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“Wait, did you just say you believe in the First Amendment and … wait, hold on, hold on,” she said. “I just want to make sure I heard you correctly as a woman anchoring this show. Did you say — what’d you just say? You believe in the First Amendment and B-O-O-B-S?”

Furniture Row Racing owner Barney Visser told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on Thursday night that he is selling the charter for his No. 77 Toyota team. “It’s being sold right now,” Visser said. “We think there’s going to be a lot of charters on the market.” “It’s sold,” Visser added later in the interview. “It’s all contracted for right now.” The No. 77 has an open seat for next year as…

Ovechkin in Sochi in 2014. Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images All along it’s been clear that NHL players wouldn’t take part in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and all along, Alexander Ovechkin insisted that he’d play for Russia, no matter what the NHL said. But in a statement released by the Capitals today, Ovechkin admitted that it just won’t be possible. It’s a long statement, and I like…

Cycling Australia has been forced into an embarrassing backflip over selections for next week’s road world championships in Norway after drawing criticism for failing to fill its quota of female riders. Selectors picked a five-woman team for the championships in Bergen, two less than its quota, prompting complaints from the country’s top cyclists. Chloe Hosking and Rachel Neylan successfully appealed their omissions to an independent panel on Wednesday and the…

Alexander Zhukov is president of the Russian Olympic Committee and an IOC board member Russia expects to compete at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang next year, the country’s Olympic chief has said. Last year, an independent report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) found evidence of state-sponsored doping in the country. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is yet to issue sanctions, but 17 national anti-doping organisations want Russia banned…

3:58 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Quickly jump to any page for specific intel Projected starting pitchers Starting pitcher rankings Hitting matchup ratings On tap: The penultimate week of the fantasy baseball season begins at 7:05 p.m. ET on Monday, with that day’s schedule highlighted by a preview of the currently projected American League wild-card game, Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees. Ervin Santana, the…

Cleveland Indians’ Jay Bruce, right, celebrates with Edwin Encarnacion and Francisco Lindor celebrate after Bruce hit a double off Kansas City Royals pitcher Brandon Maurer during the 10th inning of a baseball game, driving in the winning run, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, in Cleveland. The Indians won 3-2. (AP Photo/David Dermer)(Photo: David Dermer, AP) Jose Ramirez rounded third base Thursday and trotted his way across home plate and into history….

Reggie Christiansen remembers well his first trip to Philadelphia. How could he forget it? It was the summer of 1998. He had just graduated from Menlo College in California. What better way to mark the occasion than by jumping in a Volkswagen bus with four buddies and making a tour of ballparks around the country? “We saw almost every minor-league and major-league park,” Christiansen said. “Fifty days. Five guys. Twenty-three…

DETROIT (AP) The record-setting Cleveland Indians have earned the admiration of an old rival – former Detroit manager Jim Leyland. ”Not at the Tigers’ expense, obviously, but I’m enjoying that Cleveland run,” Leyland said. ”I think it’s exciting. It’s great for the city of Cleveland. It’s great for baseball. I wish it was the Tigers and not the Indians, but hey, it’s great what’s going on.” Cleveland entered Friday night’s…

A little over a week ago, the Red Sox were caught stealing signs via instant replay monitoring equipment and the use of Apple watches. They were caught after the Yankees noticed the scheme and reported them to Major League Baseball. In turn, the Red Sox complained that the Yankees had used a YES Network camera to spy on the Red Sox dugout, likely to steal signs as well. Major League Baseball…

ESPN’s Jemele Hill, center. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post) Americans have often identified sports as iconic and patriotic symbols of Americana. That’s especially true for America’s pastimes of baseball, NASCAR and football. And it’s why some sports fans don’t appreciate it when people within the sports world get political — particularly if their politics are viewed as liberal or anti-American. This week, sports, race and politics clashed in a way that attracted the attention…

x Embed x Share CLOSE Our Big Ten football power rankings for Week 3. With Ohio State losing to Oklahoma, who’s the class of the conference? By Brian Manzullo, DFP. Wochit Michael Fletcher of Carman-Ainsworth (Flint).(Photo: Rivals) One of the top two-sport athletes in the Midwest for the class of 2019 is Michael Fletcher of Carman-Ainsworth (Flint). The 6-foot-6, 235-pound defensive end already has multiple scholarships in football and basketball, and is…

In the 40 weeks we’ve been running this column, this was the jerkiest week of them all. Since last Saturday, the world of sports has been steamrolled by a circus train of freaks and imbeciles who have soiled the landscape with their despicable actions and deplorable behavior. A steady stream of clowns continues to emerge from the cesspool that runs beneath the world of sports, and this week…

A CNN segment about the White House call for ESPN to fire achor Jemele Hill after she called President Donald Trump a “white supremacist” on Twitter went off the rails this afternoon when Fox Sports Radio host Clay Travis was given the floor. “ESPN is not in the business of commenting randomly on political-related issues,” he began. So far so good. “They established about 18 months ago that their people…

My name is Dave Zirin. I’m a sportswriter. And I think Donald Trump is a white supremacist. The evidence for this hasn’t exactly been faint to the eye. It’s not just the president’s reticence to criticize torch-wielding Nazis wearing MAGA hats. It’s the man’s public life, a 40-year stretch that has spanned from being sued over racial discrimination, to creating a political base by denying the first black president’s citizenship…

Professional sports teams are becoming increasingly involved in technology and innovation. So much so that some franchises go as far as launching hubs dedicated to the investment and incubation of startups, in the hope that it will positively impact athletic and business performance. The list of professional sports teams with innovation labs includes FC Barçelona, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia 76ers—and now, English Premier League team, Arsenal F.C. LONDON,…

Jemele Hill, left, is the latest target of Trump’s tyrannical war on his critics. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post) My name is Dave Zirin. I’m a sportswriter. And I think Donald Trump is a white supremacist. The evidence for this hasn’t exactly been faint to the eye. It’s not just the president’s reticence to criticize torch-wielding Nazis wearing MAGA hats. It’s the man’s public life, a 40-year stretch that has spanned from…

Cycling Australia has been forced into an embarrassing backflip over selections for next week’s road world championships in Norway after drawing criticism for failing to fill its quota of female riders. Selectors picked a five-woman team for the championships in Bergen, two less than its quota, prompting complaints from the country’s top cyclists. Chloe Hosking and Rachel Neylan successfully appealed their omissions to an independent panel on Wednesday and the…

All I’ve done for the last 15 years is race — and when that gets pulled out from under you, it’s scary as hell. It started when Roush Fenway Racing told me it would no longer run my No. 6 XFINITY Ford, leaving me without a ride for the rest of the 2017 season. I’m not like normal 23-year-olds; I’ve got a mortgage on my house, a car payment and…