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Texas lines up championship path for all three NASCAR series – FOXSports.com

Friday, November 04, 2016

The 2016 NASCAR season is coming down to the home stretch, with just three weekends of racing left. And each of those weekends will feature all three of the NASCAR national touring series together: The NASCAR Camping World Truck, XFINITY and Sprint Cup Series will all be in action over the final three weekends, starting at Texas Motor Speedway. The Longhorn 350 Truck Series race at TMS takes place Friday…

Cubs, Nerds and ‘True Baseball’ – New York Times

Friday, November 04, 2016

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Baseball play-by-play broadcasting remains a white man’s game – New York Daily News

Friday, November 04, 2016

Here he is, readying for the 10th anniversary of his dream job, and Dave Sims can’t help thinking about how little has changed. The veteran play-by-play man can’t tell you exactly when, but it was around this time back in 2006 when he started. All he’d ever wanted to do was call MLB games, and a decade ago, he became the voice of the Seattle Mariners. …

Why Aren’t There More Gay Baseball Players? – Complex

Friday, November 04, 2016

For all the progress that’s been made, perhaps due as much to generational changes as anything else, Dunnington’s experiences just two years ago suggest there’s still an unhealthy stigma working against players coming out, whether just to their teammates or to the wider world. But for some gay athletes, their decision might simply be a matter of wanting to be what they think is a “good” teammate. For one straight veteran…

Husband gets probation for beating wife’s heroin dealer with a baseball bat – WPXI Pittsburgh

Friday, November 04, 2016

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In Chicago, the Cubs’ Win Brings Baseball Unity, for Now – The New … – New York Times

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Kevin Durant Erupts Against Russell Westbrook’s Thunder – Sports Illustrated

Friday, November 04, 2016

Well, that was anticlimactic. After an intense buildup, the first battle between Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook went firmly in Durant’s favor, as the Golden State Warriors blew out the Oklahoma City Thunder 122–96 in Oakland on Thursday. This is what the Warriors do. They don’t care about narratives. They don’t care about personal rivalries. They simply tighten their vice grip around your favorite team’s defense until that team’s…

2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport review: – CNET

Friday, November 04, 2016

The Corvette Grand Sport is the ‘Vette you want The Grand Sport features the best of the base Stingray and the bonkers Z06. by Emme Hall The latest generation Corvette, introduced in 2014, revived the Stingray name and the world went a little bonkers. Some felt that the complete redesign looked a little too Ferrari, while others bemoaned the new rear fascia. However, all agreed that the 6.2-liter V8 engine…

World No.1, perfect record & curse breaking – sport quiz of the week – BBC Sport

Friday, November 04, 2016

It’s BBC Sport and A Question of Sport’s weekly quiz – have you been paying attention to what’s been going on in the world of sport in the past week? If you missed last week’s sports quiz, try it here. Picture credits: Getty, AP, AFP.

Harvard cancels men’s soccer season after finding more ‘scouting reports’ on women – Washington Post

Friday, November 04, 2016

People walk near Memorial Church on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on March 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) Harvard University canceled its men’s soccer season after learning that sexually explicit ‘scouting reports’ about the women’s soccer recruits continued through 2016. [Harvard men’s soccer team members sexually explicit ‘scouting report’ ranked female players] The ‘reports’ — explicit descriptions of female student-athletes gauging their attractiveness and speculating on…

Cubs, Nerds and ‘True Baseball’ – New York Times

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In Chicago, the Cubs’ Win Brings Baseball Unity, for Now – New York Times

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Russian Sports Agent and U.S. Marathon Officials Under Federal … – New York Times

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Intel is getting into VR sports and live events – Engadget

Friday, November 04, 2016

Intel is building a VR studio in LA, and is already into sports broadcast technology. It recently purchased Replay Technologies, whose freeD tech is used by the NBA and MLB to do “bullet time” 360-degree replays. Though it’s getting into the VR broadcast business, the company no doubt hopes that extra content will drive demand for its chips. Oculus and Vive headset buyers, for example, must purchase decently spec’d PCs,…

Harvard cancels men’s soccer season after finding more ‘scouting reports’ on women – Washington Post

Friday, November 04, 2016

People walk near Memorial Church on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on March 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) Harvard University canceled its men’s soccer season after learning that sexually explicit ‘scouting reports’ about the women’s soccer recruits continued through 2016. [Harvard men’s soccer team members sexually explicit ‘scouting report’ ranked female players] The ‘reports’ — explicit descriptions of female student-athletes gauging their attractiveness and speculating on…

Class 2A boys soccer: Stillwater caps perfect season – TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

Friday, November 04, 2016

Dominant all year offensively, the Stillwater boys soccer team needed only two goals to cap a perfect season. Colman Farrington and Kohei Adams scored in the second half, and the Ponies beat Wayzata 2-0 on Thursday in the Class 2A state championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium. It is the third state title for Stillwater (22-0), the first since back-to-back crowns in 1995-96. The Ponies ended the regular season ranked No….

NASCAR honors 2016 Sprint Cup victor at Champion’s week in Las Vegas – Nascar

Friday, November 04, 2016

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 3, 2016) — After millions watch as a new champion is crowned at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series trophy will make its way to Las Vegas for postseason celebrations as NASCAR hosts its annual Champion’s Week festivities. Fans across the nation will gather for a week of events honoring the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion, the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers, the…

Cubs, Nerds and ‘True Baseball’ – New York Times

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Baseball|Cubs Clinched Title Before Baseball’s Largest TV Audience in Decades – New York Times

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In Chicago, the Cubs’ Win Brings Baseball Unity, for Now – New York Times

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