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#FeedonThis: Sports Feed celebrates Valentine’s Day – WGN-TV

Monday, February 15, 2016

CHICAGO – It was the perfect day to cozy up to your significant other in the Windy City. That’s because it was windy…and cold….and snowy. The best thing to do on a winter day like is to stay in and enjoy the company of loved ones. Realizing this, we attributed part of our Sports Feed show on Sunday to the one holiday devoted to love-Valentine’s Day. Jarrett Payton and Josh…

Barcelona penalty: Was it disrespectful or a touch of genius? – BBC Sport

Monday, February 15, 2016

<!– With Barcelona winning 3-1, Messi rolled his penalty to the right for Suarez to slot in When Barcelona’s Lionel Messi was felled inside the area against Celta Vigo on Sunday night, most people inside the Nou Camp wondered who would take the penalty. Messi, the usual taker, had deferred to Neymar on previous occasions this season, but both had poor recent records from the spot and Luis Suarez was…

Sarah Spain discusses “Hear The Cheers” on Sports Feed – WGN-TV

Monday, February 15, 2016

CHICAGO – She has been seen on a number of ESPN’s platforms over the past few years covering sports both in Chicago and nationally. But when it comes to a charity in the Windy City, Sarah Spain wants to make sure her messages are heard. The ESPN host and reporter came on Sunday’s Sports Feed to discuss “Hear The Cheers,” a campaign by the Chicago Hearing Society to raise money…

Kenny McReynolds joins Sports Feed on Sunday – WGN-TV

Monday, February 15, 2016

CHICAGO – This weekend is a bit of a reprieve for Bulls fans who, frankly, have endured a lot over the past few weeks. They enter the break with a five-game losing streak and are just two games over .500 and just hanging on in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Fans and pundits are spreading the blame for their tumble in the new year and it remains a topic as…

NASCAR disallows qualifying times for Harvick, Vickers – USA TODAY

Monday, February 15, 2016

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#FeedonThis: Sports Feed celebrates Valentine’s Day – WGN-TV

Monday, February 15, 2016

CHICAGO – It was the perfect day to cozy up to your significant other in the Windy City. That’s because it was windy…and cold….and snowy. The best thing to do on a winter day like is to stay in and enjoy the company of loved ones. Realizing this, we attributed part of our Sports Feed show on Sunday to the one holiday devoted to love-Valentine’s Day. Jarrett Payton and Josh…

The future is now for NASCAR’s young guns – USA TODAY

Monday, February 15, 2016

Chris Buescher celebrates after clinching the 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway.(Photo: Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jeff Gordon has ridden off into the sunset — or, more precisely, the bright lights of the television booth. Tony Stewart, when healed from an off-season back injury, is in his final NASCAR season. Several other key NASCAR drivers have reached their 40th birthdays. Matt Kenseth is 43, Dale…

Chase Elliott wins NASCAR’s Daytona 500 pole – Charlotte Observer

Monday, February 15, 2016

Rookie Chase Elliott won the pole for next Sunday’s Daytona 500 on Sunday, and will be joined by Matt Kenseth on the front row. Here are eight things to know about how qualifying went on a mild, sunny day at Daytona International Speedway: The pole winner Elliott, 20, is the youngest driver to win the Daytona 500 pole and the sixth rookie in history to accomplish the feat. He’s racing…

The future is now for NASCAR’s young guns – USA TODAY

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Chris Buescher celebrates after clinching the 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway.(Photo: Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jeff Gordon has ridden off into the sunset — or, more precisely, the bright lights of the television booth. Tony Stewart, when healed from an off-season back injury, is in his final NASCAR season. Several other key NASCAR drivers have reached their 40th birthdays. Matt Kenseth is 43, Dale…

Chase Elliott wins Daytona 500 pole – Nascar

Sunday, February 14, 2016

RELATED: Full qualifying speeds | From tardy note to Daytona pole winner DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Chase Elliott‘s rookie campaign just got a jump-start. Faced with the daunting prospect of succeeding Jeff Gordon in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, the 20-year-old Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate drove the same chassis to the same result Gordon accomplished last year—the pole position for the Feb. 21 Daytona 500 (on FOX at 1 p.m. ET)….

