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For the sixth straight year, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has reported receiving free transportation, sports tickets and houseguest stays from wealthy friends and political supporters. Emanuel made the disclosure on his annual economic interest statement that was due Monday and requires all Cook County politicians to report gifts valued at more than $500. The mayor accepted gifts from three people last year — two regulars and a newcomer to his annual…

Some high-profile Australian athletes, including Olympic and world champions, have opened up on their post-sport difficulties in a revealing ABC documentary. After the Game, an ABC TV’s Four Corners investigation that aired on Monday night, featured interviews with a range of prominent athletes, including Lauren Jackson and Stephanie Rice. Jackson, a 2006 world champion with the Opals, said she misused medication in a bid to continue her glittering career. “There…

Travis Pastrana will compete in his first NASCAR race since 2015, driving for Niece Motorsports in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in September. Before racing at Vegas, he’ll test the truck on Tuesday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Pastrana, who made his name as a champion in Motocross/Supercross in the early 2000s, returns to a NASCAR truck for the first time since he drove for…

When Citrus Valley coach Daren Espinoza took the Citrus Valley coaching job after 15 years at Rialto High, he brought with him a healthy appreciation of the difficulties of competing in the Citrus Belt League. Espinoza said he didn’t come to coach Citrus Valley to be one of the other good teams, he wanted to be “that” team. Now, three years later, Espinoza and the Blackhawks are closing in on…

For diehard baseball fans, a world without Sean Forman’s Baseball-Reference.com is difficult to imagine. But the site is relatively new; it didn’t grace the Internet until 2000. Before that, for seamheads interested in baseball statistics there was only … print. Print? Yes, print. You remember print. One of those print compendiums of baseball information was a 6.5-pound behemoth nicknamed “Big Mac,” and it changed how people think about the sport….

Post to Facebook Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 1 of 7 2 of 7 3 of 7 4 of 7 5 of 7 6 of 7 7 of 7 Last SlideNext Slide Jordy Nelson was a four-time Class 3A champion at the 2003 State Track and Field Championships.(Photo: Manhattan Mercury) Before Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson was a household name in Wisconsin, he was…

For the sixth straight year, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has reported receiving free transportation, sports tickets and houseguest stays from wealthy friends and political supporters. Emanuel made the disclosure on his annual economic interest statement that was due Monday and requires all Cook County politicians to report gifts valued at more than $500. The mayor accepted gifts from three people last year — two regulars and a newcomer to his annual…

It’s never too early to start looking ahead, and that’s exactly what we’re doing with our first 2018 NFL Mock Draft of the “new” NFL year. Let’s be upfront here: this is an exercise in futility because there is a lot of college football to be played and a lot of scrutiny that is going to fall on a draft class that could feature some exceptional quarterbacks. Prisco’s NFL Draft…

Twitter is on a hot streak lately — and it’s set to continue. The social network will announce later Monday that financial news giant Bloomberg will soon broadcast news specifically for Twitter 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Reports of the partnership first appeared in The Wall Street Journal. But a source with knowledge of the deal confirmed to CNNMoney that Bloomberg and Twitter would formally unveil…

On Monday, May 1, our Met Gala conversation starts on the E! News Facebook page at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT. Immediately following E! News on Monday, May 1, we’ll be live from New York with red carpet coverage of the Met Gala at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT. For complete coverage of fashion’s biggest night, tune in to E! News at 7 p.m. and Fashion…

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European Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen ordered the review in January Most of athletics’ world records could be rewritten under a “revolutionary” new proposal from European Athletics. The credibility of records was examined following the sport’s doping scandal. Britain’s Paula Radcliffe, who faces losing her 2003 marathon world record under the new criteria, called the proposals “cowardly”. “I am hurt and do feel this damages my reputation and dignity,” she…

The morning commuter peloton can be a sight. While professional cyclists whizz through tours in a blur of neon Lycra and bulging quads, dedicated amateurs often resort to makeshift gear such as flapping Sports Direct jogging bottoms and sweaty cagoules for the schlep to work. Simon Mottram, the chief executive of the cyclewear brand Rapha, is the cycling world’s equivalent of the fashion police, and a rush hour ride across…

Joey Logano leaves a smoke trail as he celebrates his first win of the season.(Photo: Peter Casey, USA TODAY Sports) RICHMOND, Va. — Team Penske knew it would be celebrating a milestone Sunday at Richmond International Raceway, but no one in the organization could have known just how momentous the weekend would become. Joey Logano triumphed in his 300th career start in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, holding off hard-charging…

So how do you get out of this? It baffles John Higgins as once, twice and then three times he bounces the cue ball off the right cushion, aiming to clip the red nearest the pink only to go in-off, via the brown ball. BBC BBC BBC It leaves Brendan Moore having to use his best ‘car park attendant’ skills (according to Dennis Taylor) as he guides referee Jan Verhaas…

NASCAR chairman Brian France addressed the media for the first time since last season’s final race Sunday at Richmond, where he touched on a number of topics ranging from Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s retirement to the future of NASCAR.  France, accompanied by his 6-year-old son Luke at the podium in a surprise visit to the media center, noted the cyclical nature of the sport and a recent changing of the guard following the exits of…

RICHMOND, Va. – Finishing a race with a banged-up car is pretty standard for NASCAR races. But if a car is so badly wrecked that it can’t finish the race, new NASCAR rules dictate the driver must be immediately evaluated at the in-field medical care center. Usually within about 10 minutes of entering the center, NASCAR announces the driver has been cleared. But what exactly are these doctors looking for…

Joey Logano smiled as if he’d stolen something and got away with it, and that wasn’t far from the truth. Logano passed distracted and dominant Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski on one restart and then pulled away on another with about 20 laps to go to win the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway on Sunday. “We were just fast enough to break through and kind…

RELATED: France family makes special hospital visit RICHMOND, Va. — NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France said Sunday that NASCAR is in a state of transition within its deep, talented driver pool, drumming up support for incoming young talent in NASCAR’s national ranks.   France’s remarks came during an impromptu media session at Richmond International Raceway about an hour before Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400. France acknowledged the new wave of…

NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France and his wife Amy were front and center at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone on April 26, visiting with patients and taking in a race of a different kind — the pinewood derby variety.   Yes, racing runs deep in the France family roots. So does charity. Wednesday’s visit illustrates a deep relationship with helping children.   Last year, The NASCAR Foundation announced…