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Plenty of hype surrounding Joey Logano’s and Matt Kenseth’s return to Martinsville – ESPN
12:13 PM ET print The Sprint Cup Series heads to Martinsville Speedway this week, and while the participants of the most notable wreck from November have tried to move on, no one will forget that race anytime soon. Many would view the Nov. 1 race as the ultimate in NASCAR retaliation and vigilante stock-car justice, an act that resulted in NASCAR’s harshest penalty ever to a Sprint Cup driver for…
A Challenge to Soccer’s Version of Solitary Confinement – New York Times
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The US soccer team is on the brink of missing the next World Cup – MarketWatch
Reuters U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann during a World Cup qualifier last week in Guatemala. It’s a scenario parts unthinkable and inevitable: The U.S. mens’ national soccer team is on the brink of missing the World Cup for the first time since 1990. The U.S., which hosts Guatemala tonight at MapFre Stadium in Columbus, Ohio,…
Chris Paul withdraws from Team USA consideration for 2016 Olympics – Sports Illustrated
Get all of Lee Jenkins’s columns as soon as they’re published. Download the new Sports Illustrated app (iOS or Android) and personalize your experience by following your favorite teams and SI writers. At the 2012 Olympics in London, Chris Paul went to see the volleyball, the swimming, the track. He brought Russell Westbrook with him to root on Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings. He sat in the cheering section for…
Baseball’s Ten Best Unique Stadium Eats – Forbes
Welcome to Pittsburgh, home of baseball’s most dynamic pitching laboratory – FOXSports.com
BRADENTON, Fla. — Pirates pitching coach Ray Searage sat on a folding chair directly behind catcher Francisco Cervelli, watching right-hander Ryan Vogelsong throw in the bullpen. Actually, the word “watching” does not sufficiently describe what Searage was doing on Monday, about 90 minutes before the Pirates hosted the Twins in a Grapefruit League game at McKechnie Field. Searage wore a catcher’s mask, leaning so far forward that the chair lifted…
Baseball’s Highest-Paid Players 2016 – Forbes
Girls Sports Month: Baseball For All founder Justine Siegal on starting girls leagues, growing the game – USA TODAY High School Sports
Justine Siegal talks with A’s Manager Bob Geren before pitching batting practice in 2011 (Photo: David Wallace, The Arizona Republic) Last year, Justine Siegal became the first woman to serve as a coach for a Major League Baseball organization, serving as a guest instructor for the Oakland Athletics’ instructional league. That followed throwing batting practice for six teams, including the A’s, during spring training in 2011. In 2009, she was the…
FlowPlay launches All Star Daily Fantasy as alternative to social sports gambling – VentureBeat
Daily fantasy sports have created a lot of controversy. Since the winnings come in real money, some states are calling it illegal gambling. But FlowPlay is offering an alternative with the launch of its new social sports game, All Star Daily Fantasy. The title offers the gameplay of betting on daily fantasy sports games, but it doesn’t have real-world winnings. You can buy virtual currency with real money, but you don’t…
Welcome to Pittsburgh, home of baseball’s most dynamic pitching laboratory – FOXSports.com
BRADENTON, Fla. — Pirates pitching coach Ray Searage sat on a folding chair directly behind catcher Francisco Cervelli, watching right-hander Ryan Vogelsong throw in the bullpen. Actually, the word “watching” does not sufficiently describe what Searage was doing on Monday, about 90 minutes before the Pirates hosted the Twins in a Grapefruit League game at McKechnie Field. Searage wore a catcher’s mask, leaning so far forward that the chair lifted…
Saying UConn hurts women’s basketball is misogyny disguised as legitimate sports opinion – SB Nation
Saturday afternoon, UConn’s women’s basketball team beat Mississippi State by a score of 98-38 in the Sweet 16. Their 60-point margin of victory was the largest of any Sweet 16 game of all time, and larger than any other margin of victory in the NCAA Tournament. Mississippi State was not a chump. The Bulldogs went 28-8 this year and earned a 5-seed in the NCAA Tournament. They won two…
Jennifer Frey, former writer for The Post’s Sports and Style pages, dies at 47 – Washington Post
Jennifer Frey, a former Washington Post reporter who wrote with verve and flair for the newspaper’s Sports and Style sections for 13 years, died March 26 at a hospital in Washington. She was 47. The cause was multiple organ failure, said her executor, Jody Goldstein. Ms. Frey was hired by The Post in 1995 from the New York Times. At both newspapers, she distinguished herself as a sportswriter in an…
Guess Who Is to Blame for Fewer Fans Watching Sports on TV – Money Magazine
A year ago, 28.3 million viewers watched the men’s basketball tournament championship game on TV, according to the NCAA. It was an increase of 33% over the previous year, and the highest total in viewership in nearly two decades. The upcoming 2016 championship game, on Monday, April 4, doesn’t have a prayer of topping last year’s ratings, and it’s not because Duke is already out of the tournament. This year,…
European Soccer Clubs Use Bullying to Pressure Players on Pay – New York Times
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US Soccer’s Day of Reckoning—Against Guatemala? – Wall Street Journal
ENLARGE There is going to come a time when the U.S. men’s national soccer team gets bounced unceremoniously from a qualifying tournament for the World Cup. Even great soccer nations experience these calamities. England wasn’t part of the 1994 World Cup or the 2008 European Championship. The Netherlands, which came within a penalty shootout of a second consecutive World Cup final in 2014, failed to qualify for this summer’s Euro….
Saying UConn hurts women’s basketball is misogyny disguised as legitimate sports opinion – SB Nation
Saturday afternoon, UConn’s women’s basketball team beat Mississippi State by a score of 98-38 in the Sweet 16. Their 60-point margin of victory was the largest of any Sweet 16 game of all time, and larger than any other margin of victory in the NCAA Tournament. Mississippi State was not a chump. The Bulldogs went 28-8 this year and earned a 5-seed in the NCAA Tournament. They won two…
Jennifer Frey, former writer for The Post’s Sports and Style pages, dies at 47 – Washington Post
Jennifer Frey, a former Washington Post reporter who wrote with verve and flair for the newspaper’s Sports and Style sections for 13 years, died March 26 at a hospital in Washington. She was 47. The cause was multiple organ failure, said her executor, Jody Goldstein. Ms. Frey was hired by The Post in 1995 from the New York Times. At both newspapers, she distinguished herself as a sportswriter in an…
US Soccer’s Day of Reckoning—Against Guatemala? – Wall Street Journal
ENLARGE There is going to come a time when the U.S. men’s national soccer team gets bounced unceremoniously from a qualifying tournament for the World Cup. Even great soccer nations experience these calamities. England wasn’t part of the 1994 World Cup or the 2008 European Championship. The Netherlands, which came within a penalty shootout of a second consecutive World Cup final in 2014, failed to qualify for this summer’s Euro….
A Challenge to Soccer’s Version of Solitary Confinement – New York Times
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Proposed soccer complex at the ‘Fly’ is dead – WWLTV.com
The Fly By David Hammer / Eyewitness News The controversial plan to build an artificial turf soccer complex at the city-owned ‘Fly’ in Audubon Park is dead for now, according to the man who conceived the project. John Payne, an executive at Harrah’s Casino who devised the project as a volunteer for the Carrollton Booster Club, designed the complex and raised money for it, said it is dead and he…
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