Roof flap issue keeps Truex Jr. parked in qualifying – Nascar

Sunday, February 14, 2016

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Martin Truex Jr.’s bid for a Daytona 500 pole position never left the starting blocks Sunday afternoon, grounded by a technical issue with a roof flap on his Furniture Row Racing No. 78 Toyota. Truex was scheduled as the 28th of 44 drivers to make a qualifying run for next Sunday’s “Great American Race,” but NASCAR officials delayed the team’s attempt after discovering a problem with the right-side hinged flap. The…

Nos. 4, 14 fail post-Daytona 500 qualifying inspection – Nascar

Sunday, February 14, 2016

RELATED: Full qualifying results | Can-Am Duel lineups DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR cracked down on two teams in Sunday’s Daytona 500 post-qualifying inspection, disallowing qualifying speeds for two Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolets. In addition, Furniture Row Racing‘s lone Toyota missed its qualifying run. The Stewart-Haas No. 4 Chevrolet driven by former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick and the SHR No. 14 Chevy — currently wheeled by Brian Vickers in place of the injured Tony Stewart —…

Sports Illustrated Just Made History By Putting A Plus-Size Model On Its Cover – Huffington Post

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Sporting a purple-and-orange bikini and beachy hair, Graham oozes sex appeal and confidence in the sultry image captured by photographer James Macari. The 28-year-old model took to Instagram to express her heartfelt gratitude for landing the groundbreaking cover:  Truly speechless!!! This cover is for every woman who felt like she wasn’t beautiful enough because of her size. You can do and achieve anything you put your mind to. Thank you…

Qualifying results set front row for Daytona 500 – FOXSports.com

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Like father, like son. Rookie Chase Elliott won the pole for next Sunday’s Daytona 500, putting the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in the top starting spot in NASCAR’s biggest race for the second year in a row. Jeff Gordon won it last year in the No. 24. Bill Elliott, Chase’s father and a NASCAR Hall of Fame member, set the three fastest Daytona 500 pole speeds in history and…

Winter Youth Olympic Games: Madi Rowlands wins ski halfpipe – BBC Sport

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Madi Rowlands claimed gold with a score of 88.60 Great Britain won their first medal at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games when Madi Rowlands took gold in the ski halfpipe in Lillehammer, Norway. The 15-year-old from Kent scored 88.60 to easily claim top spot, while Paula Cooper from the United States was second with 79.00 and Austria’s Lara Wolf third with 74.20. It was Team GB’s first medal on…

NFL’s Peyton Manning cited in lawsuit against college: report – Yahoo Sports

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Washington (AFP) – A 20-year-old sex assault accusation against Super Bowl champion quarterback Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos reportedly was cited by six former female students in a new lawsuit against the University of Tennessee. The Tennessean newspaper said the alleged incident was among those outlined in a suit filed last Tuesday in Nashville claiming the school has violated regulations requiring equal support for men’s and women’s athletic programs….

Danica Patrick, others in NASCAR embrace Valentine’s Day in Daytona – FOXSports.com

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Yes, it is Daytona 500 qualifying day. And that’s big. But even in NASCAR, the fact that it’s also Valentine’s Day cannot be ignored. And believe us, it wasn’t. From Danica Patrick (no surprise there) to her boyfriend, fellow Sprint Cup Series driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr., to all the drivers from Stewart-Haas Racing and beyond, folks in NASCAR took time from their obviously busy days on Sunday to acknowledge the…

Sarah Hudek won her first collegiate baseball game – SB Nation

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Listen, we know it’s tough to catch up on everything happening in the baseball world each morning. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day. Trying to find all of it while on your way to work or sitting at your desk just isn’t easy. It’s okay, though, we’re going to do the heavy lifting for you each…

Sports Illustrated has 3 swimsuit cover models this year – CNN International

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Graham, 28, has her own line of lingerie and is a founder of a group for larger models. Day described her confidence as contagious. “She owns her sexiness in a way that every woman should,” Day said. Fashion model Clauson, 20, is right at home on the cover. She has worked with major brands such as Gucci, and is described as the epitome of cool. “Hailey is the cool girl…