Sport

On Wednesday, Dan Seifert published his review of the new LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style, both of which run the new Android Wear 2.0. The Sport version, with LTE, GPS, and NFC for Android Pay, is undeniably huge. And that seems to be a bit of a problem for some in The Verge office. It also seems that LG and Google weren’t really thinking of women or anyone…

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‘NASCAR Race Hub’ brought on a mix of drivers for its latest roundtable discussion to preview the 2017 season, featuring Casey Mears, Michael Waltrip and David Ragan, along with America’s crew chief, Larry McReynolds. During a discussion about major storylines heading into 2017, the panel discussed the addition of Monster Energy as the title sponsor for the Cup Series and how the energy drink company will affect the sport. “It’s…

On Wednesday, Dan Seifert published his review of the new LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style, both of which run the new Android Wear 2.0. The Sport version, with LTE, GPS, and NFC for Android Pay, is undeniably huge. And that seems to be a bit of a problem for some in The Verge office. It also seems that LG and Google weren’t really thinking of women or anyone…

Carrie Krueger took one look at the giant wooden ski jump near her home in the Chicago suburbs and said, “What kind of parent would let their kid on that?” Her kid, Hope, had a different reaction. She was enthralled by the children she saw leaping off the jump and soaring through the air. “I saw it and I realized, this is my sport,” she said. “I can do this.”…

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro pulled off last year’s Olympics, keeping crime at bay and fending off dire forecasts of corruption, environmental degradation, and cost overruns. Six months after South America’s first games, the flood gates have burst open. Rio organizers still owe creditors about $40 million. Four of the new arenas in the main Olympic Park have failed to find private-sector management, and ownership has passed to…

Even before Prohibition, erstwhile distillers were gathering in secret locations throughout rural areas in the south, brewing up homemade spirits to sell under the radar and away from alcohol taxes and bans. The drinks were made under the light of the moon, in hopes that no one would detect smoke rising from the stills and ultimately bust the operation—a practice that earned the booze its name “moonshine.” Moonshining dates back to the…

On Wednesday, Dan Seifert published his review of the new LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style, both of which run the new Android Wear 2.0. The Sport version, with LTE, GPS, and NFC for Android Pay, is undeniably huge. And that seems to be a bit of a problem for some in The Verge office. It also seems that LG and Google weren’t really thinking of women or anyone…

Photo credit: Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images Like an impending dentist appointment on the calendar, I’ve been trying to forget about NASCAR’s upcoming changes to its race day format. If I don’t think about it, maybe it will go away! But no, it’s become all too real now: NASCAR has announced how they’re chopping the Daytona 500 into three “stages.” Per Racer: Advertisement Advertisement The stage breakdown for the Daytona 500 is…

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro pulled off last year’s Olympics, keeping crime at bay and fending off dire forecasts of corruption, environmental degradation, and cost overruns. Six months after South America’s first games, the flood gates have burst open. Rio organizers still owe creditors about $40 million. Four of the new arenas in the main Olympic Park have failed to find private-sector management, and ownership has passed to…

With all due respect to the hundreds of hard-working crew members in the NASCAR garage, I’m thrilled that they won’t be fixing wrecked race cars and sending them out on the tracks anymore. But I’m curious if, in the process of doing the right thing, NASCAR didn’t inadvertently send a huge mixed message to its competitors. Allow me to explain. A couple of weeks ago, NASCAR announced that all races in…

The sport is called “swimming and diving.” It says so on the backs of many warm-up jackets, although 11 of the 12 high school events are about racing end to end of the pool. And because diving is part of the sport, the Triangle can claim a state record-setter from the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A/2A state finals Thursday night at the Triangle Aquatic Center. Overall, diving accounted for…

With all due respect to the hundreds of hard-working crew members in the NASCAR garage, I’m thrilled that they won’t be fixing wrecked race cars and sending them out on the tracks anymore. But I’m curious if, in the process of doing the right thing, NASCAR didn’t inadvertently send a huge mixed message to its competitors. Allow me to explain. A couple of weeks ago, NASCAR announced that all races in…

Photo credit: Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images Like an impending dentist appointment on the calendar, I’ve been trying to forget about NASCAR’s upcoming changes to its race day format. If I don’t think about it, maybe it will go away! But no, it’s become all too real now: NASCAR has announced how they’re chopping the Daytona 500 into three “stages.” Per Racer: Advertisement Advertisement The stage breakdown for the Daytona 500 is…

South Korean Byun Chun-sa, a 2006 Turin Winter Olympics gold medalist for Short Track Speed Skating, left, and Byun Jong-moon, a 1996 Harbin Winter Asian Games gold medalist, right, wearing torch runners uniforms, hold the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics torch during the unveiling ceremony for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics at the Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. The opening ceremony for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic…

With all due respect to the hundreds of hard-working crew members in the NASCAR garage, I’m thrilled that they won’t be fixing wrecked race cars and sending them out on the tracks anymore. But I’m curious if, in the process of doing the right thing, NASCAR didn’t inadvertently send a huge mixed message to its competitors. Allow me to explain. A couple of weeks ago, NASCAR announced that all races in…

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Italian giants Juventus traveled to Crotone on Wednesday for a Serie A match, and it was a hot ticket. With the best Italian team making the trip, the match was obviously sold out. So what do you do when you can’t get a ticket? You fake a sickness in order to enter the hospital across the street which has an awesome view of the stadium, of course. Per Reggio Informa,…

William Byron dominated NASCAR’s Truck Series regular season in 2016, winning a rookie-record five races. That success carried over into the playoffs, where he won at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the first race of the postseason. Things continued to go well for Byron, a rookie who had only graduated from Charlotte Country Day earlier in the year. He stayed at or near the top of the points standings throughout…

With all due respect to the hundreds of hard-working crew members in the NASCAR garage, I’m thrilled that they won’t be fixing wrecked race cars and sending them out on the tracks anymore. But I’m curious if, in the process of doing the right thing, NASCAR didn’t inadvertently send a huge mixed message to its competitors. Allow me to explain. A couple of weeks ago, NASCAR announced that all races in…