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NASCAR star Brad Keselowski has married his longtime girlfriend Paige White. Check out the wedding video with all the charming thoughts each has about the other. Last night will live on forever, an amazing night w/my bride @PaigeKeselowski & our family/friends!https://t.co/UY2rcSMJwh 👨🏼‍⚖️👰🏼 — Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) February 11, 2017 😊 wedding silliness w/ @paigekeselowski pic.twitter.com/mbB93mfLOX — Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) February 12, 2017     This tweet might have tipped everyone…

In a truly remarkable race and one of the greatest upsets in sports history, Bayne captured the 2011 Daytona 500 in only his second career NASCAR Premier Series start. Bayne’s victory, which came one day after he turned 20, is the first for the Wood Brothers in a decade. Neither Bayne, who now drives for Jack Roush, nor the Wood Brother,s have won since. © Nigel Kinrade 1240 Briers Creek…

It was still dark at 6 a.m. as Terry Rawlings Sr. guided his cherry-red Acura CL through Southwest Baltimore. He was heading to the gym to lift weights before his shift as a truck driver. The 51-year-old was on Washington Boulevard near Bayard Street when his car was rear-ended by a Nissan Altima. He pulled over and stepped out to check the damage. Before him stood a young man about…

CLOSE x Embed x Share Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski, who played for Little Caesars hockey, talks absolutely the passing of Mike Ilitch and why the youth program was so important to him. Video by George Sipple/DFP Videolicious Former Red Wings player and Little Caesars team coach Kris Draper watches his son Kienan Draper in January 2013.(Photo: Julian H. Gonzalez, DFP) Kris Draper witnessed the commitment Mike Ilitch made…

Mount Carmel junior Alek Thomas had to stop himself from laughing at the thought of playing three sports in college. Thomas, a three-sport starter in football, basketball and baseball for the Caravan, went on an unofficial visit to Texas Christian in late January. While in Fort Worth, Thomas, who was mulling offers from numerous schools to play football and baseball, made an unscheduled trip to a TCU basketball game. “I…

8:30 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Let’s nerd out here for a few minutes and go through each team’s non-roster invitees to spring training. Some of these are prospects just hanging out for a couple of weeks until they get sent back down to minor league camp. Some are veterans with a chance to make the team, or at least impress enough to be an…

Baseball will implement a new, experimental rule this season in the very low minor leagues. When a game goes into extra innings, each extra half inning will begin with a runner on second base. This, of course, will make it easier for teams to score in extra innings and thus make it more likely that games will end sooner. How much more likely and how much sooner will be revealed…

Referee Todd Anderson’s controversial decision not to take a point from Germaine de Randamie during her bout Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn against Holly Holm led directly to the Dutch woman capturing the first women’s featherweight title in the main event of UFC 208. Judges Chris Lee, Sal D’Amato and Jeff Mullen all scored the bout 48-47 for de Randamie, making her the first women’s featherweight champion in…

It was still dark at 6 a.m. as Terry Rawlings Sr. guided his cherry-red Acura CL through Southwest Baltimore. He was heading to the gym to lift weights before his shift as a truck driver. The 51-year-old was on Washington Boulevard near Bayard Street when his car was rear-ended by a Nissan Altima. He pulled over and stepped out to check the damage. Before him stood a young man about…

Immediate and tough sanctions – including one- and two-year bans – should be imposed on football supporters who engage in homophobic abuse, a report by the parliamentary select committee for culture, media and sport has recommended. Following a short inquiry held last year, the report cites a range of surveys and research demonstrating homophobia is a major problem in school, youth and professional sports and recommends a zero-tolerance approach combined…

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It’s happened – the ‘salt bae’ phenomenon has breached the shell of the sporting world, and now it’s everywhere. But what started all this and what are sports stars doing, exactly? The ‘salt bae’ made its first high-profile appearance in football when Danny Welbeck celebrated his return to the Arsenal starting XI after a year out injured with a goal – and some serious ‘salt bae’ action. The sensation had…

NASCAR star Brad Keselowski has married his longtime girlfriend Paige White. Check out the wedding video with all the charming thoughts each has about the other. Last night will live on forever, an amazing night w/my bride @PaigeKeselowski & our family/friends!https://t.co/UY2rcSMJwh 👨🏼‍⚖️👰🏼 — Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) February 11, 2017 😊 wedding silliness w/ @paigekeselowski pic.twitter.com/mbB93mfLOX — Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) February 12, 2017     This tweet might have tipped everyone…

CLOSE x Embed x Share Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski, who played for Little Caesars hockey, talks absolutely the passing of Mike Ilitch and why the youth program was so important to him. Video by George Sipple/DFP Videolicious Former Red Wings player and Little Caesars team coach Kris Draper watches his son Kienan Draper in January 2013.(Photo: Julian H. Gonzalez, DFP) Kris Draper witnessed the commitment Mike Ilitch made…

Immediate and tough sanctions – including one- and two-year bans – should be imposed on football supporters who engage in homophobic abuse, a report by the parliamentary select committee for culture, media and sport has recommended. Following a short inquiry held last year, the report cites a range of surveys and research demonstrating homophobia is a major problem in school, youth and professional sports and recommends a zero-tolerance approach combined…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Sophomore Ryan Donato scored Friday night’s first two and last two goals, bringing the home sellout crowd of 3,095 fans to its feet four times in Harvard’s (17-5-2, 12-4-2 ECACH) 6-2 victory over No. 6/6 Union (19-8-2, 12-4-1 ECACH). Donato becomes the first Harvard player since Connor Morrison on Nov. 24, 2009 to score four goals in a game. This also marks the second time in…

It was still dark at 6 a.m. as Terry Rawlings Sr. guided his cherry-red Acura CL through Southwest Baltimore. He was heading to the gym to lift weights before his shift as a truck driver. The 51-year-old was on Washington Boulevard near Bayard Street when his car was rear-ended by a Nissan Altima. He pulled over and stepped out to check the damage. Before him stood a young man about…

Despite making several blockbuster trades over the last 18 months, the Red Sox still have the consensus No. 1 prospect in baseball in their organization. Three of the four major scouting publications — that is Baseball America, MLB.com, and ESPN — have all ranked outfielder Andrew Benintendi the game’s top prospect heading into the 2017 season. The four publications all released their annual top-100 prospects list in recent weeks. Baseball…

8:30 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Let’s nerd out here for a few minutes and go through each team’s non-roster invitees to spring training. Some of these are prospects just hanging out for a couple of weeks until they get sent back down to minor league camp. Some are veterans with a chance to make the team, or at least impress enough to be an…

Baseball will implement a new, experimental rule this season in the very low minor leagues. When a game goes into extra innings, each extra half inning will begin with a runner on second base. This, of course, will make it easier for teams to score in extra innings and thus make it more likely that games will end sooner. How much more likely and how much sooner will be revealed…