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Yahoo Sports chronicled the family’s opposition of the Confederate flag, referencing a podcast by Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Dale’s daughter, who relayed a story in which her dad removed the Confederate flag from a popular bumper sticker that said “American by birth, Southern by the grace of God” when he learned the flag made his African-American housekeeper uncomfortable. He left the phrase, but sliced off the controversial symbol of the South....

He’s the 2014 Twitter champion. At least so far. MORE: Harvick wants safety improvements | Phoenix picks | France: Earnhardt good for sport | Junior confident Earnhardt went from 230,000 Twitter followers — without ever having posted one tweet — prior to his Daytona 500 win to more than 526,000. He has tweeted 127 times in the last five days. “It’s really, really fun. … I don’t know what I was thinking why I didn’t get on there earlier,” Earnhardt said Friday at Phoenix International Raceway....

The Mountain Dew-sponsored car will sport a white and neon (read: Mountain Dew) green scheme for the May 21 event with a $1 million payday. The race starts at 7:30 p.m. ET. MORE: How Teresa Earnhardt is tarnishing Dale Earnhardt’s name, legacy Hendrick Motorsports unveiled the new paint scheme Tuesday on Twitter. As a race winner in 2015, Earnhardt is already qualified for the all-star race, which will undergo a format change this year....

Council Member Cara Mendelsohn is one of several members of the city council who voiced their concerns about a report the department published last week regarding its response to protests that occurred between May 29 and June 1, just days after the death of George Floyd inspired a wave of protests throughout the country and around the world. “I’m very concerned with how this all happened, and what I’ve seen throughout this entire report is a lack of leadership,” Mendelsohn said during a public review of the report on Tuesday....

Nevertheless, competition in the Western Conference is at an all-time high and the Mavs face a battle to sneak into the playoffs. While the overall roster is strong, the team lack some depth at forward, and the addition of a veteran body would help fuel their postseason push. So, with the 2019-20 season just weeks away, here are three free-agent forwards that the Mavs should target. #3 Luc Mbah a Moute Just 12 months ago, Luc Mbah a Moute was widely regarded as one of the most underrated forwards in the NBA....

Lillard dislocated his finger as the Trail Blazers fell to the Lakers 111-88 Thursday, leaving their Western Conference first-round series at 1-1. The star guard had 18 points on 6-of-14 shooting and admitted to some discomfort with the finger. NBA PLAYOFFS: Bracket | Schedule | Explaining the bubble “It’s just sore, a little bit tender to the touch and dislocated it so it’s just sore, a little bit swollen and uncomfortable,” Lillard said after the game....

Following a 135-110 win over the Denver Nuggets, the Blazers are now the only undefeated team remaining in the West, with a 4-0 record — the first time they’ve started 4-0 since 1999. Fresh off being named Western Conference Player of the Week, Damian Lillard continued his hot start to the season, pouring in 31 points, eight assists and six rebounds, coming off back-to-back 41-point performances against the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers....

The report reignited the debate about how to clean up the 8,450-member department. The panel, headed by former deputy secretary of state Warren Christopher, urged sweeping change–including a replacement for embattled chief Daryl Gates. Officials moved quickly to offer Gates, 64, a graceful way out of the post he has held for 13 years. Two city council members announced he would step aside before the end of the year, after a special election on a charter amendment limiting the chief’s tenure to 10 years–one of the commission’s major recommendations....

Enter Dan Jennings. The team’s general manager officially assumes managerial duties — a role he never held professionally before Monday. “I’ve never shied away or been afraid of challenges,” Jennings said at Monday’s news conference announcing the move. Jennings, 54, last managed, or coached, in Mobile, Ala., at Davidson High School. He started his career with the Marlins as a scout before moving into the front office as VP of player personnel in 2002 and GM in 2013....

First, I did not run the numbers for today’s early slate. Thus, the Playbook, Rankings and Optimal Lineups – all available to our Playbook Pro members – will NOT feature players from the early games. All of the big-money contests and qualifiers acoss the industry are for the evening slate, so that is where my attention is. For those playing the early games, the two pitchers I like are Steven Wright (at Royals) and Rich Hill (vs....

