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RELATED: More on No. 42 team penalty – Nascar
RELATED: More on No. 42 team penalty LOUDON, N.H. — This week’s L1-level penalty to the Chip Ganassi Racing No. 42 team has consequences both short- and long-term, and both involve Kyle Larson’s fellow championship front-runner Martin Truex Jr. The immediate impact: Martin Truex Jr. is now the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series points leader. He previously trailed Larson by one point, but the penalty announced Wednesday for the No….
NASCAR rumors: Silly Season is heating up with Matt Kenseth, JGR parting ways – SB Nation
Brad Keselowski, Matt Kenseth, and Kurt Busch are former Cup Series champions with a combined 90 wins and credentials of future first-ballot NASCAR Hall of Famers. Ryan Blaney, Erik Jones, and William Byron are three of the sport’s rising stars, possessing the kind of talent that owners covet. These are six of the major players in what is shaping up to be a seismic Silly Season in which some of…
Ryan Newman on NASCAR drivers’ cycling craze: ‘Just go on Craigslist and get a Schwinn’ – For The Win
NASCAR driver Ryan Newman knows the importance of staying strong and fit for his day job. But he has his own way of exercising, which includes doing work on his 208-acre, North Carolina farm. So he doesn’t really understand the cycling fad that seems to have taken over NASCAR, with drivers like Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth and Jamie McMurray regularly trading their four wheels for two —…
‘I believe we can win': Underdog Cambodian youth soccer team debuts on world stage – Washington Post
Team training at night. (Courtesy of Forza Academy) Teenagers Chandavid Pheap, Nareak Chin and Dauna Sovan may not register as famous names yet, but if all goes as planned, the three Cambodians will one day rise to the elite European soccer leagues. First things first, however. Chin, 14, and Pheap and Sovan, both 13, have a more immediate goal — to lead the first Cambodian team to victory in the…
Dak Prescott explains why he should’ve also played soccer growing up – CBSSports.com
Dak Prescott is the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. He’s coming off a phenomenally successful season, and if his play in the future bears any resemblance to what he did in 2016, he’ll be in that position for a long, long time. So, why does Dak wish he played soccer as a kid? Here’s how he explained it to Pro Football Talk while answering a question about his favorite…
3-on-3 basketball a growing – and Olympic – sport – Philly.com
When the IOC approved 3-on-3 basketball as an official Olympic sport last month, BIG3 co-founder Jeff Kwatinetz wasn’t surprised. The Olympic approval came five months after Kwatinetz and media mogul Ice Cube announced their endeavor of a halfcourt league featuring retired NBA stars such as Allen Iverson, Mike Bibby, Chauncey Billups, and Rashard Lewis. BIG3 CEO Amy…
Ellington Family Honoring Son With Hockey Rink, American Ninja Warrior Park – Hartford Courant
Even before he was born, Jacob Roger Poulin was destined to play hockey. His grandfather got him skates while he was “still in the belly,” and he held a hockey stick as soon as he could. He seemingly had natural athletic talent, on skates at 18 months old, even before he began walking a month later. By age 3, he was swinging across monkey bars. His father, Steve Poulin described…
American soccer official Chuck Blazer personified the sport’s growth and its worst impulses – Washington Post
Chuck Blazer died Wednesday at the age of 72. (Bernd Kammerer/ AP file) In 2009, Guardian journalist David Conn first encountered Chuck Blazer at a luxury hotel in Abu Dhabi, where Blazer was overseeing that year’s Club World Cup as a member of FIFA’s executive committee. Somewhat stunned by the sight of a fantastically obese man in a motorized mobility scooter barking orders at nearly everyone in sight, Conn eventually…
American soccer official Chuck Blazer personified the sport’s growth and its worst impulses – Washington Post
Chuck Blazer died Wednesday at the age of 72. (Bernd Kammerer/ AP file) In 2009, Guardian journalist David Conn first encountered Chuck Blazer at a luxury hotel in Abu Dhabi, where Blazer was overseeing that year’s Club World Cup as a member of FIFA’s executive committee. Somewhat stunned by the sight of a fantastically obese man in a motorized mobility scooter barking orders at nearly everyone in sight, Conn eventually…
Brent Dewar named President of NASCAR – Nascar
NASCAR announced Thursday that Brent Dewar has been promoted to the role of President of NASCAR, effective immediately. Dewar, hired as NASCAR’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) in December 2013, becomes the fourth President of NASCAR. Mike Helton served in that capacity from 2000 until his promotion to Vice Chairman of NASCAR in 2015. Bill France Sr. ruled the sanctioning body as President from its founding in 1948 until 1972, when…
