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NASCAR’s Ryan Newman: Ending 127-race winless streak took perseverance, rules changes – Charlotte Observer
Ryan Newman broke a 127-race NASCAR Cup series winless streak Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway. It also snapped a 112-race streak without a victory for Richard Childress Racing, which hadn’t had a car in Victory Lane since Kevin Harvick won at Phoenix in November 2013. Here are five questions with Newman, speaking with reporters after Sunday’s race: Q. Is this victory any more meaningful than others you’ve had? A. It’s…
Pit crew trainees go to the wall in hopes of going over it – ESPN
Check out the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program and the women who are looking to make history in the sport. CONCORD, N.C. — Clinching their air impact wrenches, Brehanna Daniels and Breanna O’Leary crouch like tigers waiting to pounce. They focus on the rumbling stock car that screeches to a halt in front of them and then they’re off, sprinting around the front and rear of the car. Daniels quickly…
The fight in women’s hockey, political athletes and lots of Jalens – ESPN
Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment sports + biz + culture + lifeGet REDEF delivered to your inbox rantnrave:// Mercifully, the NFL intends to do something about the nasty commercial/kickoff/commercial sequence that pops up during games — which has long made viewers angry. It’s part of the league’s plan to reformat games. Commercial breaks, replays and in-game timing are all on the table. While the MLB has fixated…
NHL asked for decision on Olympics by end of April – ABC News
The NHL may be nearing a deadline to decide whether to allow the world’s best hockey players to participate in the Winter Olympics next year in South Korea. “I hope we can find a compromise in the next two or three weeks,” International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel told The Associated Press on Thursday in a telephone interview from Russia. “We need to know by the end of April…
NASCAR’s Ryan Newman: Ending 127-race winless streak took perseverance, rules changes – Charlotte Observer
Ryan Newman broke a 127-race NASCAR Cup series winless streak Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway. It also snapped a 112-race streak without a victory for Richard Childress Racing, which hadn’t had a car in Victory Lane since Kevin Harvick won at Phoenix in November 2013. Here are five questions with Newman, speaking with reporters after Sunday’s race: Q. Is this victory any more meaningful than others you’ve had? A. It’s…
College Hockey Has a Talent Glut, but Nowhere to Grow – New York Times
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NASCAR’s burning questions – Biggest surprise of 2017 season? Do … – ESPN
Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series readies for Sunday’s race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California: Turn 1: Tight end Jordan Cameron said recently that most NFL players do not love playing football. Do you think the same holds true for NASCAR? Do drivers really love racing, or…
The fight in women’s hockey, political athletes and lots of Jalens – ESPN
Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment sports + biz + culture + lifeGet REDEF delivered to your inbox rantnrave:// Mercifully, the NFL intends to do something about the nasty commercial/kickoff/commercial sequence that pops up during games — which has long made viewers angry. It’s part of the league’s plan to reformat games. Commercial breaks, replays and in-game timing are all on the table. While the MLB has fixated…
The fight in women’s hockey, political athletes and lots of Jalens – ESPN
Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment sports + biz + culture + lifeGet REDEF delivered to your inbox rantnrave:// Mercifully, the NFL intends to do something about the nasty commercial/kickoff/commercial sequence that pops up during games — which has long made viewers angry. It’s part of the league’s plan to reformat games. Commercial breaks, replays and in-game timing are all on the table. While the MLB has fixated…
USA Hockey postpones women’s training camp amid wage dispute – Detroit Free Press
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US women, USA Hockey talks: Where things stand – ESPN
6:38 PM ET Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior NHL writer for ESPN The Magazine Wrote for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wrote for The Sporting News Close ESPN Staff Writer Columnist, ESPN.com Formerly at Sports Illustrated, The Washington Post Author of “The Rivals” Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment As the U.S. women’s national hockey team and USA Hockey officials continue their negotiations under the team’s looming boycott of the March…
NASCAR regional driver faces lost season after inconclusive drug test – Autoweek
The NASCAR K&N Pro Series West lost a significant championship contender over the weekend before the season could even start as Ryan Partridge was unable to secure his annual license to compete before the season opener at Tucson Speedway in Arizona. The 28-year-old finished second in the championship last season but wasn’t allowed on the track on Saturday night. The initial reason provided by NASCAR was that Partridge…
Pete Hamilton, one of NASCAR’s superspeedway aces, dies at age 74 – Charlotte Observer
Pete Hamilton, who was at his best at NASCAR’s superspeedways, died Wednesday. He was 74. Hamilton won four career Cup races – including consecutive Daytona 500s in 1970 and ’71. He also won twice at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in 1971. Hamilton’s victory at Daytona in 1970 came in the No. 40 Plymouth Superbird of Petty Enterprises, for which he ran 16 races that season. The other Petty car – No….
Ranking the 10 best California-born NASCAR drivers – FOXSports.com
The four-time Cup champion and current FOX NASCAR analyst claims two different hometowns – Vallejo, California and Pittsboro, Indiana. After starting in quarter-midgets in California, Gordon moved to the Hoosier State to move his way up the open-wheel sprint car ranks. Since his first full-time Premier Series season in 1993, Gordon racked up an incredible 93 career wins, 325 top fives, 477 top-10 finishes and 81 poles. …
Nos. 2, 4 teams penalized after violations at Phoenix – Nascar
RELATED: Details on NASCAR’s deterrence system NASCAR levied L1-level penalties against the No. 2 car of Team Penske and the No. 4 car of Stewart-Haas Racing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series on Wednesday following Sunday’s race at Phoenix Raceway. The violation for the No. 2 car is detailed in sections 20.17.3.1.2 of the NASCAR Rule Book (post-race general inspection measurements), and driver Brad Keselowski’s fifth-place finish in the Camping…
Mike Keenan embraces challenge of China’s ‘untapped hockey frontier’ – ESPN
10:35 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Mike Keenan is set to embark on the most extraordinary challenge of his hockey career. Considering that Keenan has served as head coach of eight NHL teams — the Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins, Florida Panthers and Calgary Flames — that is significant. Keenan, long known as Iron Mike for…
Going back to the Winter OIympics is inevitable for the league, NHLPA – ESPN
12:46 PM ET Close ESPN Senior Writer Covers hockey for ESPN.com 10 years at Toronto Sun, Windsor Star and National Post Wrote best-selling true crime book “Deadly Innocence” Close ESPN Senior Writer Covers the NHL for ESPN.com and TSN in Canada Six years on the “Hockey Night In Canada” Hotstove panel 13 years at The Canadian Press national news agency Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Commissioner Gary…
Commentary: US Women’s National Hockey Team Doesn’t Get Enough Respect – NPR
The U.S. is hosting this year’s Women’s World Hockey Championships. So why is the U.S. women’s team threatening to boycott? Commentator Sarah Spain of ESPN says it’s about fairness and respect.
Winter Olympics set for new Alpine skiing team event – Olympics
facebook Share twitter Share Featuring on the Olympic programme for the first time at PyeongChang 2018 – alongside fellow debutants mixed doubles curling, big air snowboarding and mass-start speed skating – the Alpine skiing national mixed team event promises to provide quite a spectacle. Meeting in Lausanne on 8 June 2015, the IOC Executive Board finalised the programme for…