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Seventeen drivers were already locked into the 2015 NASCAR All-Star Race. Now we’ve added two more. Greg Biffle and Clint Bowyer raced their way in with victories in the two 20-lap segments of the Sprint Showdown Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Biffle, who finished second in qualifying earlier in the day, won the first segment handily. The victory gave Roush Fenway Racing an entrant into the All-Star Race for…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest The United States meets Russia in the semifinals of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship on Saturday. Puck drop is 1:15 p.m. ET. Fans can watch the game online via NBCSN live stream at NBCSports.com. The winner faces either Canada or the Czech Republic in Sunday’s championship game. Artem Anisimov and Jack Eichel (Getty Images) PREVIEW: Canada vs. Czech Republic | STANLEY CUP: Rangers @…

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As Florida State wraps up the regular season against Clemson and embarks on the ACC Tournament and into the regionals (and possibly further), Tomahawk Nation will be providing you with a little something different when it comes to post-game content. Friday 3 up — Notre Dame, who holds a tiebreaker over FSU if they finish with the same record, lost to Boston College Friday night, 6-5,…

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CONCORD, N.C. — Some Sprint Cup crew chiefs and team officials say they still don’t know what NASCAR found wrong with the tires on Ryan Newman’s car despite NASCAR Chairman Brian France saying Thursday on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that officials communicate with teams about such issues. Asked why NASCAR has not explained to teams exactly what was done to Ryan Newman’s tires, which led to a P5 penalty – second-stiffest…

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This early in the baseball season, most hitting statistics are worthless. Numbers like on-base percentage and slugging percentage — the core components of a hitter’s value — mean little in samples as small as 100 plate appearances. Without the usual tools, baseball columnists have to turn to other, more reliable (but offbeat) stats. Last week it was catchers’ pitch framing. This week: it’s how much a guy can punish a…

Brandon Phillips, in this story by Greg Couch over at Vice about the boring, no-bat-flipping, no-celebrating, play-the-game-the-right-way culture of baseball in the United States, said this: “But here, there are too many rules in baseball. They take the fun out of baseball. In fact, I feel like that’s why a lot of African-American kids don’t play baseball. It’s boring. It is. Baseball is boring.” Couch goes on to argue that,…

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Brandon Phillips, in this story by Greg Couch over at Vice about the boring, no-bat-flipping, no-celebrating, play-the-game-the-right-way culture of baseball in the United States, said this: “But here, there are too many rules in baseball. They take the fun out of baseball. In fact, I feel like that’s why a lot of African-American kids don’t play baseball. It’s boring. It is. Baseball is boring.” Couch goes on to argue that,…

Brandon Phillips, in this story by Greg Couch over at Vice about the boring, no-bat-flipping, no-celebrating, play-the-game-the-right-way culture of baseball in the United States, said this: “But here, there are too many rules in baseball. They take the fun out of baseball. In fact, I feel like that’s why a lot of African-American kids don’t play baseball. It’s boring. It is. Baseball is boring.” Couch goes on to argue that,…

i Members of the Flemington Neshanock Base Ball Club in New Jersey. mtstradling/Flickr Vintage baseball players – sort of like Civil War re-enactors who wield wooden bats instead of muskets — move among us. They glory in the past times of America’s pastime. Think: When Johnny comes sliding home. Dressed in old uniforms, teams play each other using 19th century rules. Sometimes they don’t wear gloves. Sometimes they pitch underhand….

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i Members of the Flemington Neshanock Base Ball Club in New Jersey. mtstradling/Flickr Vintage baseball players – sort of like Civil War re-enactors who wield wooden bats instead of muskets — move among us. They glory in the past times of America’s pastime. Think: When Johnny comes sliding home. Dressed in old uniforms, teams play each other using 19th century rules. Sometimes they don’t wear gloves. Sometimes they pitch underhand….

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