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Friday night at Talladega Superspeedway is always a party, and this time, it just happened to fall on Cinco de Mayo. Despite a rainy day that forced the cancellation of all track activity, it didn’t stop the NASCAR community from having fun. Kyle Larson, Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon were among the many who enjoyed a night on the boulevard at the 2.66-mile Alabama track. Check out…

TALLADEGA, Ala. — NASCAR made the call to cancel the remainder of Friday’s on-track activity as steady rain continues at Talladega Superspeedway. Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers got roughly 20 minutes on the track during opening practice Friday afternoon before the skies opened up, cutting the rest of the session short. Clint Bowyer led the very brief practice as Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch and Joey Logano rounded…

RELATED: Vote now! The polls are open! The Monster Energy All-Star Race Fan Vote is now available on NASCAR.com for fans to chime in on which driver they would like to see make the Monster Energy All-Star Race (May 20, 8 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Drivers listed in the Fan Vote have not yet qualified for the All-Star Race; those who have qualified for the race are…

The Venice Biennial is trying to lighten up. Organizers of the century-old exhibition of contemporary art, which opens to the public May 13, encouraged artists in its main show to steer clear of geopolitical conflict and focus instead on playful themes—joy, fear, color, time and sexual freedom. The tenor of the exhibition, which takes place in pavilions and piazzas all over town, is largely determined by the biennial’s sprawling main…

Much of the 1936 Games was held at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany.(Photo: CLEMENS BILAN, EPA) Adolph Kiefer, the 100-meter backstroke champion at the 1936 Berlin Games who was America’s oldest living Olympic gold medalist in any sport, has died. He was 98. He died Friday at his home in Wadsworth, Illinois, about 50 miles north of Chicago, according to grandson Robin Kiefer. Kiefer had been hospitalized with pneumonia…

TALLADEGA, Ala. — NASCAR made the call to cancel the remainder of Friday’s on-track activity as steady rain continues at Talladega Superspeedway. Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers got roughly 20 minutes on the track during opening practice Friday afternoon before the skies opened up, cutting the rest of the session short. Clint Bowyer led the very brief practice as Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch and Joey Logano rounded…

5:31 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment TALLADEGA, Ala. — NASCAR changed the rules to eliminate the skew in the rear suspension in 2017. The idea: Make the cars harder to drive, and the real talent behind the wheel will shine. In order to enforce the rules, NASCAR has had to kick some folks in the, ahem, rear. The latest was Joey Logano, whose win Sunday…

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NBC is set to unveil a new promo for the upcoming Winter Olympics featuring Shania Twain’s new song “Life’s About to Get Good.” The 60-second ad will make its television premiere during the network’s broadcast of the Kentucky Derby, around 6 p.m. ET Saturday. The ad stars U.S. Olympians including Shaun White, Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin, Gus Kenworthy, Nathan Chen, Ashley Wagner, Chloe Kim, and more. It was filmed over…

After Sulley Muntari (right) heard racial slurs from fans during a match in Sardinia, Italy, on April 30, he protested — and got a yellow card from the referee. A supporter holds the card aloft. Enrico Locci/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Enrico Locci/Getty Images After Sulley Muntari (right) heard racial slurs from fans during a match in Sardinia, Italy, on April 30, he protested — and got a yellow…

Jay Cutler? A member of the media? Broadcasting NFL games as his first step after his playing days? Even the 34-year-old quarterback wasn’t exactly doing backflips when the idea was floated to him last winter. “When I first heard it,” Cutler said, “I was like, ‘There’s no way in hell I’m doing this. This is literally the last thing I want to do.’ “ But this is where Cutler suddenly…

TALLADEGA, Ala. — NASCAR made the call to cancel the remainder of Friday’s on-track activity as steady rain continues at Talladega Superspeedway. Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers got roughly 20 minutes on the track during opening practice Friday afternoon before the skies opened up, cutting the rest of the session short. Clint Bowyer led the very brief practice as Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch and Joey Logano rounded…

5:31 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment TALLADEGA, Ala. — NASCAR changed the rules to eliminate the skew in the rear suspension in 2017. The idea: Make the cars harder to drive, and the real talent behind the wheel will shine. In order to enforce the rules, NASCAR has had to kick some folks in the, ahem, rear. The latest was Joey Logano, whose win Sunday…

Jay Cutler? A member of the media? Broadcasting NFL games as his first step after his playing days? Even the 34-year-old quarterback wasn’t exactly doing backflips when the idea was floated to him last winter. “When I first heard it,” Cutler said, “I was like, ‘There’s no way in hell I’m doing this. This is literally the last thing I want to do.’ “ But this is where Cutler suddenly…

TALLADEGA, Ala. — NASCAR made the call to cancel the remainder of Friday’s on-track activity as steady rain continues at Talladega Superspeedway. Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers got roughly 20 minutes on the track during opening practice Friday afternoon before the skies opened up, cutting the rest of the session short. Clint Bowyer led the very brief practice as Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch and Joey Logano rounded…

7:45 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment There aren’t many good days in the war on pitcher injuries, but Monday was particularly bleak. Noah Syndergaard headlined the damage, as the Mets’ 24-year-old ace was diagnosed with a partial tear of his right lat, which could keep him sidelined for three months. Syndergaard is, physically, the perfect pitching machine: He throws harder than any other starting pitcher,…

1:20 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Welcome to the new and improved version of the Fantasy Baseball Forecaster! This year, we’ve reorganized the story into four parts; it’s the same great intel, but you get right where you need to go as fast as possible. Good luck this season! Quickly jump to any page for specific intel Projected starting pitchers Hitting ratings Week 6 pitcher…

The son of the first black player for the Scottish soccer club Celtic, whose writing career was forged as a one-time English professor at Federal City College (now the University of the District of Columbia), wrote in his 1975 rap, We Beg Your Pardon, that: “America leads the world in shocks.” “Unfortunately,” the late spoken-word sage and musician Gil Scott-Heron continued, “America does not lead the world in deciphering the…

Look out, CBS. FOX now has a new quarterback in its arsenal, too. The network is inking former Bears quarterback Jay Cutler to a broadcasting deal, according to Good Morning Football‘s Peter Schrager. NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo first reported Cutler’s interest in leaving football for the broadcasting booth and added that Cutler would still be interested in playing if the opportunity to be the unquestioned starter came around. The former…

Frank Deford is shown here in 1984, four years into his gig as sports commentator on Morning Edition. Bob Child/AP hide caption toggle caption Bob Child/AP Frank Deford is shown here in 1984, four years into his gig as sports commentator on Morning Edition. Bob Child/AP Frank Deford, NPR’s longest-running sports commentator, announced Wednesday that he’s retiring after 37 years on Morning Edition — 37 years of entertaining, educating and…