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Lincicome, Tan share Women’s PGA lead at windy Aronimink

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – Brittany Lincicome brought 16-month-old daughter Emery to a recent practice round at Aronimink Golf Club and let her run around the course and plop down on mom’s pink g...

DATE: Oct 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Kevin Harvick dominates at Dover for 7th victory of season

DOVER, Del. — Kevin Harvick views his NASCAR championship chase as him against the field. His budding rivalry with Denny Hamlin, however, has turned into a can-you-top-this showdown that pro...

DATE: Aug 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Hamlin holds off teammate Truex for 1st Dover victory

DOVER, Del – Denny Hamlin zipped past teammate Martin Truex Jr. with less than 10 laps to go and won the NASCAR Cup Series race Saturday at Dover International Speedway. Hamlin ma...

DATE: Aug 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

‘Yes we exist’ - Black fans eye NASCAR’s work to diversify

Kevin Johnson became enamored with NASCAR as a kid through clips on “ Wide World of Sports,” decades before billion-dollar broadcast deals when auto racing shared precious air time with barr...

DATE: Jul 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

NASCAR meets with Drumwright in push for racial equality

As the Rev. Greg Drumwright watched members of his ministry crowd the fence at Talladega Superspeedway to cheer for Black driver Bubba Wallace, he realized his first NASCAR race was the star...

DATE: Jul 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s agent of change, doing ‘what feels right’

LONG POND, Pa. – Being an agent of change in NASCAR cuts both ways for Bubba Wallace. He is seen as a hero to some, particularly those who have longed for a Black driver to shake ...

DATE: Jun 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

‘The noose was real’: NASCAR releases photo from Talladega

Declaring “the noose was real,” NASCAR officials on Thursday released a photo of the rope found in the speedway garage stall of Black driver Bubba Wallace that prompted a federal investigati...

DATE: Jun 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Confederate flag ban fallout: Now comes the tricky part for NASCAR

Reese Witherspoon tweeted a high-five emoji for her A-list stamp of approval that NASCAR banned the Confederate flag. NASCAR’s decision to ban the Confederate flag from its races...

DATE: Jun 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

NASCAR bans Confederate flag from races and properties

Wallace’s call for action heard

DATE: Jun 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Ban the Confederate flag? NASCAR could see end of an era

The familiar scene of Confederate flags waved by fans at NASCAR tracks could soon be a relic of racing’s good ol’ boy roots. Bubba Wallace – the lone black driver in the sport – w...

DATE: Jun 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

NASCAR set to allow fans back in Florida, Alabama

NASCAR is ready to reopen to fans. One of the few sports to run in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, NASCAR is now the largest to allow fans to return as more states relax the...

DATE: Jun 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Lessons from 1918: Old pandemic a murky guide for sports

A century ago, fans wanted to go to the game

DATE: May 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports