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“Last year, our NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Awards Ceremony was held at the Trump National Doral in Miami, and due to recent and ongoing blatantly bigoted and racist comments from Donald Trump in regards to immigrants of the United States, I would like to inform you that I will not, nor will any representative of Camping World, participate or attend in the ceremonial event if it is held at…

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Matt Kenseth isn’t convinced he was rightly penalized during Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. A NASCAR spokesman, meanwhile, has defended the decision to order Kenseth in for a stop-and-go penalty — which came as a result of the Joe Gibbs Racing driver’s gasman placing a wedge-adjustment wrench on the trunk of the car while it was being fueled on Lap 117 of 330. According to NASCAR…

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Yahoo has launched a new section on its network dedicated to covering esports. The company hopes that it will eventually become the “premiere destination for all things” in the gaming world, providing not only original and syndicated content but also a bounty of video interviews and livestream of matches. It makes sense for Yahoo to enter the esports arena, which could be worth $463 million this year and $1.1 billion by 2019,…

“Last year, our NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Awards Ceremony was held at the Trump National Doral in Miami, and due to recent and ongoing blatantly bigoted and racist comments from Donald Trump in regards to immigrants of the United States, I would like to inform you that I will not, nor will any representative of Camping World, participate or attend in the ceremonial event if it is held at…

Palestinian girls hold red cards in front of an Israeli soldier in support of a Palestinian move to have Israel suspended from FIFA. (Reuters / Mohamad Torokman) This may be the year in which sport, especially soccer, emerges as the next frontier in the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to isolate Israel over its occupation of Palestine. And the ball is in BDS’s court, so to speak. Ad…

Matt Kenseth isn’t convinced he was rightly penalized during Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. A NASCAR spokesman, meanwhile, has defended the decision to order Kenseth in for a stop-and-go penalty — which came as a result of the Joe Gibbs Racing driver’s gasman placing a wedge-adjustment wrench on the trunk of the car while it was being fueled on Lap 117 of 330. According to NASCAR…

Sports Authority, the troubled Englewood-based sporting goods retailer, is expected to file for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday morning, sources familiar with the plans told The Denver Post. The Chapter 11 filing would confirm months of speculation that Sports Authority had overextended itself and was nearing the brink of bankruptcy. The company, which was taken private by Leonard Green & Partners LP in 2006, has been negotiating with bondholders on a…

11:42 AM ET print ESPN’s stable of Australian talent (l-r) features Greg Growden, Jude Bolton, Stephanie Brantz, Nick Riewoldt, Melinda Farrell, Brett Kimmorley and Brad Haddin. Imageplay for ESPN G’day Australia, Welcome to your new local edition of ESPN.com, where you’ll now find a little fair-dinkum flavour to go with everything you’ve come to love from the Worldwide Leader in Sports. AFL, NRL, V8 Supercars and netball now sit proudly alongside…

Whether you agree or disagree with Brian France’s political views is irrelevant. From a purely business perspective, NASCAR’s CEO and Chairman France’s endorsement of Donald Trump on Monday was a dicey move. At a rally in Georgia on Monday, France praised Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling him a family man and a “winner”: “I’ve known Donald for over 20 years. I’m going to tell you one thing about him: You know…

Palestinian girls hold red cards in front of an Israeli soldier in support of a Palestinian move to have Israel suspended from FIFA. (Reuters / Mohamad Torokman) This may be the year in which sport, especially soccer, emerges as the next frontier in the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to isolate Israel over its occupation of Palestine. And the ball is in BDS’s court, so to speak. Ad…

As the 2016 election season reaches a fever pitch with Super Tuesday contests throughout the country, here are five NASCAR drivers — including one who is now retired — who should perhaps entertain a run for public office in the future. 5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. The sport’s most popular driver for 13 consecutive years, Earnhardt Jr. has the charisma, the bloodlines and the star power to forge an effective political…

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Professional soccer has become the latest target of China’s “explosive shopping sprees.” Chinese Super League clubs spent €337 million ($366 million) in the most recent January-February “transfer window,” outstripping the world’s other soccer leagues. The record-beating fees, paid for player transfers during the two month session that ended on midnight of Feb.26, are four times more than China’s previous record, and nearly $100 million more than the English Premier League’s…

Stephen Curry never stops amazing the world with his basketball skills. At this point, he is so good that science nearly can’t handle what he’s doing on a basketball court. ESPN’s Sports Science broke down Curry’s game-winning, 32-footer against the Thunder on Saturday. The science behind that shot is mindblowing. Curry pulled up from 32 feet to take that jumper. And according to Sports Science, his margin for error shrunk by…