Americans don't want to listen to something different than American. That's the American mentality. In France, we listen to a lot of American music. Most of the time I show my teammates French rap, they think it sucks because they don't understand it. | | | | The chase was on at the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500.
(Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) | | | | | | “Americans don't want to listen to something different than American. That's the American mentality. In France, we listen to a lot of American music. Most of the time I show my teammates French rap, they think it sucks because they don't understand it.”
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| | rantnrave:// DALE EARNHARDT JR. will retire from racing after this year. If you read TOMMY TOMLINSON's excellent profile of him in February, it won't come as much of a surprise. If you haven't, read it now (or if you have, read it again). Earnhardt's star power -- he's been named most popular driver by fans 14 times -- will be missed by NASCAR as a racing dynasty reaches the finish line. Dale Earnhardt Sr. died on the track after a historic career, and still looms over the sport. Dale Jr. will cast a shadow of his own. Read more about the father-son duo that dominated NASCAR in our REDEF SportsSET "The First Family of NASCAR"... As popular as Dale Jr. was with devout NASCAR fans, the Earnhardt name also served as an entryway into the sport for casual fans. And he has become the face of a growing movement within racing as the sport gives more attention to concussions. That could be his legacy as much as his on-track success. Let's hope he leaves NASCAR healthy and safe after a profitable career... NINTENDO has a big issue: It isn't giving customers enough of what they want. Nintendo's isn't producing enough games and system, leaving fans to search the corners of the internet to pick up an NES or SWITCH. VICTOR LUCKERSON breaks down the gaming company's supply and demand dilemma... The future of shoes, at least according to ADIDAS, will be quickly made, personalized sneakers. Meet the engineer who will be responsible for making your shoes in just a matter of hours. GERD MANZ is one of the 20 people WIRED says will be creating the future in 2017... Be useful... How will THE PLAYERS TRIBUNE cover the MARLINS now?... DION WAITERS wrote the first-person athlete essay of the year. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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| Hunter Greene has been compared to Noah Syndergaard on the mound and Alex Rodriguez in the field. Meet the possible first overall pick in the 2017 MLB Draft. | | |
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| A racing dynasty reaches the finish line. Dale Earnhardt St. died on the track after a historic career. Dale Jr. will retire in 2017 after following in his dad's footsteps. Meet the father-son duo that dominated NASCAR. | | |
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| On the longevity of Maria Sharapova, who has built a brand beyond the bounds of her tennis stardom that has made her incredibly wealthy, but still striving for more. | | |
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| The classic gaming company refuses to learn supply and demand. | | |
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| The concerns NFL have teams have with Cook’s off-the-field history can be traced back to his middle school days. Some of it is Cook’s doing, some of it the product of a hard upbringing, and some of it is from the imagination of a man set on sabotaging him. | | |
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| They understand that the objects they care so much about have been carefully constructed to appeal to them. | | |
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| We asked six players who came to the US how Trump’s attempted ban, which would bar travel for citizens of some Muslim countries, has affected their lives. | | |
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| Why it's more upsetting when endurance athletes fail drug tests than when NFL or MLB players do. | | |
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| The Trump Administration’s toughened enforcement is rattling horse trainers and their workers, an industry that quietly depends on an immigrant workforce. | | |
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| They are among the leading teams to actively court fans in China. There's a history here that predates Cuban's purchase of the team in 2000. The first Chinese player to get on an NBA court, Wang Zhizhi, played with the Mavericks in 1999. He became the first emissary between the Mavs and China, but far from the last. | | |
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| Bizarre Creations’ arcade racer was awesome fun--but its commercial fortunes were rather less excellent. | | |
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| Few people on Earth know how to game the system in which they operate better than Loria. | | |
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| The Colts had the first and second pick of the NFL draft 25 years ago. Unbeknownst to them at the time, the Colts had the top two picks in an unwinnable draft. | | |
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| David Abrutyn attended the Capitals' first-ever home game -- when he was four years old. | | |
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| He might be the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year, but the Stifle Tower tells B/R Mag that he's just getting started, on and off the court. | | |
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| Sports betting offers the prospect of restoring an older, purer version of fandom - rooting for teams over players. | | |
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| The presence of blood holds something mystical for humans, even in our technological age. Pro wrestlers like Steve Austin know this instinctively. | | |
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| And it’s keeping them from joining the NBA’s elite. | | |
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| Listen, now you know where I’m from. Picture yourself walking into a South Philly playground at 12 years old, with grown-ass men, bleachers packed with people, trying to get a run in.You think you can survive in Philly without irrational confidence? You will never in your life hear the words, “I can’t” come out of Dion Waiters’ mouth. | | |
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