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Think you already know everything about the No. 3 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series? Think again. Here’s some serious No. 3 trivia for the hard-core NASCAR fan: — A total of 82 drivers have driven the No. 3 in NASCAR’s premier division — the late Dale Earnhardt and 81 others, including his former boss, Richard Childress. — All told, cars carrying the No. 3 have competed in 1,208 NASCAR…

Buy Photo Cape Henlopen’s Sydney Ostroski signs her national letter of intent to play field hockey at West Chester University.(Photo: Staff photo by Ryan Marshall)Buy Photo When Cape Henlopen’s Sydney Ostroski stepped on the campus, she knew. West Chester was the school she would continue her education and career at. And it all happened by chance. “I had no idea about West Chester,” Ostroski said. “I didn’t look there or…

“Didn’t we lock you in a Dumpster one time?” “Yeah, I got out.” “Cool man, I’m glad you did.” — “Old School” So I’m here to report that I’ve emerged from a YouTube rabbit hole, one I willfully stepped into but struggled to get out of. I started innocently enough, reading this terrific first-person essay from former Islanders’ great Bryan Trottier, writing a letter to his younger self about all…

Police were investigating why a set of baseball bats were chained to telephone poles around San Francisco on Thursday, police said. As many of 15 of the bats, some of which had nails protruding from them, were found in a number of locations around the city, Sgt. Michael Andraychak said. The bats were discovered throughout Thursday, beginning in the morning. The last one was found at around 4:45 p.m. at 19th…

Playing college baseball was a high point for me after leaving high school. A local junior college, somehow in their great wisdom, gave me an opportunity to play and I was grateful. I was not short on confidence or desire, but I was, sadly, short on skill. But I learned many lessons over the next four years of college baseball that helped me later in life. Lesson No. 1: To…

San Francisco police are trying to figure out who’s responsible for chaining baseball bats to street poles across the city. Police in the Parkside neighborhood found one of those bats. It’s a scene that was repeated more than a dozen times Thursday. In some cases, the bats also had nails protruding from them. The bat at the Parkside location looked like a pipe bomb. Officers cleared the area and brought…

View gallery . (Dave Reginek/Getty Images) The holidays are upon us. On Thanksgiving, we here at The Stew have a lot to be thankful for. While baseball isn’t currently on television, the game appears to be stronger than ever. The rookie class was fantastic, Clayton Kershaw struck out 300 hitters and the Chicago Cubs are actually contenders again. This being The Stew, though, we decided to take a different route…

The Philadelphia Eagles got embarrassed on Thanksgiving. There’s no other way to put it. They got totally humiliated by the Detroit Lions, who entered the game 3-7. If the Eagles had won the game, they’d be right there in the mix for the NFC East. They lost 45-14, and this seems crazy to write but it wasn’t even that close. They were overmatched on both sides of the ball. They…

0 Shares print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR: Turn 1: Some howling around NASCAR Nation about a champion that missed 11 races. Should Kyle Busch‘s championship come with an asterisk? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: Absolutely not. Kyle Busch cleared every hurdle placed before him to earn his first Sprint Cup title. Fact is, the road to the championship was far more difficult…

View gallery . (Dave Reginek/Getty Images) The holidays are upon us. On Thanksgiving, we here at The Stew have a lot to be thankful for. While baseball isn’t currently on television, the game appears to be stronger than ever. The rookie class was fantastic, Clayton Kershaw struck out 300 hitters and the Chicago Cubs are actually contenders again. This being The Stew, though, we decided to take a different route…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Lionel Messi’s agents have had initial discussions about a deal with Manchester City that would see the 28-year-old Barcelona and Argentina forward join on a weekly wage of £800,000. (Sun) The Sun’s sport section leads on talks between Lionel Messi’s agents and Manchester City Chelsea are lining up January moves for Leicester’s England striker Jamie Vardy, 28,…

0 Shares print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR: Turn 1: Some howling around NASCAR Nation about a champion that missed 11 races. Should Kyle Busch‘s championship come with an asterisk? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: Absolutely not. Kyle Busch cleared every hurdle placed before him to earn his first Sprint Cup title. Fact is, the road to the championship was far more difficult…

View gallery . (Dave Reginek/Getty Images) The holidays are upon us. On Thanksgiving, we here at The Stew have a lot to be thankful for. While baseball isn’t currently on television, the game appears to be stronger than ever. The rookie class was fantastic, Clayton Kershaw struck out 300 hitters and the Chicago Cubs are actually contenders again. This being The Stew, though, we decided to take a different route…

0 Shares print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR: Turn 1: Some howling around NASCAR Nation about a champion that missed 11 races. Should Kyle Busch‘s championship come with an asterisk? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: Absolutely not. Kyle Busch cleared every hurdle placed before him to earn his first Sprint Cup title. Fact is, the road to the championship was far more difficult…

0 Shares print Lewis Hamilton admits he would love to take part in a NASCAR race “one day” after being an impressed spectator for the series’ season finale. Hamilton flew to Miami to support Jeff Gordon last week ahead of the four-time NASCAR champion’s final race in the series. The Mercedes driver is known to be an avid fan of America and American culture but has not raced outside of…

The teams warm up before the start of the men’s hockey game between UMass-Lowell and Vermont at Gutterson Fieldhouse on Nov. 6, 2015.(Photo: BRIAN JENKINS/For the FREE PRESS) Now that the Thanksgiving feast has been relegated to leftovers, college hockey fans can indulge in their favorite sport with plenty of tournaments this weekend, including the inaugural Windjammer Classic at the University of Vermont and the illustrious Primelink Great Northern Shootout…

Lord Coe beat Ukrainian pole vault great Sergey Bubka to become the new IAAF president earlier this year UK Sport has spent £182,000 on five campaigns for senior positions in global sport in the last two years. The agency, which funds Olympic and Paralympic sport, backed campaigns by Lord Coe, Brian Cookson, Sir Phillip Craven, John McEwen and Louise Martin. Two thirds of that sum, £115,000, went to one company,…

Dobber launched his fantasy hockey website DobberHockey back in 2005 and has been Puck Daddy’s resident fantasy hockey ‘expert’ since 2009. Happy Thanksgiving! [Play Yahoo Daily Fantasy and get a 100% deposit bonus with your first deposit] While you’re wolfing down your turkey, hold your phone just underneath the table so nobody can see you scroll down the following chart. The following is the Top 25 players of the past two weeks…

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0 Shares print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR: Turn 1: Some howling around NASCAR Nation about a champion that missed 11 races. Should Kyle Busch‘s championship come with an asterisk? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: Absolutely not. Kyle Busch cleared every hurdle placed before him to earn his first Sprint Cup title. Fact is, the road to the championship was far more difficult…