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CLEVELAND, Ohio — NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 caps the traditional Memorial Day weekend of auto racing and could be a defining race for the series at a defining point in its history. The race is Sunday at 6 p.m. and will be televised by FOX. Practice begins today (FS1) at 2 p.m. with qualifying at 7:15, both on FS1. You can get live scoring and updates all weekend at NASCAR’s Race…

If the men who run Charlotte Motor Speedway approached NASCAR now and said, “Five-hundred miles is not enough, we want to race 600 miles every Memorial Day weekend,” you know what the answer would be? Drugs are bad. The more technology pushes us forward, the more our patience declines. Drive 600 miles from Charlotte and you’re almost at New York City’s Times Square. But distance is the quality that distinguishes…

Chinese teams will effectively pay twice to purchase soccer stars after authorities announced regulations designed to curb overspending that threatens to create a bubble in the $5 billion global player-trading market. Money-losing clubs that buy players will be liable to pay an equivalent sum into a fund designed to promote the development of soccer in China, a priority for President Xi Jinping’s government. The move could limit teams’ ability to make…

BASEBALL SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION 2 Second round, Wednesday •Etiwanda 4, Village Christian 3  

The dream start to the 2017 season continued Wednesday night for the Colorado Rockies . Thanks to a dominant outing by right-hander Tyler Chatwood , the Rockies bested the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park (COL 7, PHI 2) and improved their MLB-best road record to 18-7. They lead baseball in road wins and road winning percentage. The Rockies have won four straight games overall, and they’ve outscored the Phillies…

“We were blindsided by it,” Stargell’s daughter, Dawn Moore Stargell, said.

DOWNLOAD COMPLETE RELEASE (PDF) BY THE NUMBERS 9 – For the ninth-straight week Oregon State tops the national rankings in the USA Today poll, NCWBA poll, Collegiate Baseball poll, and the Baseball America poll.. 27, 3 – For the ninth-straight week Oregon State tops the national rankings in the USA Today poll, NCWBA poll, Collegiate Baseball poll, and the Baseball America poll. 13, 15 – For the thirteenth-straight USA Today poll and fifteenth-straight NCBWA…

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The NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2018 has been selected and what a class it is: Engine builder and team owner Robert Yates; the first Strictly Stock champion Red Byron; three-time championship crew chief Ray Evernham; legendary announcer Ken Squier and Ron Hornaday Jr., the greatest Camping World Truck Series racer of all time.  Selecting the five was difficult, but in the end the choices were extremely popular….

If the men who run Charlotte Motor Speedway approached NASCAR now and said, “Five-hundred miles is not enough, we want to race 600 miles every Memorial Day weekend,” you know what the answer would be? Drugs are bad. The more technology pushes us forward, the more our patience declines. Drive 600 miles from Charlotte and you’re almost at New York City’s Times Square. But distance is the quality that distinguishes…

BASEBALL SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION 2 Second round, Wednesday •Etiwanda 4, Village Christian 3  

The dream start to the 2017 season continued Wednesday night for the Colorado Rockies . Thanks to a dominant outing by right-hander Tyler Chatwood , the Rockies bested the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park (COL 7, PHI 2) and improved their MLB-best road record to 18-7. They lead baseball in road wins and road winning percentage. The Rockies have won four straight games overall, and they’ve outscored the Phillies…

RELATED: Meet the class | Historic photos NASCAR.com senior writers Kenny Bruce and Holly Cain both are members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame voting panel. Below are their official ballots submitted May 24. Kenny Bruce’s ballot Buddy Baker. One of the legendary characters from an era in the sport when drivers were larger-than-life figures. Baker knew only one way to race — wide-open — and he parlayed his on-track…

If the men who run Charlotte Motor Speedway approached NASCAR now and said, “Five-hundred miles is not enough, we want to race 600 miles every Memorial Day weekend,” you know what the answer would be? Drugs are bad. The more technology pushes us forward, the more our patience declines. Drive 600 miles from Charlotte and you’re almost at New York City’s Times Square. But distance is the quality that distinguishes…

Darrell Waltrip has never been afraid to speak his mind, which is why he was nicknamed “Jaws” during his hall of fame career as a driver and why he has starred for 17 straight seasons in a Fox Sports broadcast booth as part of the network’s NASCAR coverage. I had an entertaining, 45-minute conversation with the man most everyone calls “DW” in his office near Charlotte Motor Speedway this week….

Boise State baseball uniforms (Photo: Boise State) BOISE – After Boise State announced last month that it was terminating its wrestling program and looking to reinstate a baseball program, university President Bob Kustra speculated it would likely be at least a couple years before they could field a baseball team. But apparently its never too early to start thinking about uniform combinations. Taking a cue from the school’s other high-profile…

College baseball players can be a superstitious bunch, especially when the calendar flips to June. Check out what gave these 2016 College World Series teams the lucky edge as High Five counts down the best Dugout Critters.

You may have missed the fact that former Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow has taken up baseball. For the record, he’s currently batting .230/.319/.369 for the New York Mets‘ A-ball affiliate amid rumors he could be nearing a promotion .  If Tebow’s foray into baseball still doesn’t feel real, then it might be time to come to terms with the whole thing. That’s because Tebow now has a baseball card…

There may be other baseball players with something close to Bartolo Colón’s age or his girth. But none possesses his inscrutable Zen equanimity.CreditPHOTOGRAPH BY SCOTT CUNNINGHAM / GETTY The only way to begin talking about Bartolo Colón, the unlikely star pitcher who now plays for the Atlanta Braves, is with his age and his figure. As of today, May 24th, he is forty-four, the oldest player in professional baseball, and…

An 18-year-old man was arrested Tuesday night after severely beating his mother with baseball bat inside their Anaheim home, police said. Seth White was taken into custody after he was spotted by officers near the Santa Ana River Trail, Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt said. Neighbors reported hearing the attack just after 8:45 p.m. in the 5800 block of East La Palma Avenue, he said. They then saw White leaving…