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NASCAR is considering doing what a lot of other auto racing series around the world do: Give its race teams the option of running two different types of tires for each race. The first would be a conventional set, the second a softer compound that is significantly faster than the normal tire, but presumably would wear out much quicker. The sanctioning body will use this year’s 2017 Monster Energy All-Star…

Photo credit: Tyler Barrick/Getty Images Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives used a secret off-the-books bank account to buy a $21,000 NASCAR suite at Bristol Motor Speedway and a trip to Las Vegas, among other things, reports the Washington Post. Sadly, it wasn’t to investigate on-track fistfights, or anything else for that matter. Advertisement The night out at Bristol was in a 16-person suite for the…

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. – American heroes, wounded in war, are fighting their way back armed only with sticks, on a battleground covered with ice. Richard “Ducks” Duzinskas suffered injuries while serving in Iraq. It’s been a long way back from the war for Richard “Ducks” Duzinskas. Ten years ago a roadside bomb in Iraq cut his lung in half, left shrapnel in his body and night terrors in his mind…

By Ryan Zuke | rzuke1@mlive.com Follow on Twitter Red Berenson’s retirement on Monday creates an opening behind Michigan’s bench for the first time in 33 years. The Wolverines were a college hockey powerhouse during Berenson’s tenure, reaching the NCAA tournament 23 times, including a 22-year streak from 1990-2012, which still is a record. The 77-year-old guided Michigan to 11 NCAA Frozen Four appearances and two national championships. He is one of four…

BUY TICKETS: See the races at Bristol MORE: All-time All-Star Race winners | Recap ‘One Hot Night’ DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — As the engines fired, the lightbulbs buzzed — a first for the annual non-points extravaganza. Never before had an All-Star Race been run under the lights. Dubbed “One Hot Night,” the 1992 race signaled a new era, one that became tradition for the fan-favorite event.   And now, 25 years later,…

The Borussia Dortmund soccer team bus was damaged by explosion a few miles from the stadium prior to the UEFA Champions League quarter-final football match against Monaco in Dortmund, Germany, on Tuesday. Sascha Schuermann/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sascha Schuermann/AFP/Getty Images The Borussia Dortmund soccer team bus was damaged by explosion a few miles from the stadium prior to the UEFA Champions League quarter-final football match against Monaco in…

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BUY TICKETS: Buy tickets for Daytona and all 2017 races Liftoff panels, ride heights and aero ducts will be on the menu today at Daytona International Speedway as NASCAR and Goodyear officials, along with five Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams, begin a two-day test at the 2.5-mile superspeedway.   Erik Jones (Furniture Row Racing Toyota), Alex Bowman (Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet), Joey Logano (Team Penske Ford), Danica Patrick (Stewart-Haas Racing…

CLOSE x Embed x Share New Michigan State hockey coach Danton Cole meets with reporters Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in East Lansing. Video by Chris Solari / DFP Danton Cole is expected to be announced as Michigan State’s hockey coach on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.(Photo: Courtesy of Rena Laverty / USA Hockey) EAST LANSING – Michigan State announced Danton Cole as its new hockey coach at a 3 p.m. news…

After the horrendous videos of a man being physically dragged off a United Airlines plane Sunday evening went viral, the company has been chastised on the internet for how poorly it handled and overbooking situation. There are plenty of issues being debated as the story has made national headlines, but much of it is about how United addressed a problem of its own making because it – like every other…

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Jimmie Johnson’s seventh victory at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday was a reminder of just how good Johnson is at that track. There are now just 11 active drivers in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series who have won at least 10 races their respective careers.   Naturally, each of the 11 drivers are better at some tracks than others. But each of them has at least…

RELATED: Race results | Series standings The days of a newly repaved race track requiring numerous seasons of curing, along with several years of competition on its surface before it lends itself to multiple lanes for racing, appear to be over. The action Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway was not an aberration. It’s more of an evolution. Track officials replaced the aging asphalt earlier this year at the 1.5-mile facility…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Head coach Red Berenson announced that he is retiring after 33 season at the helm of the Michigan ice hockey program and that he will remain as a special advisor to Warde Manuel, the Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics. “I’ve thought about this for a long time and I think this is the right time and it’s the right thing to do for the…

NEW YORK (April 10, 2017) – CONCACAF member nations the United States, Canada and Mexico today declared their intention to formally submit a unified bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The historic unified bid, which would represent the first time that three nations would jointly host a FIFA competition, was announced by U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati, CONCACAF and Canadian Soccer Association president Victor Montagliani, and…

As a household rule, if the weather was above 10 degrees Fahrenheit, 13-year-old Frank Peters, the oldest of six kids, completed his paper route by bicycle. Five decades later, he can still recall those icy Massachusetts mornings, tossing copies of the Boston Globe onto the porches around the neighborhood and barely outpacing angry stray dogs. That he still carries a fondness for cycling is a testament to a personality that…

FORT WORTH, Texas — The first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at the “new” Texas Motor Speedway is in the books. And just what did the competitors think of the newly repaved, reconfigured 1.5-mile track, where the banking was reduced and the track widened in Turns 1 and 2? It depends, really, on who you ask – and where they finished in Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500. But the…

Posted:Apr 09 2017 10:53PM CDT Updated:Apr 09 2017 10:54PM CDT All-women’s hockey tournament pairs hockey with hope \n \n News All-women’s hockey tournament pairs hockey with hope You could call this girls’ weekend at the rink, but an all-women’s hockey tournament in Blaine paired hockey with hope. BLAINE, Minn. (KMSP) – You could call this girls’ weekend at the rink, but an all-women’s hockey tournament in Blaine paired hockey with…

The Schenley Oval was full of runners, jumpers, erg rowers and shot putters competing in the sun in Sunday’s UNcathlon. Fifteen teams of six, each including one Special Olympian, competed in 10 sports events at Schenley Park in Oakland and could gain more points through an 11th event — fundraising. The UNcathlon was a benefit for Special Olympics Pennsylvania, which seeks “to…

MOSCOW – (AP) — In a story April 7 about Russian hopes for men’s hockey in the Winter Olympics, The Associated Press misidentified a player quoted in the piece. The correct name is Matt Duchene. A corrected version of the story is below: Russia hopes for boost from Olympic hockey turmoil After a week of turmoil for Olympic hockey, Russia thinks it is poised to be the big winner in…