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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 13-19.

  THURSDAY

• PGA Championship begins (Bethpage Black Course, Farmingdale, N.Y.)

FRIDAY

• NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte Motor Speedway)

SATURDAY

•   Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race (Charlotte Motor Speedway)

• Preakness Stakes (Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore)

• Indianapolis 500 qualifying (Indianapolis Motor Speedway) 

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