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Racist North Carolina Racetrack Owner Advertises ‘Bubba Rope’ For Sale
A North Carolina racetrack owner is facing massive criticism and boycotts from fans after he decided to advertise “Bubba Rope” for sale on Facebook marketplace....
NASCAR President Confirms 1 Noose Found in 1,684 Garage Stalls — Bubba Wallace's
NASCAR president Steve Phelps spoke to the media for the second time in just three days to address the issue that has taken all the air out of the announcement that the racing giant was banning the Confederate flag from NASCAR property: The noose found on NASCAR property....
NASCAR Wants Their Noose Situation To Go Away. They’ve Proven To Be Incapable Of Eliminating Racism
NASCAR thinks Black people are stupid....
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Bubba Wallace Responds to Critics: 'It's a Straight-Up Noose' [Updated]
After a tumultuous couple of days, Bubba Wallace made the media rounds Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, after the FBI reported that the noose found in his garage stall Sunday had been there for as far back as October and therefore was not a hate crime directed at the only Black driver in NASCAR’...
FBI Says Noose Was There for Months, NASCAR Takes Premature Victory Lap
Good news everyone! The noose found in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega Raceway had been there for months, not days!...
NASCAR Stands with Bubba Wallace
Before the start of Monday’s rescheduled Geico 500 at Talladega, NASCAR athletes and personnel gathered to push Bubba Wallace’s race car to the front of pit row. The gesture was a show of solidarity after yesterday’s hate crime....
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Noose Found in Bubba Wallace's Garage Stall Not a Hate Crime Say Feds [UPDATED]
A noose was found in the garage stall of NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace at the Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama, on Sunday, the racing giant announced....
NASCAR'S First Black Woman in a Pit Crew Welcomes Ban of Confederate Flag
“Tunnel vision” is how 26-year-old Brehanna Daniels describes her last four years working inside NASCAR as its first black woman tire changer....
Fire Forces 'Blue Lives Matter' Car Out of NASCAR Debut
NASCAR driver Kyle Weatherman and his team tried to make a statement on Sunday when they debuted a “Blue Lives Matter”-themed car at a race in Homestead, Fla....
Breonna Taylor’s Incident Report Is Why America Shouldn’t Be Celebrating ‘Acts of Good Faith’ From NASCAR and the Red Sox
The banning of a racist flag that represents a former wannabe nation that got its ass whooped in the Civil War, and a baseball team finally acknowledging that its city has historically been one of the most racist places on Earth, has millions of Americans acting as if racism has been magically defea...
Driver Honors Confederacy by Retiring with Same Number of Wins
Imagine being a 50-year-old loser quitting a job you’re terrible at, over a traitor flag you supposedly don’t care about, while acting like a 5-year-old....
Racists Take Huge 'L' as NASCAR Bans Loser Flag
Take that, you fucking traitorous-loser lovers. ...
Bubba Wallace Will Not Shut Up And Drive
Tonight, Bubba Wallace, NASCAR Cup Series’ lone black driver, will debut a custom stock car in Martinsville....
Can We Believe NASCAR?
On Sunday afternoon, I sat down to watch the only live sport on TV… NASCAR. I wouldn’t call myself a fan, but if there was ever a time to get into stock car racing, maybe it’s during a time when virtually every other league is dormant....
Gymnastics Trailblazer and Innovator Kurt Thomas Dead at 64
When I was very young, Kurt Thomas came to visit my gymnastics club in Rockford, Ill. I’m not sure if I was aware of who he was at the time, but the excitement in the week leading up to his arrival was as if The Beatles were coming to town. Or, at that time, maybe Rick Springfield or Duran Duran....
With No Other Live Sports to Watch, Will NASCAR’s Return Ignite A Viewership Boom?
On February 18, 1979, many Americans were confined to their homes and glued to their TVs. On that day, a snowstorm covered the east coast and kept many indoors. Confined and bored, millions tuned into the main sports program for the day: The Daytona 500...
Another Day, Another Horrible Mess For USA Gymnastics
USA Gymnastics may be finally listening to its athletes. ...
MLB Sends Clear Message: Go Ahead, Cheat Your Ass Off
Major League Baseball finally concluded its investigation into the 2018 Boston Red Sox sign-stealing their way to a world championship, and Rob Manfred brought down the hammer on one of baseball’s marquee franchises....
MLB Would Be Making Texas-sized Screw Up With Latest Plan To Return
A little more than a month into life in the vortex of coronavirus, we all have some new routines. For some of us, it’s putting on a mask to go to the store. For others, it’s an extra dog walk, just to get a few more minutes of fresh air in the day....
In Trump’s America, Kyle Larson Proves That Even Minorities Aren’t In This Together
“People of color.” ...