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FILE – In this Nov. 1, 2015, file photo, Joey Logano (22) and Matt Kenseth (20) tangle in Turn 1 during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va. It’s the wild west in NASCAR right now, and it’s not clear if that’s good or bad for this championship battle. Drivers are doing whatever they have to do to make it to the finale, to…

When NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton declared, “Boys, have at it,” prior to the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season, some drivers took it as a license to police themselves under virtually all circumstances without risk of a penalty. But in light of Tuesday’s two-race suspension on Matt Kenseth for deliberately wrecking Joey Logano last weekend at Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France wants to provide some…

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NEW BRITAIN — When the Atlantic League’s freshly minted New Britain Bees take the field in April, they’ll be cheered on by the best-known name in professional baseball in the city: former Rock Cats chief owner Bill Dowling. At a press conference Thursday to introduce the new team’s name, league officials announced Dowling will have the role of “special adviser.” Dowling, who built the Rock Cats into a financial and…

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0 Shares print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR this week: Turn 1: Was the two-race suspension NASCAR handed to Matt Kenseth too much, too little or just right? Explain. Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: One race would’ve been sufficient. Two races makes no sense — now you bring him back at Miami creating a load of distraction during an event that should be…

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Thanks to the ubiquitous ads by DraftKings and FanDuel, almost everyone knows that you don’t need to be a professional athlete or coach to enjoy firsthand the thrill of elite sports competition. This increasingly popular past-time has also garnered great media attention, however, as many are asking whether fantasy sports equal gambling. While the gambling question is a very good one, overlooked is another important issue involving many fantasy sports…

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It’s taken 155 years, but a woman has finally won Australia’s biggest horse race. As the fourth woman ever to ride in the Melbourne Cup—beating odds of 100 to 1—Michelle Payne dedicated her win to female jockeys and called out the sexism she felt was rife in horse racing. “It’s such a chauvinistic sport, I know some of the owners wanted to kick me off,” she said in her post-race…

A jury awarded $7.13 million on Wednesday to former Los Angeles Times sports columnist T.J. Simers, who contended the newspaper discriminated against him and forced him out of his $234,000-a-year job after he suffered a mini-stroke in March 2013. The verdict capped a six-week trial that included testimony from Simers, his former bosses at The Times and L.A. Dodgers ex-manager Tommy Lasorda. Simers, 65, sued the newspaper in October 2013,…

That military tribute you saw at your last pro ballgame — a service member’s stirring rendition of “America The Beautiful,” a surprise “welcome home” celebration for returning troops, a soldier’s ceremonial first pitch — may not have been a charitable gesture by the home team. Instead, that event may have been paid for by the Pentagon, part of a multimillion-dollar program to promote the armed services and boost recruitment through…

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Matt Kenseth learned a couple of hard lessons this week. One is that retaliation, no matter how satisfying, can be costly. MORE: Why Kenseth had to retaliate | Chase standings | Texas schedule The second: NASCAR is unpredictable and inconsistent in doling out punishment for actions on the track. The punishment rarely fits the crime — except in the eyes of the law. Kenseth, who wrecked Joey Logano on Sunday…

A recent white paper from the U.S.-Korea Institute at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) includes research that used Google Earth’s “yardstick” function and satellite imagery to measure the growth of markets in 12 cities. The study was released last month, and led by Ben Silberstein, a researcher and expert on the North Korean economy. Markets, sometimes called black markets, have flourished in number and size…

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That military tribute you saw at your last pro ballgame — a service member’s stirring rendition of “America The Beautiful,” a surprise “welcome home” celebration for returning troops, a soldier’s ceremonial first pitch — may not have been a charitable gesture by the home team. Instead, that event may have been paid for by the Pentagon, part of a multimillion-dollar program to promote the armed services and boost recruitment through…

Matt Kenseth learned a couple of hard lessons this week. One is that retaliation, no matter how satisfying, can be costly. MORE: Why Kenseth had to retaliate | Chase standings | Texas schedule The second: NASCAR is unpredictable and inconsistent in doling out punishment for actions on the track. The punishment rarely fits the crime — except in the eyes of the law. Kenseth, who wrecked Joey Logano on Sunday…