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NASCAR drivers who win on road courses have a special talent, which is why it’s often a good move to bet on a previous victor at these tracks. Especially for fantasy NASCAR leagues, past winners Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano or AJ Allmendinger would all be good choices for this weekend’s road course race at Watkins Glen International for the I LOVE NEW YORK 355 on Sunday. But betting…

The great truth of the Olympics is this: The Games always pack up and leave, along with the athletes and TV crews and other visitors who didn’t spend nearly as much money as organizers said they would. As cities emerge from their three-week stint on the world stage, they invariably realize they’ve poured billions into infrastructure they don’t need and transit systems people don’t ride. Athens and Rio are the…

The big question hanging over NASCAR for the past month and a half was this: When will Kyle Busch finally win? He answered that question with a resounding charge to the checkered flag at Pocono Raceway on Sunday. As impressive as that performance was, it also revealed there are a lot more questions hanging over this 2017 Cup season. Expect some answers to come this weekend at Watkins Glen, the…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 3, 2017) – Today, at the NASCAR Fuel For Business meetings in New York City, NASCAR® and ExxonMobil announced the renewal of a long-standing partnership that will continue to designate the Mobil 1™ brand as the “Official Motor Oil of NASCAR®.” The newly signed agreement will extend the successful partnership to 20 years, which has been highlighted by marketing and technological innovation that has catalyzed growth…

Talk about great timing: Four days after NBC airs Super Bowl LII on February 4, the network will launch its coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics from PyeongChang, South Korea. The last time one of the Big Four broadcast networks aired both events was CBS in 1992, but there was a three-week break between them. But as NBC spoke at TCA today about the opportunities for enhancing the viewing experience…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 3, 2017) – Today, at the NASCAR Fuel For Business meetings in New York City, NASCAR® and ExxonMobil announced the renewal of a long-standing partnership that will continue to designate the Mobil 1™ brand as the “Official Motor Oil of NASCAR®.” The newly signed agreement will extend the successful partnership to 20 years, which has been highlighted by marketing and technological innovation that has catalyzed growth…

NASCAR has standardized the location of the Overtime Line as the start/finish line, a decision that will be implemented immediately ahead of this weekend’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series races at Watkins Glen International. “NASCAR has been looking at the Overtime procedure for quite some time,” NASCAR Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Development Officer Steve O’Donnell said in a statement. “After many discussions with key…

11:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment NASCAR doesn’t expect many changes in its drug testing program after switching the collection agency and the laboratory that analyzes the samples. But there apparently is one thing that drivers have noticed in the first couple of weeks: They have to do a little more work. “I got drug tested the first week and they asked for about twice…

Across the turf of Schaumburg’s Olympic Park they scampered, 300 children wearing the distinctive navy blue of global soccer titan FC Barcelona. It was billed as a camp, but you could just as easily call it an incursion. The week of drills and scrimmages marked the Spanish mega-club’s first step into Chicago’s youth soccer community. It will be followed this fall by academies where players can practice Barcelona’s fluid, crowd-pleasing…

MARTINSVILLE-Martinsville Speedway’s fall Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race just got a new sponsor. Speedway officials announced Wednesday morning that First Data Corporation will take over sponsorship of the event in a three-year deal. October 29 will mark the inaugural First Data 500 race at the track. Martinsville Speedway President Clay Campbell and Josh King, global head of communications for First Data, announced the sponsorship at…

The fanfare this week around the selection of Los Angeles as host of the 2028 Summer Olympics provides a taste of what Boston lost when it abandoned its bid for the Games in 2015. Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles announced the agreement Monday, which, if ratified by the Los Angeles City Council and the US Olympic Committee board in August, would make LA a three-time Olympic city after hosting…

Aug 1, 2017 Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment CARSON, Calif. — The Olympic Games have always been a mega sporting event flush with hyperbole. Each of those 17 days are filled with physical tests to see who is the fastest, strongest and mentally toughest. So when Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti stepped onto the podium at the StubHub Center here Monday evening and formally announced the city…

12:03 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment CARSON, Calif. — The Olympic Games have always been a mega sporting event flush with hyperbole. Each of those 17 days are filled with physical tests to see who is the fastest, strongest and mentally toughest. So when Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti stepped onto the podium at the StubHub Center here Monday evening and formally announced the city…

Los Angeles city officials backed an agreement in January putting taxpayers on the hook for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns from the 2024 Summer Olympics, if L.A. were selected as host and unforeseen expenses arose. Now that L.A.’s bid committee has negotiated terms with the International Olympic Committee to host to the 2028 Games — a deal trumpeted in a splashy event Monday at StubHub Center…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment KINGS POINT, N.Y. — The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy has canceled the fall season of its men’s soccer team due to an ongoing investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and hazing. Newsday reports Rear Adm. James Helis, the academy’s superintendent, notified the NCAA that it would not participate in the 2017 NCAA men’s soccer season. Helis suspended the team in June amid…

Los Angeles city officials backed an agreement in January putting taxpayers on the hook for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns from the 2024 Summer Olympics, if L.A. were selected as host and unforeseen expenses arose. Now that L.A.’s bid committee has negotiated terms with the International Olympic Committee to host to the 2028 Games — a deal trumpeted in a splashy event Monday at StubHub Center…

12:03 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment CARSON, Calif. — The Olympic Games have always been a mega sporting event flush with hyperbole. Each of those 17 days are filled with physical tests to see who is the fastest, strongest and mentally toughest. So when Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti stepped onto the podium at the StubHub Center here Monday evening and formally announced the city…

Aug 1, 2017 at 2:02p ET NASCAR has announced a new set of restrictions that will further limit the amount of races Cup drivers can participate in, starting with the 2018 season. Monster page-type-video Truck video-contentType-news video-origin-original_content video-primary-auto_nascar Xfinity More NASCAR Videos Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano react to new Xfinity and Truck restrictions | NASCAR RACE HUB 8 hours ago NASCAR announces new restrictions on Cup participation in Xfinity…

Overwatch is getting its second annual Summer Games event starting August 8th, developer Blizzard Games announced today. The timed event, which will last until August 29th, will bring back last year’s coveted Olympics-themed skins at a reduced cost. It will also add new skins and bring backf the soccer-style Lúcioball multiplayer mode, which will arrive with a few design tweaks and a new competitive mode with a ranking system. Last…

Full-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Busch wins the lower-level Xfinity Series Alsco 300 at Kentucky Speedway on July 8. Photo credit: Brian Lawdermilk/Stringer/Getty Images Top NASCAR drivers are great at waltzing into lower levels of the sport and beating everyone so badly they’re almost in another zip code. NASCAR made rules to cut down on that last year so the series could actually be competitive, and the…