The DFS MLB Playbook PRO comes with a full top 10 at each position every day, optimal lineups for each DFS site, deep stats and daily projections, suggested lineup “stacks,” hitting and pitching strategies, a live DFS scoreboard to track your players and much more. Plus, PRO members get access to the DFS Playbooks for every other sport with one subscription. Check out today’s free daily fantasy baseball plays below, and check out FantasyAlarm....

The following projected high-, medium- and low-owned plays are worth factoring. These are noteworthy themes worth consideration. Our recommendations for DraftKings lineups can be found here for cash games and here for tournaments. WEEK 3 LINEUPS: FanDuel tournament | FanDuel cash games Daily Fantasy Football Week 4: Quarterback Philip Rivers ($6900/QB7) is pretty much guaranteed the Saints defense bump and ditto for Kirk Cousins ($6500/QB10) against Cleveland. Cam Newton ($7800/QB1) and Drew Brees ($7600/QB) boast crazy-high weekly ceilings, each playing in games that should continue to hover over 50-plus in Vegas point totals....

As usual, the experts at FantasyAlarm.com will publish their top daily fantasy hockey picks at each position across various DFS sites in the Playbook. This is a great place to start your NHL DFS research for the day, but there’s much more with Playbook PRO. Playbook PRO members get even more daily fantasy hockey picks, along with detailed analysis and strategies, suggested team “stacks” and optimal daily fantasy lineups. Also, PRO members get access to all the DFS Playbooks and tools for every sport, including NFL, college football and NBA, with one subscription....

Earnhardt said on his “Dale Jr. Download” podcast he will be evaluated Tuesday, but he gave no indication he will be cleared to race Sunday at Watkins Glen. He’s “impatient” about wanting to return to the track, but he reiterated he and his doctors are going through a treatment “process.” MORE: Moments that define Dale Jr. “We’ll see how we are in a couple days. We’re going to get checked out (Tuesday) and I’m anxious to get there,” he said....

So when he was asked about finishing seventh in Stage 1 at the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 at Darlington Raceway, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that his answer was an honest one. “I didn’t think I’d be this good,” Earnhardt joked on his car radio talking with NBC Sports. “I lowered my expectations, aim low right? That’s what I do, and I feel like we’re doing pretty good, so the car is great, probably way better than the driver is, but just trying to get all the laps, just get home....

MORE: Danica brushes off Petty criticism | Earnhardt Jr. lands new sponsor | Return of 3 to be emotional Childress, who owns the rights to the number, has said the time was right to get the No. 3 back on the track and has said over the years that only a member of his family or the Earnhardt family would race it. PHOTOS: Memorable moments of Earnhardt’s No. 3...

“Dale Steyn is fit again. But I don’t know just yet whether we will see him this week. He has had a year’s layoff. I don’t think if we were to pick a three-man seam attack plus a spinner that you would want to put him in that three-man attack, in case something happens and that leaves the team vulnerable if he can’t finish the game,” Gibson said. In case you didn’t know… A shoulder injury, a broken bone in the right one specifically, has suspended his international career for more than a year now....

The team’s executive vice president for business operations said as much at a Frisco Chamber of Commerce meeting, according to Community Impact Newspaper, and an unidentified high-ranking Cowboys source confirmed to the Star-Telegram that discussions have begun with the NFL about bringing the draft to North Texas. MORE: NFL teams with best chance to go from worst to first The Cowboys could host the draft at either the The Star or AT&T Stadium, according to the source....

The Mavericks are coming off a 125-118 win against the new-look New Orleans Pelicans as Luka Doncic and CJ McCollum battled it out. Doncic finished with 49 points, 15 rebounds and 8 assists, while CJ McCollum’s 38 points weren’t enough to inspire his team to victory. The Jazz were bested by the LA Lakers in their previous fixture, giving up the lead in the fourth quarter to lose 106-101. LeBron James scored 15 of his 33 points in the last period to register a much-needed win before the All-Star break....

Tuesday, Lillard dropped a new track — “Talk To Em” — that could get him closer to scoring a deal. He already has more than 4.5 million plays on his SoundCloud page and is considered the best rapper in a league full of them. He’s been independently releasing music on SoundCloud since last July. MORE: Athletes turned musicians Lillard’s agent said he’ll wait until the summer to move on any record deal, and after a season in which the Blazers outperformed expectations, he certainly deserves some time off and proper representation....