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The Tour De France is, financially speaking, just about the only bike race in the world. Three weeks of traipsing around France accounts for 80% of the annual TV exposure for teams involved. When Thibaut Pinot won Stage 8 of the 2012 Tour, his ride alone brought in $10 million worth of exposure for his team’s sponsors, which was over half of their annual budget. The Tour’s financial footprint means…

I am a strong and athletic woman, which for some reason gives people the right to cast stereotypical judgements as I walk down the street. They don’t know me, what I do or how hard I work. I am world-class. I am an Olympian. To see that as arrogance would be a misjudgment. I am just resilient, hard working, respectful and damn right driven. Having played hockey for England and…

BRISTOL, Tenn. – The man seeking to change the business model for NASCAR owners admits it no longer was “commercially viable” to operate Michael Waltrip Racing after this season. Rob Kauffman, who would not reveal how many millions of dollars he’s lost since partnering with Michael Waltrip in Oct. 2007, said the team’s equipment will be sold after this season and that the shop’s “best use is as a housing…

Billy Bean knows how painful it can be to keep a secret. Twenty years ago he was an outfielder with the San Diego Padres. That part everybody knew. But what almost nobody knew, not even his mother, was that he was gay. There had never been an openly gay male in a major professional team sport in the U.S. And no one knew whether a gay athlete would be accepted…

BRISTOL, Tenn. — The prerace festivities for Saturday’s Irwin Tools Night Race will feature as much pomp and circumstance as any Sprint Cup Series race, from the drivers choosing their own songs for introductions to a popular rendition of the national anthem by a Motor Racing Outreach children’s choir that is comprised of many sons and daughters of NASCAR drivers, crew chiefs and team members. The 500-lap race has been…

BRISTOL, Tenn. – The man seeking to change the business model for NASCAR owners admits it no longer was “commercially viable” to operate Michael Waltrip Racing after this season. Rob Kauffman, who would not reveal how many millions of dollars he’s lost since partnering with Michael Waltrip in Oct. 2007, said the team’s equipment will be sold after this season and that the shop’s “best use is as a housing…

ASU soccer limited Portland State to two shots Friday night in a 3-0 season-opening win.(Photo: Jeff Metcalfe/Arizona Republic) Arizona State’s Cali Farquharson started her senior season with a goal in the sixth minute Friday night and the Sun Devils limited Portland State to two shots in a 3-0 win. Farquharson scored her 35th career goal from 20 yards out and is now two goals behind Patrice Feulner for second in school history….

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BRISTOL, Tenn. – The man seeking to change the business model for NASCAR owners admits it no longer was “commercially viable” to operate Michael Waltrip Racing after this season. Rob Kauffman, who would not reveal how many millions of dollars he’s lost since partnering with Michael Waltrip in Oct. 2007, said the team’s equipment will be sold after this season and that the shop’s “best use is as a housing…

Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com.  View photo . Photo via Reddit • Marian Hossa hanging with some neighbors and his buddy Stanley. [forgotmyoldusern on Reddit] • Auston Matthews is embarking on a most excellent adventure in Switzerland….

Every four years, American soccer fans rediscover the fun of watching the U.S. women’s national team at the World Cup, and their interest bleeds over into the women’s game as a whole. National Women’s Soccer League attendance has skyrocketed since the national team claimed its third World Cup this summer, and curiosity about the team’s efforts for next year’s Rio Olympics is already rising. In Minnesota, there hasn’t been a…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest NASCAR returns to Bristol for the second time this season for the Irwin Tools Night Race this Saturday. Joey Logano won the Bristol night race last year. Matt Kenseth took the checkered flag in the first Bristol race this season, which happened on April 19. MORE: Bristol preview | Odds | Chase standings | Danica’s image | Bowyer needs ride The Camping World Trucks Series…

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Eight general managers have been fired, released or vacated their positions within the past 15 months, and the likelihood is that one or two more will go before the year’s up. Many of the departed executives were seemingly doing well, too. One was in the middle of a positive, productive rebuild, another won 98 games last year and another made the playoffs five times in eight years. Yet another of…

An atheist group is targeting two Georgia schools with demands they abolish the position of sports chaplain. The group wants UGA and Georgia Tech to replace the chaplains with “character coaches.” The group Freedom from Religion thinks chaplains promote Christianity over other faiths and use their positions to try and get converts. Students Channel 2’s Richard Elliot spoke to at Georgia Tech say they don’t mind chaplains, but think sports…

RELATED: Full race results | Updated series standings BRISTOL, Tenn. — When Chris Buescher‘s Ford faltered on a green-white-checkered restart on Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch took full advantage, as is his custom.   In a Food City 300 that went to two laps of overtime at the .533-mile short track, Busch finished .427 seconds ahead of Kyle Larson, as Buescher faded to 11th after his car failed to pick up fuel…

BRISTOL, Tenn. – The man seeking to change the business model for NASCAR owners admits it no longer was “commercially viable” to operate Michael Waltrip Racing after this season. Rob Kauffman, who would not reveal how many millions of dollars he’s lost since partnering with Michael Waltrip in Oct. 2007, said the team’s equipment will be sold after this season and that the shop’s “best use is as a housing…

Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Jeff Haynes) Imagine with me. You are a sportswriter who for reasons entirely unclear entered a hermetically sealed chamber in 1965 only to wake up in 2015. After shaking off the cobwebs, taking a much-needed shower, and having a stiff drink, you are immediately confronted with two stories fighting for space in the sports pages. One involves…

I got a message today 104.3 The Ticket had retired from the sports talk business, and flicked on my radio to hear some rock song that could be the insipid lead-in to a sports show. Only the song kept going. And going. And is still going. So it’s true. The sports radio market shrunk, sort of, as the only FM component returns just to being 790-AM The Ticket (104.3 turns…

“Most homophobic” is not exactly something anyone would want to boast about, but a groundbreaking new study of sports players around the world has found the United States to be the English-speaking country with that dubious title. And as the Washington Blade reported, you might be surprised where it’s worst: not in the locker room. Spectator stands and school physical education classes were ranked as the two places with the…