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Alex Morgan recently joined her new club team in France, simultaneously challenging herself against Europe’s best and dodging another year in the undesirable National Women’s Soccer League, but she assured on Monday her heart remains with American soccer. In an in-depth interview with The Guardian on US women’s soccer’s ongoing struggle for equal pay and rights, the star forward revealed how frustrating it has been to see her and her teammates’…

Alex Morgan recently joined her new club team in France, simultaneously challenging herself against Europe’s best and dodging another year in the undesirable National Women’s Soccer League, but she assured on Monday her heart remains with American soccer. In an in-depth interview with The Guardian on US women’s soccer’s ongoing struggle for equal pay and rights, the star forward revealed how frustrating it has been to see her and her teammates’…

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – As soccer has soared in popularity in recent decades, concussion rates for youth players have also surged, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined data on high school soccer players from 2005 to 2014 and found non-concussion injury rates declined for boys and were little changed for girls. But concussions increased in both male and female players. The significant…

Google has teamed up with LG in a Nexus-style partnership to produce the first devices powered by Android Wear 2.0: the LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style. The two companies will unveil these smartwatches on February 9 — at an event for the platform’s official launch — and begin selling them in the U.S. the next day, according to marketing material shared with VentureBeat. The rollout will continue to other…

Consider NASCAR pioneer Raymond Parks as a man ahead of his time. “Mr. Parks was Rick Hendrick before NASCAR had Rick Hendrick,” said David Sosebee, whose father Gober Sosebee was a longtime friend of Parks and raced against his multi-car teams during the sport’s early years. But that nod to team-owner Hendrick – who along with Parks and three others will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on…

Google has teamed up with LG in a Nexus-style partnership to produce the first devices powered by Android Wear 2.0: the LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style. The two companies will unveil these smartwatches on February 9 — at an event for the platform’s official launch — and begin selling them in the U.S. the next day, according to marketing material shared with VentureBeat. The rollout will continue to other…

Missy Franklin, 21, is a competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She is the author of “Relentless Spirit” (Dutton). She spoke with Marc Myers. My parents are my closest friends. I know that sounds corny, but with me it’s not a line. Throughout my life, my parents never tried to force me to be someone I wasn’t, and they’ve always supported me with unconditional love. I’m an only child,…

Consider NASCAR pioneer Raymond Parks as a man ahead of his time. “Mr. Parks was Rick Hendrick before NASCAR had Rick Hendrick,” said David Sosebee, whose father Gober Sosebee was a longtime friend of Parks and raced against his multi-car teams during the sport’s early years. But that nod to team-owner Hendrick – who along with Parks and three others will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on…

In December we analyzed three drivers who are closing in on 40 wins in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. This week, we’ll look at those close to a lesser milestone, but a milestone all the same — 30 career wins.   In premier series history 24 drivers have reached the 30-win plateau, from Richard Petty (200 wins) to fellow Hall of Famer Dale Jarrett (32). Of those 24 drivers,…

Missy Franklin, 21, is a competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She is the author of “Relentless Spirit” (Dutton). She spoke with Marc Myers. My parents are my closest friends. I know that sounds corny, but with me it’s not a line. Throughout my life, my parents never tried to force me to be someone I wasn’t, and they’ve always supported me with unconditional love. I’m an only child,…

Virgin Sport is ready for its rookie season. The unit of billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s sprawling Virgin Group empire is betting it can carve a place for itself in the increasingly crowded amateur sports market by organizing “sports festivals” that blend different kind of events aimed at attracting a wide variety of people beyond hardcore jocks. Whereas many of its rivals, including marathon organizer Competitor Group or World Triathlon Corporation’s…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Brian Propp is proud to say he never lost a tooth during his 15 seasons in the NHL. But during a frightening episode in the middle of the night on Sept. 3, 2015, he not only lost two teeth — he also lost his ability to speak. At 57, the Philadelphia Flyers Hall of Famer, who has 1,004 career points to his…

Ever wanted to take a tour around one of the race shops of one of NASCAR’s most storied teams?  Well, now you can — thanks to Wood Brothers Racing, formed in 1950. While the team is old, the shop is new. The organization recently moved headquarters to Mooresville, North Carolina to be closer to their Ford-affiliated counterpart, Team Penske. Now separated by just seven miles, expect the technical alliance between…

After soccer’s international governing body moved to expand the World Cup, regional officials are considering creating a new tournament pitting the best national teams in the Americas against each other, according to several people with knowledge of the discussions. Concacaf, which oversees the sport in North and Central America and the Caribbean, is weighing holding its biennial national team competition every four years, said the people, who asked not to…

Ever wanted to take a tour around one of the race shops of one of NASCAR’s most storied teams?  Well, now you can — thanks to Wood Brothers Racing, formed in 1950. While the team is old, the shop is new. The organization recently moved headquarters to Mooresville, North Carolina to be closer to their Ford-affiliated counterpart, Team Penske. Now separated by just seven miles, expect the technical alliance between…

Ever wanted to take a tour around one of the race shops of one of NASCAR’s most storied teams?  Well, now you can — thanks to Wood Brothers Racing, formed in 1950. While the team is old, the shop is new. The organization recently moved headquarters to Mooresville, North Carolina to be closer to their Ford-affiliated counterpart, Team Penske. Now separated by just seven miles, expect the technical alliance between…

Mark Martin has a sound reason why his NASCAR Hall of Fame career didn’t include a championship at the sport’s highest level. “It’s because I never scored enough points to win one,” Martin said in his typical matter-of-fact, no-nonsense manner. “That’s that. I would have won (championships) if I had scored more points than anyone else.” To make the Hall of Fame – he will be inducted into the 2017…

Mark Martin Born: Jan. 9, 1959, Batesville, Ark. Family: Wife Arlene, son Matt, four step-children. Career highlights: Winner of 40 races in NASCAR’s top series, now the Monster Energy Cup. … Four-time champion in both the International Race Of Champions Series (IROC) and the American Speed Association tour. …. Five-time runner-up in points races for the championship of NASCAR’s foremost circuit – 1990,’94, ’98, 2002, ’09. … His first victory…

Less than a month before the Daytona 500, NASCAR’s “Super Bowl,” FS1’s NASCAR Race Hub takes the show to Houston, site of Super Bowl LI, in the week leading into FOX’s live broadcast of the big game. In the days preceding FOX’s live broadcast of Super Bowl LI (Sunday, Feb. 5 at 6:30 p.m. ET), NASCAR Race Hub, NASCAR’s most-watched daily news and information program, airs live from Discovery Green…

Halfway through the season, Antonio Conte, the excitable, tactically savvy manager of Chelsea, is running ahead of rivals in first place in England’s top soccer league. The Italian also stands out in another way: his team is the only one of the major teams whose television viewership has risen this season (albeit only very slightly). Elsewhere, the trend of fewer people tuning in to the country’s biggest sport that was detected…