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RELATED: Driver Tracker for 2017   FOX Sports analyst Michael Waltrip will make one final run at the Daytona 500 next month and then call it a career in NASCAR.   Waltrip, 53, made the announcement in a release with sponsor Aaron’s on Thursday afternoon. He is a two-time winner of the “Great American Race,” prevailing in the Daytona International Speedway opener in 2001 and 2003.   Premium Motorsports will…

The Hungarian designer of a secret bike motor tells Bill Whitaker he thinks the motors have been used to cheat in pro cycling as far back as 1998.  Istvan Varjas speaks to Whitaker for a 60 Minutes investigation into mechanical cheating in a sport already infamous for its doping scandals.  One of the sport’s champions, three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond, is convinced the motors are being used.  He’s…

NASCAR finally woke up from its fantasy world earlier this week, making sweeping changes to its racing events that will turn a stale, boring product into…well, it will still be boring. The most popular racing series in North America is bleeding viewers both in person and on television. Speedway Motorsports, International Speedway Corporation and Dover Motorsports, the three companies that own the majority of the tracks NASCAR races at,…

RELATED: Driver Tracker for 2017   FOX Sports analyst Michael Waltrip will make one final run at the Daytona 500 next month and then call it a career in NASCAR.   Waltrip, 53, made the announcement in a release with sponsor Aaron’s on Thursday afternoon. He is a two-time winner of the “Great American Race,” prevailing in the Daytona International Speedway opener in 2001 and 2003.   Premium Motorsports will…

Shaka Hislop delves into Don Garber’s MLS expansion plans and his thoughts on the correct number of teams for the league. Nashville mayor Megan Barry will propose building a soccer stadium to help boost the city’s bid to secure an MLS expansion franchise. The plans will be formally announced on Monday. The proposal, first reported by the Tennessean, does not yet have a price tag, and it remains unclear if…

The US men’s national soccer team, currently in its annual January training camp before a friendly against Serbia on Sunday, once again finds itself at the dawn of a new era. Jürgen Klinsmann – who one suspects would have been willing to take credit for the sun rising at dawn each day – is no longer the national team coach; Bruce Arena is. Klinsmann’s claim that he had fundamentally revolutionized…

RELATED: Driver Tracker for 2017 FOX Sports analyst Michael Waltrip will make one final run at the Daytona 500 next month and then call it a career in NASCAR. Waltrip, 53, made the announcement in a release with sponsor Aaron’s on Thursday afternoon. He is a two-time winner of the “Great American Race,” prevailing in the Daytona International Speedway opener in 2001 and 2003. Should he qualify for the 40-car…

9:59 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment In an effort to have a more efficient race weekend for its teams and officials, NASCAR tentatively plans to significantly reduce practice time at several race tracks this year. Earlier this week, NASCAR released its tentative schedules for its first four race weekends, including three “traditional” race weekends that follow the 10-day Daytona schedule. The release was meant to…

After an absence of several years, boys varsity soccer will be back at Mount St. Joseph Academy in Rutland next fall. It made perfect sense to reinstate the sport, said Athletic Director Phil Hall. First of all, Hall said, the two schools funneling the most students into MSJ are Christ the King and Barstow in Chittenden — both schools where soccer is an important ingredient of the extracurricular package. “We…

RELATED: Driver Tracker for 2017 FOX Sports analyst Michael Waltrip will make one final run at the Daytona 500 next month and then call it a career in NASCAR. Waltrip, 53, made the announcement in a release with sponsor Aaron’s on Thursday afternoon. He is a two-time winner of the “Great American Race,” prevailing in the Daytona International Speedway opener in 2001 and 2003. Should he qualify for the 40-car…

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…

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…

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…