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So what exactly is a charter system and why is one needed in NASCAR? NASCAR officials will formally reveal their new charter system during a Tuesday press conference at the Charlotte Convention Center at 1:30 p.m. ET. Neither NASCAR officials nor the Sprint Cup team owners have disclosed many details about the particulars about what they will announce. That said, the charter system is expected to be somewhat similar to…

NEW YORK — The United States Olympic Committee told U.S. sports federations that athletes and staff concerned for their health over the Zika virus should consider not going to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in August. The message was delivered in a conference call involving USOC officials and leaders of U.S. sport federations in late January, according to two people who participated in the call. Federations were told that no…

  It’s a familiar sound in Minnesota: ice hockey sticks click-clacking as two players face off in pursuit of the puck. But in this game, the players don’t skate on blades. They glide around on a single wheel. Enter the world of unicycle hockey — a fast-paced game that draws a small band of intergenerational, one-wheeled wonders to a church basement gym to practice their riding skills while putting a…

HOWELL, N.J. –  According to a media release issued late Sunday night, the Howell Police Department confirmed that officers responded to Howell Ice World earlier that afternoon in reference to a dispute that occurred between parents and  referees officiating a high school hockey game between Manalapan and Howell. According to the release, which was issued by Howell Police Sergeant Scott Revilak, upon arrival investigating officers “learned that a hockey game took…

RELATED: Watch the announcement here   NASCAR will make a major announcement concerning the 2016 season on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. ET, according to a media alert issued Monday. NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France as well as several key industry executives will be on hand for the announcement.   The announcement will be live streamed on NASCAR.com — you can watch here. In a statement issued Monday, Vice President…

NASCAR has scheduled a 1:30 p.m. press conference Tuesday with Chairman and CEO Brian France along with “key industry executives” for what the sanctioning body is calling a “major NASCAR announcement.” FOXSports.com has confirmed that the announcement will be that NASCAR and the Sprint Cup Series team owners have reached an agreement on a Charter system that would give owners a more secure financial position in the sport. NASCAR officials recently have…

Super Bowl 50 is in the books, leaving some folks in NASCAR with smiles on their faces and others down in the dumps. We all have known for some time that defending Sprint Cup champion Kyle Busch is a huge Denver Broncos’ fan, so he’s happy. So is Regan Smith, who used to drive for Furniture Row Racing, which is based in Denver, Colorado. The Broncos’ 24-10 victory over the…

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It’s very obvious that the NASCAR community is psyched about Super Bowl 50. Winston Kelley, the executive director of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, recently toured the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio and came away wondering how a certain piece of hardware he discovered there might look in Charlotte, North Carolina. FOX Sports NASCAR analyst Michael Waltrip and his daughter, Macy, are in Santa Clara, California for…

Arsenal maintained their record of not losing a Premier League game in which they had a two-goal lead at half-time since November 2010 (at home to Tottenham) Arsenal scored twice in 88 first-half seconds to overwhelm Bournemouth and move level on points with second-placed Tottenham. Mesut Ozil lashed the ball home from 12 yards for the Gunners’ opener, before Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain drifted in from the right and scored with a…

Updated February 08, 2016 06:59:33 Photo: Critical of previous regime … Swimming Australia president John Bertrand. (AAP: Sam D’Agostino) Four years ago the headlines painted a picture of a dysfunctional Australian Olympic swim team, beset by drug and bullying scandals, and under-performing in the pool. Now Swimming Australia’s (SA) president John Bertrand has criticised the sport’s previous administrators’ response to the London scandals, saying too much pressure…

Barcelona have won their past 10 league and cup games Barcelona celebrated boss Luis Enrique’s 100th match in charge with a laboured win over Levante to go three points clear at the top of La Liga. They went ahead against the run of play when David Navarro turned Jordi Alba’s cross into his own net. Bottom-of-the-table Levante hit the woodwork through Jose Luis Morales while Giuseppe Rossi forced a fine…

A 10-year-old boy has been raped at a public swimming pool in Vienna, according to local media reports. Local newspaper Kronen Zeitung described the assailant as a 20-year-old Iraqi refugee, who was arrested at the scene of the incident in late December. It was reported that the child was taken to hospital for treatment over “severe” injuries. Austrian police did not initially release details of the rape, which took place on 22 December…

When Marshall Lamm was growing up in Dallas, soccer was considered little more than the waste of a football field. So years later, when Lamm became a fan of the English Premier League, he had no idea how to pick a team for which to root. “In England, if your dad was a West Ham fan, your grandfather was a West Ham fan, every family member is pretty much a…

Super Bowl Sunday is nearly upon us, and that is not lost on a very interested NASCAR community. From former driver Jeff Burton and his son, current driver Jeb Burton, who are attending the game with none other than Gov. Pat McCrory from the great state of North Carolina, to many others who are fans of either the Carolina Panthers or the Denver Broncos, many have taken to Twitter to…

Michigan State’s Matt DeBlouw, right, celebrates with Travis Walsh (4) after scoring in overtime against Michigan during a college hockey game at Joe Louis Arena on Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)(Photo: Duane Burleson, AP) It took a little longer to decide who would leave Joe Louis Arena for the first time with the Iron D trophy. Michigan State earned the hardware with a 3-2 overtime win…

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A Long Beach woman pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling and laundering more than $174,000 from a Fullerton youth soccer club where she served as treasurer, Orange County Superior Court records show. Laura A. Zellerbach, 41, pleaded guilty to single counts of embezzlement, money laundering, falsifying records and computer fraud. Twenty-two additional felony counts of computer fraud were dismissed, court records show. She was sentenced to five years’ probation, one year…

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