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Today's Back Pages....

The Weekend Rap offers today's back page sports covers from some of North America's major metropolitan tabloids:

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Hit The Ground Running: The Week Ahead

THE DAILY 's week ahead: May 7-13. 

THURSDAY

• The Players Championship begins (TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.)

FRIDAY

• NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race at Kansas (Kansas Speedway)

SATURDAY

• Verizon IndyCar Series IndyCar Grand Prix (Indianapolis Motor Speedway)

• Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series KC Masterpiece 400 (Kansas Speedway)

• UFC 225: Amanda Nunez vs. Raquel Pennington (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jeunesse Arena)

SUNDAY

• ATP Internazionali BNL D’Italia begins (Rome)

• F1 Spanish Grand Prix (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya)

If you know of any events that should be in our calendar, send them to  mmiceli@sportsbusinessdaily.com .