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It’s not hard to spot Milagros “Mili” Hernandez on the soccer field — she’s the girl with the short, not-quite-pixie cut and the outsize talent. She’s been playing since she was 5, but the 8-year-old was bumped up to a team full of 11-year-olds after running circles around girls her own age in Omaha. Her biggest concern in life is soccer; she wants to play in high school, then college,…

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…

It’s not hard to spot Milagros “Mili” Hernandez on the soccer field — she’s the girl with the short, not-quite-pixie cut and the outsized talent. She’s been playing since she was 5, but recently the 8-year-old was bumped up to a team full of 11-year-olds, after running circles around girls her own age in Omaha. Her biggest concern in life is soccer, but her dad, Gerardo Hernandez, recently inquired about…

It’s not hard to spot Milagros “Mili” Hernandez on the soccer field — she’s the girl with the short, not-quite-pixie cut and the outsized talent. She’s been playing since she was 5, but recently the 8-year-old was bumped up to a team full of 11-year-olds, after running circles around girls her own age in Omaha. Her biggest concern in life is soccer, but her dad, Gerardo Hernandez, recently inquired about…

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After four years of fizzled land deals and foiled optimism, David Beckham finally looks to be on the verge of acquiring enough Miami real estate to build a Major League Soccer stadium. On Tuesday, Miami-Dade commissioners are being asked to ratify a recommendation by the mayor to sell Beckham’s partnership a three-acre county truck depot at the corner of Northwest Sixth St. and Sixth Avenue to complete the group’s nine-acre…

It’s not hard to spot Milagros ‘Mili’ Hernandez on the soccer field — she’s the girl with the short, not-quite-pixie cut and the outsized talent. She’s been playing since she was 5, but recently the 8-year-old was bumped up to a team full of 11-year-olds, after running circles around girls her own age in Omaha, Nebraska. Her biggest concern in life is soccer, but her dad, Gerardo Hernandez, recently inquired…

Photo credit: Nick Wass/AP Images Alt-right troll Jack Posobiec took a break from pushing debunked conspiracy theories to make a very stupid tweet. While he posted several photos from this weekend’s NASCAR race at Dover International Speedway, he clearly didn’t read the track’s policies on firearms. Posobiec said terrorists never attacked a NASCAR race, because, well, insert stereotypes here: Unfortunately, he is wrong. Advertisement You can’t bear arms at a…

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Apply now to be an Entrepreneur 360™ company. Let us tell the world your success story. Get Started » It’s been fifteen years since I worked on the organizing committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and I can’t help but think back to our challenge at the time. In December 1998, the state of Utah felt dejected by a bribery scandal to host the winter games. As…

GIF via Robert Roeder on YouTube  Nearly three years after drunk NASCAR fan No. 1 climbed the catch fence during a race at Richmond International Raceway, it happened again Sunday. NASCAR never even threw a caution for this guy, and USA Today reports that local police said he “kicked an officer in the knee” while being taken into custody. This fan, identified by USA Today as John Infanti, was at…

GIF via CrashRacing NASCAR is the butt of many jokes over the fact that they won’t run any of their ovals in the rain. But NASCAR will run on a wet road course. The perfect combination of a soaking wet track and ludicrously powerful stock cars is more fun than anyone deserves to watch, and this Mosport battle is one of the best I’ve watched all year. This clip is…

Jimmie Johnson sped off on the final restart and earned another slice of NASCAR history, winning at Dover for the 11th time and moving into a tie for sixth on the career victories list. Johnson again made an impact Sunday at his favorite track — and he worked hard to take this checkered flag. He was forced to start from the rear of the field because of a gear change,…

A quarter century later, coach Acuna’s soccer players use an gym floor instead of a field baked in sunshine. They play four versus four, not the beautiful game’s universal 11 on a side. “When you play soccer, you’re not a rich kid. You’re not homeless. You’re not Muslim. You’re not  Catholic,” Acuna says. “You’re just a soccer player.… I think one reason so many play is because it takes you…

DOVER, Del. — Danica Patrick wanted more than some cooking tips when she chewed the fat with Gordon Ramsay. “I mean, if I don’t hear an F-bomb,” she said, with a laugh. Ramsay, the expletive-spewing celebrity chef, held his tongue when he filmed scenes with Patrick and other NASCAR crew members for his TV show “The F Word.” Ramsay and his team brought their own fresh ingredients to Dover International…

SPRINGFIELD, Nebr. (WOWT) Mili Hernandez is 8 years-old. She loves soccer – and her short haircut. Mili told WOWT 6 News: “When my hair starts to grow I put it short because I’ve always had short hair. I didn’t like my hair long.” Mili plays soccer for Omaha’s Azzuri Cachorros girls club team. She’s so good that she plays on the 11 year-old roster…

x Embed x Share CLOSE Martin Truex Jr. will be back in Dover this weekend defending his Sprint Cup Citizen Soldier 400 title. Race fans will see a triple-header of races and might be seeing Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the last time in a NASCAR race as he will retire after the season. Wochit Buy Photo Jimmy Johnson in the Lowe’s No. 48 Chevrolet wins The 48th Annual AAA 400…

Juventus fan walk past an ambulance in San Carlo’s square at the end of the Champions League final soccer match between Juventus and Real Madrid, in Turin, Italy, Saturday, June 3, 2017. Juventus fans watching the Champions League final rushed out of a Turin piazza in panic Saturday after witnesses reported hearing a loud sound. (Alessandro Di Marco/ANSA via AP)(Photo: The Associated Press) MILAN (AP) — More than 1,500 people…

As the Barrington girls soccer team lifted the Class 3A state-championship trophy after defeating New Trier in penalty kicks Saturday night, Fillies head coach Ryan Stengren paid tribute to the team’s 10 seniors. “I just had a good feeling tonight. I have 10 seniors and I trust them, and it worked out,” said Stengren, whose team captured the first title in program history by prevailing 3-0 in a shootout after…

NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. appears pleased with the results of his No. 88 team’s work in the Chevrolet Simulator. Earnhardt qualified 11th for Sunday’s AAA 400 Drive for Austism, the NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway (1 p.m., Fox Sports 1). Earnhardt gave some credit to his work in the simulator for his solid run. “It’s been bearing some fruit and helping us out and making us…