Fedewa asking the team to send someone else up to the spotter’s stand after the incident, which took place this morning at IMS. Harvick’s car is sponsored by a brand whose sandwiches ought to be hurled from rooftops or simply thrown in the garbage, so we’re surprised…

Dan Marshall set out to make a game based off a single tweet, where he admitted to having very little knowledge of how soccer is played and, frankly, not caring to learn. The result of that exercise is Behold The Kickmen (on Steam for $4), an irreverent caricature of soccer that somehow makes the full loop around to being one of the most accidentally excellent takes on the virtual pitch. It’s…