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The 49ers Want To Turn Youth Soccer Fields Into Parking Lots – Deadspin

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

The San Francisco 49ers have their shiny new Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, but they want more. (NFL teams are never satisfied and will run over your grandmother with a steamroller if it means just one more square foot of space in their stadium.) The 49ers are offering $15 million for 10 acres of nearby land currently used as fields for a youth soccer league, so they can turn it…

Steve Byrnes, NASCAR on FOX anchor, dies after long bout with cancer – FOXSports.com

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Longtime NASCAR on FOX anchor Steve Byrnes died Tuesday at the age of 56, his family said. Byrnes had battled head and neck cancer after being diagnosed in September 2014. A fixture on FOX’s NASCAR broadcasts, Byrnes enjoyed a successful and highly respected television broadcasting career for 30 years. He joined the FOX Sports family in 2001, hosting and reporting for multiple NASCAR programs and serving as a pit road…

NASCAR broadcaster Steve Byrnes dies at 56 after battling cancer – USA TODAY

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

NASCAR announcer Steve Byrnes passed away just two days after the race at Bristol Motor Speedway, which was named the ‘Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes.’(Photo: Andrew Weber, Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports) Steve Byrnes, the longtime FOX Sports NASCAR broadcaster whose courageous battle against cancer drew support from every corner of stock car racing, died Tuesday at age 56. Byrnes passed away just two days after the race…

Drivers question NASCAR’s lengthy caution at end of Bristol race – FOXSports.com

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

On a day plagued by rain, Sunday’s Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes and Stand Up To Cancer at Bristol Motor Speedway was slowed in the closing laps of the race by a lengthy caution and a brief red flag period. However, some drivers wished NASCAR had thrown the red flag right away, instead of logging laps under yellow.  When the final caution of the night flew on…

Danica Patrick overcomes adversity at Bristol Motor Speedway to make … – FOXSports.com

Monday, April 20, 2015

Danica Patrick made history Sunday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, as she survived being caught up in two crashes not of her making to come home with a ninth-place finish in the Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes and Stand Up To Cancer. The top 10 was Patrick’s second in three races and the sixth of her career, breaking a tie with Janet Guthrie for the most career…

Drivers question NASCAR’s lengthy caution at end of Bristol race – FOXSports.com

Monday, April 20, 2015

On a day plagued by rain, Sunday’s Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes and Stand Up To Cancer at Bristol Motor Speedway was slowed in the closing laps of the race by a lengthy caution and a brief red flag period. However, some drivers wished NASCAR had thrown the red flag right away, instead of logging laps under yellow.  When the final caution of the night flew on…

Soccer Player Cut From Team After Being Filmed Boning Fan In The Dugout – Deadspin

Monday, April 20, 2015

The man you see above, hands at 1 and 8, eyes rolled back in coital bliss, is Jay Hart of English semi-pro soccer team Clitheroe. Formerly of Clitheroe, more accurately, since he was cut from the team after video of him and the fan you see above bumping uglies in the opposing team’s dugout after a match went public. The match in question was a 4-1 Clitheroe loss away to…

NASCAR’s Kenseth Breaks Losing Streak At Water-Logged Bristol Speedway – NPR

Monday, April 20, 2015

i Driver Matt Kenseth celebrates in victory lane after winning a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday in Bristol, Tenn. Wade Payne/AP hide caption itoggle caption Wade Payne/AP Driver Matt Kenseth celebrates in victory lane after winning a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday in Bristol, Tenn. Wade Payne/AP After four rain delays and 11 extra laps at…

China Cracks Down on Golf, the ‘Sport for Millionaires’ – New York Times

Monday, April 20, 2015

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NASCAR at Bristol: Underway again after rain delay – USA TODAY

Monday, April 20, 2015

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Ryan Lochte, healthy again, begins buildup for worlds, then Olympics – USA TODAY

Monday, April 20, 2015

Ryan Lochte swims in the men’s 200-meter individual medley preliminaries Saturday at the Arena Pro Swim Series event in Mesa, Ariz.(Photo: Rob Schumacher, The (Phoenix) Arizona Republic) MESA, Ariz. — What drives Ryan Lochte is elusive, something he knows he might never attain. Perfection. “I just want to have a swim meet one time where I’m like, ‘That’s a perfect swim meet,’ ” Lochte tells USA TODAY Sports. “I don’t…

China Cracks Down on Golf, the ‘Sport for Millionaires’ – New York Times

Monday, April 20, 2015

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NASCAR on TV: Fan guide to today’s race at Bristol – USA TODAY

Monday, April 20, 2015

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NASCAR at Bristol: Underway after rain delay – USA TODAY

Monday, April 20, 2015

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NASCAR on TV: Fan guide to today’s race at Bristol – USA TODAY

Sunday, April 19, 2015

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China Cracks Down on the ‘Sport for Millionaires’ – New York Times

Sunday, April 19, 2015

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NASCAR at Bristol: Delayed by rain – USA TODAY

Sunday, April 19, 2015

USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Gluck breaks down the race at Bristol Motor Speedway.