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A generation of NASCAR fans have grown up with Dale Earnhardt Jr. as stock-car racing’s most popular driver. Earnhardt has won the last 14 season-ending most-popular awards, even winning last season when he missed roughly half the schedule due to concussion symptoms. Earnhardt has announced his retirement at the conclusion of this season, which poses a great question: Who does JR Nation root for now? Earnhardt was asked that recently…

A generation of NASCAR fans have grown up with Dale Earnhardt Jr. as stock-car racing’s most popular driver. Earnhardt has won the last 14 season-ending most-popular awards, even winning last season when he missed roughly half the schedule due to concussion symptoms. Earnhardt has announced his retirement at the conclusion of this season, which poses a great question: Who does JR Nation root for now? Earnhardt was asked that recently…

Miami is pushing back on a last-minute requirement that David Beckham’s soccer stadium only hire county police officers to patrol inside the facility while city officers are left with traffic control and other duties outside. County Commissioner José “Pepe” Diaz demanded the requirement Tuesday in exchange for his vote to sell the Beckham partnership a county truck depot in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood for the planned 25,000-seat stadium. The Beckham partnership…

This weekend’s race at Pocono Raceway marks the start of the second half of the regular season. For drivers on the bubble, the pressure to get a win to guarantee their spot in the postseason will intensify with each week. So far, eight drivers are guaranteed a spot in the postseason. That leaves eight open spots for the rest of the field, to be parceled out first via victories, and…

RELATED: Full schedule for Pocono, Texas WELCOME, N.C. – VELVEETA® Shells & Cheese is partnering with Richard Childress Racing (RCR) and the No. 31 Chevrolet SS team to give NASCAR fans a taste of the one and only LIQUID GOLD. VELVEETA Shells & Cheese will serve as primary sponsor for select races, beginning June 18 at Michigan International Speedway, and associate sponsorship for the remainder of the 2017 season. The…

DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. – The NASCAR Foundation today appointed Nichole Krieger Executive Director. Krieger – who served as Acting Executive Director since February following five years as Senior Director, Development and Marketing – will assume her new role effective immediately and report into NASCAR Vice Chairman Mike Helton. As Executive Director, Krieger will build on the legacy of the Foundation’s late Founder and Chairwoman Emeritus Betty Jane France, whose mission…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment sports + biz + culture + lifeGet REDEF delivered to your inbox rantnrave:// The NBA Finals is not the best championship series going right now. The Penguins and Predators are giving us a fabulous Stanley Cup Final. Charles Barkley defected from the NBA Finals to go to Game 4. With the series tied, it’s a best-of-3 to raise the Cup and crown…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment sports + biz + culture + lifeGet REDEF delivered to your inbox rantnrave:// The NBA Finals is not the best championship series going right now. The Penguins and Predators are giving us a fabulous Stanley Cup Final. Charles Barkley defected from the NBA Finals to go to Game 4. With the series tied, it’s a best-of-3 to raise the Cup and crown…

Forbes is back with its annual ranking of the most valuable clubs in the world of soccer. A lot of the list may be expected, but there are a few potential surprises in the Top 20 too. The list was comprised based on revenue and operating figures, and it shows how their value changed from last year. Here’s the list:

When Mark Beaumont announced that he intended to break the world record by cycling around the globe in 80 days, I anticipated a slew of messages from my friends and family along the lines of “If he can do it in 80 days, why is it going to take you 18 months?” and “Where will you be in 80 days time, Kent?” For I, too, have recently embarked on an…

Horace Burrell, a longtime Caribbean soccer official and former ally of several controversial FIFA vice presidents, has died. He was 67. The governing body of soccer in North America said the Jamaican, a senior vice president, died Tuesday. Media in Jamaica reported that Burrell was a patient at Johns Hopkins Cancer Treatment Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Burrell oversaw Jamaica’s qualification for the 1998 World Cup during two stints as president…

RELATED: Wallace ready for his big-league call-up | Full Pocono schedule Max Siegel ranks as a vested observer of the career arc of one Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr., having given the aspiring driver — then a brace-faced teenager — his first start at the NASCAR touring level. Seven years after their first win together, Siegel is quick to note the ironic twist in Wallace’s next step on the racing ladder….

Milagros “Mili” Hernandez, 8, plays soccer in Ohama, Neb. Her team was disqualified from the final round of a tournament because somebody had complained to organizers that there was a boy on the team. WOWT/Screenshot by NPR Milagros “Mili” Hernandez loves soccer, and she’s good at it. Really good. At age 8, the short-haired Nebraska girl plays on an Omaha club team with 11-year-olds. But on Sunday, Mili’s dad, Gerardo…

The list of African-American NASCAR Cup Series drivers is not long — Wendell Scott, Willy T. Ribbs and Will Lester have been the only three to date. Related News/Archive Heart heavy, Tony Saladino returns to namesake tournament 3 Months Ago Ricky Stenhouse Jr. gets first NASCAR Cup win 4 Weeks Ago Captain’s Corner: As Florida season dwindles, spiny lobsters still a good target 2 Months Ago Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr….

After a four-year quest, David Beckham on Tuesday finally secured land to build a soccer stadium in Miami, after county commissioners approved selling him three acres for $9 million. “Yes, it has taken a while to get to this point,” Commissioner Xavier Suarez said. “But I think this community needs it … It is going to improve this community in so many ways.” The 9-4 vote by Miami-Dade commissioners gives…

An 8-year-old girl and the rest of her soccer team were disqualified from a girls tournament in Nebraska because event organizers thought she was a boy. Mili Hernandez thinks it’s because of her short haircut. “They only did it because I look like a boy,” Hernandez told WOWT-TV News. Casey Mann, executive director of Nebraska State Soccer, said in a statement that the player’s appearance had nothing to do with…

After a four-year quest, David Beckham on Tuesday finally secured land to build a soccer stadium in Miami after county commissioners approved selling him three acres for $9 million. “Yes, it has taken a while to get to this point,” said Commissioner Xavier Suarez. “But I think this community needs it…It is going to improve this community in so many ways.” The 9-4 vote by Miami-Dade commissioners gives Beckham the…

DOVER, Del. — The hardest decision most 8-year-olds have to make on any given day is how to spend recess. A few years ago Jenna Dumanski faced the choice of whether or not she’d be the one to donate a life-saving bone marrow transplant to her 8-month-old brother, Tommy, who had been diagnosed with a rare hereditary immunodeficiency disease. Jenna knew what she had to do, and didn’t look back….

SPRINGFIELD, Neb. (WOWT) – The Nebraska State Soccer Association is apologizing to an 8-year-old girl who says her team was disqualified from a youth soccer tournament because she looks like a boy. It said in a statement Monday that the Springfield soccer club’s decision to disqualify Mili Hernandez’s team does not represent the association’s core values of teamwork and inclusion. In a statement to…

Ashley Young, Eric Bailly, Daley Blind and Chris Smalling of Manchester United take selfies with the trophy after the UEFA Europa League Final between Ajax and Manchester United at Friends Arena on May 24 in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images) No soccer team has done as good a job as Manchester United at turning a storied history of success on the pitch into profits. The Red Devils have won…