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For several hours on Wednesday afternoon, the 59-member NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Panel met in Charlotte, North Carolina to determine the five inductees for the Class of 2016. Forced to decide among 20 distinguished members of the NASCAR community, each with his own rightful merits and legacy in the sport, the panel spent the day whittling down the names that would make up the next class. When the final…

Hours after Riley Curry, adorable daughter of Steph Curry, stole the show at the NBA MVP’s postgame press conference an incredibly strange controversy took over the internet. A few writers, who apparently were worried about making their deadlines (though as former friend of For The Win Adi Joseph points out it was an early game), complained that kids shouldn’t be allowed on the podium because it’s a waste of time,…

Paris Saint-Germain’s average wage bill is higher than any other team in world sport, according to 2015’s annual report from Sporting Intelligence and ESPN The Magazine. PSG has since disputed the report and released a statement: Paris Saint-Germain firmly denies the information published this Wednesday in the recent study by SportingIntelligence for ESPN concerning the average first-team player salary. While winning the Ligue 1 for the third consecutive year, the Club…

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Paris Saint-Germain’s average wage bill is higher than any other team in world sport, according to 2015’s annual report from Sporting Intelligence and ESPN The Magazine. PSG has since disputed the report and released a statement: Paris Saint-Germain firmly denies the information published this Wednesday in the recent study by SportingIntelligence for ESPN concerning the average first-team player salary. While winning the Ligue 1 for the third consecutive year, the Club…

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Taya Kyle will be honored by NASCAR and Charlotte Motor Speedway at Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600.(Photo: Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports) CONCORD, N.C. — Taya Kyle, the widow of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, will attend Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 and receive Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Stonewall Jackson Award. The racetrack’s award, which honors patriotism through personal support of the military, would have made her husband proud. After all, Chris Kyle — who…

Terry Labonte won NASCAR Cup championships in 1984 and 1996.(Photo: Chuck Burton, AP) CHARLOTTE – Four drivers and a leading speedway builder were voted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame Wednesday. Drivers Terry Labonte, Curtis Turner, Jerry Cook and Bobby Isaac were selected along with former Speedway Motorsports Inc. chairman Bruton Smith. The five new hall members were chosen by a panel of 57 voters, including NASCAR officials, news media…

Newburgh, N.Y. The ball fields at Delano-Hitch Park were covered in snow when Jim Wilson launched a campaign to keep them in use. As president of the City of Newburgh Little League, he had seen participation numbers plummet to the point where the league was in danger of folding. Now, he and the league’s board of directors were calling parents one by one, asking if their children would play this…

SCORE: Vanderbilt 7, Missouri 6.  RUNDOWN: Vanderbilt came back from a four-run deficit late in the game to defeat Missouri, 7-6, in extra innings in the 2015 SEC Baseball Tournament.  Rhett Wiseman was the hero for second-seeded Vanderbilt (40-17) with a solo home run to end the game in the 10th inning. It was the fourth home run of the day for the Commodores, an impressive feat given that none of…

FSU baseball avenged a recent series sweep by defeating Clemson 3-1 to open the ACC Tournament. lRelated Chopping Block FSU’s comeback falls short, Seminoles swept by Clemson to end regular season See all related The fourth-seeded Seminoles (38-19, 1-0 Pool A) leaned on a strong pitching performance by Boomer Biegalski and a three-run third inning to snap a five-game losing streak, including three straight losses to Clemson to end the…

Michigan’s Carmen Benedetti, left, celebrates his RBI double in the sixth inning during the Big Ten baseball tournament at Target Field on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in Minneapolis.(Photo: Elizabeth Flores TNS) MINNEAPOLIS — The first pitch from Michigan sophomore left-hander Brett Adcock was one better served with a cup of coffee. Taking the field for this morning’s 9:03 a.m. CDT first pitch, it didn’t take the Wolverines long to show…

SCORE: Texas A&M 4, Alabama 3 RUNDOWN: Alabama took an early 3-0 lead on Aggies ace Grayson Long, getting and RBI double from Cody Henry and RBI singles from J.C. Wilhite and Kyle Overstreet.  After a two-out walk in the third, A&M got three after that. Ryne Birk had an RBI double, Mitchell Nau singled in a run and Logan Taylor doubled in a run.  Nick Banks‘ RBI single in the…

Alex Livesey/Getty Images See Also The Los Angeles Dodgers were the highest-paid team in U.S. sports in 2014 with players making an average of $8 million in salary, according to the folks at Sporting Intelligence. However, the Dodgers were not the highest-paid team in the world. Soccer club Paris Saint-Germain of France’s Ligue 1 is the new highest-paid team in the world with their players making an average of…

Hours after Riley Curry, adorable daughter of Steph Curry, stole the show at the NBA MVP’s postgame press conference an incredibly strange controversy took over the internet. A few writers, who apparently were worried about making their deadlines (though as former friend of For The Win Adi Joseph points out it was an early game), complained that kids shouldn’t be allowed on the podium because it’s a waste of time,…

Paris Saint-Germain’s average wage bill is higher than any other team in world sport, according to 2015’s annual report from Sporting Intelligence and ESPN The Magazine. PSG has since disputed the report and released a statement: Paris Saint-Germain firmly denies the information published this Wednesday in the recent study by SportingIntelligence for ESPN concerning the average first-team player salary. While winning the Ligue 1 for the third consecutive year, the Club…

Luckily for sports fans, David Letterman has long loved the games—he even co-owns an IndyCar racing team. In his 33 years on TV, he’s interviewed countless big-name athletes, and done many goofy bits involving sports. As he signs off on Wednesday night, here’s a top 10 list for Letterman and sports: 10. Little Buddy As Pete Rose chased Ty Cobb’s all-time hit record in 1985, Letterman poked a little fun…

Paris Saint-Germain top the list of the biggest salaries paid to athletes across the whole of sport, according to a survey of wages conducted by Sporting Intelligence and ESPN The Magazine. ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti discusses financial fair play and its possible changes moving forward in regards to business plans of football clubs. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says the Financial Fair Play system was doomed to failure because of the…

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Wednesday is the day we learn the five new members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. I’ll just tell you all right up front: I thank the good Lord that I am not on that voting committee. There are no wrong five names from the list of 20 to choose from. Every single one of these gentlemen on that list deserves to be in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. That’s…