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In NASCAR racing, drivers really, really like to beat their rival drivers. Teams really, really like to beat their rival teams. But the most intense competition might be at the manufacturer level, where the stakes and potential rewards are sky-high. Chevrolet, Ford, and Toyota all spend millions of dollars — exact numbers for each being closely guarded secrets — to win NASCAR races and, ultimately sell cars and trucks to…

Ricky Carmichael: It sure doesn’t. Ryan’s physical and mental dedication to the sport was second to none. He had a 10-year tenure at the pinnacle of the sport with virtually zero time off due to his attendance and injury-less career. With that type of dedication and effort, and the mental taxation of being in a title hunt each and every year, it can be exhausting.  Jeff Emig: No, it…

For an accurate sense of whether Real Madrid’s James Rodriguez would actually be of much use to Manchester United, consider how his managers have viewed him in the Spanish capital. Rafa Benitez had one hell of a job with the player when at the Bernabeu helm, from 2015. President Florentino Perez wanted his galacticos playing and insisted that Benitez pick the Colombian, though the manager was perfectly aware of the training record….

For some teams, the Final Four is the ultimate destination. It’s a realistic, if mostly improbable, goal for almost every team in the tournament, especially now that there have been a handful of double-digit seeds to make it that far in the past few years. If you enter as a No. 7 seed, you may harbor title aspirations, of course. But when you stare at the draw, your eyes aren’t…

Criticizing his son’s former teammates at UCLA wasn’t enough. Nor was disparaging the players Lonzo Ball will be battling for draft position. LaVar Ball, the mouthpiece that never stops, took a few shots at a female reporter on Wednesday. The father of Lonzo Ball, the former UCLA star and projected top-three NBA pick, went on “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” on Fox Sports and got into a heated exchange with…

The 2017-18 NASCAR Next class looks more like it should be called NASCAR Now. Among the nine drivers are three series champions, two of whom are the youngest in their respective NASCAR touring series, 40 wins, and 124 top-10s in 148 starts.  “The NASCAR Next program identifies emerging talent in our sport,” said Jill Gregory, NASCAR senior vice president and chief marketing officer. “Drivers in this year’s class have…

Eavesdropping on NASCAR drivers’ in-race chatter is usually fun and quite entertaining, particularly with the frequent name-calling. But that’s not the case for the audio from the Go Bowling 400 on Saturday. Drivers love their sport, but they were reminded of the serious dangers it poses when Danica Patrick, Joey Logano and Aric Almirola were involved in a blazing, three-car wreck at Kansas Speedway. Although Patrick and Logano were OK,…

For an accurate sense of whether Real Madrid’s James Rodriguez would actually be of much use to Manchester United, consider how his managers have viewed him in the Spanish capital. Rafa Benitez had one hell of a job with the player when at the Bernabeu helm, from 2015. President Florentino Perez wanted his galacticos playing and insisted that Benitez pick the Colombian, though the manager was perfectly aware of the training record….

Editor’s Note: As part of WFAN’s 30th anniversary celebration, from May 1-12, we asked you to vote on the best local sports figures over the past 30 years. Over the course of two weeks, we are revealing the top-10 vote getters. NEW YORK (WFAN) — “The monster is out of the cage!” Then-Mets bench coach John Stearns issued that famous line during Game 1 of the 2000 NLCS after Mike Piazza hit…

RELATED: Complete coverage of NASCAR Next DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 16, 2017) – Forty wins and 124 top-10s in 148 NASCAR starts during their 2016 and 2017 seasons, to date. … Three series champions, two of whom are the youngest in their respective NASCAR touring series. … The 2016 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Rookie of the Year and the 2015 Snowball Derby runner-up. These are just a few of the…

Nick Viall and Vanessa Grimaldi, the “Bachelor’s” latest couple, make a public appearance. (Danny Moloshok/Reuters) NBC may want to watch its back. On Tuesday, rival network ABC revealed its strategy to peel eyeballs away from the Winter Olympics next February by announcing its own competition, the “Bachelor Winter Games,” a show that promises to “take competitive dating to a chilling new level,” the network said (via Vulture). A spinoff of…

2:17 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment George Brett would later recall his 1980 season, when he hit .390 and chased .400 into late September, this way: “I was 27 and in the prime of my life.” Freddie Freeman is 27 years old and he’s hitting better than Brett did that magical summer when he produced a slash line of .390/.454/.664. After going 2-for-4 with his…

The Toronto Islands, just south of the city in Lake Ontario, are currently flooded. Open to the public in dryer times, they might be closed for another two months because water levels in the lake remain stubbornly high, city officials said. Still, an enterprising imgur user recently managed to gain access to the islands—presumably with a boat of some sort—and found that some carp were happily living on what used…

May 15, 2017 Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Flying into Puerto Rico, you have to have a window seat. On the left are the turquoise sea and blue skies. On the right are the beautiful green mountains. But for the baseball fan, the night show is even more impressive, with the lights of baseball fields shining everywhere you look. It’s an immense archipelago of lit fields; the…

BASEBALL CITY Division I Second round, Tuesday •Chatsworth 7, Narbonne 0 •Granada Hills Kennedy 8, Los Angeles Marshall 3 •El Camino Real 5, Palisades 3 •San Pedro 3, Los Angeles University 0 •Venice 3, Taft 2 •Cleveland 7, San Fernando 6 •Birmingham 7, Sun Valley Poly 1 •Wilmington Banning 3, Los Angeles Roosevelt 0   Quarterfinals, Friday, 3 p.m. •#8 Granada Hills Kennedy at #1 Chatsworth •#5 El Camino Real…

Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the Italian Open French Open organisers had “no grounds to penalise” Maria Sharapova by denying her a wildcard entry to the tournament, says the Women’s Tennis Association. The Russian, 30, was ranked too low to gain direct entry as she continues her return from a 15-month drugs ban. The French Tennis Federation (FFT) chose not to hand Sharapova a wildcard to “protect” the sport’s standards….

Nick Viall and Vanessa Grimaldi, the “Bachelor’s” latest couple, make a public appearance. (Danny Moloshok/Reuters) NBC may want to watch its back. On Tuesday, rival network ABC revealed its strategy to peel eyeballs away from the Winter Olympics next February by announcing its own competition, the “Bachelor Winter Games,” a show that promises to “take competitive dating to a chilling new level,” the network said (via Vulture). A spinoff of…

May 15, 2017 Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Flying into Puerto Rico, you have to have a window seat. On the left are the turquoise sea and blue skies. On the right are the beautiful green mountains. But for the baseball fan, the night show is even more impressive, with the lights of baseball fields shining everywhere you look. It’s an immense archipelago of lit fields; the…

The Toronto Islands, just south of the city in Lake Ontario, are currently flooded. Open to the public in dryer times, they might be closed for another two months because water levels in the lake remain stubbornly high, city officials said. Still, an enterprising imgur user recently managed to gain access to the islands—presumably with a boat of some sort—and found that some carp were happily living on what used…