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With restarts an increasingly topical debate subject among drivers, a senior NASCAR official said Monday that officials wants drivers to police themselves so that the sanctioning body doesn’t have to.  “(Restarts) certainly garner attention, but it’s one of those (items) that we’ve told the drivers that we’d like to leave it in (the drivers’) hands,” NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer Steve O’Donnell said on SiriusXM NASCAR’s…

Beer producer Anheuser-Busch had decided to switch its beer brand that is associated with NASCAR, beginning in 2016. Sports Business Journal first reported the news. Anheuser-Busch, a primary sponsor on Stewart-Haas Racing’s No. 4 Chevrolet driven by Kevin Harvick, will switch out its Budweiser brand with Busch. Busch was the brand long associated with NASCAR, beginning in 1982 when it began sponsoring what is now the Xfinity Series. Busch left its role as…

FIFA, for a variety of different reasons to do with bribing and other corruption schemes, hasn’t exactly been in the news for the best of reasons recently. But with the FBI’s investigation rumbling on and Sepp Blatter seemingly holding true to his promise to step down by early next year, preparations are being made within FIFA to aid that transition. (AP) François Carrard, the former media director for the International…

The Russian national team was fined for leaving the ice early. (YouTube) Following team Russia’s 6-1 loss to Canada at the 2015 World Ice Hockey Championships, several members of the team left the ice before the playing of the Canadian national anthem and the completion of the medal ceremony. This move was immediately frowned upon by the IIHF. Shortly after the incident IIHF president Rene Fasel promised that there would…

ENLARGE Tehran Women, and women’s sports, still face stiff winds of resistance in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Hard-liners supported by the highest echelons of government oppose women even watching the country’s most popular sport, much less playing it in public. But quietly, there is something of a women’s soccer revolution going on here. And one of its leaders, of all people, is an Iranian-American. Katyoun Khosrowyar, 27, moved here…

BRISTOL, Tenn. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants NASCAR to follow its rules. It’s that simple, he says. “All the drivers really want is for NASCAR to police that stuff with a stern hand,’’ Earnhardt said about restarts after Saturday night’s Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. “I saw in the Xfinity race at Watkins Glen … so many guys pull out of line before the start/finish line and pass…

Denny Hamlin (11) and Kyle Busch (18) lead the field during the start of the Saturday’s Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.(Photo: Peter Casey, USA TODAY Sports) BRISTOL, Tenn. — It’s no secret how NASCAR feels about restarts. The double-file dashes into Turn 1 are the most exciting parts of many races, and NASCAR wants drivers to control the exact moment when the race goes back to green. But…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Arsenal could land Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema, 27, if they make a £50m bid for the France striker. (Daily Star)  Daily Mirror’s back page on Monday Barcelona forward Neymar would consider a move to Manchester United, although the Old Trafford club are set to…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest NASCAR makes its only visit this season at Darlington on Sept. 6 for the Bojangles’ Southern 500. Kevin Harvick is the defending champion. While the Sprint Cup Series takes the week off, the Xfinity and Camping World Series will be in action. The Xfinity Series heads to Road America while the Camping World Truck Series crosses the border to the Canadian Toire Motorsports Park. MORE:…

BT Sport have won the TV rights for Ashes series in Australia for five years from 2017-18, according to reports. The Ashes adds to BT’s growing sports portfolio which now includes all Champions League fixtures, as well as a portion of the Premier League fixtures, which will increase from 2016-17 to included 42 matches, compared to Sky Sports’ 126. BT are believed to have paid £16m a year for the…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest BRISTOL, Tenn — Just under two months ago, it looked like another predictable NASCAR season for Hendrick Motorsports. Jimmie Johnson won his third race, the FedEx 400 at Dover, for the third Hendrick win in four races after Dale Earnhardt Jr. won again at Talladega. Jeff Gordon was off to a great start with eight top-10s and teammate Kasey Kahne was right behind with seven….

For the second year in a row, Joey Logano reigned supreme in the summer race at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Logano held off an onrushing Kevin Harvick late in the Irwin Tools Night Race on Saturday night to capture the checkered flag. According to ESPN Stats & Info, the 25-year-old is the fourth driver since 2005 to win the event in back-to-back years. At various points in the…

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. — Josh Pauls is a veteran on the USA men’s sled hockey team at the age of 22. Five years ago, he was the youngest player ever to make the team. His rookie year led to a stunning five game shutout in the Vancouver Paralympics, and his first gold medal. “I was like I finally accomplished something really great,” Pauls recalled. “I remember just walking into the…

Restarts were a hot topic in the drivers meeting before Saturday night’s Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The questions came a week after Austin Dillon took off on a restart, leaving leader Carl Edwards behind. Earlier this week, Ryan Blaney was penalized by NASCAR for starting too soon while leading the Camping World Truck Series race at Bristol. Blane recovered to win that race. After a video presentation…

USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Gluck gives his picks for the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. USA TODAY Sports

NBCSN begins its coverage of tonight’s Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway with an expanded NASCAR America. The show airs at 5:30 p.m. Krista Voda hosts and will be joined by Kyle Petty, Dale Jarrett, Rutledge Wood and Nate Ryan. Among the features on the show will be Dale Earnhardt Jr. voicing a look back at the history of Bristol and the track’s momentous moments. NASCAR America looks…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Speedway Motorsports Inc. founder Bruton Smith has been getting cancer treatment in recent weeks. It wasn’t enough to keep him away from his beloved Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. Bruton Smith (Getty Images) MORE: Scrambling for the Chase | Drivers to watch at Bristol | Chasing Denny Hamlin Smith 88, who will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2016, showed up this…

GILROY — They call polo the Sport of Kings. But there wasn’t a trace of royalty Saturday morning at the South Bay Polo club’s fourth annual Garlic Cup tournament in Gilroy. There was the smell of horses. There was a margarita machine. There were several rusting tractors and trailers. There was, however, not a king in sight. “We want to introduce people to the sport, either as spectators or participants,”…

Sprint’s new CEO, Marcelo Claure, moved his family here, bought a house and says he’s come to love Kansas City. But there is one side of this town he won’t embrace — soccer. He’d rather compete. As a Miami resident, Claure struggled for most of a decade to bring the city a Major League Soccer franchise — a future rival for the league’s 2013 champions, Sporting Kansas City. Claure originally…

BRISTOL, Tenn. — The prerace festivities for Saturday’s Irwin Tools Night Race will feature as much pomp and circumstance as any Sprint Cup Series race, from the drivers choosing their own songs for introductions to a popular rendition of the national anthem by a Motor Racing Outreach children’s choir that is comprised of many sons and daughters of NASCAR drivers, crew chiefs and team members. The 500-lap race has been…