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NASCAR has released a statement endorsing the call by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley on Monday for the removal of the Confederate flag from its statehouse in Columbia. The action comes in the wake of the shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston that left nine dead. South Carolina is the home state of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, which is located about two hours north of…

General view of the Las Vegas strip and skyline on Las Vegas Blvd.(Photo: Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports) LAS VEGAS — On the surface, nothing about Las Vegas screams hockeytown. However, talk has swirled for months about an NHL expansion franchise finding a home in the hard-partying desert oasis. Along the I-15 highway leading into the city, multiple billboards have been erected heralding the town’s bid for a team. And with…

CHICAGO (June 23, 2015) – U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has named the 23-player roster that will defend the USA’s title at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The roster includes 17 players from the 2014 FIFA World Cup squad. Ten players from this group have been a part of USA teams that have won a Gold Cup in the past, including six from the squad that…

The Norwegian women’s soccer team may have lost in spectacular fashion to England on Monday. But the team’s contribution to this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup will go on, in the form of this hilarious attack on sexism in sport, above. In a four-minute mockumentary aired on Norwegian television in the lead-up to the team’s match against England, the players make fun of sexist stereotypes in women’s soccer. “We’re shit, we…

Charlie Hustler has struck out for the last time. Pete Rose won’t be reinstated by Major League Baseball. Not now, not ever. He won’t be enshrined in Cooperstown, N.Y. Not now, not ever. New documents obtained by ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” indicate that Rose bet extensively on baseball, not just as a manger with the Cincinnati Reds, but as a player. He committed one of sports unpardonable sins. If you…

Last SlideNext Slide Buy Photo Maggie Corbin, wife of Vanderbilt baseball coach Tim Corbin, says she made mistakes and sometimes struggled as a single mom. “Life got much better when Tim Corbin entered the picture,” she says.(Photo: Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean)Buy Photo The straw that broke the camel’s back: a cute cocker spaniel puppy named CiCi. Maggie Blatt, a divorced mom struggling to hold down a job and…

Starting pitcher projected Game Scores for June 23 2015 Statistics Past 21 Days GS Team Name T Opp W-L ERA WHIP W-L ERA WHIP 69 Madison Bumgarner L SD 7-4 3.09 1.07 1-2 3.26 0.96 67 David Price L @Cle 6-2 2.50 1.11 2-1 1.47 0.98 66 Zack Greinke R @ChC 5-2 1.81 0.94 0-1 2.60 1.12 65 Danny Salazar R Det 6-2 3.56 1.17 1-1 3.38 1.25 61 Chris…

Rendering of the Macomb County minor league baseball stadium planned for Utica.(Photo: Courtesy of Macomb County Executive Mark A. Hackel) Now, we know the names. The new, semipro independent baseball league stadium in Utica will be Jimmy John’s Field. The league to play out of the stadium, set for opening day in June 2016, will be United Shore Professional Baseball League. Officials from Macomb County, Utica, the state and General…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest NEW YORK — Melissa Mayeux, the 16-year-old French shortstop who on Sunday became the first female player to be added to Major League Baseball’s international registration list , is unlikely to be the first woman to play in the majors. That is because the word “unlikely” has to be applied to just about any 16-year-old, regardless of gender, when it comes to making it to…

View photo . (AP) Monday wasn’t a great day for the Pete Rose reinstatement campaign. ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” reported that Rose had indeed bet on baseball as a player, something he had long denied, even as recently as two months ago. Producer Willie Weinbaum and reporter T.J. Quinn uncovered an old log of gambling records that had been sealed for 26 years. The response was immediate from his critics: This was…

Warrior fans: are you ready for yet another piece of memorabilia? On Tuesday, Sports Illustrated unveiled a new regional cover with Stephen Curry on the front kissing the championship trophy. It’s Curry’s third appearance on the cover since May. COVER (2 of 2): “This feels like the start of something” –@stephencurry30 http://t.co/jMRxcSaMPb pic.twitter.com/uBlgviYvSl — Sports Illustrated (@SInow) June 23, 2015 The magazine features a story on Curry and the Warriors…

Mike Francesa, everyone’s No. 1 favorite sports personality, opened his show on Monday in typical fashion. Francesa began talking about the U.S. Open and the first year coverage by Fox Sports, saying he didn’t want to bury the company only to spend a solid portion of his five and a half hour show complaining about it. Let the parody Francesa Twitter account explain… I know we are awn FOX but we ah…

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0 Shares Print NASCAR, a sport with deep Southern roots, issued a statement Tuesday supporting the movement to take down the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse grounds. The racing sanctioning body also reiterated its stance that while it discourages its use, it will not ban the flag from being flown by fans during race weekends. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley urged state legislators Monday to pass a bill…

If the United States women’s soccer team is to lift the World Cup for the first time since 1999, it will have to go through China, the country it famously defeated in the final at the Rose Bowl 16 years ago.  On Monday, goals from Alex Morgan and Carli Lloyd gave the U.S. a 2-0 victory over Colombia in the Round of 16 to set up a quarterfinal meeting with…

Is Danica Patrick a NASCAR Hall of Famer? lRelated Sports Pictures: 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup race winners See all related We’ll pause while as you spit out your coffee. Steven Cole Smith of motorsport.com recently wrote a piece titled: “Why Danica Patrick will make the NASCAR Hall of Fame,” suggesting that she indeed belongs. No need to dissect the piece, word by word, but here is a key paragraph that…

During the FIFA Women’s World Cup game on June 22, all eyes were on Alex Morgan, who scored a goal and brought Team USA ahead in the second half! Not surprisingly, she’s far from your ordinary soccer player. Here are five things you need to know about her! The FIFA Women’s World Cup has been exciting from the moment it kicked on June 6 (no pun intended), but Alex Morgan, 25, gained favoritism when…

G. The National Women’s Law Center analyzed federal data from more than 16,000 high schools, looking at the gap between the overall proportion of girls in each school and the proportion of slots on that school’s sports teams that were filled by girls. In more than a quarter of schools, the gap was larger than 10 percentage points. “Girls across the country are still not getting equal chances to play sports and that’s a big…

Mike Francesa, everyone’s No. 1 favorite sports personality, opened his show on Monday in typical fashion. Francesa began talking about the U.S. Open and the first year coverage by Fox Sports, saying he didn’t want to bury the company only to spend a solid portion of his five and a half hour show complaining about it. Let the parody Francesa Twitter account explain… I know we are awn FOX but we ah…