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The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup might not begin until September, but several drivers have the opportunity to clinch a spot in the top 30 this weekend at Kentucky Speedway, thus securing a spot in the NASCAR playoffs. To clinch an early Chase berth, a driver must have multiple wins and a top-30 spot. Below are Chase-clinching scenarios for this weekend’s race in the Bluegrass State: Brad Keselowski: With…

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July 6, 2016 8:53 p.m. ET By this time in the baseball season the New York Mets are often many games out of first place. It took Allison Rudnick, an assistant curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to inform me that’s not the case this year. “The Mets are doing really well,” she said. Ms. Rudnick’s expertise can be traced to two sources. She comes from a Mets family….

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Gerardo Martino has resigned as Argentina’s national team coach, citing the financial chaos enveloping the Argentine Football Association and lack of preparedness for the upcoming Olympics. Argentina moved quickly to name a new coach for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, only a month away. Juan Sebastian Veron, president of the Estudiantes club, confirmed that Julio Olarticoachea, who was a defender on the Argentine squad that…

It’s a feat in baseball that has happened only twice in around 60 years. The Sonoma Stompers of the Pacific Association independent baseball league made history Friday when two women suited up for a game against the San Rafael Pacifics. Kelsie Whitmore, 17, earned the start in left field, while 25-year-old Stacy Piagno took the mound. The last co-ed professional baseball team was fielded in the 1950s, when…

Former baseball star Pete Rose on Wednesday sued the lawyer whose investigative report got him kicked out of baseball for gambling, alleging the lawyer defamed him last year by saying on the radio that Rose raped young teen girls during spring training. Rose said in the federal lawsuit that John M. Dowd damaged his reputation and endorsement deals during a July 2015 interview on WCHE-AM in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Dowd investigated Rose for Major League Baseball…

Noted ball-hawk Zack Hample caused a firestorm Sunday when he began tweeting from a Marlins-Braves game held at Fort Bragg (N.C.). Now, he finds himself in a he-said-he-said argument with another of baseball’s superfans over the circumstances of his attendance. Hample attended the game looking to add to his collection of more than 9,000 baseballs caught at major league stadiums. The only problem was the game was supposed to be closed…

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Richard Ray reports. Posted:Jul 05 2016 09:43PM CDT Updated:Jul 06 2016 07:23AM CDT Affidavit: Plano baseball player told 5-year-old to keep sex acts ‘a secret’ \n \n News Affidavit: Plano baseball player told 5-year-old to keep sex acts ‘a secret’ An arrest affidavit spells out what a little girl says a highly recruited baseball player from Plano High School allegedly did to her. Much of what she says happened at…

x Embed x Share Police in Rio say they’re underpaid and understaffed. Newslook Rio de Janeiro will host the Olympic Games from Aug. 5-21.(Photo: USA TODAY Sports) With just 30 days until the opening of the Summer Olympics in Rio, the concerns that have long overshadowed the Games linger. The myriad and varied issues — from water pollution to political strife — are unlikely to be resolved before or by…

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Michael Phelps has a long-term sponsorship deal with Under Armour, a non-official Olympic sponsor. Getty Images The International Olympic Committee (IOC) shook up the rules for advertising for Rio 2016 when it announced changes that opened the door for more brands to benefit from their ties to the games, even if they aren’t official Olympic sponsors. While the new rules come with restrictions, they’ve helped…

Photo illustration: Jim Cooke, Photo: Getty Many words have been used to describe the upcoming Games of the XXXI Olympiad—words such as “hell,” “nightmare,” and “state of public calamity,” to name a few. But is Rio really going to be all that bad? To put it simply: Oh my god yes. Advertisement But why are this year’s Summer Olympics so fucked? And will you die if you attend? For myriad…

Noted ball-hawk Zack Hample caused a firestorm Sunday when he began tweeting from a Marlins-Braves game held at Fort Bragg (N.C.). Now, he finds himself in a he-said-he-said argument with another of baseball’s superfans over the circumstances of his attendance. Hample attended the game looking to add to his collection of more than 9,000 baseballs caught at major league stadiums. The only problem was the game was supposed to be closed…

Richard Ray reports. Posted:Jul 05 2016 09:43PM CDT Updated:Jul 06 2016 07:23AM CDT Affidavit: Plano baseball player told 5-year-old to keep sex acts ‘a secret’ \n \n News Affidavit: Plano baseball player told 5-year-old to keep sex acts ‘a secret’ An arrest affidavit spells out what a little girl says a highly recruited baseball player from Plano High School allegedly did to her. Much of what she says happened at…

Welcome to today’s daily fantasy post! Remember that you can find our posts on the new DFS home page, as well as the fantasy page. Bookmark those sites now! Also, please scroll to the bottom of this article to see the latest tweets from Ryan Fowler (@FOXSportsFowler), D.J. Foster (@FOXSportsFoster), Adam Meyer (@FOXSportsMeyer) and me (@jhalpin37). That way, if information surfaces for any last-minute changes, you can see our thoughts instantly….

On Monday, June 27, Kris Bryant had a day for the ages against the Cincinnati Reds, going 5-for-5 with three home runs and two doubles. As this had never happened before in baseball history, tributes to his achievement poured in from all over the baseball landscape. (Except for one Boston hack who sniffed that Bryant was overrated for crushing homers off the likes of Dan Straily and Ross Ohlendorf while…

Looking for daily fantasy baseball picks, strategy and advice? This is the DFS MLB Playbook for Wednesday, July 6, featuring all the MLB DFS picks you need to know from Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. This Playbook is for use with any of the three DFS slates: All Day, Early and Late. We have really only two weather concerns, and both are in Chicago with Reds-Cubs in the afternoon and Yankees-White Sox tonight. There are thunderstorms that will be in the…

Which school had the best season in college sports? We here at CBS Sports decided to find out. The National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has been ranking athletic programs for years by weighing every sport equally, meaning a football national title is worth the same number of points (100) as a women’s water polo title. We tweaked the formula and weighed it more heavily toward sports that…