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Brad Keselowski shares thoughts on new NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers council – NBCSports.com

Friday, June 05, 2015

Former champion Brad Keselowski says he’s not on the new Sprint Cup drivers council that met with NASCAR officials last weekend but hopes the council can help enhance the racing. The council features about nine competitors, including reigning champion Kevin Harvick and last year’s rookie of the year, Kyle Larson. “To earn the spot you had to be the highest driver in each respective manufacturer, and I wasn’t the highest Ford,”…

Gluck: NASCAR should listen to drivers and act – USA TODAY

Friday, June 05, 2015

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Sepp Blatter’s Resignation and Soccer Reform – New York Times

Thursday, June 04, 2015

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How The Olympics Changed Atlanta, And What Boston Could Learn – WBUR

Thursday, June 04, 2015

Centennial Olympic Park, in Atlanta (Alison Guillory for WBUR) First in a three-part series. Here’s Part 2. ATLANTA — This is the last U.S. city to host the Summer Olympics. Atlanta scored an upset when the International Olympic Committee in 1990 chose it over five other cities to host the 1996 games, not long after Los Angeles hosted in 1984. Atlanta was not considered a world-class city. Set amid rolling…

Why African Soccer Officials See FIFA Probe As ‘Imperialist’ – TIME

Thursday, June 04, 2015

More Russia and Qatar’s World Cups Under Scrutiny after FIFA Chief Resigns Interpol Issues ‘Red Notice’ for 6 Linked to FIFA Probe How FIFA’s Sepp Blatter May Have Outmaneuvered Everyone The news of Sepp Blatter’s resignation on Tuesday drew outrage from the leading officials in African soccer. Only four days earlier, on May 29, they had helped keep him in power as president of FIFA, the sport’s international governing body,…

Women’s World Cup 2015: China, an Early Power, Seeks a Way Back – New York Times

Thursday, June 04, 2015

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Women’s World Cup 2015: China, an Early Power, Seeks a Way Back – New York Times

Thursday, June 04, 2015

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Why African Soccer Officials See FIFA Probe As ‘Imperialist’ – TIME

Thursday, June 04, 2015

More Russia and Qatar’s World Cups Under Scrutiny after FIFA Chief Resigns Interpol Issues ‘Red Notice’ for 6 Linked to FIFA Probe How FIFA’s Sepp Blatter May Have Outmaneuvered Everyone The news of Sepp Blatter’s resignation on Tuesday drew outrage from the leading officials in African soccer. Only four days earlier, on May 29, they had helped keep him in power as president of FIFA, the sport’s international governing body,…

Why African Soccer Officials See FIFA Probe As ‘Imperialist’ – TIME

Thursday, June 04, 2015

More Russia and Qatar’s World Cups Under Scrutiny after FIFA Chief Resigns Interpol Issues ‘Red Notice’ for 6 Linked to FIFA Probe How FIFA’s Sepp Blatter May Have Outmaneuvered Everyone The news of Sepp Blatter’s resignation on Tuesday drew outrage from the leading officials in African soccer. Only four days earlier, on May 29, they had helped keep him in power as president of FIFA, the sport’s international governing body,…

Ex-FIFA Official Chuck Blazer Admitted Accepting Bribes for World Cup Votes – New York Times

Thursday, June 04, 2015

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Women’s World Cup 2015: China, an Early Power, Seeks a Way Back – New York Times

Thursday, June 04, 2015

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NASCAR penalizes two drivers for walking on hot track – USA TODAY

Thursday, June 04, 2015

Jennifer Jo Cobb walks onto the track to confront Tyler Reddick.(Photo: Drew Hallowell, Getty Images) Trevor Bayne and Jennifer Jo Cobb were both fined and placed on probation Wednesday after each walked across a hot track during races last weekend at Dover International Speedway. Cobb walked angrily up the racetrack toward Tyler Reddick after she believed he spun her out during Friday’s Camping World Truck Series race. And Bayne got…

