Showing posts with label NASCAR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NASCAR. Show all posts

Monday, June 8, 2020

Challenge For Players In Empty Stadiums: 'Create Your Own Excitement'

The roar of the crowd has been such a staple of major sports, such an advantage for the home team, that NFL clubs have been accused at times of artificial amplification. The Atlanta Falcons even admitted to the mischief, leading to a 2015 punishment from the league.

Fox Sports Midwest

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Athletes Across Sports Are Wary About Virus, Safety Procedures Upon Return

Chris Thompson is an NFL running back. He also is the father of a 4-month-old daughter, Kali. Guess which of those facts matters more to him when he ponders eventually returning to work amid a pandemic.

Fox Sports Midwest

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Governors Increasingly Support Return Of Sports In Empty Stadiums

Governors around the country are warming to the idea of the return of professional sports to their states, with two caveats: continued progress against the coronavirus and no spectators in the stands.

Fox Sports Midwest

Monday, May 18, 2020

Minor League Basbeall Teams' 2020 Season Hinges On MLB

Minor league baseball's 2020 season may be over before it began. At least at the lower levels.

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Friday, May 1, 2020

For Sports, Coronavirus Testing Remains A Major Hurdle

Politicians, players and owners are trying to figure out a way to get baseball, basketball and hockey going again, not only for economic reasons but as a welcome diversion for a social distancing nation facing uncertain times.

Fox Sports Midwest

Monday, April 20, 2020

MLB Discussing Three-State Plan With One Hub In Texas As Possible Solution To Start 2020 Season

With the spread of the novel coronavirus threatening Major League Baseball's 2020 season, the league and the union continue to seek ways to salvage the year as best they can. Predictably, that has entailed any number of proposals and contingency plans, including those that would see teams either all isolated in Arizona, or split between Arizona and Florida. On Monday, multiple league sources informed CBS Sports about a different idea that has been discussed in recent days.

CBS Sports

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Busch StadiumBeer Vendor Is Nearing Last Call In His 55-Year Run

The symphony of a ballpark is mellifluous in St. Louis, from the carnival timbre of the stadium organ to the harmonizing hollers of beer vendors, who are anonymous yet ubiquitous.

Hochman

Friday, October 13, 2017

Next Month's Stan Musial Awards Will Honor The Greatest Stories In Sports

For more than 15 years, St. Louis has hosted the “the most meaningful and inspiring night in sports.” The Musial Awards, named in honor of Stan Musial, will again take place at the Peabody Opera House on Saturday, November, 18.

KMOX

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Rusty Wallace Still Cheers For His Hometown Cardinals

Nascar great Rusty Wallace was back in his hometown of St. Louis and took in the Cardinals game on Thursday afternoon. The former Winston Cup champion, now Nascar radio race analyst told Fox 2 Sports Director Martin Kilcoyne, that even though he left St. Louis years ago, he still watches his Cardinals each night from his home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Wallace says he tunes in nightly on Cardinals telecasts using Direct TV. Wallace is in town for the reopening of the Nascar go kart track in Hazelwood, MO.

Fox2Now

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Kenny Wallace Garage Sale

Nascar Driver/Announcer Kenny Wallace will be holding a huge garage sale starting Wednesday, June 14 and running through Saturday, June 17.

Fox2Now

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Video: Kenny Wallace Talks NASCAR, Cardinals, & Blues

Fox 2 Sports Director Martin Kilcoyne talks it over with former Nascar driver and Arnold, MO native Kenny Wallace. They talk Nascar, where Kenny is a race commentator for Fox. They also talk about the Wallace family racing tree, where his father, Russ and brothers Rusty and Mike all were race car drivers. Kenny also talked about his passion for the St. Louis professional sports teams, the Cardinals and the Blues.

Fox2Now

Monday, April 3, 2017

Tony LaRussa Sees Parallels Between Baseball & Racing

There was a decided bounce in the step of 72-year-old Tony La Russa as he walked from the drivers’ meeting to the No. 22 Team Penske transporter parked in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series garage at Phoenix International Raceway.

Paddock Talk

Thursday, February 9, 2017

C.J. Wilson Retires From Baseball For Career In Auto Rising

It appears that C.J. Wilson is done with baseball, but he’s not ready to relinquish his competitive spirit just yet.

Fox Sports

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Don't Raise Strike Zone, Adam Wainwright Says; The Jason Heyward Effect; Jake Matheny Honored; Cubs Walk-Off Club; Extra Bases

As one of several Cardinals pitchers who have made quite a living with pitches in the lowest reaches of the strike zone, Adam Wainwright’s three-word description of baseball’s reported plans to raise the strike zone was not a surprise.

Post-Dispatch

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

No Reason For Baseball To Shift Rules

Baseball is a tactical sport at heart. It is all about match-ups and adjustments, with both sides striving to gain or negate advantages.

Post-Dispatch

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Dodgers Primed To Win NLDS

Tipsheet liked the Dodgers over the Cardinals last year, due to the Clayton Kershaw/Zack Greinke pitching combo and all that offensive talent.

Tipsheet