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Female NASCAR driver ‘would love to have a tampon on the side of my car’ – Charlotte Observer
A woman considered to be one of the top up-and-coming female drivers in NASCAR said she would “love to have a tampon on the side of my car.” Julia Landauer, who competes in NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series West, made the statement to Bloomberg Businessweek magazine in a profile of her and her racing career in its Sept. 4 edition. Her point: Female and unisex family brands are missing out by…
Baseball teams have always stolen signs. Here’s what makes the Red Sox accusations different – PBS NewsHour
HARI SREENIVASAN: Baseball has a history of teams trying to gain advantage against a pitcher by occasionally stealing signs from the team it’s playing. The idea is to relay information to the hitter about what kind of pitch he will face. There are ways to do it that are acceptable. But the Boston Red Sox are accused of going too far with it last month against their rivals, the New…
Female NASCAR driver ‘would love to have a tampon on the side of my car’ – Charlotte Observer
A woman considered to be one of the top up-and-coming female drivers in NASCAR said she would “love to have a tampon on the side of my car.” Julia Landauer, who competes in NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series West, made the statement to Bloomberg Businessweek magazine in a profile of her and her racing career in its Sept. 4 edition. Her point: Female and unisex family brands are missing out by…
Baseball teams have always stolen signs. Here’s what makes the Red Sox accusations different – PBS NewsHour
HARI SREENIVASAN: Baseball has a history of teams trying to gain advantage against a pitcher by occasionally stealing signs from the team it’s playing. The idea is to relay information to the hitter about what kind of pitch he will face. There are ways to do it that are acceptable. But the Boston Red Sox are accused of going too far with it last month against their rivals, the New…
Female NASCAR driver ‘would love to have a tampon on the side of my car’ – Charlotte Observer
A woman considered to be one of the top up-and-coming female drivers in NASCAR said she would “love to have a tampon on the side of my car.” Julia Landauer, who competes in NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series West, made the statement to Bloomberg Businessweek magazine in a profile of her and her racing career in its Sept. 4 edition. Her point: Female and unisex family brands are missing out by…
NASCAR Cup finale at Richmond to settle last three playoff spots. Who gets them? – Charlotte Observer
This is it – after eight months of racing, we’ve finally reached the regular-season finale. Thirteen drivers will suit up in Richmond with their fates secure. They range from regular-season points champion Martin Truex Jr. to Austin Dillon, whose victory at May’s Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte was the first of his Cup Series career. But 16 drivers make the playoffs, meaning there are three slots up for grabs at Saturday…
London 2012 team insist bid for right to host Olympics was clean – The Guardian
The London 2012 bid team have defended themselves against any suggestion of corruption, insisting they are “as close to certain as possible” the right to host the Olympics in the capital was won cleanly. A deepening of the bribery scandal engulfing the International Olympic Committee has led to questions about how the Sochi 2014, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Games were awarded. Sir Keith Mills, the former chief executive of…
No. 11 Monster Energy Series team handed L1-level penalty post-Darlington – Nascar
NASCAR handed the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing team in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series an L1-level penalty following the race last weekend at Darlington Raceway for violating sections 20.14.2 (rear suspension) of the NASCAR Rule Book. Crew chief Mike Wheeler was fined $50,000 and suspended for two races, the team was assessed with the loss of 25 owner points and 25 driver points, and Denny Hamlin’s first-place finish…
The US Men’s Soccer Team Is Bungling Its Way To The World Cup – FiveThirtyEight
To make the World Cup every four years, the United States men’s national team needs to do the bare minimum — that usually entails not being worse than teams from a couple of Central American or Caribbean countries that have a GDP roughly 0.1 percent the size of ours. In Honduras on Tuesday night, the USMNT delivered on that promise: They accomplished the bare minimum. A late Bobby Wood goal…
How playoff-bubble NASCAR drivers could still qualify Saturday – USA TODAY
