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NASCAR Hall of Fame Fan Vote opens today – Nascar

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

RELATED: Click here to cast your ballot   Once again, NASCAR fans have an opportunity to participate in the 2017 Hall of Fame induction process by taking part in this year’s fan vote.   Beginning April 5, users can cast their votes online — multiple times per day, if you like. The top five vote-getting nominees will be turned into an actual Hall of Fame ballot — there are 54…

Jimmie Johnson highlighter yellow paint scheme revealed – Nascar

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Jimmie Johnson ‘s No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet will be highlighted Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway.   No, really. As in, the “48” will be highlighter yellow.   Hendrick Motorsports released photos of Johnson’s paint scheme for the Duck Commander 500 and showed how it will be difficult to miss No. 48 in the field.   It’s more than a number. #YellowIsBackhttps://t.co/WB3aTNdQeK — Team Lowe’s Racing (@LowesRacing) April 5, 2016

Homophobia in sport to be studied by Commons committee inquiry – The Guardian

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

A Commons culture, media and sport committee inquiry is to explore homophobia in sport. Four years ago the committee’s inquiry into racism in football found that homophobia was emerging as a bigger problem than other forms of discrimination. That finding led it to announce on Tuesday that it would conduct a short inquiry taking into account different experiences of men and women across a range of sports. “Sport is hugely…

Sale of 700 black market Olympics tickets halted by Brazilian police – The Guardian

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Brazilian police have broken up a black-market ring that tried to illegally sell more than 700 Olympic tickets at exorbitant prices, authorities said on Tuesday. Rio’s police, with the help of the local Olympic committee, busted 10 people involved in the scam. The suspects bought the tickets legally, then used social media sites in an attempt to illegally resell them, said Donovan Ferreti, head of ticket sales for Rio 2016,…

13-Year-Old Boy Saves His Baseball Coach’s Life by Administering CPR, Calling 911 – ABC News

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

A 13-year-old Arizona boy has been credited with saving his baseball coach’s life by administering CPR and calling paramedics when the man collapsed on the field, suffering what turned out to be a heart attack during practice. Isaac Wenrich, a minor league baseball player with the Florence Freedom of Kentucky who coaches kids during the off-season, was running drills last month with eighth-grader Nathan Boyer in Chandler, Arizona. The two…

Baseball’s worst Opening Day team since 2009: the Minnesota Twins – TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Baltimore Orioles’ Adam Jones, right, hits teammate Matt Wieters in the face with a pie after an opening day baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Baltimore, Monday, April 4, 2016. Wieters drove in the winning run on a single and Baltimore won 3-2. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Baltimore Orioles’ Matt Wieters, right, follows through on a game-winning single in front of Minnesota Twins catcher Kurt Suzuki in the ninth inning…

How to watch baseball on Yahoo (for free) – CNET

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

This season, Yahoo Sports is streaming one MLB game per day for free.

The story behind Bryce Harper’s ‘Make Baseball Fun Again’ hat – Washington Post

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

(Via ESPN) Tom Rauen was positive Bryce Harper’s new hat would cause a stir. He just didn’t know when the reigning MVP would show it to the world. About two weeks ago — after Harper’s comments to ESPN the Magazine about infusing his sport with joy sparked national headlines — Harper reached out to Rauen with a request: he wanted a “Make Baseball Fun Again” hat. “Sure thing,” the owner of Envision…

Tech Companies Keep Failing to Figure Out Sports – TIME

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Twitter is finally graduating from the second screen. The social network announced Tuesday that will live-stream 10 NFL Thursday Night Football games for free this fall. The games will be simultaneously broadcast on NBC or CBS. For Twitter, which beat out larger digital players such as Amazon and Verizon for the streaming rights, the games could be a huge boon. Twitter user growth has stalled out, keeping investors pessimistic about…

Villanova’s Game-Winner: Why We Watch Sports – Wall Street Journal

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

April 5, 2016 11:36 a.m. ET Here is a not-so-hidden hidden truth about sports: most of us watch a lot of stinkytown garbage. We really do. We love to rhapsodize about the good stuff, the great stuff—the Game 7s, the overtime thrillers, the buzzer beaters—but for every example of greatness, we will watch a hundred sporting contests better suited for an alleyway dumpster. Maybe a few hundred. I’m not saying…

