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The only news about the 2018 Winter Olympics to come out of the NHL’s general manager meetings this week was the same as ever: They’re not going. Commissioner Gary Bettman told reporters on Wednesday that “there’s absolutely nothing new” in the ongoing “will they, won’t they” saga between the league and the Olympics to be held next year in South Korea. As you might expect, players are still pretty intent…

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Huntington police shot and killed a homeless man during a kids’ soccer practice Thursday as dozens of players and parents watched in horror. CBS Los Angeles reports the incident unfolded at the Huntington Beach Sports Complex at 18100 Golden West Street around 7:30 p.m. Kids and parents said the man was charging at them with a stick in one hand and a broken bottle in the other….

A moment of silence for NASCAR, please. The sport presumably wants to hire librarians to monitor the noise at all of its tracks. “Drivers…start your engines…but quietly please!” Don’t be surprised if Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets whacked over the head with a rule for breaking the rules of engagement. In what very well may be the worst idea in modern sports history, NASCAR officials are considering dropping down the noise…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment On a chilly January day in Long Island, New York, the Beijing junior hockey team was skating across the ice with fire. After losing its past four games in the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL) by a combined score of 5-45, Team Beijing rattled off two third-period goals against the P.A.L. Junior Islanders to take a 4-3 lead with 10 minutes…

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Brad Keselowski, who won Sunday’s Folds Of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, is a husband and father now and that responsibility is every bit as meaningful to him as his role as a top NASCAR driver. Here’s his take on what seems to be a blissful life with his 18-month-old daughter Scarlett and wife, Paige, whom he married in February: ▪ “I’m really lucky to be a race car…

The last vestiges of British Cycling’s reputation appeared to be ripped to shreds last night by an independent review that accused it of allowing a “culture of fear”, with riders and staff bullied and a “dysfunctional leadership” allowed to flourish. A draft copy of the unpublished UK Sport review into the culture of British Cycling, leaked to the Daily Mail, is also damning about Sir Dave Brailsford and Shane Sutton,…

LOUDONVILLE, N.H. — The general manager of New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Thursday urged fans and small businesses to give him time to fill in the gaps now that one of its two NASCAR races is moving to Las Vegas. New Hampshire has hosted two top-tier NASCAR races a year for two decades, traditionally in July and September. But Las Vegas officials on Wednesday approved a sponsorship agreement with Speedway…

When NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin built his new house in Charlotte, North Carolina, he made sure it included a basketball court. But he had no idea just how serious the basketball played on his court would get until he started a league a couple months ago with several other people from the racing world, known on Twitter as THE HOOP GROUP. Now in their second season, this league is super serious…

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6:23 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment When Clint Bowyer hits the track this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he will have the company of team owner Gene Haas on his hood. It will mark the second time in three weeks that Bowyer will have Haas Automation as his sponsor. Stewart-Haas Racing has spent the past 17 months working on selling sponsorship since naming Bowyer…

BUY TICKETS: See this year’s races in Las Vegas Officials from Las Vegas Motor Speedway and representatives from the city itself announced Wednesday that the Nevada-based track would host two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races annually beginning in 2018. The news comes two days before on-track activity for this weekend’s Boyd Gaming 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series and Kobalt Tools 400 Monster Energy Series events. The race addition has been met with…

It’s going to be a huge day in NASCAR today. Las Vegas Motor Speedway has scheduled a press conference at 5:30 p.m. ET at which time it’s expected to announce that the track will get a second race in 2018, one that would fall in the 10-race season-ending Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Still to be determined is which track would lose a race so Las Vegas could gain…

4:50 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment BOCA RATON, Florida — Here’s a roundup of what happened during the final day of the annual general managers’ meetings Wednesday. Olympics talks stalling As one GM joked to ESPN.com, the league’s Olympic update to GMs this week lasted 38 seconds. Except, he wasn’t really joking. “Nothing new,” said NHL commissioner Gary Bettman about the NHL’s players participating in…

Feb 28, 2017 Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment On Monday morning the Sports Business Journal made public what many within the NASCAR world already knew, that the sanctioning body was shopping a stack of potential ideas for the future, all aimed at trying to jumpstart the slowing sport of stock car racing. For several months now 15-20 concepts have been kicked around garages, brainstorms ranging from shorter…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment NASCAR and SiriusXM today announced a six-year renewal to extend their broadcasting and marketing agreement through 2022. SiriusXM will continue to deliver 24/7 racing content to millions of listeners across North America, including live broadcasts of every race, plus daily NASCAR talk and interviews with voices across the industry through its exclusive SiriusXM NASCAR Radio channel. NASCAR content is available to SiriusXM…

Feb 28, 2017 Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment On Monday morning the Sports Business Journal made public what many within the NASCAR world already knew, that the sanctioning body was shopping a stack of potential ideas for the future, all aimed at trying to jumpstart the slowing sport of stock car racing. For several months now 15-20 concepts have been kicked around garages, brainstorms ranging from shorter…

Q: With the way NASCAR is today do you find hard as a reporter to keep up with the new rules in place? Does it make the job harder for you guys? — Michael A: Yes and no. Some years there are more changes than others and this just happens to be a year where there are a tremendous number of changes on the NASCAR side. That said, with…

USA TODAY Sports’ Brant James sits down with FOX Sports’ pit reporter Matt Yocum to discuss the new NASCAR point system. Daytona 500 airs Saturday at 1 p.m. ET on Fox. USA TODAY Sports

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