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Afghan Cycling Federation Coach Faces Corruption Charges – NPR

Saturday, April 30, 2016

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

Saturday, April 30, 2016

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…

Flora at Eastside baseball – Greenville News

Saturday, April 30, 2016

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Chicago baseball is ready for its close up with Cubs and White Sox – Chicago Tribune

Saturday, April 30, 2016

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

Saturday, April 30, 2016

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

Saturday, April 30, 2016

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

Saturday, April 30, 2016

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Soccer|Soccer’s Most Remarkable Season – New York Times

Saturday, April 30, 2016

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NASCAR drivers got what they wanted with new lug nut rule; or did they? – ESPN

Saturday, April 30, 2016

5:33 PM ET print TALLADEGA, Ala. – Catastrophic. That’s not the description of a crew chief in the garage of what would happen if a wheel is loose. It’s the description of the potential penalty if his car has 19 instead of 20 tight lug nuts on a car that comes into victory lane. Kurt Busch crew chief Tony Gibson is an old-school crew chief. And he shudders at the…

NHL playoff takeaways: Stars-Blues show us what exciting hockey is about – CBSSports.com

Saturday, April 30, 2016

The second round of the Western Conference playoffs began on Friday night in Dallas with the Stars defeating the St. Louis Blues, 2-1, in an outstanding, fast-paced hockey game to take an early 1-0 series lead. Antoine Roussel and Radek Faska provided the offense for the Stars in the win. Meanwhile, in the late game, the San Jose Sharks took a 1-0 series lead over the Nashville Predators with a…

Snapchat to feature 2016 Olympics highlights – Los Angeles Times

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Since 1988, television giant NBC has fiercely guarded its valuable trove of Summer Olympics footage. That worked well for decades, as viewers could be counted on to tune in regularly to television broadcasts of the games. But a dramatic shift in the way people — particularly younger consumers — seek entertainment has led the broadcast network to reach an unprecedented deal with Snapchat, with the two companies announcing Friday that…

Dale Jr.: ‘Awesome to see’ dad appreciated on birthday – Nascar

Saturday, April 30, 2016

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…

Jeff Daniels Takes a Baseball Break From ‘Blackbird’ – New York Times

Saturday, April 30, 2016

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Bryce Harper says Dee Gordon’s PED suspension is ‘not good for baseball’ – Washington Post

Saturday, April 30, 2016

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…

Soccer|Soccer’s Most Remarkable Season – New York Times

Saturday, April 30, 2016

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Jeff Daniels Takes a Baseball Break From ‘Blackbird’ – New York Times

Saturday, April 30, 2016

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Soccer|Soccer’s Most Remarkable Season – New York Times

Friday, April 29, 2016

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Breaking: Tony Stewart still has questions for NASCAR about fine – FOXSports.com

Friday, April 29, 2016

Eight days after being fined $35,000 by NASCAR, presumably for making critical comments about safety and lug nuts, Tony Stewart said he still has questions about what exactly he said that got him fined. On April 21, just hours after announcing his return to competition, Stewart was fined $35,000 by NASCAR for violating Section 12.1; 12.8.a; 12.8.1.b of the NASCAR rulebook. Those sections contain language about making disparaging marks about…

Jeff Daniels Takes a Baseball Break From ‘Blackbird’ – New York Times

Friday, April 29, 2016

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