America’s worst sports curse has a new home – CNBC

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

The Panthers, meanwhile, rolled into February’s Super Bowl with a 17-1 record and as a 5.5-point favorite. The Denver Broncos befuddled the Charlotte-based team’s offense on the way to a 24-10 win. Clemson, located a couple hours southwest of Charlotte in South Carolina, went undefeated through 14 games before losing to Alabama in January. The Tigers were 6.5-point underdogs and lost 45-40. But it’s not all grim for sports fans…

3-Pointer by UNC’s Marcus Paige Joins List of Sports Almosts – New York Times

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

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Cedar Point adding sports park complex – Detroit Free Press

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Cedar Point will begin construction on its new Cedar Point Sports Center this Friday.(Photo: Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio) Cedar Point is about to get sporty. The Sandusky, Ohio-based amusement park will begin construction on its new Cedar Point Sports Center this Friday. Phase one of the development project, located on outside the park on Cleveland Road in Sandusky, will include an outdoor sporting facility called Sports Force Parks bringing together nine multi-purpose, synthetic turf fields, four…

The Olympics are too big for one city to host. It’s time to share the joy – The Guardian

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Cricket wants to be an Olympic sport. MMA has made noises about applying to join the Games. Baseball and softball want to return, and they’re facing plenty of competition from other sports. So everyone wants to be in the Summer Olympics. But who wants to foot the bill and host them? Related: Hosting the Olympics: the competition no one wants to win Not Boston, which withdrew its bid last summer….

Panama Papers show how elite soccer players used offshore finance – Toronto Star

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

“Over the years, we’ve seen an increasing penetration of offshore finance into sports, which we believe is detrimental to the game,” said George Turner of the Tax Justice Network, a fair-tax advocacy group based in London. “If we’re shifting competition away from the athleticism, the skill, the talent of the players and into the skill and talent of the accountants, lawyers, bankers, and boardroom executives, the sport quickly becomes a…

Baseball’s worst Opening Day team since 2009? You know who – TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Baltimore Orioles’ Adam Jones, right, hits teammate Matt Wieters in the face with a pie after an opening day baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Baltimore, Monday, April 4, 2016. Wieters drove in the winning run on a single and Baltimore won 3-2. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Baltimore Orioles’ Matt Wieters, right, follows through on a game-winning single in front of Minnesota Twins catcher Kurt Suzuki in the ninth inning…

Baseball or College Basketball? – The Weekly Standard (blog)

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

The season has begun. Yes, THE season. For the baseball season is THE season. Football, basketball, hockey–they’re all nice sports. But baseball is the national pastime. And even if one might actually enjoy watching other sports more, even if baseball isn’t nearly as central to American life as it once was, one should, I think, pay one’s respect to baseball. For one thing, it seems to capture so well so…

Bryce Harper rocks ‘Make Baseball Fun Again’ hat after Nationals’ win – ESPN (blog)

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

10:26 PM ET print ATLANTA — In case you haven’t heard, Bryce Harper is all about the fun. Following the Washington Nationals‘ 4-3 season-opening, extra-inning win over the Atlanta Braves, the reigning MVP addressed reporters while wearing a white trucker’s cap that read, “MAKE BASEBALL FUN AGAIN,” in red capital letters. “Coming here playing, it’s a lot of fun,” said Harper, who was booed vigorously and repeatedly by the Turner…

This smart baseball bat can teach a complete rookie how to hit – Mashable

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

An Old Hickory bat leans knob-up against the wall, its black barrel tapering up into a bare, pale, wooden grip. It’s an ordinary-looking baseball bat — until the lime-green sensor ensconced in the knob makes itself apparent. SEE ALSO: Siri wants to be the biggest baseball geek in the world Baseball was one of the many sports I never played while growing up. Still, when I heard I could get…

Baseball Bats Threatened by Invasive Beetle – Scientific American

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

When St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Matt Carpenter picked up a bat for the 2016 baseball season opener Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, he selected one made of maple. These days, maple is the bat material of choice for most pros, and it has been ever since San Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds broke the record for the number of home runs hit in a season. But…