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Logano earns Coors Light Pole at Martinsville – Nascar
RELATED: Full starting lineup MARTINSVILLE, Va. – The third time was the charm for Joey Logano. Then again, so were the first and second. The driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford dominated qualifying for Sunday’s STP 500 (1 p.m. ET on FS1), topping the speed chart in all three sessions of Friday’s knockout qualifying at Martinsville Speedway. The Coors Light Pole Award was the third straight for Logano at the .526-mile paperclip-shaped…
Antoine Demoitié’s death should be a wake-up call for cycling’s crowded races – The Guardian
June 1950. The French national championships is coming to a climax at the autodrome at Montlhéry, a banked concrete oval 30km outside Paris. Camille Danguillaume, winner of the 1949 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, is part of a three-man breakaway going into the final circuit, hoping to climb one step higher on the podium after the disappointment of his second-place finish the year before. He never made it to the finish line. Three days…
Flashback Friday: Remembering Alan Kulwicki, a NASCAR champion who left us too soon – FOXSports.com
April 1 marks one of the saddest anniversaries in NASCAR: The 23rd anniversary of the death of 1992 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Alan Kulwicki. Kulwicki was one of five people who died on April 1, 1993, in an airplane crash near Bristol, Tennessee, where NASCAR was racing that weekend. At Bristol Motor Speedway, team members knew they couldn’t race without their owner/driver and so the decision was made to…
Derek White arrest the latest in NASCAR’s darker history – Sporting News
At 45, White is Mohawk, a member of that First Nations tribe and born in Quebec. Records show he spent years in drag racing before entering what was then the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in 2009. White drove well enough in the Canadian series that he was its rookie of the year in 2010. There is a NASCAR web page on White from that season. There also is a 2009…
Men of Soccer Don’t Get It, as Usual – New York Times
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Antoine Demoitié’s death should be a wake-up call for cycling’s crowded races – The Guardian
June 1950. The French national championships is coming to a climax at the autodrome at Montlhéry, a banked concrete oval 30km outside Paris. Camille Danguillaume, winner of the 1949 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, is part of a three-man breakaway going into the final circuit, hoping to climb one step higher on the podium after the disappointment of his second-place finish the year before. He never made it to the finish line. Three days…
Soccer|Men of Soccer Don’t Get It, as Usual – New York Times
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Top Female Players Accuse US Soccer of Wage Discrimination – New York Times
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NASCAR driver busted in largest tobacco-smuggling ring in North American history – NBC4i.com
Driver Derek White, a member of the Mohawk tribe from Kahnawake, Quebec, looks on in his garage after practice for a NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., Friday, July 17, 2015. White will become the first Native American to start a Sprint Cup race. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter) QUEBEC, CANADA (WCMH) — NASCAR driver Derek White is facing charges in one of the…
Turn 4: Monetizing Kenseth vs. Logano, Kurt Busch’s Indy decision and more – ESPN
print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR: Turn 1: Martinsville is using highlights of Matt Kenseth wrecking Joey Logano from last year’s race in a television commercial to sell tickets. Is it appropriate for the track to use an event that resulted in a two-race suspension as part of the commercial? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: I have no problem with the track using…
Humble beginnings guide Stenhouse Jr.’s growth at Roush – Nascar
RELATED: See where Stenhouse ranks in the standings CONCORD, N.C. — If there’s a tipping point that illustrates how far Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has developed in his NASCAR career, it’s one that traces back to the spring of 2010. Stenhouse had begun his rookie NASCAR Nationwide (now XFINITY) Series season by crashing out of five of the first 12 races. On the 12th, at Charlotte, he doubled down on his early…
The Edge: US Women’s Soccer Goes for (Equal) Gold – The Atlantic
Focus on Brussels. The White House announced that FBI teams have been sent to Belgium to help authorities investigate the attacks that killed 35 people, including several Americans. “We have had effective coordination in supporting their investigation and trying to disrupt additional plots,” said deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes. And in Belgium, Salah Abdeslam, the most wanted man in Europe who was captured on March 18, was approved for…
Five Top Female Players Accuse US Soccer of Wage Discrimination – New York Times
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Turn 4: Monetizing Kenseth vs. Logano, Kurt Busch’s Indy decision and more – ESPN
print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR: Turn 1: Martinsville is using highlights of Matt Kenseth wrecking Joey Logano from last year’s race in a television commercial to sell tickets. Is it appropriate for the track to use an event that resulted in a two-race suspension as part of the commercial? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: I have no problem with the track using…
NASCAR driver Derek White faces charges in largest tobacco-smuggling bust in North America – myfox8.com
Derek White, driver of the #40 Braille Battery/Grafoid Dodge, stands on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Winn Dixie 300 at Talladega Superspeedway on May 2, 2015 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images) Derek White, driver of the #40 Braille Battery/Grafoid Dodge, stands on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Winn Dixie 300 at Talladega Superspeedway on May 2, 2015 in Talladega,…
Soccer|Five Top Female Players Accuse US Soccer of Wage Discrimination – New York Times
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Cycling: how to conquer hills – The Guardian
Whether it’s in preparation for mastering the hills on your local club ride, or because you have aspirations to ride some of the mountain passes made famous by the Grand Tours, efficient climbing on a bike can make all the difference to a long day in the saddle. So here are eight simple ways to make some big improvements. Weight The first place to start is with yourself. You are…
NASCAR driver arrested as part of tobacco-smuggling operation – Motorsport.com
Part-time NASCAR competitor Derek White was among nearly 60 people targeted by Canadian police in what has been described as “the biggest tobacco-smuggling bust in North American history.” NASCAR is looking into the report. Bloomberg Businessweek first reported White’s involvement on Wednesday and said he was among those arrested for their involvement in biker gangs, organized crime, buying tobacco in the United States and then illegally importing it…
EU referendum: Brexit could have ‘big effect’ on football – BBC News
Should Brexit happen, players such as Dimitri Payet, Willy Caballero and N’Golo Kante would lose their right to play in the Premier League British football could be radically changed if the UK votes to leave the European Union, according to experts and leading voices in the game. Some fear so-called Brexit could lead to more than 400 players losing the right to play in the UK, while others say it…
Cain: Martinsville holds promise for Danica Patrick – Nascar
RELATED: Women racers pave new roads to success in NASCAR There is a bit of irony in Danica Patrick‘s Martinsville Speedway resume. A racer who made international headlines and officially became a first-name only reference for nearly winning her Indianapolis 500 debut at one of the world’s most famous and grand-sized tracks, Danica bolstered her track record in many eyes by scoring one of her best NASCAR finishes (seventh) on…