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When the Nashville Predators — who won the NHL’s Western Conference crown Monday night — take the ice in the Stanley Cup Final next week, they’ll be playing for more than their teammates, coaches or even their legions of catfish-throwing fans in “Smashville.” They’ll be trying to end the stealthiest title drought in pro sports and bring the state of Tennessee its first championship. Since the Houston Oilers packed their…

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The BBC was facing fresh competition from BT for the free-to-air rights to English cricket on Wednesday night as the telecoms company plotted its biggest sporting coup since landing the Champions League. The chief executive of BT’s consumer division, John Petter, confirmed the company was “interested” in the rights to the 2020-24 seasons that were last week put out to tender by the England and Wales Cricket Board. BT Sport…

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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…

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As a native Minnesotan, I grew up in hockey country and loved the Minnesota North Stars before they were uprooted to Dallas in the early 1990s. When I moved to Nashville in 1999 to work for the Titans, the Predators were an infant NHL franchise. I supported the other major pro sports team in town by attending Preds games, but I was shocked when I saw half-filled arenas and heard the PA…

<!– Nevada Rep. Ruben Kihuen scored a goal and had two assists for the Democrats in Tuesday’s rainy Congressional Soccer Game. (Bill Clark/ CQ Roll Call) –> On a rainy Tuesday evening in Washington, Democrats won the Congressional Soccer Game but Republicans won the cheering section. The men and women in blue, with four members of Congress on their team, took home the trophy at the fifth annual Capitol Soccer…

Often, before games at Wrigley Field, Cubs fans will make a special stop at Graceland Cemetery to visit Ernie Banks‘ gravesite, which is about a mile away from his statue outside the ballpark. They pay their respects, maybe leave a flower or a “W” flag, and move on. It’s nothing like it was after the Cubs won the World Series, when the crowds were so big that police officers parking…

Aston Martin Holdings Ltd. swung to a profit in the first quarter as the British luxury-auto maker benefits from cost cuts and demand for its new DB11 sports car. Pretax earnings were 5.9 million pounds ($7.6 million) in the first quarter after a 29.7 million-pound loss a year earlier, the Gaydon, England-based manufacturer said. It was the first profit in that period since 2007, as an aggressive restructuring takes hold…

reader comments 140 In efforts to compete with streaming TV services, some networks are looking to make their own “skinny” TV bundles. At the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media, and Telecom conference in Boston this week, Viacom CEO Bob Bakish explained that the company is in talks with at least one multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) to be part of an entertainment-only, slimmed-down TV bundle that would cost between $10 and $20…

North Carolina freshman Tony Bradley has decided to remain in the 2017 NBA Draft, a source told CBS Sports early Wednesday. A formal announcement is expected soon. Bradley averaged 7.1 points and 5.1 rebounds in only 14.6 minutes last season for a UNC team that won the ACC regular-season title and national championship. The 6-foot-10 forward projected as a starter next season — meaning his early departure is an undeniable…

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After falling in last year’s state final, all Chesapeake wanted this year was a chance to play again for a state title. Thanks to the formula they used all season, the Cougars are in the state final for the second year in a row. Dylan Young pitched five strong innings and Joe Seidler had the key hit during a five-run third inning, as Chesapeake advanced to the state final with…

OLYMPICS RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A federal prosecutor looking into last year’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics says that many of the venues “are white elephants” that were built with “no planning.” The scathing report offered at a public hearing confirms what The Associated Press reported several months after the games ended. Many of the venues are empty, boarded up, and have no tenants or income with the maintenance costs…

Denayer, who has been on loan at Sunderland this season, joined City’s youth academy in 2013 but is yet to make a senior appearance for the club Manchester City defender Jason Denayer “regrets” becoming involved in a brawl outside a Brussels nightclub in which he “reacted instinctively” by kicking out at a man punching his friend. An eight-second video of the incident – which took place on Sunday – shows…

Chelsea players were presented with the Premier League trophy at Stamford Bridge on Sunday Chelsea have cancelled their Premier League victory parade, which was due to take place on Sunday, in the wake of the Manchester Arena attack. The club say it would be “inappropriate” with the UK terror threat at its highest level after Monday’s bombing killed 22 people. Chelsea planned an open-top bus tour with the trophy and…

When Tabria Majors stepped onto the Brooklyn set of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s open casting call, the southern belle wasn’t fulfilling a lifelong dream. “I didn’t even think that it was possible for me to be honest,” the 27-year-old co-host of “The Thick” podcast shared Friday with The Post. “I never considered modeling as a career, ever. I just didn’t think that was ever for me, but I was scouted on…

Image copyright Lotus Image caption The new Lotus Evora 400 Lotus, the British sports car maker, is being bought by China’s Geely. The purchase is part of a deal by Geely to buy a 49.9% stake in Malaysian carmaker Proton, which owns Lotus. Geely, which also owns the London Taxi Company and Sweden’s Volvo Car Group, will take a 51% stake in Lotus. Jean-Marc Gales, who became Lotus chief executive…

Duke starter Mitch Stallings gave up three home runs, including two in the first five at-bats, against Clemson on Tuesday night in the ACC Tournament at Louisville Slugger Field. The three solo shots put Duke in a hole, but the Blue Devils were able to dig out of it with three unearned runs and some solid defense. The Blue Devils tied the game with a run in the seventh and…