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On Tuesday night, the hockey world once again saw the ugly side of fighting. Career enforcer Brian McGrattan, playing for the AHL’s San Diego Gulls, was knocked unconscious in a vicious bout with defenceman Daniel Maggio of the San Antonio Rampage. If the sight of McGrattan’s figure lying spread-eagle and face down on the ice wasn’t enough to turn a viewer’s stomach, the crowd was happy to help….

Kernersville, N.C. (January 20, 2016) — Matt Kaulig is proud to announce the establishment of full-time NASCAR XFINITY Series team, Kaulig Racing™, for the 2016 season. With a familiar face behind the wheel, Blake Koch has been selected to pilot the No. 11 LeafFilter Gutter Protection™ Chevrolet Camaro for the 2016 NXS season.   “I am extremely excited to finally announce the formation of Kaulig Racing™,” said Kaulig. “This is an…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch said he is still working through his NASCAR XFINITY Series schedule for 2016, but he knows restrictor-plate tracks are off the table.   Busch, the defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, is the XFINITY Series win leader with 76 career victories. He also has 44 wins in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.   But in 2015, Busch suffered a broken right leg and shattered left foot in the season-opening…

Once again, NASCAR is embracing big changes for 2016. Tuesday morning at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Brian France, the sanctioning body’s chairman and CEO, addressed some of the new ideas and procedures coming to the sport this year. Here are seven major changes to look for in 2016: Chase format: The NASCAR XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series will each adopt the Chase playoff format this year. The XFINITY Chase…

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Furniture Row Racing announced a sponsorship agreement with Bass Pro Shops for the No. 78 Toyota driven by Martin Truex Jr. during their segment of the Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour. The sponsorship is for nine races this season including the season-opening Daytona 500. This is a reunion of sorts for the company and Truex, whose relationship with Bass Pro Shops dates back to his time running in the NASCAR XFINITY Series as well as the NASCAR…

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Edmonton Oilers defenseman Andrew Ference is among those in the NHL supporting Pride Tape.(Photo: Courtesy of Pride Tape) It’s tape, albeit, multicolored tape. Black or white versions sell for about $3 at hockey shops around North America. To many gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender hockey players, however, Pride Tape — a Kickstarter campaign led by a Canadian college professor — means much more. “We’ve heard from so many people who left the…

NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France made the first headlines of the Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour Tuesday morning, announcing that the sanctioning body would about playoff formats for the NASCAR XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series. Both of NASCAR’s junior divisions will have seven-race Chases, with 12 drivers competing in the XFINITY playoff and eight drivers in the Truck Series playoff. Both series will end their respective seasons exactly the…

The 34th annual Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour presented by Technocom kicks off Tuesday morning, when NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France will present his annual state-of-the-sport update at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Then, the Toyota teams will meet with more than 100 media members from across the country. Wednesday, the Ford teams will be up and Thursday it will be the Chevrolet teams. The Media Tour is not open to the public, only…

Sure, The Bachelor this week contained about 20 girls bickering and engaging in questionable methods of convincing a guy to like them. What else is new? But buried in all that angst and drama was one of the greatest sporting events of all time, a tale of triumph against the odds, a story of victory when defeat seemed the only possible option. I’m talking, of course, of 12 girls…

CONCORD, N.C. (Jan. 18, 2016) — WIX Filters has joined Hendrick Motorsports as a key technical partner with an agreement that will supply innovative filtration products and provide critical development support to the 11-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions through 2019. With a four-year pact, WIX’s air and oil filters will be used in competition by the four Sprint Cup Series teams of Hendrick Motorsports with drivers Kasey Kahne, Chase Elliott, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Its logo…

Jeff Gordon made his 2016 season debut with the FOX NASCAR broadcasting team on FS1’s “Race Hub” Monday. Danielle Trotta and Adam Alexander kicked off the episode with Alexander saying, “We’ve done a lot of shows in this studio, but this is one we’ll remember forever.” “It’s been a great offseason, but I can’t wait to get to Daytona and be part of the FOX team,” Gordon said. The Gordon family…

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This was the bizarre scene at a recent junior game in Canada. (YouTube) Let’s preface this post by saying the following video is a bit on the insane side. This one comes from the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League, a Canadian junior circuit based out of Ontario. Most of the players in this league are under the age of 20 vying to extend their careers in the college ranks…

On Oct. 6, 17-year-old hockey player Eddie Klein was diagnosed with stage 3 Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but the diagnosis hasn’t kept him from the ice. Klein, a senior at St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, New Jersey, and the captain of the school’s hockey team, said he thought immediately about hockey when doctors diagnosed him with cancer. “I just started to think about, well, missing hockey … and…

The issue between three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart and a belligerent fan at the Chili Bowl is one example of a larger issue in NASCAR and the world of sports. For those of you who might not have been in the loop this past weekend, you might have missed the news that three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart was involved in an altercation with a fan at the Chili Bowl. According to several…

The NASCAR Twitterverse came alive Sunday as the Carolina Panthers’ NFL playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks began to unfold. With so many NASCAR teams and drivers located in the Charlotte, N.C., area — home of the Panthers — emotions ran high. But not everyone was a Panthers’ fan, as Hendrick Motorsports driver and noted Seahawks fan Kasey Kahne readily attested. From Kahne to Jimmie Johnson to Jeff Gordon and…