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NASCAR 2017: Coca Cola 600 live scoring, TV, live streaming (photos) – cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio — NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 caps the traditional Memorial Day weekend of auto racing and could be a defining race for the series at a defining point in its history. The race is Sunday at 6 p.m. and will be televised by FOX. Practice begins today (FS1) at 2 p.m. with qualifying at 7:15, both on FS1. You can get live scoring and updates all weekend at NASCAR’s Race…
Why NASCAR has an image problem it can’t fix because of money – Charlotte Observer (blog)
If the men who run Charlotte Motor Speedway approached NASCAR now and said, “Five-hundred miles is not enough, we want to race 600 miles every Memorial Day weekend,” you know what the answer would be? Drugs are bad. The more technology pushes us forward, the more our patience declines. Drive 600 miles from Charlotte and you’re almost at New York City’s Times Square. But distance is the quality that distinguishes…
Chinese Teams Face Paying Twice for Soccer Stars Under New Rules – Bloomberg
Chinese teams will effectively pay twice to purchase soccer stars after authorities announced regulations designed to curb overspending that threatens to create a bubble in the $5 billion global player-trading market. Money-losing clubs that buy players will be liable to pay an equivalent sum into a fund designed to promote the development of soccer in China, a priority for President Xi Jinping’s government. The move could limit teams’ ability to make…
Social media reaction to NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2018 announcement – FOXSports.com
The NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2018 has been selected and what a class it is: Engine builder and team owner Robert Yates; the first Strictly Stock champion Red Byron; three-time championship crew chief Ray Evernham; legendary announcer Ken Squier and Ron Hornaday Jr., the greatest Camping World Truck Series racer of all time. Selecting the five was difficult, but in the end the choices were extremely popular….
Why NASCAR has an image problem it can’t fix because of money – Charlotte Observer (blog)
If the men who run Charlotte Motor Speedway approached NASCAR now and said, “Five-hundred miles is not enough, we want to race 600 miles every Memorial Day weekend,” you know what the answer would be? Drugs are bad. The more technology pushes us forward, the more our patience declines. Drive 600 miles from Charlotte and you’re almost at New York City’s Times Square. But distance is the quality that distinguishes…
Official NASCAR.com ballots for NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2018 – Nascar
RELATED: Meet the class | Historic photos NASCAR.com senior writers Kenny Bruce and Holly Cain both are members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame voting panel. Below are their official ballots submitted May 24. Kenny Bruce’s ballot Buddy Baker. One of the legendary characters from an era in the sport when drivers were larger-than-life figures. Baker knew only one way to race — wide-open — and he parlayed his on-track…
Why NASCAR has an image problem it can’t fix because of money – Charlotte Observer (blog)
If the men who run Charlotte Motor Speedway approached NASCAR now and said, “Five-hundred miles is not enough, we want to race 600 miles every Memorial Day weekend,” you know what the answer would be? Drugs are bad. The more technology pushes us forward, the more our patience declines. Drive 600 miles from Charlotte and you’re almost at New York City’s Times Square. But distance is the quality that distinguishes…
Darrell Waltrip says NASCAR is at a crossroads, but offers a 4-point plan to fix it – Charlotte Observer (blog)
Darrell Waltrip has never been afraid to speak his mind, which is why he was nicknamed “Jaws” during his hall of fame career as a driver and why he has starred for 17 straight seasons in a Fox Sports broadcast booth as part of the network’s NASCAR coverage. I had an entertaining, 45-minute conversation with the man most everyone calls “DW” in his office near Charlotte Motor Speedway this week….
Several Athletes Have Defective Medals From Rio Olympics – New York Times
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Why NASCAR has an image problem it can’t fix because of money – Charlotte Observer (blog)
If the men who run Charlotte Motor Speedway approached NASCAR now and said, “Five-hundred miles is not enough, we want to race 600 miles every Memorial Day weekend,” you know what the answer would be? Drugs are bad. The more technology pushes us forward, the more our patience declines. Drive 600 miles from Charlotte and you’re almost at New York City’s Times Square. But distance is the quality that distinguishes…
How to Be Mindful While Swimming – New York Times
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Nashville, suddenly hockey-crazed, has transformed around Predators’ success – Sporting News
As a native Minnesotan, I grew up in hockey country and loved the Minnesota North Stars before they were uprooted to Dallas in the early 1990s. When I moved to Nashville in 1999 to work for the Titans, the Predators were an infant NHL franchise. I supported the other major pro sports team in town by attending Preds games, but I was shocked when I saw half-filled arenas and heard the PA…
Blue Beats Red in Congressional Soccer Game – Roll Call
<!– Nevada Rep. Ruben Kihuen scored a goal and had two assists for the Democrats in Tuesday’s rainy Congressional Soccer Game. (Bill Clark/ CQ Roll Call) –> On a rainy Tuesday evening in Washington, Democrats won the Congressional Soccer Game but Republicans won the cheering section. The men and women in blue, with four members of Congress on their team, took home the trophy at the fifth annual Capitol Soccer…
NASCAR Finally Adds A Road Course To The Playoffs – Jalopnik
Photo credit: Jerry Markland/Getty Images It’s always felt weird that NASCAR has a couple road courses on their schedule, but none in their championship-deciding playoffs. They included a restrictor-plate track—Talladega—but no road course. That is, until next year. Charlotte Motor Speedway’s road course is coming to the playoffs. NASCAR announced a host of tweaks to its 2018 schedule, which moves the Daytona 500 back onto President’s Day weekend, moves the…
Indy to host NASCAR’s regular-season finale – ESPN
6:51 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Indianapolis Motor Speedway will replace Richmond International Raceway as the site of the NASCAR Cup regular-season finale starting in 2018, one of several changes to the schedule that were announced Tuesday. NASCAR also will change the opening race of its playoffs, with Las Vegas Motor Speedway taking the spot formerly held by Chicagoland Speedway. It also will move the…
With the 2018 Olympics in South Korea, Will the North Be Participant or Provocateur? – New York Times
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Nicky Hayden dies five days after cycling crash – CNN
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NASCAR community reacts to passing of Nicky Hayden – FOXSports.com
The NASCAR community on Monday extended its condolences to the family of motorcycle racer Nicky Hayden, 35, who died five days after being hit by a car while training on his bicycle in Italy. The Maurizio Bufalini Hospital in Cesena, Italy, announced Hayden’s death after last week saying he had severe cerebral damage and multiple traumatic injuries from a crash on the Rimini coast last Wednesday. Hayden won…
From Hockey 101 to a Ph.D. in Nashville – The New York Times – New York Times
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NASCAR – Dale Earnhardt Jr. isn’t going to panic, but he is concerned – ESPN
2:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Dale Earnhardt Jr. had just stepped out of his race car Saturday night after a miserable performance in the NASCAR All-Star Race and admitted something that many of his fans have felt over the past couple of months: “I’m a little concerned,” he said. Earnhardt had talked earlier in the week about what it would mean to win in…