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Daniel Suarez first Mexican driver to win NASCAR national series race – ESPN
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment BROOKLYN, Mich. — Daniel Suarez became the first Mexican-born driver to win a NASCAR national race, passing Kyle Busch and holding off one of the sport’s big stars at the Xfinity Series race at Michigan. `”To be able to be an example to bring more people is great,” said Suarez, who moved to the U.S. five years ago. Busch led 88 of the 125…
Soccer Teams Raise the Curtain on the Live Show in Stadium Tunnels – New York Times
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NASCAR launches new campaign to promote diversity, end racism – FOXSports.com
NASCAR and the Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE) have launched a new campaign to promote diversity, inclusion and equality both in sports and in the community at large. As part of the campaign, there is a public service announcement with six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, 2015 Daytona 500 winner Joey Logano, 2014 Coke Zero 400 winner Aric Almirola and NASCAR Drive for Diversity graduates Kyle…
Gordie Howe, Mr. Hockey for the Red Wings, Dies at 88 – New York Times
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USA Swimming bans Brock Turner for life over Stanford sexual assault case – Vox
Brock Turner, the former Stanford student who was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, will never be allowed to compete in a USA Swimming–sanctioned event, the organization confirmed to USA Today on Thursday. Nicole Auerbach reported for USA Today: “Brock Turner’s membership with USA Swimming expired at the end of the calendar year 2014,” USA Swimming spokesman Scott Leightman said in an email to USA TODAY…
NCAA hockey: Rules Committee proposes 4-on-4 overtime – NCAA.com
The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Rules Committee has recommended a significant change to the overtime format of collegiate hockey. During its meeting June 7-9 in Indianapolis, Indiana, the committee recommended that all NCAA regular-season games be played with an overtime format featuring four-on-four play for five minutes. If a game still is still tied after the overtime period, the committee also approved an experimental…
Russell Westbrook Withdraws From Olympics In Brazil – Huffington Post
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook announced he will not play for Team USA in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, adding to a substantial roster of NBA stars who are opting out of the games. “After speaking with my family, I have decided to not participate in this year’s Olympics,” Westbrook said in a statement released Friday. “This was not an easy decision, as representing my country at the…
Hockey|Gordie Howe, Mr. Hockey for the Red Wings, Dies at 88 – New York Times
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Brock Turner Banned For Life By USA Swimming – Huffington Post
Former Stanford University student Brock Turner is no longer eligible to compete in events sanctioned by USA Swimming, USA Today confirmed Monday afternoon. The ban, which includes Olympic tryouts, was confirmed by USA Swimming spokesman Scott Leightman in an email to USA Today. The decision was reported four days after Turner was sentenced to six months of county jail and probation for three counts of sexual assault. Turner was convicted in…
Soccer hooligans turn streets into mess of tear gas, broken glass – New York Post
MARSEILLE, France — Police fired tear gas at rowdy fans at Marseille’s Old Port for the second straight day on Friday. The outburst of violence came despite a heavy police presence a day before England is to play Russia at the European Championship in the Mediterranean port city’s Stade Velodrome. There were no immediate reports of injuries. When the tear gas cleared, hundreds of England fans remained in the area,…
Johnston latest on list of suspended crew chiefs – Nascar
RELATED: No. 42 team hit with P3 penalty BROOKLYN, Mich. — Philip Surgen, lead engineer for the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing team and driver Kyle Larson in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series, will serve as interim crew chief for the team this weekend here at Michigan International Speedway. Chad Johnston, crew chief for the No. 42 team, was suspended through June 15 (one race) and fined $20,000 for a lug nut violation following last Sunday’s Axalta ‘We Paint Winners’ 400…
Michael Phelps talks fatherhood, Zika and his fifth Olympics – For The Win
An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated Michael Phelps is swimming in his fourth Olympics. It is his fifth. Michael Phelps is gearing up to swim in his fifth Olympics — but this one is a little more complicated: He’s also balancing fatherhood, as his son Boomer was born a month ago. As part of his new partnership with Krave jerky for National Jerky Day — yes, there’s a…
A Hockey Luminary, Gordie Howe Glowed With Modesty – New York Times
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USA Swimming bans Brock Turner for life – CNN
Javier Hernandez and soccer gods benefit Mexico – Los Angeles Times
Mexico can win the Copa America Centenario. No, scratch that. Mexico should win the Copa America Centenario. Striker Javier Hernandez is in form and has the right players around him. Fans are behind the team. And if that isn’t enough, well, let’s just say the soccer gods have been extremely generous to Mexico recently in its adopted homeland. The latest gifts from the heavens came Thursday in a 2-0 victory…
Does French Soccer Have an Arab Problem? – Foreign Policy (blog)
Last week, on the eve of this year’s European Cup championship, one of soccer’s most prolific scorers, Karim Benzema — a French citizen born to Algerian immigrants — galvanized France. Not with a spectacular goal for Les Bleus, the French national team hosting Euro 2016, but rather with an observation he made in a Spanish newspaper, affirming that there is, in fact, “a racist part of France.” The events leading…
Pride on the Pitch: Does Soccer Have a Gay Problem? – NBCNews.com
This month’s gay pride celebrations coincide with two of the world’s most high-profile sports tournaments: Copa America — hosted for the first time by the United States — and Euro 2016. Yet while the NFL and NBA have passed the milestone of having openly gay athletes in their top professional leagues, not a single soccer player in either competition has come out as gay. It leaves the “beautiful game” without…
Greed, Passion, Lust, Betrayal, and the Olympics in Between – New York Times
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Stanford sex offender Brock Turner banned for life by USA Swimming – Washington Post
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How Germany Engineered a Soccer Machine – Wall Street Journal
ENLARGE Paris When the European Championship kicks off here on Friday, it will bring together 24 teams for the first time. There will be traditional powers such as Spain and France and Euro first-timers, such as Iceland and Albania. Over 30 days and an unprecedented 51 matches, this expanded crowd of teams from the world’s deepest soccer region will square off in what may be the most unpredictable tournament in…
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