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ATLANTA – The young man reclined in a wooden rocking chair by the front door of the Kappa Alpha fraternity house, sipping his beer (a Bud Light from the looks of it, though impossible to say for sure as it was covered in a camouflage koozie). He nodded at the people walking by. Noticing a bit of something on one of his worn cowboy boots, he reached down and flicked…

CLOSE x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sports’ Brant James sits down with FOX Sports’ pit reporter Matt Yocum to discuss the new NASCAR point system. Daytona 500 airs Saturday at 1 p.m. ET on Fox. USA TODAY Sports With the Las Vegas skyline in the background, NASCAR Cup drivers hit the track for the 2016 Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.(Photo: Stephen R. Sylvanie, USA TODAY Sports) A…

CLOSE x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sports’ Nicole Auerbach gives out her awards for player, coach and freshman of the year. USA TODAY Sports Frank Mason III, with son Amari, honored on senior day.(Photo: Denny Medley, USA TODAY Sports) Kansas coach Bill Self knows a thing or two about history, and he means what he says when he says this: Frank Mason III’s jersey will someday hang from the…

CLOSE x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sports’ Nicole Auerbach gives out her awards for player, coach and freshman of the year. USA TODAY Sports Jock Landale and Calvin Hermanson of the Saint Mary’s Gaels celebrate.(Photo: Ethan Miller, Getty Images) Once NCAA tournament tips off, with conference play out of the way, it’s always somewhat surprising to see a second or third best team from a league do better than…

SOCCER Megan Rapinoe says she will respect a new U.S. Soccer Federation policy that says national team players ”shall stand respectfully” during national anthems. The policy was approved last month but came to light Saturday before the U.S. women’s national team lost to England in a SheBelieves Cup match. A Fox Soccer analyst posted an image of the rule on Twitter. The policy comes after Rapinoe knelt during the anthem…

We are in such a rush these days, no one has time to sit for anything start to finish. (In all likelihood, I lost half my readers midway through that opening sentence, bored senseless by the time they got to the comma.) Eventually, preachers’ long Sunday sermons could be reduced to a slide show. “60 Minutes” will morph into “60 Seconds.” Even gentlemen’s clubs might add a drive-thru…

Wrestling Bow High School wrestler Anna Krause (above) found her way to the top of the podium on Sunday, claiming first place in the girls’ seventh- and eighth-grade Folkstyle New England championships in Springfield, Mass. Krause was dominant throughout, pinning her way all the way through the tournament to win the 112-pound weight class. Krause will now turn her attention towards the freestyle New England championships on April 1….

Maybe the protesters will be fined. Or suspended. Or exiled for the remainder of their careers. The next time a U.S. national soccer team player refuses to “stand respectfully” for the anthem, there will be consequences. Good. It’s not that athletes shouldn’t be allowed to take political stands. They should. Nor is refusing to stand for the anthem a sign of disrespect toward the military. It’s not. Want to honor…

By: Andrew Joseph | March 6, 2017 9:00 pm Follow @andyj0seph

Maybe Michael Waltrip was on to something.  The veteran NASCAR driver and Fox Sports analyst said before the Daytona 500 this season that NASCAR’s cars are too loud, calling the iconic roar “obnoxious” and really getting on his nerves. So is a solution to Waltrip’s grievance coming in the near future? According to the Sports Business Journal, NASCAR is considering making cars quieter to make it easier for fans to communicate easier during the…

CLOSE x Embed x Share Kansas remains No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll. USA TODAY Sports Frank Mason III, with son Amari, honored on senior day.(Photo: Denny Medley, USA TODAY Sports) Kansas coach Bill Self knows a thing or two about history, and he means what he says when he says this: Frank Mason III’s jersey will someday hang from the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse, one of…

CLOSE x Embed x Share Kansas remains No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll. USA TODAY Sports UCLA Bruins guard Lonzo Ball.(Photo: Gary A. Vasquez, USA TODAY Sports) LOS ANGELES — A traditional basketball court is, obviously, a flat, level surface. But there’s really only one way to describe how Lonzo Ball runs on it: Downhill. “That’s Lonzo’s biggest asset,” UCLA teammate Bryce Alford said. “When he’s going downhill…

ECB planning to bring forward bidding for TV packages from 2020 onwards Fall-out between Sky and BT over football packages likely to lead to bidding war Sky more determined than ever to keep cricket coverage on their channels BT looking to increase investment in cricket after winning Australian rights By Charles Sale for the Daily Mail Published: 17:30 EST, 6 March 2017 | Updated: 02:01 EST, 7 March 2017 e-mail…

Maybe the protesters will be fined. Or suspended. Or exiled for the remainder of their careers. The next time a U.S. national soccer team player refuses to “stand respectfully” for the anthem, there will be consequences. Good. It’s not that athletes shouldn’t be allowed to take political stands. They should. Nor is refusing to stand for the anthem a sign of disrespect toward the military. It’s not. Want to honor…

Without any fanfare, Hope Solo’s six-month suspension from the U.S. women’s national soccer team expired two weeks ago. Any thoughts, however, of her rejoining the reigning World Cup champions this year — or perhaps ever again — were put to rest by two factors: major shoulder surgery during her layoff and speaking her mind too often. Coach Jill Ellis has moved on, splitting assignments between Alyssa Naeher and Ashlyn Harris…

Playing soccer with billionaires doesn’t come cheap. BT Group Plc had to stump up 30 percent more to keep the broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League from 2018 to 2021. Bidding against Rupert Murdoch’s Sky Plc pushed the price up to 1.2 billion pounds ($1.5 billion). Champions League price $1.5 billion It’s an inexorable law by now: the cost of flagship sports rights, whether for the NFL or the…

When Logan Shaw gazed out at the thousands of elementary school students who filled Honda Center for a Ducks practice, he couldn’t help but identify with them. On Monday, the team held its First Flight event, a fun field trip for kids to learn about science, math and technology through hockey demonstrations by Ducks players. It also requires them to do an actual assignment and perhaps some homework. Shaw knows…

LONDON A Chinese club could one day be a bigger brand than Manchester United and it is only a matter of time before the Super League (CSL) challenges the English Premier League for world domination, according to leading sports marketer Andrew Georgiou. Georgiou, the chief executive of Lagardere Sports and Entertainment, told Reuters in an interview on Monday that the world order was changing fast. “I think China has the…

9:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment This story is also posted in Spanish. Read it here. SINCE ROBERTO CLEMENTE emerged as the first Latino superstar in the 1960s, Latino players have been bringing their bat flips, broad smiles and exciting play to a pastime that feels ever more international. Last season 207 Latino players appeared on Opening Day rosters, comprising a full 24 percent of…

Lee Jin-man/AP Images I know I’m warmer than most on the World Baseball Classic, but I think it can only be a good thing that there’s actual, competitive baseball being played right now, after a long cold winter. (My enthusiasm will wane by May, when I’ll be wishing they could just skip ahead to September already. But let’s enjoy this!) Advertisement The tournament got started with an upset as Israel…