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Every Sunday night, NBC airs an 80-minute Sunday Night Football pre-game show called Football Night in America from 7-8:20 p.m. ET. This Sunday, however, that was not the case. NASCAR’s final race of the season cut in to the beginning of the show, thanks to weather delay pushing back the start. This left America up in arms. They love their football highlights, and analyst Rodney Harrison’s insight. Is Nascar on yall nbc? — Dex…

Nov 22, 2015 5:45p ET

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The city is planning to build 17 baseball fields near the Nusenda Community Stadium on Albuquerque’s west side. The city picked the spot because it’s close to the highway and near the current stadium. Neighbors said they support the move and don’t see the extra noise or traffic being an issue. “We want more restaurants and stuff on this side of town, and what’s a better way to get it? …

The first time Dave Roberts stepped to home plate in a Dodgers uniform, batting leadoff on opening day in 2002 at Dodger Stadium, he scalded a ground ball into right field for a single. He stole second. He was bunted to third. He scored on a groundout. The man always did know how to make an entrance, and, oh boy, here he comes again, all scrappy and smart and selfless,…

There are two things you need to know about Saturday’s 2015 WBSC Premier 12 final. 1. South Korea defeated the U.S. team, 8-0, to take the championship. 2. Already up 4-0 in the third inning, Byung Ho Park hit a three-run homer off U.S. pitcher and Royals Minor Leaguer Brooks Pounders (side note: incredible name, Brooks). It was, according to the WBSC website, likely the longest homer hit by anyone…

Curtis Granderson, a Chicago area native, held a baseball clinic at his alma mater University of Illinois-Chicago Saturday. [DNAinfo/Joe Ward] NEAR WEST SIDE — About 200 kids surrounded Chicago-area native and major league ballplayer Curtis Granderson at his youth camp Saturday and bombarded the Mets outfielder with questions. One of the most pressing questions: “How could you beat the Cubs?” (Granderson’s Mets beat the Cubs in this year’s…

No close examination of the bullcrap NFL would be complete without a look at NFL fans, possibly the dipshittiest of all dipshit sports fans when taken as a whole. Behaviors cover the gamut, from Bills fans being mostly benign drunken idiots who hate furniture, to Eagles fans being gross overly-intense weirdos, to Skins fans just being desperate and shameless, to Browns fans drinking away the pain (and also muscular coordination),…

Curtis Granderson, a Chicago area native, held a baseball clinic at his alma mater University of Illinois-Chicago Saturday. [DNAinfo/Joe Ward] NEAR WEST SIDE — About 200 kids surrounded Chicago-area native and major league ballplayer Curtis Granderson at his youth camp Saturday and bombarded the Mets outfielder with questions. One of the most pressing questions: “How could you beat the Cubs?” (Granderson’s Mets beat the Cubs in this year’s…

Ethan Hall is only 7 years old, but he knows that the show must go on. Even when you get a pesky bout of the hiccups at the least opportune time. Young Ethan sang the Australian national anthem during a baseball game between Brisbane and his hometown of Adelaide Friday night. The performance was Ethan’s professional league debut, Andrew Reynolds, the Digital Media Manager for the Australian Baseball League told…

No close examination of the bullcrap NFL would be complete without a look at NFL fans, possibly the dipshittiest of all dipshit sports fans when taken as a whole. Behaviors cover the gamut, from Bills fans being mostly benign drunken idiots who hate furniture, to Eagles fans being gross overly-intense weirdos, to Skins fans just being desperate and shameless, to Browns fans drinking away the pain (and also muscular coordination),…

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Gabe Kapler is extremely smart and dynamic, someone who might make a fine manager someday. But he was not the right choice for the Dodgers at this time. If the Dodgers were going to hire a first-time manager, it would have been difficult for them to justify picking Kapler over their eventual choice, Dave Roberts. The team is expected to make the hiring of Roberts official on Monday, according to…

Here’s the problem with the Yankees trading left fielder Brett Gardner: Their only other athletic position players are shortstop Didi Gregorius and outfielders Jacoby Ellsbury and Aaron Hicks. The Yankees need more such players, not less. But they also need controllable starting pitching, and if principal owner Hal Steinbrenner will not authorize an increase in spending, they might need to move Gardner and/or closer Andrew Miller to get it. It’s…

As the thousands of hours of NFL programming across multiple mediums prove weekly, there is little that can’t be debated when it comes to matters of the National Football League. But here is one indisputable fact: The Dallas Cowboys are the most popular television team in pro football. Network executives who broadcast the league view a Cowboys game on the schedule akin to a Wonka Golden Ticket. “People have definitive…

(Photo: The Associated Press) HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — The latest from Homestead-Miami Speedway, the site of NASCAR’s season finale (all times EST): 7:54 p.m. Kyle Busch has won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. Busch started the season in a hospital bed in Daytona Beach and ended it with a trip to the championship stage in Homestead. The 30-year-old Busch beat fellow title contenders Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon and Martin…

The latest from Homestead-Miami Speedway, the site of NASCAR’s season finale (all times EST): 7:54 p.m. Kyle Busch has won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. Busch started the season in a hospital bed in Daytona Beach and ended it with a trip to the championship stage in Homestead. The 30-year-old Busch beat fellow title contenders Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon and Martin Truex Jr. to the checkered flag Sunday. Harvick…

Clint Bowyer‘s loose No. 15 Toyota started a multi-car wreck during the season finale on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway shortly after a restart on Lap 45, forcing the fourth caution of the day.   The other cars invovled were the No. 88 of Dale Earnhardt Jr., the No. 33 of Ty Dillon, the No. 55 of David Ragan and the No. 43 of Aric Almirola, who took his Ford to the garage. (Almirola returned to the race 55 laps down.)  …

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. What are you doing? I realize it’s very important to change a tire quickly during a NASCAR pit stop, but NOT WHEN IT’S ON FIRE. At least get the gasoline away with a sense of urgency or, you know, try and put the fire out. Martin Truex Jr’s entire crew just acted like it was business as usual despite working next to…

Syracuse, N.Y. — Louis Cross’ goal early in the second half was the difference as Syracuse University edged Dartmouth 2-1 in a NCAA men’s soccer tournament second-round game Sunday afternoon at the SU Soccer Stadium. The sixth-seeded Orange (14-5-3) advances to third round, where it hosts the winner of Sunday night’s Seattle-UCLA contest at 1 p.m. next Sunday. Ben Polk also tallied for SU, in the first half. Julian Buescher…