Why African Soccer Officials See FIFA Probe As ‘Imperialist’ – TIME

Thursday, June 04, 2015

More Russia and Qatar’s World Cups Under Scrutiny after FIFA Chief Resigns Interpol Issues ‘Red Notice’ for 6 Linked to FIFA Probe How FIFA’s Sepp Blatter May Have Outmaneuvered Everyone The news of Sepp Blatter’s resignation on Tuesday drew outrage from the leading officials in African soccer. Only four days earlier, on May 29, they had helped keep him in power as president of FIFA, the sport’s international governing body,…

Waltrip: ‘A lot of unrest’ in NASCAR led to driver council – Yahoo Sports

Thursday, June 04, 2015

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR has never had much of an appetite for drivers uniting to create a single voice. The sanctioning body once banned Curtis Turner for trying to form a union in 1961. But times have changed, said Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip, who believes dislike of the current rules package has led to the creation of a driver’s council. The group of drivers elected by their peers…

Why armed drug cops took ‘every belonging’ from a Michigan soccer mom – Washington Post (blog)

Thursday, June 04, 2015

Annette Shattuck wasn’t home when the masked men entered her house and ransacked it. But her 56-year-old mother was, clipping coupons and watching over Annette’s four children under the age of 10, Shattuck recalled last week before the Michigan House of Representatives. “After they breached my door, at gunpoint, with masks,” she said, repeating what her family told her, “they proceeded to take every belonging in my house. And when I say every…

Lightning strikes and turns Tampa into a hockey city again – Los Angeles Times

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

This is the South, where football is still king, so the Tampa Bay Lightning must work harder to entrench itself than teams in longer-established sports or in traditional hockey markets. Jay Feaster, formerly the Lightning’s general manager and now its executive director of community hockey development, is reminded of that each time he visits a local school to introduce street hockey to kids in first through eighth grades. For many,…

Why African Soccer Officials See FIFA Probe As ‘Imperialist’ – TIME

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

More Russia and Qatar’s World Cups Under Scrutiny after FIFA Chief Resigns Interpol Issues ‘Red Notice’ for 6 Linked to FIFA Probe How FIFA’s Sepp Blatter May Have Outmaneuvered Everyone The news of Sepp Blatter’s resignation on Tuesday drew outrage from the leading officials in African soccer. Only four days earlier, on May 29, they had helped keep him in power as president of FIFA, the sport’s international governing body,…

These Degenerate Emailers Want The Full Soccer Player Orgy Video, Please – Deadspin

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Since we wrote on Sunday about the orgy in Thailand involving three Leicester City players, we’ve received a few requests for the full video, as if Deadspin is a subscription service hoarding soccer player orgies unless contacted by email. The inquiries: Subject: Leicester City Players Orgy in Thailand toko yamato [redacted] May 31 (2 days ago) to tips I need full Video Leicester City Players Orgy in Thailand (uncensor) THANK…

USA Soccer 2015 Women’s World Cup Roster Verdict: No Excuse Not To Win In … – NESN.com

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

USA Soccer 2015 Women’s World Cup Roster Verdict: No Excuse Not To Win In Canada The conditions are in place for the United States women’s national soccer team to win the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Team USA’s roster has enough talent, experience and versatility to prevail against any of the 23 teams standing in the way of its first world championship since 1999. More important than these factors is…

Finding a Replacement for Sepp Blatter as FIFA Chief Could Take Months – Wall Street Journal

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

As FIFA chief, Sepp Blatter was nearly impossible to dislodge. Now that he is stepping down, replacing him may be nearly just as tough. Confusion among world soccer officials and a lack of clear challengers suggest it may take weeks or months for candidates to emerge to succeed Mr. Blatter as the sport’s top bureaucrat after he suddenly resigned on Tuesday amid a U.S. corruption probe of current and former…