Formula One announced Wednesday it wants to stage a street race in Miami starting in 2019 and the city commission has scheduled a vote next week on a
proposal to formalize plans for a 10-year deal.The series has long sought to enlarge its presence in the United States. A Miami race would be the second in the U.S.
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City.Formula One officials said if approved, the Miami race could be targeted for October 2019, which would place it close to the current calendar spot of the
Texas and Mexico City races."Miami's status as one of the world's most iconic and glamorous cities, combined with its robust tourism infrastructure, makes Miami the perfect
destination for Formula 1 and its fans," said Sean Bratches, F1's managing
director for commercial operations.Miami Mayor Francis Suarez called next week's vote "the first step" to working out details, with a final vote more possible over the summer. The city
has held good talks with F1 officials about the need to map a downtown race
course that wouldn't be too disruptive to neighborhoods, Suarez said."This is an annual Super Bowl of sorts ... They (F1) are very bullish on the prospects of Miami," Suarez said.The Miami race would be the latest move by Liberty Media, the American ownership group that took over F1 in 2017. Liberty is pushing for ways to expand
F1's reach
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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross.Suarez said he expects "99 percent" of financing for a Miami race to come from private sources with any city funds coming it at $500,000 or less."From football and soccer to tennis and motorsports, Miami deserves only the best in music, food, art, fashion, and sports and entertainment, and that is
exactly what we plan on delivering with a Formula 1 race," Ross said.Ross helped lead the plan to relocate the Miami Open tennis tournament from Key Biscayne to the Dolphins' stadium complex in Miami Gardens, a move that will
be enacted in time for next year's tournament. He's also brought several
international soccer events to Hard Rock Stadium, which is seeking to host World
Cup matches in 2026.The F1 plan also comes while a group led by soccer icon David Beckham tries to bring an MLS franchise back to the Miami area. Beckham and MLS formally
announced earlier this year that a team is coming, but it's still unclear where
the stadium for that club will be built and when it will be able to start
play.Formula One races in cities across the globe but left the U.S. from 2008-2012. It returned with the U.S. Grand Prix in Texas at the Circuit of the
Americas
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in Phoenix.The series has been interested in a second U.S. race for years with talk of races in New Jersey, Los Angeles or Miami. But more races in the U.S. could pull
fans away from the Texas race, which already competes for fans with the Mexico
City race, which joined the calendar in 2015 and is run a week after the U.S.
Grand Prix.Bobby Epstein, president of the Circuit of the Americas, did not immediately respond to a request for comment but has said in the past adding more races in
the U.S. will help the sport grow.CHICAGO (AP) — Corey Crawford is skating again. The Stanley Cup-winning goaltender hasn’t been cleared for practice just yet, but he thinks he is
close.Now about those defensemen for the Chicago Blackhawks.While Crawford delivered a positive update Friday on his recovery from a concussion that sidelined him for most of last season, defensemen Connor Murphy,
Brent Seabrook and Gustav Forsling missed the start of training camp due to
injuries.Forsling had right wrist surgery in July, but the back injury for Murphy and abdominal issue for Seabrook were new developments. Murphy will be sidelined for
about eight weeks, taking him out of the mix for the start of the season. The
33-year-old Seabrook is expected to miss about one week, according to team
physician Michael Terry.“Things changed here quickly there the last day or so in that area,” coach Joel Quenneville said.The Blackhawks missed the playoffs last season for the first time since 2008
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door for 19-year-old Henri Jokiharju to make the team out of camp.Jokiharju was selected by Chicago in the first round of the 2017 draft. Brandon Davidson, who has eight goals and nine assists in 114 career NHL games,
is in camp on a tryout deal, and Blake Hillman also could get a longer look.“We’ve got a lot of candidates and I think that’s what’s exciting about the first day of camp and the first games next week,” general manager Stan Bowman
said. “It’s going to be let’s see which guy earns that spot. There’s certainly
opportunity there for players who play well.”A healthy Crawford could provide a big lift. He worked with goaltending coach Jimmy Waite before Chicago’s first practice, skating off before the rest of the
players jumped on the ice.“I’ve gotten better and better over the last couple months and was able to skate a few times the last two weeks,” Crawford said. “I feel good on the ice as
a goalie. But right now, I’m just, I’m not ready to go yet.”Crawford played in 28 games last season, going 16-9-2 with a 2.27 goals-against average and .929 save percentage. The two-time All-Star was placed
on injured reserve on Dec. 27.The 33-year-old Crawford faced some shots during a morning skate in Arizona on Feb. 12, but was never able to come back.“Things never really got better,” Crawford said. “We thought maybe to try it when I went to Arizona, and then we were at a point
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we started to slide. It was better off think about long-term than try to rush
back.”Crawford’s first public acknowledgement of his concussion and the specificity of the information on Murphy and Seabrook are part of an organizational shift in
strategy when it comes to injuries. Rather than the traditional hockey parlance
of generic upper-body and lower-body ailments, the Blackhawks are planning to be
more forthcoming when it comes to players’ health.“We’re trying to, I guess, sort of change with the times, maybe,” Bowman said. “It’s always that balance between respecting the players — at the end of
the day, this is their injuries, they’re not our injuries. But we understand the
world that we live in today. People want to know and they care about our team
and they care about the players individually. They want to know.”
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