Setting Himself Apart, Teenage Prodigy Erik Jones Is Sports’ Latest Rising Star
Young athletes have been the talk of the sports world the last week.
Notably, 21-year-old golf phenom Jordan Spieth won The Masters and 22-year-old NBA All Star Anthony Davis put his New Orleans Pelicans team in contention for a Western Conference Playoff berth. Even 23-year-old baseball player Mike Trout, already a three-time All Star and winner of the 2014 American League MVP award, kicked off his season in the sport in which he is widely recognized as the best player.
And who knows, once Erik Jones hits his early 20s, he might have that kind of stature in his sport. Continue reading →
The National Motorsports Appeals Panel today heard and considered the appeal of a P5 penalty issued on March 31, 2015 to Richard Childress (owner), Ryan Newman (driver), Lucas Lambert (crew chief), James Bender (tire technician) and Philip Surgen (race engineer) relative to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series vehicle #31 at Auto Club Speedway.
The penalty concerns the following sections in the 2015 NASCAR rule book: Continue reading →
Landon Cassill at 8:40 pm ET on Thursday, April 16, 2015 Photo – Jerry Markland/Getty Images
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