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As I write this column I am sporting three wearable devices. No joke. Sports business trends are all about technology this year, especially with wearables. But in a world where we are always wired for data, there’s something liberating about checking out of our devices and checking in, to good old fashion physical activity. Here are seven startups that strike a balance of inspiring innovation, while making it easy to…

BRISTOL, TN – AUGUST 19: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Caramel Toyota, celebrates after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 19, 2017 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images) Even before Kyle Busch was handed a broom and playfully swept off the top of his racecar late Saturday night, polishing off a week in…

Fans turn to sports for entertainment, a respite from the stress of the real world. They say they don’t want politics mixed in with sports, they just want to enjoy the show. NASCAR, unfortunately, cannot sit on the sidelines and simply watch the cars go round. The top racing series in the country lost the luxury of staying above the fray two years ago when Chairman Brian France said he…

BRISTOL, TN – AUGUST 19: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Caramel Toyota, celebrates after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 19, 2017 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images) Even before Kyle Busch was handed a broom and playfully swept off the top of his racecar late Saturday night, polishing off a week in…

Fans turn to sports for entertainment, a respite from the stress of the real world. They say they don’t want politics mixed in with sports, they just want to enjoy the show. NASCAR, unfortunately, cannot sit on the sidelines and simply watch the cars go round. The top racing series in the country lost the luxury of staying above the fray two years ago when Chairman Brian France said he…

After another successful application of the PJ1 TrackBite traction compound at Bristol Motor Speedway over the weekend, NASCAR is interested in implementing the substance at other venues this season and beyond. That is the claim of NASCAR’s senior vice president of competition, Scott Miller, who addressed the topic on Monday morning during a radio segment on SiriusXM’s “The Morning Drive.” “We’re looking at it at some other places,…

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Walk around the sprawling campsites at the Bristol Motor Speedway here in the green hills of Tennessee, and you know you’re deep in Trump country. Cars buzz around this half-mile track, practicing for the night NASCAR races here. National Rifle Association signs are omnipresent, as the track hosts the only race in NASCAR’s top circuit with NRA branding. A pop-up city of RVs sprawls outside the speedway,…

BRISTOL, TN – AUGUST 19: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Caramel Toyota, celebrates after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 19, 2017 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images) Even before Kyle Busch was handed a broom and playfully swept off the top of his racecar late Saturday night, polishing off a week in…

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Walk around the sprawling campsites at the Bristol Motor Speedway here in the green hills of Tennessee, and you know you’re deep in Trump country. Cars buzz around this half-mile track, practicing for the night NASCAR races here. National Rifle Association signs are omnipresent, as the track hosts the only race in NASCAR’s top circuit with NRA branding. A pop-up city of RVs sprawls outside the speedway,…

The No. 72 car of Cole Whitt, which Frankie Kerr crew chiefs for. Photo credit: Sean Gardner/Getty Images NASCAR crew chief Frankie Kerr was underneath a 3,300-pound race car Friday evening after it fell on him. ESPN reports that the crash broke his shoulder blade and severely bruised his sternum and ribs. The very next day, Kerr, 56, strolled into Bristol Motor Speedway in a sling to work a 500-lap race….

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Officials with Chip Ganassi Racing and driver Kyle Larson announced a two-race sponsorship with credit card processor First Data on Monday at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. First Data, whose corporate headquarters are located in Atlanta, will be the primary sponsor on Larson’s No. 42 Chevrolet for upcoming Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at Talladega Superspeedway and Martinsville Speedway. First Data and Martinsville Speedway officials recently…

Two Major League Soccer expansion clubs first took the field in March 2017, both bearing the moniker United. One in Minneapolis, the other in Atlanta – a city in that lower-third of the American map which, conventional wisdom holds, stands in stark opposition to the globalist concerns of either American coast, and could therefore never deign to care about a sport as preposterously effete as soccer, where flopping is rewarded….

Podcast (tht-audio): Download (Duration: 59:53 — 13.7MB) Jen, Sarah, and Mary discuss articles from the week of Aug. 14. They are also joined by Baseball Prospectus contributor Meg Rowley, who discusses the Seattle Mariners’ “Beyond the Baselines: Celebrating Women in Baseball” event, which she moderated and helped plan. Other topics include baseball’s efforts and gestures against racism in light of Charlottesville and the umpires’ union show of solidarity. Twitter questions are also answered. Subscribe…

By Mark DucharmeCorrespondent Joe Paolucci is going to move over one seat in the administrative offices of the Cranberry Baseball League. The Weymouth resident has been involved in the Cranberry League for nearly two decades as a player, manager and general manager. For the past 10 years, he’s served as the CBL president. He played for the Weymouth Titans, Hingham Phillies and Weymouth Phillies. He managed…

1:41 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment September is right around the corner, and while most of the fantasy sports world will indeed hang up its baseball cleats in order to strap on football helmets, there are nevertheless going to be at least a few owners who will still have some important baseball left to be played before they can claim their 2017 championships. More people…

Following the Nazi demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia, Washington Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle both spoke and tweeted about the atrocities, calling it “white fear. It’s the worst kind of hatred. It’s disgusting” and stating “there is only one side,” in reference to the Trump administration’s reference to violence “on many sides” of the demonstration. Of those members of major league baseball asked about the events, Doolittle gave by far the most…

We’ve been shadowing Chicago’s team feeds to see which would come up with the most creative ways to capitalize on Monday’s solar eclipse. Here’s a countdown of the five best efforts. 5. White Sox: “Wow. This is not what we expected.” Hmm, a hand holding a baseball eclipsing the sun. Um, OK. Someone likely fried their retinas to shoot this. 4. Bears: “It’s glorious. #SolarEclipse2017” While casting the Bears logo…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Monday brought a little more excitement than the start of the work week typically would, with the first solar eclipse since 1979 taking place across the United States. The phenomenon began around 10:15 a.m. Pacific Time on the West Coast and ended around 2:50 p.m. Eastern Time on the Atlantic coast. Fourteen states — Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa,…

AdPro Sports already has a robust business making custom-branded merchandise for sports teams and corporations. But its president, Ron Raccuia, believes AdPro can reach greater heights now that Kim and Terry Pegula have bought a majority interest in the company. “It’s rocket fuel for us,” said Raccuia, noting the Pegulas’ “stature in the sports world” and the “expertise and talent of Pegula Sports Entertainment. “It just gives us everything we…