By late Saturday night, the season-long speculation surrounding the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs will be over, along with the final regular season race. Through the first 25 races of the season, 13 drivers of the 16 total locked themselves into the playoffs from a win and have a shot at the championship. And when the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway concludes, those three remaining spots will be officially…
At last, JTG Daugherty’s Chris Buescher feels right at home – Nascar
RELATED: Go behind the scenes at JTG Daugherty Racing HARRISBURG, N.C. — Chris Buescher already has something heading into 2018 that he’s never had before in his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career — peace of mind. That’s because the 24-year-old knows exactly where he’ll be next year, a measure of comfort that’s been foreign in the past. “It is a little comforting to know we’ve got a place we…
Memo To Dodgers Fans: Panicking Is A Perfectly Acceptable Reaction To Especially Bad Baseball – Forbes
The last thing panicking Dodger fans need to hear is that they’re wrong to feel that way. Fernando Rodney. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) The least helpful thing you can tell a long-suffering Dodgers fan, especially after a particularly painful loss like last night’s, is that they are some sort of sub-human fan for panicking, for expressing their fear either on social media, or for 30 seconds of booing while paying to…
Stealing signs? Savvy baseball. Using high tech to do it? The Red Sox cheated! – Washington Post
A couple of weeks ago, I was having a conversation with a baseball scout who had been watching the Los Angeles Dodgers quite a bit recently. This was before the Dodgers dropped 10 of 11 entering Wednesday, back when they were on pace to win 115 games. The scout was blown away. The Dodgers, he said, do so many things right each and every night to win games, and he…
The Ancient Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry Gets a High-Tech Boost – New York Times
Forget vacating victories, which is N.C.A.A. stuff. Every baseball game has a winner and a loser, in real time, period. If an electronic delivery system helped the Red Sox win a few more games because their hitters knew what pitches were coming, we can’t pretend it didn’t happen. It did, and they got away with it. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Naturally, the Yankees are upset about this, and…
Craig Carton, Sports Radio Host, Is Accused of Ponzi Scheme – New York Times
The station’s owner, CBS Radio, said in a statement it was “aware of the situation” and was cooperating with the authorities. The acting United States attorney in Manhattan, Joon H. Kim, said Mr. Carton and his co-defendant, Michael Wright, “deceived investors and raised millions of dollars through misrepresentation and outright lies.” William F. Sweeney Jr., the head of the F.B.I.’s New York office, added that the two men tried to…
New York sports talk radio star arrested for Ponzi-like scheme involving concert tickets – CNBC
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Youth sports study: Declining participation, rising costs and unqualified coaches – Washington Post
The crisis in youth sports — skyrocketing costs, sport specialization, coaches needing training — grew deeper in 2016, according to data collected by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association and the Aspen Institute. Coaches, professional sports officials and academic researchers will gather in the District on Wednesday and Thursday at Aspen’s annual Project Play Summit to try to solve the alarming problems facing kids, and parents who want them to…
Fans’ reaction:’That’s not the baseball way’ – Boston Herald
Baseball fans in the Hub were shocked yesterday to learn of news reports suggesting a Red Sox staffer was caught using an Apple Watch to steal signs during a recent series with the New York Yankees. Here’s what they had to say when we asked them if the team should be punished. “I love the Red Sox, but they should be playing with integrity. I probably would want them to…
Baseball superstitions abound for players and managers alike – Allentown Morning Call
Phillies manager Pete Mackanin picks between two pairs of red sneakers based on which ones have been on his feet during hard-to-come-by wins. Brewers catcher Stephen Vogt gets dressed in a specific sequence each day, down to how he pulls on his socks and in what order. Sometimes, Kansas City’s Brandon Moss pretends to be superstitious by going with a good-luck bat. Oakland manager Bob Melvin rotates between several parking…
Waiting for baseball – Lookout Landing
12:25 PM PST There are six hours and 45 minutes until baseball. Four hours and 35 minutes until work is done. Today has sapped so much of my energy; baseball where are you? Justin Verlander starts against the Mariners today. It’s his first start as an Astro, and his third against Seattle this season. He has a perfect 11-11 record in career starts against our team, but the Tigers have…
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