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Four drivers to kick off testing season in Las Vegas – Nascar
RELATED: Full 2017 schedule The start of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season is more than one month away but four competitors will be back behind the wheel much sooner. Jamie McMurray (Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates No. 1 Chevrolet), Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 Chevrolet), Joey Logano (Team Penske No. 22 Ford) and Matt Kenseth (Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Toyota) are scheduled to take…
Trial set for ex-hockey pro accused of hiring wife’s killer – CBS News
Thomas Clayton BATH, N.Y. — A murder trial is set to begin for a former professional hockey player accused of hiring a man to kill his wife and set fire to their house in New York. Prosecutors say Thomas Clayton hired Michael Beard to kill 35-year-old Kelley Clayton in September 2015 in her home in rural Caton, on the Pennsylvania border near Elmira. Beard was convicted of first- and second-degree…
NC Courage, professional women’s soccer team, to play in Cary – News & Observer
North Carolina F.C. owner Steve Malik continued to break down soccer barriers in the Triangle Monday, announcing the acquisition of the Western New York Flash, which is undergoing a rebrand to become the North Carolina Courage. North Carolina governor Roy Cooper made an appearance at the press conference, held at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary. “We, in North Carolina, are an epicenter for sports,” Cooper said. “This is my first…
McIlroy still resents Olympics for forcing his hand – Reuters
World number two Rory McIlroy has said he still resents the Olympic Games for forcing him to choose between Britain and Ireland and revealed that Tiger Woods sends him texts in the early hours. The Northern Irishman, who agonized for years before opting to represent Ireland, ultimately withdrew from last year’s Rio de Janeiro Games after citing health fears over the Zika virus. The four times major winner told Ireland’s…
Here’s the state of American soccer as 2017 begins – Washington Post
Bruce Arena. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press) LOS ANGELES – Southern California is the hub of American soccer this week as players gather for training camps, leagues in varying degrees of stability prepare for a new year, and thousands from all corners of the sport converge for the annual National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention. The spotlight is tightest on the men’s national team, which, after a bruising autumn, will…
Asia’s Millionaires Are Buying Into European Soccer – Bloomberg
Wealthy Asian investors unwilling to splurge on owning their own European soccer teams are showing their enthusiasm by helping fund the sport. Sales of football finance notes, backed by television rights of soccer clubs, doubled to $11 million last month from the amount issued in April, when they were opened to investors in the region, according to data from Swiss-Asia Holding Pte. The Singapore-registered firm that operates the investment says total…
As Millwall’s crisis shows, football is about far more than just sport – The Guardian
The key moments in football are so often defined by rivalries. The clash of personalities, the season’s crucial fixture. The sweetest victory, and the bitterest defeat, will almost always be the away match at the ground of your biggest rival. Your greatest win there, or biggest loss, will remain lodged in your memory. Even so, there is also a shared understanding among fans from all sides. While you want to…
Coros Link Smart Cycling Helmet First Impressions | Digital Trends – Digital Trends
The Coros Linx smart cycling helmet was a Kickstarter success story in 2016, amassing an impressive $320,000 – six times its $50,000 funding goal . This year at CES, the company is showing off the cyclist safety product, which is now shipping. Three main features As a quick refresher, the Linx features three main hardware features that set it far apart from the cycling helmet of yesteryear. First of all, there…
Asia’s Millionaires Are Buying Into European Soccer – Bloomberg
Wealthy Asian investors unwilling to splurge on owning their own European soccer teams are showing their enthusiasm by helping fund the sport. Sales of football finance notes, backed by television rights of soccer clubs, doubled to $11 million last month from the amount issued in April, when they were opened to investors in the region, according to data from Swiss-Asia Holding Pte. The Singapore-registered firm that operates the investment says total…
Asia’s Millionaires Are Buying Into European Soccer – Bloomberg – Bloomberg
Wealthy Asian investors unwilling to splurge on owning their own European soccer teams are showing their enthusiasm by helping fund the sport. Sales of football finance notes, backed by television rights of soccer clubs, doubled to $11 million last month from the amount issued in April, when they were opened to investors in the region, according to data from Swiss-Asia Holding Pte. The Singapore-registered firm that operates the investment says total…
