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By Laura Leslie Raleigh, N.C. — The boom in fantasy sports shows no signs of abating, so North Carolina lawmakers want to put some regulations on the books to ensure consumers are protected. House Bill 279, which was filed Wednesday, would require companies that operate fantasy sports sites that require money up front and pay out cash prizes to register with the Secretary of State’s Office. The sites would have…

RELATED: Las Vegas adds race for 2018   New Hampshire Motor Speedway General Manager David McGrath says “nothing is off the table” as officials at the facility begin thinking through ways to engage racing fans following the loss of one of its two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series weekends.   On Wednesday, Speedway Motorsports Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Marcus Smith, along with representatives of the Las Vegas Convention…

Excuse me, please.  While it’s quiet, I would like to have everyone’s attention.  There is a roaring debate going on about noise and NASCAR. And since this has been my home for the past 30 years, it matters to me when fans are getting their information from the ill-informed. Earlier this week, someone leaked a story to the Sports Business Journal that NASCAR wants to make the cars quiet. That…

Players born in the United States, the Dominican Republic or Venezuela accounted for 90 percent of all players who suited up for major league clubs or domestic minor league affiliates in 2016. More than two-thirds of those players hail from the U.S. According to records kept by Baseball America, nearly 7,500 players from 38 different birth countries participated in affiliated U.S. baseball last year. Our head count does not include…

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Most over-valued players There’s no better feeling in your Fantasy draft than making that pick that makes everyone else jealous. Sniping 11 other queues simultaneously leaves you the envy and villain of your league, which is the best place to be. It’s not just about finding the best player, but that guy everyone can acknowledge right away is a great value. That guy everyone knew they should have drafted two…

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CLOSE x Embed x Share Facebook signed a deal with Major League Soccer and Spanish-language broadcaster Univision to stream at least 22 matches in English during the 2017 MLS Season. USA TODAY Sporting Kansas City defender Graham Zusi (8) centers the ball as D.C. United forward Patrick Nyarko (12) looks on during the first half at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C., on Mar 4, 2017.(Photo: Brad Mills,…

There may be a raging – or at least budding – debate about NASCAR being a little too loud emerging these days. But along a rowdy, packed Las Vegas strip on Thursday night, NASCAR did not hold back during an impressive hauler parade that appeared to please a large throng of fans and other passers-by who enjoyed the pageantry of it all. Roughly 6 p.m. local time –…

Excuse me, please.  While it’s quiet, I would like to have everyone’s attention.  There is a roaring debate going on about noise and NASCAR. And since this has been my home for the past 30 years, it matters to me when fans are getting their information from the ill-informed. Earlier this week, someone leaked a story to the Sports Business Journal that NASCAR wants to make the cars quiet. That…

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Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Danny KnoblerMLB Lead WriterMarch 10, 2017 TOKYO — There are Americans who love the World Baseball Classic. One of them is here at the Tokyo Dome this week, managing China. “It’s a wonderful event,” Philadelphia Phillies catching coach John McLaren said Thursday. Another one is here this week, working for MLB Network. “When we lost [in 2006], I cried,” said Buck Martinez, who managed Team USA…

Published March 9, 2017 at 5:06 p.m. Another season of Rock League Baseball kicks off Saturday, March 11, with open tryouts in four divisions of adult wooden bat baseball leagues. These tryouts – players should bring their own baseball gear and shoes for an indoor workout – will take place at Pius XI High School, 135 N. 76th St., in the main gym. The times and minimum age requirements…

reader comments 21 If you’re a DirecTV customer who is annoyed by your monthly “regional sports fee,” get ready to be even more agitated. Depending on what ZIP code you live in, you could pay anywhere from $0 to $7.29 a month (or $87.48 a year) to get the same exact sports networks and watch the same exact teams you watch now. The news site Consumerist published an extensive report about this…

Remember in “Days of Thunder” when driver Cole Trickle, Tom Cruise’s character, pulls into the pits and crew chief Harry Hogge, Robert Duvall’s character, tells him to go back on track and hit the pace car, because he has hit every other (expletive) thing out there? Substitute “change” for “hit” and you have a good idea of what the real-life NASCAR brain trust did during the offseason. It’s common to…

A man was shot and killed by police at a sports complex in Huntington Beach Thursday night after witnesses said the man tried attacking families. Authorities said the officer-involved shooting occurred at the Huntington Beach Sports Complex in the 18100 block of Goldenwest Street at about 7:30 p.m. Jose Sanchez said he was coaching two groups of kids – 11-year-old boys and 14-year-old girls – when he saw the man…

Sports(Photo: File) COLLEGES BASEBALL BIG TEN STANDINGS Thursday Northwestern at Portland, cancelled Penn State at Sacramento State, late Friday Purdue at Cal State Northridge Illinois at Coastal Carolina Middle Tennessee at Indiana Iowa vs. Villanova Bryant at Maryland Michigan at Lipscomb Michigan State at South Carolina Minnesota vs. Missouri State Western Carolina at Nebraska Northwestern at Portland (2) Ohio State at Florida Gulf Coast Penn State at Sacramento State Rutgers…

A moment of silence for NASCAR, please. The sport presumably wants to hire librarians to monitor the noise at all of its tracks. “Drivers…start your engines…but quietly please!” Don’t be surprised if Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets whacked over the head with a rule for breaking the rules of engagement. In what very well may be the worst idea in modern sports history, NASCAR officials are considering dropping down the noise…

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