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Saturday’s American Ethanol e15 225 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Chicagoland Speedway was humming along just past the halfway point on Saturday when a relatively tame affair took a wild and unexpected twist. You can thank Mason Mingus and the wet infield grass for injecting the drama. Heading to pit road for routine service under green, Mingus was going too fast and missed the pit entrance, hitting a cone and then…

Thunderstorms forced the postponement of Sprint Cup qualifying Friday at Chicagoland Speedway, requiring NASCAR to use its rulebook to determine the starting lineup for Sunday’s opening playoff race. NASCAR determined which drivers made the 43-car field based off 2015 qualifying attempts, and then set the starting grid using speeds from Friday’s lone practice. Defending Sprint Cup champion Kevin Harvick, whose speed of 188.317 mph was fastest in the…

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The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup has officially begun, with defending champion Kevin Harvick drawing first blood at Chicagoland Speedway on Friday.   In the one hour, 25-minute practice round Harvick was the fastest of the 46 cars in the field, lapping the 1.5-mile Chicagoland track at 188.317 miles per hour in his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet.   It was a solid statement by Harvick, who through the…

ITV will compete with the BBC to broadcast the Olympics after the corporation lost control of the rights to US broadcasting giant Discovery. Adam Crozier, the chief executive of ITV, said the broadcaster would bid to sub-license the rights from Discovery, which paid £920m in an exclusive pan-European deal in June. BBC director general, Tony Hall, said the corporation, the traditional home of the Olympics – that will broadcast the…

Aces Ballpark will be home to a pro soccer team.(Photo: USL) Reno Gazette-Journal columnist Chris Murray has been known to be a bit wordy, so we’re giving him 1,000 words (no more than that) to share his thoughts from the week that was in the world of sports. * BIG ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK: Reno is getting a professional soccer team. First question that came to my mind was this: Will…

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Chicago Blackhawks will hit the ice Friday morning at Notre Dame for their first practice of training camp and Patrick Kane will join them, clearly using the rink at Compton Family Ice Arena as a refuge from the off-ice controversy swirling around him. In his first public comments since the investigation of an alleged sexual assault by Kane in his Hamburg home became public last…

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For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. The Football Association is investigating a complaint Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho used abusive and sexist language towards doctor Eva Carneiro during the Premier League game against Swansea in August. (Independent)  Carneiro and physio Jon Fearn could return to the Blues dugout on Saturday for the first time since…

View photo . SANTA CLARA, CA – FEBRUARY 21: A view of the jersey of Anze Kopitar #11 of the Los Angeles Kings is seen in the … Mark King used to play hockey growing up, on northern Wisconsin ice. Now, he’s responsible for what pro players are going to wear on NHL ice.  King is Group North America President for adidas, which just entered into a seven-year contract with the…

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Chicago Blackhawks will hit the ice Friday morning at Notre Dame for their first practice of training camp and Patrick Kane will join them, clearly using the rink at Compton Family Ice Arena as a refuge from the off-ice controversy swirling around him. In his first public comments since the investigation of an alleged sexual assault by Kane in his Hamburg home became public last…

FREQUENTLY REFRESH this page for the latest updates on the match. Who: U.S. women’s soccer vs. Haiti women’s soccer. Friendly match of the U.S. World Cup Victory Tour.When: 7:00 p.m. (ET)Where: Ford FieldTV: Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports GoTwitter: Follow Jared Purcell and Justin Hicks DETROIT — The U.S. soccer team did what was expected of them and walked all over Haiti for a 5-0 victory. Given all of the…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. The Football Association is investigating a complaint Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho used abusive and sexist language towards doctor Eva Carneiro during the Premier League game against Swansea in August. (Independent)  Carneiro and physio Jon Fearn could return to the Blues dugout on Saturday for the first time since…

“I was a bit naive,” admits Jeffrey Lim. “I thought it would be easy.” In Lim’s bright studio in Kuala Lumpur, bike wheels adorn the walls and a large table is spread with maps of Malaysia. Lim, a graphic designer, has spent the past three years mapping the city for cyclists. To anybody familiar with Kuala Lumpur’s urban sprawl, “naive” might seem like an understatement. As residents will tell you,…

FOOTBALL GOSSIP Manager Ronny Deila says Emilio Izaguirre’s red card cost Celtic a famous win against Ajax in Amsterdam. (Daily Record)  But Deila has refused to blame his left-back. (Scotsman)  Izaguirre also says the dismissal changed the game and apologised to his team-mates. (Daily Mail) Izaguirre was booked twice at the Amsterdam ArenA The Honduran feared he…

FREQUENTLY REFRESH this page for the latest updates on the match. Who: U.S. women’s soccer vs. Haiti women’s soccer. Friendly match of the U.S. World Cup Victory Tour.When: 7:00 p.m. (ET)Where: Ford FieldTV: Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports GoTwitter: Follow Jared Purcell and Justin Hicks DETROIT — The U.S. soccer team did what was expected of them and walked all over Haiti for a 5-0 victory. Given all of the…

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FREQUENTLY REFRESH this page for the latest updates on the match. Who: U.S. women’s soccer vs. Haiti women’s soccer. Friendly match of the U.S. World Cup Victory Tour.When: 7:00 p.m. (ET)Where: Ford FieldTV: Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports GoTwitter: Follow Jared Purcell and Justin Hicks DETROIT — The U.S. soccer team did what was expected of them and walked all over Haiti for a 5-0 victory. Given all of the…

The fallout from the closure of Michael Waltrip Racing continued this week as the SportsBusiness Daily reports Aaron’s will not sponsor a car in NASCAR next season. Aaron’s, a rent-to-own retailer, has been part of NASCAR for the past 15 years, but that will come to an end at the end of this season. The Atlanta-based company issued a statement to address Thursday’s news, saying it has “decided to take…

0 Shares Print CHICAGO — With passing at a premium in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, drivers can feel the intensity on restarts, knowing that first lap, if not the first turn, on a restart can make the difference between winning and losing. And this is how Brad Keselowski describes trying to figure out what to do: “I still view restarts as rock, paper, scissors,” he said Friday during Chase…