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Minnesota United’s new soccer stadium in St. Paul will be called Allianz Field, the team announced Tuesday morning. The naming rights had leaked out Monday when the Allianz Life Twitter feed briefly featured this tweet, which was deleted after several minutes: “Soccer fans? You betcha! Allianz Field is the new home of Minnesota United FC soccer! #MNFUC,’’ followed by a link that took Twitter users to a video tour of…

(Reuters) – Hockey Canada unveiled Plan B for the Pyeongchang Winter Games on Tuesday, naming Willie Desjardins as head coach and Sean Burke general manager for the men’s team after the NHL ended its Olympic participation. NHL players, coaches and staff have spearheaded Canada’s Olympic efforts since the 1998 Nagano Games but with the league having this year announced it would not shut down for the Pyeongchang Games Hockey Canada…

Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona will meet again at a special El Clasico match held in Miami. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) FC Barcelona and Real Madrid C.F. are prepared to face off in the scorching Miami heat as the teams meet for the first time on American soil for El Clasico Miami. The match-up between two of soccer’s greatest teams has been a long time in the making…

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…

Minnesota United’s new soccer stadium in St. Paul will be called Allianz Field, the team announced Tuesday morning. The naming rights had leaked out Monday when the Allianz Life Twitter feed briefly featured this tweet, which was deleted after several minutes: “Soccer fans? You betcha! Allianz Field is the new home of Minnesota United FC soccer! #MNFUC,’’ followed by a link that took Twitter users to a video tour of…

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…

Decades before last week’s unveiling of a proposed Major League Soccer stadium near Salisbury and Peace Streets, professional baseball was played at a wooden grandstand ballpark not very far away. Nearly every summer beginning in 1945, the Raleigh minor league baseball team played near what is now Capital Boulevard near Peace Street in downtown Raleigh. Pro ball left Raleigh for good following the 1971 season but the park left a…

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…

Let’s beat a dead horse, shall we? Much like most things in the modern NASCAR, the current overtime rule is a problem that was designed to fix a previous problem that solved a problem that no one had in the first place. It’s time to go back to move forward. This is probably an excessive and unnecessary column because NASCAR has already acknowledged in their own way the…

x Embed x Share CLOSE Learn why these NASCAR fans stayed for all 6 hours and 10 minutes of the longest Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history, July 23, 2017, won by driver Kasey Kahne. Jenna Watson/IndyStar Buy Photo Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Busch (18) crashes in turn 1 during the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, July 23, 2017. (Photo: John Chilton, John Chilton…

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…

Tim Howard and the United States are seeking a sixth Gold Cup trophy. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP-Getty Images) SAN JOSE — The matchup in the Gold Cup final is not the one CONCACAF privately wanted, because a U.S.-Mexico showdown elevates ticket sales and stirs curiosity beyond the region’s borders. It’s not what Fox Sports and Univision wanted either, because a U.S. vs. Mexico match, in any soccer competition, draws strong TV numbers….

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,…

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,…

Kasey Kahne kissed the bricks Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, capturing one of NASCAR’s “Majors,” the Brickyard 400 despite a track-record 14 cautions. As Trevor Bayne was attempting to save fuel and hold off Matt Kenseth to steal a win, Clint Bowyer and Kurt Busch wrecked with 11 laps remaining, dashing Bayne’s hopes at a second career win. The red flag was shown with 10 laps remaining to clean the track,…

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…

GIF via NASCAR on NBC NASCAR’s top Cup Series was at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Brickyard 400 today, where Kurt Busch’s race came to a halt with a hard hit with only 10 laps let in the race. Holy crap, the view from Busch’s helmet is intense. The outside view of the crash wasn’t much better, with smoke from the crash obscuring the track. The crash occurred after Clint…