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The NASCAR Monster Energy Series Cup Series plans to race under the lights tonight at Ketucky Speedway for the Quaker State 400 Presented by Advance Auto Parts. The 400-mile race is scheduled for 400 miles on the 1.5-mile track in Kentucky. The race — part of a day/night doubleheader with the second-tier NASCAR Xfinity Series because Friday’s action at the track was rained out — is scheduled to begin at…

SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND – MAY 13: Jermain Defoe of Sunderland and Bradley Lowery are seen walking out prior to the Premier League match between Sunderland and Swansea City at Stadium of Light on May 13, 2017 in Sunderland, England. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images) SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND – MAY 13: Jermain Defoe of Sunderland and Bradley Lowery are seen walking out prior to the Premier League match between Sunderland and Swansea City…

Kyle Busch hopes his Kentucky Speedway magic has enough shelf life to put him back in victory lane. He’ll have two chances to find out after discovering there’s plenty in reserve. The 2015 NASCAR Cup champion isn’t exactly panicking with a third-place points standing entering Saturday night’s 400-mile race at Kentucky Speedway. On the other hand, Busch arrived here last summer with three victories in hand before adding another at…

MORE: Weekend schedule | Live radar Stormy weather, including lightning and rain in the area, caused the XFINITY Series Alsco 300 to be postponed to Saturday at noon ET. The race originally was scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET Friday. The race will be televised on NBCSN, with radio coverage on PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. The threat of lightning in the area led Monster Energy NASCAR Cup qualifying to…

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The USA ping-pong team for the Maccabiah Games. Photo: Andres Kudacki On the Fourth of July, while most Americans were patriotically barbecuing and setting off fireworks, Larry Summers — the former economic adviser to two presidents, the president emeritus of Harvard University, and one of the country’s most well-known economists — was at Newark Airport waiting to board a flight to Tel Aviv, on his way to compete as part…

When people discuss the problems with US youth soccer, they often point their fingers at the pay-to-play structure, which prices many players out of the game, or its lack of professional infrastructure. One thing, however, that few people discuss is embezzlement. You don’t have to look far to find examples of the breadth of the problem. In recent years, teams as far afield as small-town Pennsylvania and California’s farm country…

Officials at the largest youth soccer organization in South Carolina are asking parents to remain silent for a whole month while watching league games from the sidelines, following incidents of bad behavior from spectators. “We saw a real uptick in poor behavior on the sidelines by parents at all levels and ages and we just felt as if it was time in a leadership way to do something to get…

Pia Sterner is not much of a drinker. She never has been. She has a glass of wine now and then. That’s it. So, when former Soviet national team coach Anatoli Tarasov said to her in 1974, “If you want to be a really good coach, you have to drink vodka,” Sterner’s first thought was, “Shit.” Sterner was out with Tarasov and a full room of Russian hockey players celebrating…

Once Christopher Bell got out of his own way, getting past competitors was pretty easy. Bell overcame an early spin to take the lead by the midpoint and held off Brandon Jones to win the rain-delayed Camping World Series NASCAR Truck race early Friday at Kentucky Speedway. All-day showers pushed back the start by more than three hours before Bell endured several issues, including the spin while being squeezed in…

When people discuss the problems with US youth soccer, they often point their fingers at the pay-to-play structure, which prices many players out of the game, or its lack of professional infrastructure. One thing, however, that few people discuss is embezzlement. You don’t have to look far to find examples of the breadth of the problem. In recent years, teams as far afield as small town New Hampshire and California’s…

The NASCAR Xfinity Series race ending under caution at Daytona International Speedway. Photo credit: Sarah Crabill/Getty Images There’s a thing southern folks like to say, and surely you’ve heard it before: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That’s what NASCAR did by making “overtime” rules at the start of the 2016 season, and it’s gone about as well as enrolling a cat in swim lessons. And maybe, just maybe,…

Listen to Andreas Koukorinis, founder of UK sports betting company Stratagem, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that soccer games are some of the most predictable events on Earth. “They’re short duration, repeatable, with fixed rules,” Koukorinis tells The Verge. “So if you observe 100,000 games, there are patterns there you can take out.” The mission of Koukorinis’ company is simple: find these patterns and make money off them. Stratagem…

Jul 5, 2017 Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment This is an online exclusive story from ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue 2017, on newsstands on July 7. Subscribe today! The U.S. women’s national hockey team is no stranger to making bold statements. Six members posing nude on the ice for the 2017 Body Issue? Not even their bravest move this year. In March, they announced they would boycott…

The NASCAR Xfinity Series race ending under caution at Daytona International Speedway. Photo credit: Sarah Crabill/Getty Images There’s a thing southern folks like to say, and surely you’ve heard it before: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That’s what NASCAR did by making “overtime” rules at the start of the 2016 season, and it’s gone about as well as enrolling a cat in swim lessons. And maybe, just maybe,…

The NASCAR Xfinity Series race ending under caution at Daytona International Speedway. Photo credit: Sarah Crabill/Getty Images There’s a thing southern folks like to say, and surely you’ve heard it before: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That’s what NASCAR did by making “overtime” rules at the start of the 2016 season, and it’s gone about as well as enrolling a cat in swim lessons. And maybe, just maybe,…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in motorsports as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series makes its lone visit to Kentucky Speedway: Turn 1: Which Gibbs driver wins first? Other than rookie Daniel Suarez, who is in the most trouble? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: Kyle Busch will be the first Gibbs driver to win because he has…

Listen to Andreas Koukorinis, founder of UK sports betting company Stratagem, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that soccer games are some of the most predictable events on Earth. “They’re short duration, repeatable, with fixed rules,” Koukorinis tells The Verge. “So if you observe 100,000 games, there are patterns there you can take out.” The mission of Koukorinis’ company is simple: find these patterns and make money off them. Stratagem…

Sport Clube Gaucho are a Brazilian third-division side who haven’t been relevant since they briefly made the first division in the 1980s. That changed, though, when four players had their contracts rescinded after a video showing one of them jerking off two of his teammates in the club showers leaked. The three players in the video were kicked off the team, as was the one who filmed it. ***WARNING: THE…

Jul 5, 2017 Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment This is an online exclusive story from ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue 2017, on newsstands on July 7. Subscribe today! The U.S. women’s national hockey team is no stranger to making bold statements. Six members posing nude on the ice for the 2017 Body Issue? Not even their bravest move this year. In March, they announced they would boycott…