Coros Linx smart cycling helmet: Our first take – Digital Trends
The Coros Linx smart cycling helmet was a Kickstarter success story in 2016, amassing an impressive $320,000 – six times its $50,000 funding goal . This year at CES, the company is showing off the cyclist safety product, which is now shipping. Three main features As a quick refresher, the Linx features three main hardware features that set it far apart from the cycling helmet of yesteryear. First of all, there…
Here’s the state of American soccer as 2017 begins – Washington Post
Bruce Arena. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press) LOS ANGELES – Southern California is the hub of American soccer this week as players gather for training camps, leagues in varying degrees of stability prepare for a new year, and thousands from all corners of the sport converge for the annual National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention. The spotlight is tightest on the men’s national team, which, after a bruising autumn, will…
Swimming heats? After their meet was canceled, this Georgia Tech team dived into the snow. – Washington Post
In this image from a video, these Georgia Tech swimmers practice their relay in the snow after their meet against Virginia Tech was canceled in Blacksburg, Va. The hardest part, said Matt Casillas, a sophomore from Georgia Tech who grew up in Southern California, was taking his shoes off. It was well below 20 degrees in Christiansburg, Va., their swim meet with Virginia Tech and the University of Kentucky had…
Here’s the state of American soccer as 2017 begins – Washington Post
Bruce Arena. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press) LOS ANGELES – Southern California is the hub of American soccer this week as players gather for training camps, leagues in varying degrees of stability prepare for a new year, and thousands from all corners of the sport converge for the annual National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention. The spotlight is tightest on the men’s national team, which, after a bruising autumn, will…
Asia’s Millionaires Are Buying Into European Soccer – Bloomberg
Wealthy Asian investors unwilling to splurge on owning their own European soccer teams are showing their enthusiasm by helping fund the sport. Sales of football finance notes, backed by television rights of soccer clubs, doubled to $11 million last month from the amount issued in April, when they were opened to investors in the region, according to data from Swiss-Asia Holding Pte. The Singapore-registered firm that operates the investment says total…
Asia’s Millionaires Are Buying Into European Soccer – Bloomberg
Wealthy Asian investors unwilling to splurge on owning their own European soccer teams are showing their enthusiasm by helping fund the sport. Sales of football finance notes, backed by television rights of soccer clubs, doubled to $11 million last month from the amount issued in April, when they were opened to investors in the region, according to data from Swiss-Asia Holding Pte. The Singapore-registered firm that operates the investment says total…
49 days to Daytona: Fun facts about the No. 49 in NASCAR | FOX … – FOXSports.com
It won’t be long until the thunder rolls at Daytona International Speedway. Exactly seven weeks from today, the green flag will fall on the Daytona 500 on FOX, and already the anticipation is building. With 49 days left until the 2017 Daytona 500, here are a few pieces of trivia around the No. 49 and Daytona: • The No. 49 has appeared in 665 NASCAR Premier Series races, with seven…
Rory McIlroy ‘resents’ the Olympics – OlympicTalk (blog)
More: Alpine Skiing Tina Maze bids farewell in bizarre fashion; Mikaela Shiffrin misses podium Tina Maze ponders 2018 Olympics Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso could return next week Something strange happened during Mikaela Shiffrin‘s second and final run of a World Cup slalom on Sunday. Shiffrin was skiing with a two tenths of a second lead when, all of a sudden, a red gate she cleared popped off in Maribor, Slovenia. It…
Rory McIlroy details real reason behind skipping Olympics – Yahoo Sports
Rory McIlroy caught a lot of flak, from all sides, when he told reporters at the British Open why he wasn’t taking part in golf’s return to the Olympic games. Among other things, McIlroy said he “didn’t get into golf to try and grow the game,” a saucy retort to many in the sport that opined participation in Rio was practically compulsory for the future of the sport. McIlroy didn’t…
How the Olympics might have played a role in Russia’s election-campaign hacking – Chicago Tribune
Did the Olympics play a role in alleged Russian hacking that targeted the U.S. presidential campaign? The U.S. intelligence report released Friday, which says Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered the operation, raises that possibility. “Putin publicly pointed to the Panama Papers disclosure and the Olympic doping scandal as U.S.-directed efforts to defame Russia, suggesting he sought to use disclosures to discredit the image of the United States and cast it…
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