Scott PowersOctober 17, 2019
3min292
NASCAR offers Waltz its support
Tag: NASCARPaula Stark is hosting Buenaventura Lakes' 'first-ever' event to honor veterans.
Scott PowersOctober 17, 2019
Noah PranskyMay 20, 20197min1152
“Zombie campaign” funds to supplement private lives of legislators-turned-lobbyists, like Haridopolos, remains mostly unchecked by the FEC.
Associated PressMarch 9, 2016
11min230
When Brian France endorsed Donald Trump for president, the chairman and chief executive of NASCAR thought of it as nothing more than a “routine endorsement.” He’s been dealing with the fallout ever since. France’s decision to personally back the front-runner for the Republican nomination has roiled a sport his family built from the ground up. […]
Phil AmmannJuly 3, 2015
3min140
July 4 may mean a day off for most Americans, but not so for National Republicans. In a campaign memo, the Republican National Committee announced it is using the holiday as the “next phase in its ground game strategy” – with a series of events happening at the earliest time in several election cycles. On […]
Guest AuthorOctober 26, 20148min220
Recent sports news has been filled with stories about racism, gender violence, child abuse, and concussion-related brain damage for one in three former NFL players. But these bad stories have helped the public focus on broader societal problems. Since Roger Goodell became the NFL commissioner in 2006, law enforcement authorities have pursued 50 domestic-violence cases […]
Peter SchorschMay 8, 20145min184
One of the most closely watched issues of Florida’s 2014 legislative session was how to best streamline the process to allocate tax dollars to professional sports facilities. HB 7095 was passed by the Florida Legislature and allows money to be available annually for Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, the North American Soccer League, NASCAR, the […]
Guest AuthorFebruary 14, 20144min168
Like most red-blooded Americans, I love the Olympics! I remember my dad picking me up from a youth group in 1980; he wouldn’t tell me the score of the U.S.A. vs. U.S.S.R. hockey game. The game had been played in the afternoon but via tape delay it was to be broadcast during primetime TV. All […]