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In case you haven’t noticed, NASCAR needs a new hero. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is out of the cockpit temporarily and Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart are about to be out for good. Compared with the past two seasons, this year’s edition of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup can be politely described as tepid: No big controversies, no major fights, no name-calling and a whole lot more League of…

Related: Martinsville practice results | Views from opening day MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Heading into this weekend, Harrison Burton’s experience level at Martinsville Speedway was next to zero, counting only a smattering of laps shaking down his cousin Jeb’s Late Model car not long ago. His lap count went up significantly Friday in practice for his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut in Saturday’s Texas Roadhouse 200 Presented by Alpha Energy…

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Logano took his close call with a fourth straight pole philosophically. “So close to getting that fourth pole in a row,” Logano said. “It would have been pretty cool to be able to say you did that, but it’s been a great streak … Starting up front is important here at Martinsville. We’ve proven that before. We’ll be able to get a good pit stall, which is a lot of…

RELATED: Full practice speeds | Practice, qualifying schedule Kyle Larson topped the leaderboard in Friday’s first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice at Martinsville Speedway at 98.170 mph in the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Chevrolet. Right behind him was Virginia native and one of the race favorites in Denny Hamlin, who piloted the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at a clip of 98.058 mph.  Rounding out the top five…

x Embed x Share The No. 1 Colts Neck girls soccer team traveled to No. 2 Freehold Township for a Class A North game on Tuesday, Sep. 13, 2016 Sherlon Christie Buy Photo Freehold Township’s Jasmine Colbert is mobbed by teammates after scoring a first half goal. Freehold Twp Girls Soccer vs Toms River North in SCT Semifinal.(Photo: Peter Ackerman/Staff Photographer)Buy Photo BERKELEY – It is a Shore Conference Tournament…

Shane Sutton resigned from his role 100 days before the Rio Olympics He was accused of using ‘inappropriate and discriminatory language’ Sutton quit after Jess Varnish launched a complaint against the Australian British Cycling have upheld allegations and ‘regret’ the incident   By Martha Kelner for the Daily Mail and Matt Lawton for the Daily Mail Published: 11:32 EST, 28 October 2016 | Updated: 16:30 EST, 28 October 2016 e-mail…

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GUATEMALA CITY FIFA suspended the Guatemalan soccer federation on Friday, in a fight over the powers given to an oversight committee appointed by the international soccer governing body to look into allegations of corruption. The local federation FEDEFUT, which is being administered by the FIFA-appointed oversight body, said in a statement its suspension was due to FEDEFUT members’ refusal to allow an election for a new executive committee. The statement…

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Sexist behaviour has been exposed at the top of British cycling after the sport’s governing body upheld complaints made by Jess Varnish against the former technical director Shane Sutton of “inappropriate and discriminatory language”. Varnish had claimed that Sutton had told her to “go and have a baby” and called the 25-year-old “too old” to compete after she failed to qualify for the Rio Olympic Games this year. Sutton was…

In 2002, Tony Stewart drove this No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac at Bristol Motor Speedway to promote “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” a classic TV show based on the Peanuts gang. Here are 17 other spooky Halloween-themed paint schemes in NASCAR through the years:

Wiggins was cheered by the fans at the London Six Day meeting this week British Cycling chiefs will face questions from MPs over the use and policing of therapeutic use exemptions, The Times newspaper reports. TUEs, which allow athletes to take prohibited drugs on medical grounds, have been brought into the spotlight by the Fancy Bears hackers. Sir Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome and Laura Trott were among the British cyclists…

The results are in. Almost half of the 10,000 visitors to our poll yesterday voted that it’s the ‘right call’ by NASCAR to limit Premier Series drivers from competing in the XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series. We had a feeling this would be the response after fans have been frustrated by Sprint Cup regulars, *cough* Kyle Busch, from dominating in the XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series. Following up the 48 percent…

Awesome, gross or both? Either way, it’s impressive.  Felix Passlack, an 18-year-old who plays for German powerhouse Borussia Dortmund, captured the internet’s attention this week by turning soccer and gum-chewing into some bizarre new sport.  SEE ALSO: Rest in peace, Vine. Sports fandom will never be the same Behold Passlack atop this post spitting out his gum, uncorking an impressive juggling routine for more than 10 seconds, then casually catching…

Here at FiveThirtyEight, we tend to think statistics can add to our understanding of sports. (What a surprise!) From the more mature sabermetric movements of baseball and basketball to growing ones in soccer and hockey, evidence-based examination has led to new thoughts and ideas about the games we love. But there can also be a dark side to analytics. Among other potential pitfalls, interpreting the numbers incorrectly can lead to…

Here at FiveThirtyEight, we tend to think statistics can add to our understanding of sports. (What a surprise!) From the more mature sabermetric movements of baseball and basketball to growing ones in soccer and hockey, evidence-based examination has led to new thoughts and ideas about the games we love. But there can also be a dark side to analytics. Among other potential pitfalls, interpreting the numbers incorrectly can lead to…

Here are the hot topics, trending news and key story lines to get you ready for this weekend’s races at Martinsville Speedway. WEATHER Another beautiful race weekend is forecasted for Martinsville. The National Weather Service says Friday will be sunny with a high near 70, and Saturday will be even warmer with a high of 77 and sunshine. Sunday is downgraded to only “mostly sunny,” with a high of 74. Overall,…

The results are in. Almost half of the 10,000 visitors to our poll yesterday voted that it’s the ‘right call’ by NASCAR to limit Premier Series drivers from competing in the XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series. We had a feeling this would be the response after fans have been frustrated by Sprint Cup regulars, *cough* Kyle Busch, from dominating in the XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series. Following up the 48 percent…

So alarmed were insiders about how dysfunctional the International Olympic Committee-run process had become, one senior figure in the war on drugs with experience of several major events told The Telegraph at the time that it was “by far the worst I’ve seen”.  The report by the IO, chaired by leading British sports lawyer Jonathan Taylor, also revealed that of a planned 5,380 drugs tests, only 4,882 took place. Worse still, just 47 of a planned…