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Pursuing NASCAR’s triple crown intrigues Bobby Labonte – Nascar
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Bobby Labonte quietly bowed out of full-time Sprint Cup Series competition at the tail end of the 2013 season. No retirement tour, no gifts. Certainly no ponies. The 2000 premier series champion has selectively dabbled in the sport since, however, with a handful of unremarkable starts at Indianapolis and the restrictor plate tracks, knowing the pack racing may be his last remaining shot at picking up his first —…
NASCAR at Talladega 2016 Qualifying Results: Race Order, Final Times, Reaction – Bleacher Report
Chase Elliott captured his second pole of the season and of his young career Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway, and he will lead the field to the start-finish line in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Geico 500. As pointed out by Jeff Gluck of USA Today, Elliott’s qualifying run continued a trend of the No. 24 team excelling at superspeedways: Chase Elliott makes it two-for-two on restrictor plate poles. First Daytona…
Chase Elliott earns 21 Means 21 Pole Award at Talladega – Nascar
RELATED: Lineup | See all 40 cars TALLADEGA, Ala. – Numerologists doubtless will have a field day with the front row for Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway (on FOX at 1 p.m. ET, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Touring the 2.66-mile race track in 49.704 seconds (192.661 mph) during Saturday’s time trials, Chase Elliott put the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet on the pole, making the 20-year-old rookie driver two-for-two at restrictor-plate…
Prince lyrics cost Nashville sports anchor job – The Tennessean
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The biggest upset in recorded sports history is about to happen – Yahoo Sports (blog)
Leicester City started the Premier League season as a 5000-1 underdog to win the Premier League. With only three games remaining, the Foxes are still top of the league with a seven-point lead. Only 270 minutes away, Leicester City is on the verge of completing the biggest upset in recorded sports history. [ WATCH LIVE: Manchester United vs. Leicester City on Sunday at 9 a.m. ET ] Earlier in 2016,…
Blackie Sherrod, 96, Texan Who Wrote About Sports With an Informed Swagger, Dies – New York Times
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The science behind sports and fandom – CBS News
April 30, 2016, 8:12 AM|Sports fans can seem like a crazy bunch, but a closer look reveals they might not be after all. Sports Illustrated executive editor Jon Wertheim joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss the new book he co-authored called “This Is Your Brain on Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon.”
NFL Wins Best Sports League Award – 24/7 Wall St.
By Douglas A. McIntyre April 30, 2016 9:40 am EDT Despite news about the terrible harm of concussions and the cheating of major players like the New England Patriot’s Tom Brady, NFL games are among the most widely watched among all sports in the world. In a recent Harris brand evaluation, the National Football League was ranked as the best Sports League Brand. The NFL beat every sports organization from…
Leicester City’s Soccer Underdog Story Rivals ‘Miracle on Ice’ – NBCNews.com
LONDON — Britain looks set to witness the final chapter this weekend of an underdog story that arguably outshines even the 1980 “Miracle on Ice.” Leicester City — a pro soccer team built on a shoestring budget, and hailing from an unfashionable city in central England — can clinch the British Premier League on Sunday with a win over 13-time champions Manchester United. Before the season began, they were 5,000-to-1…
Tony Stewart wants NASCAR to rescind $35000 fine – SB Nation
Tony Stewart appreciates NASCAR changing its lug nut policy following his comments that vehemently encouraged the sanctioning body to do just that, a measure supported by several drivers. What makes Stewart less happy is why he was fined $35,000 at all and how he can go about getting his money back considering NASCAR ultimately heeded Stewart’s advice and mandated teams apply the maximum number of lug nuts to fasten…
Rio 2016: Who Stands to Benefit From a Successful Olympics? – Newsweek
Afghan Cycling Federation Coach Faces Corruption Charges – NPR
NPR’s Scott Simon talks to Shannon Galpin, founder of the nonprofit Mountain2Mountain, about withdrawing her support of the scandal-plagued Afghanistan Women’s Cycling Team.
Dale Jr.: ‘Awesome to see’ dad appreciated on birthday – Nascar
RELATED: Full schedule for Talladega TALLADEGA, Ala. — Dale Earnhardt Sr. would have been 65 years old on Friday. Fittingly, his son, Dale Earnhardt Jr., spoke about his father on Friday at Talladega Superspeedway, where the paternal duo has a combined 16 Sprint Cup Series victories. “It’s crazy to think of what he would have been like at 65 years old,” said the Hendrick Motorsports driver. “You kind of had an idea he wouldn’t…
Chicago baseball is ready for its close up with Cubs and White Sox – Chicago Tribune
Say goodbye to Draft Town. And welcome to Baseball City. Sorry, St. Louis. But this year it can be found 300 miles north on I-55. From Bridgeport to Wrigleyville, the signs everywhere are the ones workers won’t be taking down Sunday around Grant Park. Ignore the football weather. Just look at the baseball standings. You will find the Cubs and White Sox with the best records in the National and…
Leicester City’s Soccer Underdog Story Rivals ‘Miracle on Ice’ – NBCNews.com
LONDON — Britain looks set to witness the final chapter this weekend of an underdog story that arguably outshines even the 1980 “Miracle on Ice.” Leicester City — a pro soccer team built on a shoestring budget, and hailing from an unfashionable city in central England — can clinch the British Premier League on Sunday with a win over 13-time champions Manchester United. Before the season began, they were 5,000-to-1…
Bryce Harper says Dee Gordon’s PED suspension is ‘not good for baseball’ – Washington Post
Dee Gordon hit .342 in 19 games against the Nationals last season. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press) ST. LOUIS — The announcement of Dee Gordon’s 80-game suspension for performance-enhancing substances came at 1:18 a.m. Eastern time Friday. So it wasn’t until later that morning that much of the baseball world, including the Nationals, saw the news about the Marlins’ speedy second baseman. The Nationals are in the same division as the Marlins, face the…
Jeff Daniels Takes a Baseball Break From ‘Blackbird’ – New York Times
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#MSPreps Playoff Baseball: Mize at St. Joseph-Madison – Jackson Clarion Ledger
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Soccer|Soccer’s Most Remarkable Season – New York Times
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