Weekend Rap

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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:

Hit The Ground Running: The Week Ahead

THE DAILY 's week ahead: Feb. 11-17.

MONDAY

- ATP ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament begins (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

- ATP New York Open begins (Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, East Garden City)

- ATP Argentina Open begins (Buenos Aires)

- WTA Qatar Total Open begins (Doha, Qatar)

- MLB pitchers and catchers begin reporting to Spring Training

THURSDAY

- PGA Tour Genesis Open begins (Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, Calif.)

- LPGA ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open begins (The Grange GC, Grange, South Australia)

- Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Gander RV Duel (Daytona Int'l Speedway)

FRIDAY

- NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona Int'l Speedway)

- NBA All-Star Celebrity Game (Bojangles Coliseum)

- NBA Mtn Dew Ice Rising Stars Challenge (Spectrum Center)

SATURDAY

-  NASCAR Xfinity Series Racing Experience 300 (Daytona Int'l Speedway)

- State Farm NBA All-Star Saturday Night (includes Taco Bell Skills Challenge, Three-Point Contest and AT&T Slam Dunk Contest) (Spectrum Center)

SUNDAY

- NBA All-Star Game (Spectrum Center)

- Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 (Daytona Int'l Speedway)

- UFC on ESPN: Francis Ngannou vs. Cain Velasquez (Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix)

 

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

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