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Chairman Brian France sent an email to all NASCAR employees this week defending his decision to endorse Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and vowed NASCAR would remain “a model of a progressive organization.” In the email, several copies of which were obtained by Motorsport.com, France said, “I made the personal decision on Monday to announce my support of Donald Trump. I have known Donald and his family for…

print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR: Turn 1: After the first week of the new reduced-downforce package, who is in good shape and who may be in trouble? Rundown: New aero package draws rave reviews NASCAR isn’t willing to call it a success yet, but the new lower-downforce aero package used at Atlanta was a big hit with drivers, Bob Pockrass writes in…

12:39 PM ET print When I was a kid, I would get so excited for our family’s annual vacation that about an hour into our 11-hour drive, every year, I would throw up my morning Apple Jacks behind a large tree on a winding country road heading to the Interstate. As I aged, my morning cereal sickness subsided and my anxiety/anticipation stomach-excitement stew was replaced with deep, cavernous canker sores…

When a Florida man walked into his backyard Tuesday afternoon to see if a stray golf ball had found its way into his swimming pool, he found something much larger — a 9-foot alligator lying at the bottom of the pool. Lakeland resident Craig Lear, 38, lives on a golf course and assumed the bubbles he saw in his pool were from a ball that had been hit into it….

Furniture Row Racing crew chief Cole Pearn has been suspended one race after NASCAR inspectors found a violation on Martin Truex Jr.’s No. 78 car pertaining to roof flaps prior to Sunday’s event at Atlanta Motor Speedway. In addition to the suspension, Pearn was fined $50,000 and 15 driver and owner points were docked from Truex and Furniture Row, respectively. The team is appealing all the penalties, thereby deferring…

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Though the NHL trade deadline just passed and the playoff races are heating up, the 2016 World Cup of Hockey is at the forefront of the hockey world Wednesday as each of the eight teams competing are releasing their 16-player preliminary rosters one-by-one. Each team will eventually have 23 players (20 skaters and three goalies), so more additions will be unveiled at a later date. Team USA may still be…

Furniture Row Racing crew chief Cole Pearn has been suspended one race after NASCAR inspectors found a violation on Martin Truex Jr.’s No. 78 car pertaining to roof flaps prior to Sunday’s event at Atlanta Motor Speedway. In addition to the suspension, Pearn was fined $50,000 and 15 driver and owner points were docked from Truex and Furniture Row, respectively. The team is appealing all the penalties, thereby deferring…

10:31 PM ET print TORONTO — By the end of the day Wednesday, 128 players had been named to participate in the World Cup of Hockey to be held Sept. 17 to Oct. 1 in Toronto. Here’s a look at the five biggest stories and surprises from this big day. Doug Armstrong and Tom Renney believe in their choices for Team Canada. Graig Abel/NHLI/Getty Images 1. Phil Kessel of the Pittsburgh…

Right at the intersection between sports and politics: that’s where NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France placed himself on Monday, when he publicly endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally on the campus of Valdosta (Ga.) State University. France’s endorsement was a “private personal decision by Brian,” a NASCAR spokesman said in a statement to SB Nation. Despite NASCAR’s quick clarification, the line between what France says…

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Right at the intersection between sports and politics: that’s where NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France placed himself on Monday, when he publicly endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally on the campus of Valdosta (Ga.) State University. France’s endorsement was a “private personal decision by Brian,” a NASCAR spokesman said in a statement to SB Nation. Despite NASCAR’s quick clarification, the line between what France says…

NASCAR officials have suspended crew chief Cole Pearn for one Sprint Cup Series points race and fined the Furniture Row Racing employee $50,000 for a rules violation that took place during last week’s race weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway.   In addition, driver Martin Truex Jr. has been penalized 15 championship driver points and team owner Barney Visser has been penalized 15 championship owner points.   The infraction, which involved the roof flap(s), was found during pre-race…

In addition to announcing penalties against multiple Sprint Cup Series teams on Wednesday afternoon, NASCAR revealed the identities of four teams that received written warnings for issues in the inspection line last weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The teams of Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt DiBenedetto and Cole Whitt were each handed a written warning from NASCAR for failing NASCAR’s template inspection twice in pre-qualifying inspection. Meanwhile, the No. 32 team…

Edmonton Oilers rookie Connor McDavid has 12 goals and 31 points in 28 games.(Photo: Timothy T. Ludwig, USA TODAY Sports) The first 16 players on every team’s World Cup of Hockey roster will be announced today. The Russia and Finland selections have already been revealed. The Czech Republic will unveil at 11 a.m., ET, followed by Sweden (1:15), Team Europe (4:30), North American 23-and-under, Canada (6:05) and USA (6:45): Here…

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Right at the intersection between sports and politics: that’s where NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France placed himself on Monday, when he publicly endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally on the campus of Valdosta (Ga.) State University. France’s endorsement was a “private personal decision by Brian,” a NASCAR spokesman said in a statement to SB Nation. Despite NASCAR’s quick clarification, the line between what France says…

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The World Cup of Hockey, which will see eight national (sort of) teams face off in Toronto in September for a tournament that should be heavy on NHLers, excitement, and totally acceptable obnoxious jingoism. (Fuck you, Canada! Your exchange rates are currently unfavorable for you!) The team logos, via Sportsnet, are above. The tournament itself is six months out, but the teams are today releasing their preliminary rosters—the first 16…

Two weeks ago Jim Paglia, a 63-year-old businessman, was moving home. The boxes in his new house no doubt contained possessions of personal interest. But hidden amongst the stacks was also a collection of documents that would intrigue the soccer public too. The boxes contained perhaps the last remnants of a failed bid against MLS’s claim to America’s first-division status: proposals for a single-entity league that looked to radically Americanize…