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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…

When the 2018 Winter Olympics begin, Bob Costas won’t be anchoring the primetime coverage from PyeongChang. Those duties will now go to Mike Tirico, the former ESPNer who joined NBC last year. Costas has served as the primetime host of every Olympic Games broadcast by NBC since 1992. “It has been both a privilege and an incredible personal and professional experience to have been part of NBC’s Olympic coverage all these…

CONCORD, N.C. — Repairing damaged vehicles during a NASCAR race sometimes is as common a sight as pit stops, restarts and checkered flags. But the extent to which teams can make repairs will be more tightly policed beginning with the 2017 season. NASCAR officials unveiled a new Damaged Vehicle Policy on Wednesday at the sanctioning body’s Research & Development Center, a policy that will be enforced in all three national…

English soccer’s governing body faces a vote of no confidence in Britain’s Parliament on Thursday over its failure to reform and embrace diversity. The Football Association should be forced to change because it has dragged its feet on allowing supporters, women, minority ethnic groups and players to have a say in how it is run, lawmakers in London will be told on Thursday. Sports Minister Tracey Crouch has already threatened…

The days of wrecked Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series cars being patched up with bear bond and replacement body panels and sent back out on track are officially over. Wednesday morning at the NASCAR R&D Center in Concord, N.C., the sanctioning body announced that wrecked race cars will no longer be able to re-enter the race if they go to the garage for repairs. In addition, teams will have just…

BUY TICKETS: See the Daytona 500 live! DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR announced today it is partnering with American Medical Response (AMR) to expand the capabilities of NASCAR’s medical support model and enhance on-track incident response. AMR, a recognized leader in the emergency medical services, will add a doctor and paramedic to the on-track safety team for each Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series weekend. NASCAR’s industry-leading medical standards remain in place;…

The smartwatch landscape is dramatically different from the one that greeted the first batch of Android Wear devices in the summer of 2014. It’s a lot harder to be bullish about the whole thing these days. Shipments are down, declining 51.6 percent in Q3 of last year, by IDC’s count, while some big names have seemingly abandoned the space altogether, including, notably, Pebble, which recently gave up the ghost altogether….

By most accounts, preparations for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, are progressing smoothly. Still, with one year to go before competition begins, the upcoming Games face some uncertainty. It remains unclear whether NHL players will take a break from the regular-season schedule to represent their countries. No big surprise — this has happened before — but as negotiations continue, a Plan B is taking shape for gathering alternate…

BELEK, Turkey — He broke out of his tough Berlin neighborhood in a pair of cleats, reaching the top tier of professional soccer. The German army held a photo op when the famous son of Tunisian immigrants signed up for his military service. At an award event in his honor, he hobnobbed with members of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet. “I was their role model for Muslim integration,” said Änis Ben-Hatira,…

CONCORD, N.C. — Repairing damaged vehicles during a NASCAR race sometimes is as common a sight as pit stops, restarts and checkered flags. But the extent to which teams can make repairs will be more tightly policed beginning with the 2017 season. NASCAR officials unveiled a new Damaged Vehicle Policy on Wednesday at the sanctioning body’s Research & Development Center, a policy that will be enforced in all three national…

NASCAR will have a traveling safety team for all Monster Energy NASCAR Cup races for 2017, thanks to a new partnership with American Medical Response, the nation’s largest emergency medical services provider. AMR will provide a doctor and a paramedic, who will work with local teams at each track’s infield care center. NASCAR’s previous medical standards will continue to remain in place. Infield Care Centers will continue to be staffed…

The perfect storm of golf controversy is converging on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The club where golf is supposed to be played in Japan three years from now does not allow women members and might not for the foreseeable future. Here is Reuters with a report out of Tokyo this week. The Kasumigaseki Country Club, which is set to host golf for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, failed to reach a…

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Soccer is 11 vs. 11. The only time it isn’t is if there are red cards, it’s youth soccer or if it is being played indoors, on a beach or in a park. In Honduras on Sunday night, it was 12 vs. 11 with a fan on the field, but that didn’t stop the referee from letting it slide. Down 2-1 in added time, Olimpia drew level against Motagua through…

reader comments 46 When Ellison Onizuka made his second flight as a mission specialist aboard space shuttle Challenger in 1986, one of the personal effects he carried with him was a soccer ball signed by members of the Clear Lake High School girls and boys soccer team, where his daughter attended school. The shuttle, of course, broke apart 73 seconds into flight after the failure of an O-ring in one of its…

It looks like the U.S. men’s national team has a new, bold jersey, and it could be what the team will wear at the Gold Cup come this summer. Just as we saw the U.S. unveil new jerseys last year before the Copa America, this is rumored to be the new third jersey for the USMNT. Take a look. The current jerseys weren’t very well-received, especially the black one. And…

When NASCAR opens its season later this month at Daytona International Speedway, legendary team owner and engine builder Robert Yates will be back in North Carolina, preparing for what he hopes is the final round of a successful battle against liver cancer. Much is known about Yates’ hall-of-fame worthy career, which as a team owner includes a Cup championship, three Daytona 500 victories and the reputation as perhaps the sport’s…

BUY TICKETS: See the Daytona 500 live! NASCAR is enhancing the race day experience for fans this season, beginning with the Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona. All throughout the season, fans will be able to tune in to MRN/PRN broadcasts free of charge, including MRN/PRN Monster Energy NASCAR Cup qualifying radio. The in-depth NASCAR Drive experience, which will also be available on mobile web and the app, can be…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Washington University in St. Louis lifted its suspension of the men’s soccer team Monday after an internal investigation found that the squad didn’t violate the school’s sexual harassment policy. The men’s team was suspended in December for what the private university called complaints of ”degrading and sexually explicit” comments and other inappropriate behavior toward the women’s team. Details have not been disclosed. But Lori White, the…

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