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MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — A chartered plane carrying a Brazilian first division soccer team crashed outside Medellin while on its way to the finals of a regional tournament, killing 76 people, Colombian officials said Tuesday. Six people initially survived, but one of them later died in a hospital. The British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane, operated by a charter airline named LaMia, declared an emergency and lost radar contact just before…

Play Facebook Twitter Google Plus Embed autoplay autoplay The fairy tale season of the professional Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense ended in tragedy when their plane crashed in Colombia, killing all but six of the 81 people aboard. As Colombian investigators tried Tuesday to pin down the cause and retrieve the bodies, Brazilian President Michel Temer declared three days of national mourning and his countrymen braced for a series of wrenching…

MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — A chartered plane carrying a Brazilian first division soccer team crashed outside Medellin while on its way to the finals of a regional tournament, killing 76 people, Colombian officials said Tuesday. Six people initially survived, but one of them later died in a hospital. The British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane, operated by a charter airline named LaMia, declared an emergency and lost radar contact just before…

MEDELLIN, Colombia — A chartered plane with a Brazilian first division soccer team crashed near Medellin while on its way to the finals of a regional tournament, killing 75 people, Colombian officials said Tuesday. Six people survived. The British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane, operated by a charter airline named LaMia, declared an emergency at 10 p.m. Monday because of an electrical failure, aviation authorities said. The aircraft, which had departed…

Ilma Paixao FRAMINGHAM — There’s only one story Tuesday morning on Brazilian radio station A Brasileira: The shocking deaths of 76 people as a plane went down with members of a popular soccer team aboard. Ilma Paixao, general manager of the station in Framingham, said the town’s large Brazilian community is “almost numb” after the news of the crash, which happened Monday in Colombia. Advertisement The British Aerospace 146 short-haul…

It was the first time Chapecoense, a small club from the southern Brazilian town of Chapeco, had reached the final of a major South American club competition. Brazilian news organizations said 21 journalists had been on board the plane to cover the match. Global soccer was stunned, matches were cancelled around South America, and Brazil declared three days of mourning. “I express my solidarity in this sad hour during which…

Play Facebook Twitter Google Plus Embed autoplay autoplay Six people survived and 75 others were killed when a plane carrying a Brazilian professional soccer team crashed in Colombia, authorities said. Gen. Jose Acevedo, the head of police in the mountainous area of jungle where the jet came down, confirmed the deaths early Tuesday. Poor weather conditions were reported at the time of the crash and rescue operations were suspended overnight…

Seventy-five of the 81 passengers aboard a plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team were killed Tuesday when the aircraft crashed while on its way to the finals of a regional tournament, authorities in Colombia said. The chartered British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane, operated by LaMia, declared an emergency at 10 p.m. Monday because of an electrical failure, aviation officials said. The plane had departed from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and…

Want your kid to become a professional soccer player? Unless your kid is showing signs of being the next Cristiano Ronaldo or Wayne Rooney, you may want to think again. Cristiano Ronaldo (middle) celebrates after Portugal beat France in the finals of the European Championships in July. Ronaldo may be the world’s top-paid athlete with $88 million in earnings but two-thirds of all soccer players make less than $12,000 a…

Tribal land to be new home of Phoenix Rising pro soccer team near McKellips Rd. and Loop 202 in Scottsdale.

BOGOTA, Colombia –  Colombian police say that five people have survived a plane crash near Medellin’s international airport and the rest of the passengers have been killed. Gen. Jose Acevedo, head of police in the area surrounding Medellin, provided the information. A chartered aircraft with 81 people on board, including the Brazilian first division Chapecoense soccer team which was heading to Colombia for a regional tournament final, crashed…

In NASCAR as in life, breakups are often messy and sometimes very public. And just after the 2016 NASCAR season ended, there’s already legal action taking place. According to an ESPN.com report, veteran driver Clint Bowyer is suing his former team HScott Motorsports for more than $2.2 million that Bowyer said he is owed for driving for the team in his one-year-only deal in 2016. Through a PR flak, the…

Want your kid to become a professional soccer player? Unless your kid is showing signs of being the next Cristiano Ronaldo or Wayne Rooney, you may want to think again. Cristiano Ronaldo (middle) celebrates after Portugal beat France in the finals of the European Championships in July. Ronaldo may be the world’s top-paid athlete with $88 million in earnings but two-thirds of all soccer players make less than $12,000 a…

Fidel Castro was a tyrant whose oppressive regime killed thousands of Cubans and forced millions more to leave the small island nation during a refugee crisis that’s lasted more than a half-century. But in ESPN’s tone-deaf remembrance piece, Castro’s atrocities are glossed over. Instead, the WorldWide Leader focuses its efforts on glorifying the dictator’s love of sport. The article, which was published shortly after Castro’s death Friday, paints him as a defiant strongman who agitated the…

Arizona’s professional soccer club made some big announcements on Monday. The former Arizona United will now be known as Phoenix Rising FC and has partnered with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community to build a soccer-specific stadium. Tom Veit, executive vice president of the United Soccer League, said a stadium is part of the magic formula for a successful club. “You’ve got to have a venue that is yours, that…

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Fidel Castro was a tyrant whose oppressive regime killed thousands of Cubans and forced millions more to leave the small island nation during a refugee crisis that’s lasted more than a half-century. But in ESPN’s tone-deaf remembrance piece, Castro’s atrocities are glossed over. Instead, the WorldWide Leader focuses its efforts on glorifying the dictator’s love of sport. The article, which was published shortly after Castro’s death Friday, paints him as a defiant strongman who agitated the…

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A team spokesperson confirmed Monday that Robert “Bootie” Barker would return as the team’s crew chief in 2017. GEICO returns as primary sponsor, extending a relationship that bridged Germain Racing‘s transition to a full-time Sprint Cup team in 2009. The Germain team shares a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing, the multicar organization founded by Dillon’s grandfather, and its entries are powered by Childress-owned ECR Engines. Dillon said that the…

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