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You always want fight in your players. You want them to give everything they have on the pitch and be an example for every player. But this type of fight, this isn’t what you want. Argentine club Boca Juniors experienced a crazy scene at practice in Buenos Aires on Tuesday when players Jonathan Silva and Juan Insaurradle came to blows. Both defenders, Insaurradle’s practice shirt was ripped and they each…

In conjunction with a new NHL campaign highlighting diversity across hockey, the Blackhawks will hold a “Hockey is for Everyone” night on Saturday when they take on the Oilers at the United Center.  As part of the campaign, the Hawks will use “pride tape” on their sticks during warmups in support of the LGBTQ community with the sticks being auctioned off at NHL.com. The Hawks will also host groups from…

BOSTON — With the score knotted at two and under a minute remaining in regulation, Dylan Sikura took a pass from Zach Aston-Reese in the slot and ripped a shot low glove to give Northeastern (13-12-5) the lead with 42.6 seconds left and an eventual 4-2 victory over No. 11 Boston College (18-12-2) on Monday night in the Beanpot consolation game at TD Garden. Sikura’s game-winner came less than 30 seconds after…

When Kira Toussaint’s family travels to watch her swim, it’s a big deal. The Rio Olympics last August was such an occasion. The crew flew in from Amsterdam to support Toussaint swimming the backstroke for the Netherlands. This week qualifies. The SEC swimming and diving championships open Tuesday at Tennessee’s Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center. For Toussaint, it will be a belated Senior Day observation. …

FOX Sports has named recent hire Shannon Spake co-host of its popular NASCAR Race Hub (Monday through Thursday at 6:00 PM ET on FS1) alongside Adam Alexander for the 2017 NASCAR race season, beginning today. Spake, who joined FOX Sports in July 2016, also will host NASCAR RaceDay-XFINITY, live from the track preceding each weekend’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race, in addition to continuing to serve as a sideline reporter for…

By: Luke Kerr-Dineen | February 13, 2017 8:47 am Follow @LukeKerrDineen

Fans have seen the new series logo. Teams have replaced their windshield banners with the Monster emblem. Everyone in NASCAR seems ready for the flood of florescent green that will go along with the change from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.   What a mouthful of a name and a lot to chew on, and not just because of the additional word. It…

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Can a sport played on the ice do well in the scorching desert? Since at least 1991, the National Hockey League has shown interest in Las Vegas through the hosting of exhibition games, player awards and even two minor league franchises. Yet after years of talk and negotiations, Sin City will have its own professional hockey franchise at last — the Vegas Golden Knights, the NHL’s 31st team. Clad in…

Caption Close FILE – In this Feb. 18, 2014, file photo, NHL Players’ Association Executive Director Don Fehr, left, International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel, center, and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, right, answer questions during a news conference at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. A year away, the NHL, NHLPA, International Ice Hockey Federation and International Olympic Committee still don’t have an agreement to send NHL players…

Emily Ferron

  It’s a rainy Saturday afternoon in Miami, and a couple dozen teenage soccer players are on the field behind Edison high school, in Little Haiti, trying to run a scrimmage in the mud. Frederman Mendoza, or Freddy, a 23 year old who grew up in Honduras, stands at midfield with a whistle in his mouth, his clothes soaked through. “Nice halftime, nice play,” he says. “We’re gonna balance out…

The current captain for the University of Denver hockey team and the potential next one are becoming immortal figures for the program with national championship-or-bust aspirations. Senior Will Butcher, the captain, has a 14-2 career record against Colorado College, and sophomore Colin Staub, a Colorado Springs native with remarkable leadership qualities, scored Saturday in his eighth consecutive victory over the Tigers. The Pioneers have defeated CC 12 consecutive times. Indeed,…

Can a sport played on the ice do well in the scorching desert? Since at least 1991, the National Hockey League has shown interest in Las Vegas through the hosting of exhibition games, player awards and even two minor league franchises. Yet after years of talk and negotiations, Sin City will have its own professional hockey franchise at last — the Vegas Golden Knights, the NHL’s 31st team. Clad in…

Last month, three-time Monster Energy Cup Series champion Tony Stewart was slated to run 80 races in 2017, mainly focusing on sprint cars and late models. But after two finishes of 17th and 21st to start off the Artic Cat All-Start Circuit of Champions season at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Florida, Stewart may be reconsidering his schedule due to other responsibilities involved in owning the sprint-car racing series. Stewart…

CLOSE x Embed x Share Michigan coach Red Berenson pointed out a few positives after the Wolverines’ shoot-out victory over Michigan State, 5-4, at Joe Louis Arena on Friday. Video by Brandon Folsom/Special to DFP Buy Photo Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch talks to Free Press reporter, October 24, 2003 in his suite prior to the start of the Red Wings and Dallas game at Joe Louis Arena.(Photo: Julian H….

In November, San Diego voters famously rejected a taxpayer subsidy to build a stadium for the Chargers, ushering the team to Los Angeles. Now comes a group of wealthy investors with a concept to build a stadium for Major League Soccer and share it with San Diego State University’s Aztecs football team at the city-owned, 166-acre site of Qualcomm Stadium in Mission Valley. Crucially, the group says it won’t demand…

Post to Facebook Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 Last SlideNext Slide In this Feb.4, 2017 photo, children play near the Olympic Park sign in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio organizers still owe creditors about $40 million. Four of the new arenas in the main Olympic Park have failed to find…

It was still dark at 6 a.m. as Terry Rawlings Sr. guided his cherry-red Acura CL through Southwest Baltimore. He was heading to the gym to lift weights before his shift as a truck driver. The 51-year-old was on Washington Boulevard near Bayard Street when his car was rear-ended by a Nissan Altima. He pulled over and stepped out to check the damage. Before him stood a young man about…