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The Weirdest Things to Happen in Baseball Last Season
MLB Baseball is filled with amazing statistics, bizarre coincidences and lots of oddball occurrences. Last season was no exception, so we pulled together the best of the best and put them into this han...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, Overtime

ACC Football 2013 Schedule Analysis
College Football With the release of the 2013 ACC schedules, the countdown for the upcoming college football season has officially started. The ACC has expanded by two teams since last season, as Pittsburgh and Syr...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Boston College Eagles, Clemson Tigers, Duke Blue Devils, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Maryland Terrapins, Miami Hurricanes, NC State Wolfpack, North Carolina Tar Heels, Pittsburgh Panthers, Syracuse Orange, Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia Tech Hokies, Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Ranking the Big Ten's College Football Coaching Jobs for 2013
College Football We have ranked every college football program in the country, based on the attractiveness of the position from a coaching perspective. We considered many factors — tradition, facilities, location...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

Danica impresses at Daytona, NASCAR's Gen-6 does not
NASCAR The Great American Race, for the first 180 laps, looked more like the Great American Parade. Cars ran single-file for much of the Daytona 500, content to ride in packs for fear that pulling out for...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Jimmie Johnson, Daytona, Daytona 500, NASCAR, Tom Bowles

Ranking the SEC's College Football Coaching Jobs for 2013
College Football We have ranked every college football program in the country, based on the attractiveness of the position from a coaching perspective. We considered many factors — tradition, facilities...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Kentucky Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Missouri Tigers, Ole Miss Rebels, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies, Vanderbilt Commodores

Daytona 500 Start Time, TV Schedule, Lineup, Track Info
NASCAR The Daytona 500 revs up today at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway for its 55th running. To help you prepare for the legendary NASCAR race, here's a look at everything (When does the race ...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR

NASCAR 2013: Starting Lineup for the Daytona 500
NASCAR The Daytona 500 revs up today at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway for its 55th running. The legendary NASCAR race airs today on Fox at 1 p.m. (ET).     The 2013 Starting Lineup f...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Daytona International Speedway

Why can’t the NCAA be more consistent with the penalties they hand out?
Monthly Why can’t the NCAA be more consistent? It seems like there is no rhyme or reason to the penalties handed out. — James B. Anderson, Apopka, Fla.   James, one of the biggest complai...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Monthly, News

Will the NCAA revisit penalties handed down to Penn State and USC?
Monthly   With the NCAA’s recent admission about botching the investigation at Miami, is it possible that they will revisit the penalties handed down to Penn State and USC? — Nick Harrison, Pi...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Monthly

Daytona International Speedway Track Information
NASCAR Daytona International Speedway Race Stats 2013 Race Length: 500 miles/200 laps; 400 miles/160 laps Track Qualifying Record: 210.364 mph (Bill Elliott, 1987) Race Record: 500 - 177....
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Daytona International Speedway

Harvick a favorite, Danica on point for Daytona 500
NASCAR Sunday's Daytona 500, the 55th in the long, storied history of The Great American Race, officially has the field set. There are endless stories emanating from NASCAR's biggest event, but here are t...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, Daytona, NASCAR Daytona 500

Ranking the Big 12's College Football Coaching Jobs for 2013
College Football We have ranked every college football program in the country, based on the attractiveness of the position from a coaching perspective. We considered many factors — tradition, facilities...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

The 10 Most Memorable Daytona 500s
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16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, Dale Earnhardt, Donnie Allison, Michael Waltrip, Richard Petty, Daytona 500, great finishes, NASCAR

NASCAR: How Stock Cars Have Changed Over the Years
NASCAR There has been very little that is "stock" on a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car in well over 25 years. And its maturation from "race what you drove to the track" to modern-day engineering marvel is int...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Monthly

Top 25 NASCAR Sprint Cup Drivers for 2013
NASCAR As the 2013 NASCAR season revs up this weekend at Daytona, Athlon Sports offers up our preseason Top 25 Sprint Cup Series driver rankings. Click on each driver's name for a detailed preview of...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Brad Keselowski, Clint Bowyer, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch

NASCAR 2013: Preseason Top 10 Nationwide Series Drivers
NASCAR As the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series revs up, we look at the preseason favorites. 1. Brian Vickers Vickers won the then-Busch Series championship in 2003 with Hendrick Motorsports and is ba...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Austin Dillon, Brian Scott, Brian Vickers, Elliott Sadler, James Buescher, Justin Allgaier, Micahel Annett, Parker Kligerman, Regan Smith, Sam Hornish Jr., Trevor Bayne

Storylines, history surround NASCAR's Daytona 500
NASCAR The Daytona 500 is an event that transcends its own sport, much the same as the Super Bowl, the World Series or the Masters. Over the last 54 years, a lot of history has been made just off the beac...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Danica Patrick, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Trevor Bayne, Daytona 500, NASCAR

Ranking the Pac-12's College Football Coaching Jobs for 2013
College Football We have ranked every college football program in the country, based on the attractiveness of the position from a coaching perspective. We considered many factors — tradition, facilities...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, News, Pac 12, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, Cal Golden Bears, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

Brad Keselowski: A Candid Conversation with the NASCAR Champion
NASCAR How long can it take to complete a journey from rags to riches? For Brad Keselowski, it took six years. The driver spent the 2006 offseason mourning the pending bankruptcy of his family operation, ...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Brad Keselowski

Healthy Habits for 2013
Monthly Want to learn more about getting heathly and staying active? Visit PHIT America, a year-round educational and advocacy campaign dedicated to creating A Movement for a Fit & Healthy ...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Monthly

7 Amazing NASCAR Driver Stats for the Daytona 500
NASCAR Daytona. For the casual fan, it’s the one time a year in which tuning in is a must, not an option. For the hardcore fans and industry veterans, it’s a spiritual revival. It suffices as the star...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Danica Patrick, Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Daytona, NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series, Stats

Fantasy NASCAR Picks for the Daytona 500
NASCAR The 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season kicks off Feb. 24 with the Daytona 500 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. The Great American Race also marks the beginning of the fantasy NASCAR season for ...
16 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, Fantasy, News, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona 500

NASCAR 2013: Preseason Top 10 Camping World Truck Series Drivers
NASCAR As the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series revs up, we look at the preseason favorites. 1. Ty Dillon (above left) Without back-to-back tire failures late last the year, Dillon might...
17 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, James Buescher, Timothy Peters, Ty Dillon

NASCAR 2013: Camping World Truck Series Preview
NASCAR Eldora. Eldora. Eldora. This summer, those words will be chanted from NASCAR Nation far and wide as the Camping World Truck Series becomes the guinea pig for one of the sport’s most noble mod...
17 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR

Ranking the Big East's College Football Coaching Jobs for 2013
College Football We have ranked every college football program in the country, based on the attractiveness of the position from a coaching perspective. We considered many factors — tradition, facilities, location...
17 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Houston Cougars, Louisville Cardinals, Memphis Tigers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, SMU Mustangs, South Florida Bulls, Temple Owls, UCF Knights

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