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Let there be lights … at Martinsville. The oldest track on the NASCAR circuit displayed its newest measure of modernization Wednesday evening by flicking on the LED lighting system installed over the offseason. 👌👌👌 “Sure does look swell Clark.” #LightUpMartinsville pic.twitter.com/1LN71d7Mgg — Martinsville Spdway (@MartinsvilleSwy) January 26, 2017 Yes, Martinsville social media manager, she most definitely looks swell. The 2017 season marks the 0.526-mile track’s 70th anniversary. At the initial…

ST. LOUIS • Aldermanic Ways and Means Committee members, after rejecting the soccer stadium funding proposal Thursday, returned from a recess and a hasty huddle in the mayor’s office to pass a revised proposal that will advance to the full Board of Aldermen. Aldermen Scott Ogilvie, 24th Ward, and Stephen Conway, 8th Ward, switched their votes. Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed added his vote to push…

NASCAR champ Carl Edwards seems to be open to trading his driver’s seat for a spot in the U.S. Senate. The 37-year-old didn’t exactly rule out challenging Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat whose second term in office expires in 2018. “I believe firmly in the principles that the U.S. was founded upon. If I could help, I definitely would consider it,” he texted to the Associated Press…

Julia Landauer originally got into racing when she was about 10 years old because her parents wanted something she could compete in with her brother. Now she gets to compete with “the boys” regularly as an up-and-coming driver in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. Landauer is back for her second season in the series in 2017, driving full-time this time around for owner bob Bruncati and his Sunrise Ford…

CLOSE x Embed x Share VIDEOS: SOCCER IN NASHVILLEMexico soccer fans rally before game at Nissan Stadium | 0:48 Mexico soccer fans rally at Nissan Stadium on Oct. 8, 2016 in Nashville. Larry McCormack/The Tennessean CLOSE x Embed x Share VIDEOS: SOCCER IN NASHVILLEPro Soccer in Nashville | 10:55 Court Jeske talks about the future of pro soccer in Nashville. Joey Garrison CLOSE x Embed x Share VIDEOS: SOCCER IN…

Subscribe for free!: iTunes | RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Who are your favorite breakout candidates for 2017? We offer some of ours on this episode of Fantasy Baseball Today. There are plenty of young starting pitchers to like, so make sure you’re drafting the best ones. It seems our analysts love the young starting pitchers with strikeout potential like Lance McCullers, Carlos Rodon and a few more headline our…

Start with the obvious. The Angels have the best player in baseball. They have one of the best players ever to play baseball. He is so, so, so very good. If all the players in the world were thrown into a hat, and teams had to start over with a massive, 30-team expansion draft, the Angels would have the equivalent of the first-overall pick, and it’s not especially close. There’s…

MOUNT PLEASANT — A 20-acre waterfront baseball complex with five playing fields and an indoor training building is under construction on the eastern banks of the Wando River along S.C. Highway 41, scheduled for completion this summer. “It’s going to be like a Disneyland, for baseball,” said Stan Kowalski, director of the baseball program at the complex, Shipyard Park. Kowalski is owner and operator of Charleston Baseball…

Sports broadcasting icon Brent Musburger will retire from play-by-play announcing on Jan. 31, ESPN announced Wednesday. When he officially walks away, it will mark the end of a 50-year career in which Musburger lent his legendary voice and style to virtually every sport under the sun. Yes, that even includes baseball. For a time, Musburger served as the play-by-play voice for Major League Baseball on CBS Radio. When he moved…

There is no bubble for sports media rights. At least that is one of the takeaways from our discussion with Lee Berke on the current edition of Forbes SportsMoney. Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Sony are some of the companies that are going to be bidding for the rights for live sports over the next few years for TV Everywhere and OTT video streaming. The video below also contains some great grahics…

The seven-time champion said that once his streak of five consecutive titles was broken in 2011, all the pressure was off and so he’s not stressing over the possibility winning a record-setting eighth title.  “I feel a larger responsibility in being a real leader at Hendrick Motorsports and being there for my teammates and team members,” said Johnson. “I feel a stronger calling for being involved in the Drivers…

Julia Landauer originally got into racing when she was about 10 years old because her parents wanted something she could compete in with her brother. Now she gets to compete with “the boys” regularly as an up-and-coming driver in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. Landauer is back for her second season in the series in 2017, driving full-time this time around for owner bob Bruncati and his Sunrise Ford…

I think we can all agree that baseball is amazing. If we weren’t all on the same page, it stands to reason we wouldn’t all be here. I think we can also all agree that baseball is stupid. Sometimes it is extremely stupid. Other times, it is more forgivably stupid. But it is very stupid. Following in the true spirit of baseball, let’s take a quiz! There are nine…

Imhof announced Wednesday that he would retire from professional baseball, ESPN.com’s Jerry Crasnick reports. The 47th overall pick in the 2014 MLB Draft, Imhof pitched for four of the Phillies‘ minor-league affiliates in two and a half seasons before losing his right eye during a freak accident last June, Imhof was able to replace the eye with a prosthetic one, but determined it was best to call it a career….

Nobody loves the Pats because it’s almost impossible to like the Pats. Bil Belichick acts like a jerk, treats the press like a bunch of 3-year-olds, dresses like a slob and makes no effort to be likable because he’s there to win football games, not care what you think about him. Tom Brady pulled a Brad Pitt on his pregnant actress girlfriend and upgraded to a supermodel. He tries…

8:19 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Ringstar Sports promoter Richard Schaefer’s signing binge continued Wednesday with the announcement that he has made a deal with lightweight Lindolfo Delgado, a 2016 Olympian from Mexico. “I’m very proud to welcome a young man with the talent and heart of Lindolfo Delgado to our roster at Ringstar,” Schaefer said. “We’re excited to add a second Mexican Olympian and…

Julia Landauer originally got into racing when she was about 10 years old because her parents wanted something she could compete in with her brother. Now she gets to compete with “the boys” regularly as an up-and-coming driver in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. Landauer is back for her second season in the series in 2017, driving full-time this time around for owner bob Bruncati and his Sunrise Ford…

In a move expected for several weeks, the Los Angeles City Council has given unanimous final approval to a privately run bid that could bring the Olympics back to Southern California. The council’s vote on Wednesday means that if L.A. is selected as host of the 2024 Summer Games, the city will sign a contract agreeing to cover any financial shortfalls. Bid leaders have estimated the mega-sporting event would cost $5.3…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 25, 2017) – After a season of milestones for NASCAR Drive for Diversity graduates competing across NASCAR national series, the industry’s flagship development program for multicultural and female drivers has announced that six drivers will join its 2017 class. The drivers were selected after a competitive combine held last October at New Smyrna Speedway and will compete for Rev Racing in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series…

RELATED: Full Media Tour schedule CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. looked absolutely relaxed Wednesday morning, sitting in the single director’s chair on stage at the Charlotte Convention Center and meeting with the NASCAR national media for his first formal pre-season question and answer period. He seemed so comfortable, in fact, that when he was ushered off stage for the next phase of Media Day appointments he actually seemed a little…