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Nascar threw a bash at Kansas Speedway in October to thank Sprint Corp. for being stock-car racing’s top sponsor for 13 years. More than 800 Sprint employees received hot dogs, burgers and seats to a nail-biting race. One thing was missing: a new sponsor. Despite knowing for two years that Sprint was leaving, Nascar didn’t announce a replacement until December, when it announced that energy-drink maker Monster Beverage Corp. had…

Do you like or dislike the new format changes and the damaged car policy? – Judy Well, there’s a lot that goes into that. First off, I do like the stages. Short tracks all over the country run heat races. I think it’s going to add a lot of excitement to the first half of the races, which is needed.  As far as the points go, I want…

Sutton United’s backup goalkeeper Wayne Shaw has taken in the soccer world by storm. But it’s not because of his ability, it’s because he’s an average guy who happens to be living out a dream, and because of what he does off the pitch.  On Monday, the non-league English side played giants Arsenal in the FA Cup fifth round in a historic match for the club, which the Gunners won…

Chris Myers shares a collective heartbreak with Rick Hendrick and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Losses. Unimaginable ones. Myers and Hendrick buried their sons. Earnhardt buried his father. Everyone has pushed on as best they can over the years, despite the occasional tug of the heart, the tears, the emptiness, and the confusion. “It’s good to be around people who understand what you’re going through,” Myers said. “Sometimes you need the space….

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Bold prediction: Kasey Kahne will lead a lap in 2017. Along with leading a lap, Kahne will grab a win and make the playoffs for the first time since 2014. The fact is if he doesn’t, there will be a ton of pressure for Hendrick to hand over his ride to one of the young guns, like William Byron, sooner rather than later. After two disappointing seasons, Kahne…

As Jimmie Johnson stood alongside fellow title contenders Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, and Joey Logano in the back of a pickup waving to the fans before the start of last season’s Cup Series championship final, he witnessed something unfamiliar. Instead of the boos and middle finger salutes that customarily accompanied him during pre-race driver introductions, fans inside Homestead-Miami Speedway were actually indicating their support for the man who in just…

BUY TICKETS: See the Daytona 500 live!RELATED: Race results DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Joey Logano made his mistakes early, Denny Hamlin made his late and therein was the difference in Sunday’s Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway. It was the first win for the Team Penske driver in the non-points event but Logano’s been to Victory Lane here before – two years ago he stood in the Winner’s…

BELGRADE, Serbia — Partizan Belgrade midfielder Everton Luiz was in tears after persistent racist chants during his team’s victory over Rad in the Serbian league. The Brazilian, who joined Partizan last year, played through monkey chants and other abuse, including a racist banner in the stands where Rad fans were standing. The banner was removed after intervention from the referee. There were scuffles between the players after the match on…

NASCAR’s cup series will have a new sponsor this year, Monster Energy. The storyline ahead of the 59th running of the Daytona 500 was the sons of two Hall of Famers, Bill Elliott and Dale Earnhardt, starting in the 1 and 2 position.

Race fans were thrilled that the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series began over the weekend at Daytona International Speedway, where Joey Logano won the Advance Auto Parts Clash and Hendrick Motorsports teammates Chase Elliott and Dale Earnhardt Jr. swept the front row in Daytona 500 qualifying. And from the looks of things, the drivers and teams were pretty happy to be back, too. , LAT Images www.latphoto.co.uk John…

No sport enjoys messing with its points system more than NASCAR, and it reached new heights in confusion this time around. Drivers don’t even know how it’s going to work. Something about stages and playoff points and more arbitrary phrases like “carryover to the Round of 8” are being tossed around all in the name of adding excitement to races. Does Chris Buescher know how far regular-season wins or points…

BUY TICKETS: See the Daytona 500 live!RELATED: Race results DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Joey Logano made his mistakes early, Denny Hamlin made his late and therein was the difference in Sunday’s Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway. It was the first win for the Team Penske driver in the non-points event but Logano’s been to Victory Lane here before – two years ago he stood in the Winner’s…

Retired U.S. women’s soccer player Lauren Holiday took to social media over the weekend to open up about her life as a new mother and the obstacles she faced upon learning she had a benign brain tumor while six months pregnant. Holiday, 29, posted a photo of daughter Jrue on Saturday to her Instagram page and wrote, “I have never quite known suffering like I experienced the last 6 months….

No sport enjoys messing with its points system more than NASCAR, and it reached new heights in confusion this time around. Drivers don’t even know how it’s going to work. Something about stages and playoff points and more arbitrary phrases like “carryover to the Round of 8” are being tossed around all in the name of adding excitement to races. Does Chris Buescher know how far regular-season wins or points…

Photo credit: Jerry Markland/Getty Images One of the biggest stories of last year’s NASCAR season wasn’t on track, but rather, about who was missing: Dale Earnhardt Jr. sat out the last half of the season recovering from a concussion. Unlike other series whose sports rhyme with “schmootball,” NASCAR actually beefed up their concussion protocol after last year’s string of concussion-related headlines. Advertisement NASCAR released a few important changes ahead of…

BUY TICKETS: See the Daytona 500 live! MORE: Hamlin wears special pair of Jordans for ‘The Clash’ DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Brad Keselowski checked over the damage to his No. 2 Ford’s right-front fender, the result of a last-lap crunch in a tense contest for the lead with Denny Hamlin‘s No. 11 Toyota in the Advance Auto Parts Clash. The contact cost Keselowski a victory in a season-opening exhibition that…

No sport enjoys messing with its points system more than NASCAR, and it reached new heights in confusion this time around. Drivers don’t even know how it’s going to work. Something about stages and playoff points and more arbitrary phrases like “carryover to the Round of 8” are being tossed around all in the name of adding excitement to races. Does Chris Buescher know how far regular-season wins or points…

Two of the biggest pieces of Langley Speedway’s 2017 schedule fell into place Sunday, when NASCAR announced that the track will host two of its touring series events. NASCAR said in a press release that its Whelen Modified Tour will stop at Langley on May 13, and the K&N Pro Series East will be there on Sept. 2. The Modified Tour is a new creation, combining NASCAR’s northern-based tour with…

Details will be released Monday   on SoccerCity,  the $1 billion-plus, soccer-based redevelopment proposal for Qualcomm Stadium property in Mission Valley. Officials of the La Jolla-based FS Investors group said they will brief the news media at 11 a.m. at the La Jolla Map Museum, owned by FS Investors principal Mike Stone. The group announced plans last month to seek a Major League Soccer franchise by promising to build a $200…