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12:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment I have no equity in New Hampshire Motor Speedway, but I am heavily invested. I watched it sprout from the ground as I lived a short distance south in the state’s capital city, Concord. I competed in the first race at the one-mile track, captured a track championship and considered its founder, Bob Bahre, to be a mentor for…

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule could use a serious overhaul and come 2018, the winds of change are set to pick up. While not officially confirmed yet, it seems likely that Charlotte Motor Speedway is prepared to contest its fall playoff weekend on its infield road course. This is in addition to the already confirmed second date for Las Vegas Motor Speedway which will replace New…

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Daniel Suarez (51) celebrates with his trophy in Victory Lane after winning the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016.(Photo: Ben Moffat/azcentral sports) Can you keep a secret? Daniel Suárez can. The Mexican-born NASCAR driver was celebrating the end of his wildly successful 2016 season as Xfinity Series champion, feasting privately with a small circle of family…

MLB Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press Adam WellsFeatured ColumnistMarch 15, 2017 Sports agent Bartolo Hernandez and baseball trainer Julio Estrada were convicted by a jury Wednesday for smuggling Cuban baseball players into the United States.  Per Curt Anderson of the Associated Press, a Miami jury issued the verdict to convict Hernandez and Estrada after they were “indicted on conspiracy and alien smuggling charges for an operation that began in 2009 and involved…

Mar 14, 2017 Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment “Baseball is boring.” You hear it time and again by those who don’t understand what the game truly is, what it represents for so many. For those who believe such a crazy thought, we submit the United States versus Dominican Republic World Baseball Classic game on Saturday night as indisputable evidence to the contrary. On the field, it was…

Here is a picture of Israel’s baseball team. They got knocked out of the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday morning after losing to Japan: Photo by Matt Roberts/Getty Images And here is their mascot, the Mensch: Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Israel might not have the best national baseball team in the world, but they do have the best mascot. And I’m going to tell you why. The biggest problem…

The U.S. women’s hockey team won’t be playing in the world championships unless it feels USA Hockey is negotiating with them fairly. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff Bassett, File) Members of the U.S. women’s ice hockey team announced Wednesday that they would be boycotting the upcoming world championships unless “significant progress” is made between the team and USA Hockey over the team’s wages and support structure. Forward Amanda Kessel was…

NASCAR is embracing its athletes’ violent antics. NASCAR on Wednesday declined to penalize Kyle Busch and Joey Logano or their crews for their post-race scuffle at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. NASCAR said the sport was built on the kind of racing that Busch and Logano did on the final laps of Sunday’s race. The hard racing for position led to Busch confronting Logano after the race, and throwing a punch. Busch was…

12:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment I have no equity in New Hampshire Motor Speedway, but I am heavily invested. I watched it sprout from the ground as I lived a short distance south in the state’s capital city, Concord. I competed in the first race at the one-mile track, captured a track championship and considered its founder, Bob Bahre, to be a mentor for…

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Daniel Suarez (51) celebrates with his trophy in Victory Lane after winning the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016.(Photo: Ben Moffat/azcentral sports) Can you keep a secret? Daniel Suárez can. The Mexican-born NASCAR driver was celebrating the end of his wildly successful 2016 season as Xfinity Series champion, feasting privately with a small circle of family…

Sharks defenseman Brenden Dillon was wearing a microphone in Saturday’s game against Nashville, and he fought Predators center Austin Watson. The two spent most of their time grunting and jostling; while serving their time in the penalty box, Dillon and Watson realized they had to work out better this offseason. A partial transcript: Advertisement DILLON: Hey Wats, we gotta work on our cardio this summer, huh? WATSON: I’m dyin’ after…

A Miami jury on Wednesday convicted a Florida sports agent and a baseball trainer on charges they smuggled Cuban baseball players to the U.S. in search of big profits from professional free agent contracts. The verdict came after jurors heard about six weeks of testimony in the trial of Bartolo Hernandez and Julio Estrada, who were indicted on conspiracy and alien smuggling charges for an operation that began in 2009…

Twitter today announced another content partnership to bring more live-streamed sports to its social network — this time, with the National Lacrosse League, of all things. While clearly not as popular as the NFL, with which Twitter inked a deal last year, lacrosse represents an opportunity for Twitter to build out a network of sports programming that TV channels don’t want and don’t air because of their smaller numbers. Individually,…

There’s a scene toward the end of the first episode of Religion of Sports, a documentary series from Gotham Chopra, that feels almost too scripted, too sublime. The protagonist of the episode, a veteran with two prosthetic legs, is shown at the Coca-Cola 600 Sprint Cup Series race in Charlotte. He’s in the pit, carefully climbing a ladder, as a snippet from a previous interview plays. “There are very few people…

When you think of competition in sports you think of a court or a field, not a field and stream. Yet here we are, with collegiate sports expanding to include everything from Frisbee to fishing. There was a time, not too long ago, when sports had a definitive arena and participants were almost all male. Many of us of an age and a gender had lukewarm…

In 2016, Ibtihaj Muhammad became the first Muslim woman athlete competing for America to wear hijab during the Rio Olympics. As one of the most-talked about Olympians in a group that included names like Michael Phelps and Simone Biles, she did her best to deflect the hyper focus on her religion or what she wears while still competing on a world-class level. Instead, Muhammad used her platform and voice to…

The U.S. women’s hockey team won’t be playing in the world championships unless it feels USA Hockey is negotiating with them fairly. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff Bassett, File) Members of the U.S. women’s ice hockey team announced Wednesday that they would be boycotting the upcoming world championships unless “significant progress” is made between the team and USA Hockey over the team’s wages and support structure. Forward Amanda Kessel was…

This 2000 single by American rapper Nelly featured in his album Country Grammar gave a shout-out to four-time champion and FOX NASCAR analyst Jeff Gordon: “I’m flashy (uh) double takes when you walk past me Nasty, don’t be scared boo, go ahead and ask me I drive fastly, call me Jeff Gordon In a black SS wit a navigation” F.Peirce Williams

3:55 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment A few teams are obvious choices to win the 2017 Stanley Cup. With the regular season in the home stretch, it’s easy to pick the Chicago Blackhawks, Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins and San Jose Sharks as favorites. But, given the talent in the league, it’s possible for any team that reaches the playoffs to embark on a deep postseason…