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NASCAR executive vice president Steve O’Donnell said the sport is pleased with its current track lineup.(Photo: John David Mercer, USA TODAY Sports) CHARLOTTE – Despite Kevin Harvick’s concerns about NASCAR’s schedule becoming “stagnant,” NASCAR executive vice president Steve O’Donnell said officials remain comfortable with the current calendar. “We’re happy with the schedule we have,” O’Donnell said Tuesday. “We certainly look at what’s available to us, but the schedule we have…

Starting pitcher projected Game Scores for May 6 2015 Statistics Last Three Weeks GS Team Name T Opp W-L ERA WHIP W-L ERA WHIP 73 Max Scherzer R Mia 1-3 1.26 0.84 1-2 1.61 0.86 72 Chris Sale L Det 2-1 5.32 1.45 2-1 5.32 1.45 63 Carlos Carrasco R @KC 3-2 4.98 1.38 2-2 7.04 1.70 63 Gerrit Cole R Cin 4-0 1.76 0.98 4-0 1.05 0.90 62 Jacob…

Sports Direct, the sporting goods company founded by Mike Ashley, the Newcastle United owner and Rangers shareholder, has been visited by the police as part of an investigation into the former ownership of the Scottish club. Detectives investigating Rangers’ controversial former owners Craig Whyte and Charles Green travelled from Scotland to the Sports Direct offices in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. The investigation is not aimed at Sports Direct and the company is…

NASCAR executive vice president Steve O’Donnell said the sport is pleased with its current track lineup.(Photo: John David Mercer, USA TODAY Sports) CHARLOTTE – Despite Kevin Harvick’s concerns about NASCAR’s schedule becoming “stagnant,” NASCAR executive vice president Steve O’Donnell said officials remain comfortable with the current calendar. “We’re happy with the schedule we have,” O’Donnell said Tuesday. “We certainly look at what’s available to us, but the schedule we have…

Oregon State’s Caleb Hamilton has moved from third base to shortstop after an injury to teammate Trever Morrison.(Photo: BRENT DRINKUT/Statesman Journal) CIVIL WAR BASEBALL OREGON at OREGON STATE When: 6:05 p.m. Tuesday, Goss Stadium, Corvallis TV: Pac-12 Networks Records: Oregon (27-20, 9-12 Pac-12), OSU (29-14, 12-9). Update: The Beavers have won their past three Pac-12 series and are fifth in the conference standings, trailing No. 2 UCLA, No. 7 Arizona…

Getty Images Drama, drama, drama. The Calgary Flames were on quite the roller-coaster ride Tuesday night when they welcomed the Anaheim Ducks into the Saddledome. Down 2-0 in the second-round playoff series, the Flames desperately needed a win lest the Ducks take too commanding a lead. At the 13:23 mark of the third period, trailing Anaheim 3-2, Calgary seemed to tie things up when, after a second look, forward Sam…

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For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, 52, has agreed to extend his stay at the club and sign a four-year contract worth £42m. (The Sun, subscription required)  Mourinho is set to oversee a major overhaul of his title-winning Chelsea squad, with Atletico Madrid winger Antoine Griezmann, 24, Lyon forward Alexandre…

The 2015 Sports Emmy Awards were presented on Tuesday, consisting of 40 different categories and many deserving recipients of accolades to recognize their excellence in sports media. Check out the complete list of award recipients below, followed by a closer look at some of the most notable awards: 2015 Sports Emmy Award Winners Category Award Winner Category Award Winner Lifetime Achievement ESPN President/Executive Chairman George Bodenheimer Outstanding Short…

Mitch Williams and Lenny Dykstra have a long history of hating each other. Dykstra has long held the belief that Williams blew the 1993 World Series, and seems to hold him accountable for that. Williams, obviously, is not a big fan of that opinion.  The two were able to … um … work out some of those issues at a recent event in Philadelphia. The Philly Sports Roast was supposed…

NASCAR executive vice president Steve O’Donnell said the sport is pleased with its current track lineup.(Photo: John David Mercer, USA TODAY Sports) CHARLOTTE – Despite Kevin Harvick’s concerns about NASCAR’s schedule becoming “stagnant,” NASCAR executive vice president Steve O’Donnell said officials remain comfortable with the current calendar. “We’re happy with the schedule we have,” O’Donnell said Tuesday. “We certainly look at what’s available to us, but the schedule we have…

Officials say a Sanford seventh grader has passed away after suffering some kind of medical emergency during a soccer match at East Lee Middle School. Quaneisha Richmond, 12, was playing in the game on the evening of April 30 when she appeared to suffer from a seizure. She was rushed to Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford where she died later that evening. “This is a great loss for our East…

The term “soccer mom”—political shorthand for the upscale suburban women President Clinton courted so successfully in the 1990s—may have fallen out of use with the Beltway set in more recent years, but this swing voting bloc is still around. Just ask Arne Duncan. As President Obama’s education secretary and the administration’s head cheerleader for the new Common Core academic standards, Mr. Duncan has spent four years trying to convince the…

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A 57-year-old youth hockey coach is facing charges after police say he stalked an 18-year-old waitress in Shelton, staring at her during her shift, passing her notes and following her out of the restaurant. Police said Kim Lariccia, 57, of Milford, “obsessively watched” the waitress for…

Vanderbilt baseball players Jeren Kendall, left, Tyler Green and Will Toffey were also standout hockey players in high school.(Photo: Shelley Mays / The Tennessean) Vanderbilt baseball coach Tim Corbin arrived to see his prized prospect and took a seat beside 12 general managers of professional clubs. It was a spot he had been in before. After all, Corbin had retained commitments for the Commodores despite Major League teams trying to…

Larry Bird played baseball for Indiana State University in 1979.(Photo: Photo provided by Indiana State University) There is the Larry Bird people know, the Boston Celtics legend, the hick from French Lick, the Indiana State University basketball king. And then there is a lesser known Bird, the college baseball player who finished the sport with one of the best career batting averages — .500 — of any player to ever…

The past and future of the sport came together Tuesday morning when the 2015-2016 NASCAR Next class was introduced at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina. The program, which is in its fifth year, is used to help prepare young up-and-coming racers for a potentially successful career in NASCAR’s top three national touring series — Camping World Truck, XFINITY and Sprint Cup. Past NASCAR Next members include…

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Gabriel Clarke lined up as a reporter for BT’s Champions League coverage Leeds owner Massimo Cellino has Football League ban lifted Ruud Gullit was forced to miss Match of the Day after missing flight Ed Smith will ghostwrite Andrew Flintoff’s new auto-biography  By Charles Sale for the Daily Mail Published: 18:12 EST, 4 May 2015 | Updated: 03:23 EST, 5 May 2015 11 View comments BT Sport have targeted ITV’s…