Louisville swimming lends plenty of talent to FINA World Championships – The Courier-Journal
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American soccer official Chuck Blazer personified the sport’s growth and its worst impulses – Washington Post
Chuck Blazer died Wednesday at the age of 72. (Bernd Kammerer/ AP file) In 2009, Guardian journalist David Conn first encountered Chuck Blazer at a luxury hotel in Abu Dhabi, where Blazer was overseeing that year’s Club World Cup as a member of FIFA’s executive committee. Somewhat stunned by the sight of a fantastically obese man in a motorized mobility scooter barking orders at nearly everyone in sight, Conn eventually…
The Olympics Aren’t Good for Cities, So Can the Magic of the Games Survive? – Bloomberg
For most people the Olympics are an extravaganza that’s broadcast on television for two weeks every two years. A baroque opening ceremony is followed by several sports—including many rarely seen on TV otherwise—and then a torch gets put out. For those who’ve tuned out since the flame was extinguished in Rio de Janeiro last summer, an update: The Olympics and the International Olympic Committee—the organization that parcels out the rights…
His racing life: NASCAR Euro driver Ulysse Delsaux finds a home behind the wheel – Nascar
Ulysse Delsaux climbed onto the roof of his car, clapped his hands together seven times and raised his arms in triumph. When he hopped down, the hugs and handshakes came from everywhere — fellow drivers, spotters and NASCAR officials. All first wins are special, and the one Ulysse had just earned in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series was even more so. Everybody wanted to congratulate Ulysse, and his dad, Emmanuel,…
American soccer official Chuck Blazer personified the sport’s growth and its worst impulses – Washington Post
Chuck Blazer died Wednesday at the age of 72. (Bernd Kammerer/ AP file) In 2009, Guardian journalist David Conn first encountered Chuck Blazer at a luxury hotel in Abu Dhabi, where Blazer was overseeing that year’s Club World Cup as a member of FIFA’s executive committee. Somewhat stunned by the sight of a fantastically obese man in a motorized mobility scooter barking orders at nearly everyone in sight, Conn eventually…
The Olympics Aren’t Good for Cities, So Can the Magic of the Games Survive? – Bloomberg
For most people the Olympics are an extravaganza that’s broadcast on television for two weeks every two years. A baroque opening ceremony is followed by several sports—including many rarely seen on TV otherwise—and then a torch gets put out. For those who’ve tuned out since the flame was extinguished in Rio de Janeiro last summer, an update: The Olympics and the International Olympic Committee—the organization that parcels out the rights…
Louisville cycling scene is a big, welcoming ‘party’ that gives back – The Courier-Journal
Buy Photo Revolution Devo Cycling team member Jon Adamczyk rides along a narrow path under the guidance of coach Mike Seiler during a training exercise in Seneca Park. 7/9/17(Photo: Marty Pearl/Special to The C-J)Buy Photo Perched atop bikes in some shade at Seneca Park, there was chatter among the four members of Revolution Devo Cycling and their coaches. Most of the chatter was centered around the recent controversy springing out of this…
NASCAR promotes Brent Dewar to president – Autoweek
NASCAR has promoted Brent Dewar to president effective immediately. The 62-year-old joined NASCAR as Chief Operating Officer in 2014 and becomes just the fourth person in company history to hold the designation of president. With that said, the title is more honorary as his role has not significant changed within NASCAR as both marketing chief Steve Phelps and competition executive Steve O’Donnell will continue to report to Dewar….
Chuck Blazer, Who Touched Off FIFA Soccer Scandal, Dies at 72 – NBCNews.com
NEW YORK — Chuck Blazer, the disgraced American soccer executive whose admissions of corruption set off a global scandal that ultimately toppled FIFA President Sepp Blatter, died Wednesday. He was 72. Blazer’s death was announced by his lawyers, Eric Corngold and Mary Mulligan. At a November 2013 court hearing during which Blazer entered guilty pleas to 10 federal charges, Blazer said he had rectal cancer, diabetes and coronary artery disease….
Russian players leaving NHL for KHL over decision to forgo 2018 Winter Olympics – Washington Post
Mikhail Grigorenko, a former first-round NHL pick, is headed back to the KHL. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press) In April, the NHL announced that it would not be sending players to the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, with Commissioner Gary Bettman saying the league did not want to disrupt its regular season. Among those affected by that decision are several players from Russia, and some are apparently deciding to leave the…
