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JUSAN HAMILTON, a former member of NASCAR's Diversity Internship program, served as Race Dir for the Xfinity Series Service King 300, held Saturday at Auto Club Speedway. The 26-year-old Hamilton has been with NASCAR four-and-a-half years and became the first African-American to man race control (NASCAR).

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Pro Football HOFer FRANCO HARRIS has "positioned himself at odds" with the NFL with regards to both the "medical marijuana rollout and the opioid epidemic." Harris said, "In any state that has approved medical marijuana (as 28 states hosting 20 of the NFL’s 32 teams have), the league should remove medical marijuana from being a banned substance. I feel that recreational marijuana should be a banned substance in the NFL, but medical marijuana has a different composition" (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 3/26).

Biden, second from left, made an appearance at the 87ers game on Saturday
CHARITY STRIPE: JOE BIDENon Saturday hosted Beau Biden Foundation Night at an NBA D-League Delaware 87ers game (THE DAILY)....Patriots S DEVIN MCCOURTY and Falcons WR MOHAMED SANU co-hosted Super Rally at the Alley in New Jersey on Friday, raising $50,000 for the Embrace Kids Foundation (NJ.com, 3/26).

NAMES: Attorneys for NASCAR driver KURT BUSCH assert in a counterclaim that former agent JOHN CAPONIGRO failed to represent Busch's best interests during key contract negotiations, costing him “millions of dollars.” Sports Management Network filed a suit seeking $1.4M in unpaid fees in February (USATODAY.com, 3/24)....Patriots WR CHRIS HOGAN and his fiancée ASHLEY BOCCIO brought home their newborn twins from the hospital on Friday (BOSTONGLOBE.com, 3/25)....Revolution MF KELYN ROWE "stopped by Harvard Square for an athletic store opening Thursday evening." Fjallraven, a Swedish company selling activewear and outdoor gear, held the "get-together celebrating its new Cambridge location" (BOSTONHERALD.com, 3/26).

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