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NASCAR is in scramble mode these days, dealing with declines in attendance and TV ratings, sponsors dropping out, and veteran drivers getting the heave-ho to get rid of fat contracts. We now add a battle to protect a NASCAR legacy. Kevin Harvick lashed out at Dale Earnhardt Jr. last week for having the gall to be Mr. Popularity. Harvick connected the dots to some of NASCAR’s…

The field is, as well, a space where Rojas’s age does not matter and where she feels good about herself. Originally from Durango, Mexico, Rojas has resided in Georgia for 26 years and spends her time selling tamales and caring for her grandchildren. All this, and she still finds time to play goalkeeper for the all-female community soccer league, El Barsa, the first few months out of the year.

Kevin Durant, the 2017 NBA Most Valuable Player of the champion Golden State Warriors, has said he won’t be making the trip to the White House to meet with President Trump as part of the tradition of US sports champions. Could Trump’s incendiary position of not forcefully denounce white supremacy in all its forms could create an environment where so few players would visit Trump that the photo op would be…

Winning NASCAR’s regular-season points championship is unquestionably a big deal, but no trophy is awarded and few will remember who won when Round 1 of the playoffs begin next month. Still, driver Martin Truex Jr. of Denver-based Furniture Row Racing envisions a celebration when he clinches the title as early as Saturday night in Bristol, Tenn. Those sentiments are echoed by FRR general manager Joe Garone, the Colorado native who…

Kevin Durant, the 2017 NBA Most Valuable Player of the champion Golden State Warriors, has said he won’t be making the trip to the White House to meet with President Trump as part of the tradition of US sports champions. Could Trump’s incendiary position of not forcefully denounce white supremacy in all its forms could create an environment where so few players would visit Trump that the photo op would be…

Kevin Durant, the 2017 NBA Most Valuable Player of the champion Golden State Warriors, has said he won’t be making the trip to the White House to meet with President Trump as part of the tradition of US sports champions. Could Trump’s incendiary position of not forcefully denounce white supremacy in all its forms could create an environment where so few players would visit Trump that the photo op would be…

Twitter announced another live-sports stream on Thursday — a deal to bring in-car NASCAR race camera perspectives to its 328 million monthly users. The deal marks the first time each of the 10 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races can be viewed from in-car cameras, the race organization said. Terms of the deal were not released. Twitter has signed Toyota as a sponsor of the streams, the microblogging giant said….

GONZALES — Trust is a two-way street and, in the end, the Ascension Parish Council agreed to trust that the Gonzales Soccer Club will live up to the word of its leaders and fulfill its end of what could be a 10-year deal to use the parish’s new multi-million soccer fields at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center.  With minor revisions that open the club’s books to parish audits and…

Thursday’s attack in Barcelona, Spain, that left at least 13 people dead, following Saturday’s killing of a protester at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, leaves most people searching for words to express their sorrow, outrage, bewilderment and fear. Athletes such as Dale Earnhardt Jr. are no exception. Thursday at Bristol Motor Speedway, NASCAR’s most popular driver struggled to explain his reaction to the two most recent attacks on…

Brad Keselowski Racing announced Thursday that it will cease operations after the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, prepping for a potential move to NASCAR’s top division at a much later date. The announcement came from namesake team owner Brad Keselowski, the 2012 champion of NASCAR’s premier series. Keselowski’s organization currently fields Fords F-150s for Chase Briscoe, 22, and 18-year-old Austin Cindric, both in their first full season of…

They won’t be the Pirates. Nor will they be Moosequitoes or Wharf Rats. Take Our Poll Portland’s newest professional hockey franchise will be nicknamed from one of five options that the team announced Thursday. The finalists were culled from 3,805 submissions during a name-the-team contest over the past few weeks: – Mariners (whether Maine or Portland remains to be seen). – Watchmen (think lighthouse keepers). – Lumberjacks (Bunyanesque). – Puffins…

I went to Rockford, Ill. to watch girls play baseball 63 years after the real Rockford Peaches of the All-American Girls’ Professional Baseball League played their last season and 25 years after A League Of Their Own introduced their story to a new generation. The Peaches were the most successful team of the short-lived AAGPBL, winning the championship four out of the 12 seasons, but I imagine it was Geena…

Los Angeles loves Yasiel Puig. I love Yasiel Puig, and have said repeatedly that he inspires me. And hey, if Turner Ward needs a stand-in for a post-homer kiss, I’m available weeknights 7 to 10 p.m. Yasiel Puig. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) With the Dodgers’ right fielder’s recent play in mind, and especially after Wednesday night’s dramtic ninth-inning win at Chavez Ravine, I wondered how the Wild Horse’s act is playing with people in…

Rarely do nachos make dreams come true, no matter how good the guacamole. But while Maria Baez was on her way to a Yankee Stadium concession stand one recent evening, a team employee offered her a spot in the Judge’s Chambers, a section of seats behind the right-field fence reserved for fans of the towering phenom Aaron Judge. Thanks to the young slugger’s head-spinning power at the plate–he entered mid-August…

NASCAR — for the first time in its history — will live-stream an in-car camera feed on Twitter for all 10 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs races in 2017. Under the deal, NASCAR’s look from inside a race car with a live camera stream that can be accessed via its official Twitter handle (@NASCAR) and nascar.twitter.com. On the same screen of the live stream, fans will see a real-time curated timeline…

They won’t be the Pirates. Nor will they be Moosequitoes or Wharf Rats. Take Our Poll Portland’s newest professional hockey franchise will be nicknamed from one of five options that the team announced Thursday. The finalists were culled from 3,805 submissions during a name-the-team contest over the past few weeks: – Mariners (whether Maine or Portland remains to be seen). – Watchmen (think lighthouse keepers). – Lumberjacks (Bunyanesque). – Puffins…

Ronald Chavez Hassan leads kids in a trust walk at the Muslim Youth Camp of California. He has been a teacher at the Muslim Youth Camp for 25 years. Maggie Starbard for NPR hide caption toggle caption Maggie Starbard for NPR Ronald Chavez Hassan leads kids in a trust walk at the Muslim Youth Camp of California. He has been a teacher at the Muslim Youth Camp for 25 years….

There is something enchanting about NASCAR that caught the attention of Shawne Merriman long before he entered the NFL. Growing up in Maryland just outside of Washington, D.C., the retired NFL linebacker said he watched races on TV. He followed superstars Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Richard Petty and remembers buying NASCAR-themed toys, but there was never an opportunity to meet the drivers or develop a personal connection to the sport….

<!– –> VISIT CNBC.COM VISIT CNBC.COM Home Entrepreneurs Leadership Careers Money Specials PRIMETIME Money Money 8 Hours AgoCNBC.com As European soccer leagues kick off this month and the transfer window comes to a close, it will be hard for any of the typical last-minute market drama to compete with Qatari-owned Paris Saint-Germain paying Barcelona $263 million for one player. That fee is more than double the previous world record. The…

“Now more than ever before, we must stand united and committed to diversity and inclusion as we all attempt to heal from the tragedy in Charlottesville,” the teams’ statement said. The teams, apparently, responded to a post on Twitter made Thursday morning by the former Buccaneers Coach Tony Dungy, who said he would donate $5,000 but also challenged the Buccaneers, Lightning and Rays to offer their financial support. Dungy posted…