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0 Shares Print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR this week: Turn 1: What effect will Sunday’s wreck have on Austin Dillon? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: My experience after wrecking at Talladega in 1996 was that I did not recognize any apprehension at any tracks — until I returned to Talladega. During practice, I found myself in the center of a large pack…

NASCAR was forced to end Thursday’s UNOH 225 Camping World Truck Series race five laps early after Ben Kennedy’s No. 11 truck lifted into the air and damaged the catch fence going into Turn 1. With extensive damage to the fencing, two-time defending series champion Matt Crafton was declared the winner.  Kennedy was able to walk from his heavily damaged truck and thanked NASCAR’s safety programs after being checked out…

Yahoo launched a fantasy sports site, a pay-to-play offering to complement the season-long fantasy leagues it offers people for free. Re/code reports.

0 Shares Print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR this week: Turn 1: What effect will Sunday’s wreck have on Austin Dillon? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: My experience after wrecking at Talladega in 1996 was that I did not recognize any apprehension at any tracks — until I returned to Talladega. During practice, I found myself in the center of a large pack…

Mayor Chris Coleman on Thursday made a serious pitch to lure Major League Soccer to St. Paul with a stadium near Snelling and University avenues. “I believe that in the next few weeks, we could have a clear path forward for a stadium on that site,” Coleman said in a conference call with reporters. MLS, the top professional soccer league in the U.S., awarded an expansion franchise to second-tier club…

Is there anything in the world more pointless than having a pet rock? Why yes there is, and it’s called the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking for international soccer teams. The rankings are always flawed, hold pretty much no importance and are simply a way to annoy people and get them talking. All ring true for July’s rankings. The US, probably a top 20 national team, is ranked 34th, falling seven spots…

Hyvinkää, Finland The fastest-moving baseball game on earth is played almost 4,000 miles from the nearest major-league stadium. It hums along in rural towns so small that spectators sometimes outnumber local residents, on fields so far north that the only lighting required is the nighttime sun. It is called pesäpallo, an obscure version of baseball that is little known outside the Finnish countryside. And for anyone who has ever grumbled…

Baseball is the shittiest sport in the world, and the people in charge of it have not made it better because they are too stupid. That’s where we come in! This week, I simulated a baseball game with about 1,500 of you. We were on a quest to construct the greatest game of baseball ever played. I gave y’all a form to fill out. First, you gave your name,…

Starting pitcher projected Game Scores for July 10 2015 Statistics Past 21 Days GS Team Name T Opp W-L ERA WHIP W-L ERA WHIP 71 Madison Bumgarner L Phi 8-5 3.34 1.08 1-2 3.86 0.96 64 Gerrit Cole R StL 12-3 2.28 1.11 2-1 4.10 1.22 64 Cole Hamels L @SF 5-6 3.02 1.13 0-1 3.32 1.21 63 Danny Salazar R Oak 7-4 4.10 1.19 1-2 5.91 1.31 57 Noah…

Relaxation poured from Ozzie Guillen’s pores Wednesday afternoon as he sat on a couch in the living room of his Bucktown home, reliving some memories from the 2005 World Series championship season. The only tense in the former White Sox manager/shortstop’s peripheral is the present and the future. But he hears his past knocking. “I miss baseball,” he said. Nearly 10 years removed from the miracle on 35th Street season,…

Jul 7, 2015; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar (2) is congratulated by designated hitter Kendrys Morales (25) after scoring against the Tampa Bay Rays in the sixth inning at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John Rieger-USA TODAY Sports As Major League Baseball heads into the final weekend before the All-Star game, there are three different windows for daily fantasy baseball players to get into contests today….

Justin Sullivan—Getty Images Bid to help its struggling advertising business Yahoo is hoping to help its struggling advertising business with a foray into legal online gambling, The Wall Street Journal reported. The tech giant on Wednesday unveiled an updated version of its fantasy-sports app that allows users to bet money each day and each week with friends. There are also larger online tournaments that users can play, and Yahoo will…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United’s Netherlands striker Robin van Persie, 31, is close to joining Fenerbahce in Turkey after further talks between the clubs. (Daily Mail)  Real Madrid and Porto have agreed a deal which will see Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas, 34, leave the Bernabeu on Friday after 25 years. …

Who are the most influential people in college sports? That’s the question CBSSports.com sought to answer as the ground beneath the NCAA continues to shift. But instead of creating our own highly speculative list, we asked 12 smart people inside college sports to make their own. Who moves the needle as the 25 most influential people? The results follow in this story, including the number of points and ballots each…

The giddy 13-year-old boys oohed and aahed as they stared down the black shotgun barrels and aimed at clay targets they imagined whizzing through the air. “You guys are welcome to test any of these out,” said Dusty Minke, a sales agent for Browning, as the teens elbowed each other for spots at his kiosk. “We’ve actually had a couple of kids who did so good on the test range…

Chicago Public Schools will increase organized sports opportunities for girls at a minimum of 12 high schools for the coming school year as part of a broader settlement with federal investigators who found “significant” gender-based participation gaps in district sports programs. In addition, by the 2018-19 school year, CPS must survey students on their athletic interests in order to add new sports or squads until all district high schools comply…

0 Shares Print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR this week: Turn 1: What effect will Sunday’s wreck have on Austin Dillon? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: My experience after wrecking at Talladega in 1996 was that I did not recognize any apprehension at any tracks — until I returned to Talladega. During practice, I found myself in the center of a large pack…

Yahoo launched a fantasy sports site, a pay-to-play offering to complement the season-long fantasy leagues it offers people for free. Re/code reports.

Concerned that time is running out to land a Major League Soccer franchise for the Twin Cities, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman said Thursday that he will lead an “all-hands-on-deck effort in the next few weeks” to build a stadium on an underdeveloped tract in the Midway area. The mayor gave no specifics for a financing plan, saying that it was too early to say how St. Paul might assist…