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Ever since it was added to the program during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, basketball has been one of the most popular parts of the sporting competition. And according to a report, it looks like there will be even more basketball being played at the next Summer Olympics, which will be held in Tokyo in 2020.  How is that, exactly? No, they aren’t expanding the field of teams or making…

Clemson may have just won a national championship, but you haven’t really made it as a football powerhouse until you get the NASCAR paint job. Well, mission accomplished, Clemson. Rick Ware Racing announced that its No. 51 car will feature a Clemson paint job for two upcoming races in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The first race will be at the Pocono 400 on June 11 and the second…

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RELATED: Race results | Series standings | Detailed breakdown DOVER, Del. – Saturday’s One Main Financial 200 ended as it started – as a two-man show with pole-sitter Kyle Larson on top. Larson and Ryan Blaney were in a class by themselves at Dover International Speedway in the 11th NASCAR XFINITY Series race of the season. In winning for the third time in six starts this year, Larson led 137 of…

Former National Security Agency senior executive and whistleblower Thomas Drake revealed himself this week as the source for a lawsuit alleging the NSA conducted “blanket, indiscriminate surveillance” of Salt Lake City during the 2002 Winter Olympics. In a declaration filed in discovery in the case in U.S. district court in Utah, Drake asserted the NSA, in coordination with the FBI, scooped up and stored the content of emails and text…

Seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson already holds the record for most victories at Dover International Speedway with 10. The closest competitors to Johnson in terms of Dover victories are long-retired NASCAR Hall of Fame members Richard Petty and Bobby Allison, each of whom won seven times here. If Johnson wins Sunday’s AAA 400 Drive for Autism at the Monster Mile, he will tie a…

CARDIFF Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid beat Juventus 4-1 in a memorable Champions League final full of attacking verve and brilliant goals on Saturday as the Spaniards won the title for the third time in four years and 12th in all. Portugal forward Ronaldo hit Real’s first and third goals to become only the second man to score in three European Cup finals and take his career goal…

NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. appears pleased with the results of his No. 88 team’s work in the Chevrolet Simulator. Earnhardt qualified 11th for Sunday’s AAA 400 Drive for Austism, the NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway (1 p.m., Fox Sports 1). Earnhardt gave some credit to his work in the simulator for his solid run. “It’s been bearing some fruit and helping us out and making us…

Clemson may have just won a national championship, but you haven’t really made it as a football powerhouse until you get the NASCAR paint job. Well, mission accomplished, Clemson. Rick Ware Racing announced that its No. 51 car will feature a Clemson paint job for two upcoming races in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The first race will be at the Pocono 400 on June 11 and the second…

Former National Security Agency senior executive and whistleblower Thomas Drake revealed himself this week as the source for a lawsuit alleging the NSA conducted “blanket, indiscriminate surveillance” of Salt Lake City during the 2002 Winter Olympics. In a declaration filed in discovery in the case in U.S. district court in Utah, Drake asserted the NSA, in coordination with the FBI, scooped up and stored the content of emails and text…

One official said the sport could appeal to the young and urban demographic. (Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer via Associated Press) Olympics organizers are eager to get the ball rolling, or rather bouncing, as they look toward the 2020 program in Tokyo. According to the Associated Press, the International Olympic Committee is all but certain it will add 3-on-3 basketball to its ever-changing list of events. “It would certainly be a…

RELATED: Full Dover weekend schedule | Paint Scheme Preview NASCAR officials confirmed Friday morning that an adhesive compound, used earlier this year at two other facilities, will not be applied before this weekend’s racing tripleheader at the 1-mile concrete track. Dover officials previously told NASCAR.com on Wednesday morning that the application of a substance such as TrackBite had “been discussed,” but no decision had been made, and that, “if NASCAR…

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x Embed x Share CLOSE LA 2024 gave IOC officials a tour of the city to preview their Olympic bid. USA TODAY Sports A concrete mixer truck arrives at the construction site of the athlete’s village for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.(Photo: Eugene Hoshiko, AP) TOKYO (AP) — Taxpayers beware: The cost of hosting an Olympics is likely to be far more than advertised. The price tag on the 2020…

x Embed x Share CLOSE Macomb Dakota hockey player Anthony Mastronardi’s journey of recovery after he was paralyzed during a game last year. Detroit Free Press Buy Photo Anthony Mastronardi, waits to make his way onto the ice during a fundraising event for Mastronardi, at Fraser Hockeyland on Sunday, April 30, 2017 in Fraser. Mastronardi suffered a severe spinal cord injury during a high school hockey game this past December. (Photo:…

RELATED: Full Dover weekend schedule | Paint Scheme Preview NASCAR officials confirmed Friday morning that an adhesive compound, used earlier this year at two other facilities, will not be applied before this weekend’s racing tripleheader at the 1-mile concrete track. Dover officials previously told NASCAR.com on Wednesday morning that the application of a substance such as TrackBite had “been discussed,” but no decision had been made, and that, “if NASCAR…

*For some incredibly annoying reason game three of the final isn’t until tomorrow, so why not kill some time making your own version of the Vegas Golden Knights via this fun little draft simulator. [TSN] *Trades are fun, and the Knights can make lots of them ahead of the draft for lots of different reasons. [Pension Plan Puppets] *Speaking of fun ways to kill time, why not so…

Dale Earnhardt Jr., like most Americans, is a football fan. More specifically, he is a Redskins fan. So when he learned he would have to race with an Eagles logo emblazoned on his car, he wasn’t exactly thrilled. “I’m really sad about that. Being a Redskins fan, it was very hard to wrap my brain around it,” he said on Periscope in April. In an odd marketing situation Earnhardt’s car was…

Mike Fisher, a.k.a. Mr. Carrie Underwood, plays during Game 2 in Pittsburgh.(Photo: Keith Srakocic / Associated Press) Nashville, Tenn. — Terry Crisp sorely wishes that he and fellow broadcaster Pete Weber had recorded their “Hockey 101” sessions from the early days of the Nashville Predators. The expansion franchise had tapped the original broadcast team to teach hockey rules in a market where fans knew what a sack meant in football…

Distance: 400 laps, or 400 miles. Where: Dover International Speedway, a 1-mile, high-banked, concrete oval in Dover, Del. When: 1 p.m. Sunday. TV: Fox Sports 1. Radio: MRN. Last year’s winner: Matt Kenseth. Also this week: OneMain Financial 200, Xfinity Series, Dover, 1 p.m., Saturday, Fox Sports 1. Bar Harbor 200, Truck series, Dover, 5:30 p.m., Friday, Fox Sports 1. Worth mentioning: Is 16 teams too many for the playoffs?…