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He has come a long way since a terrible wreck during the Xfinity race at Daytona International Speedway at the start of the 2015 season. Following surgery and intense rehab, he put on a dramatic performance that included five wins in 25 races. MORE: Track history favors Carl Edwards | Homestead-Miami schedule His final win of the season was in last year’s Championship 4 race at Homestead-Miami. That victory sealed his first Sprint Cup title after 13 years of racing....

Here are odds and final driver ratings for Sunday’s race at the Monster Mile. More: Dover betting deep dive Micah Roberts’ Top-10 Rated NASCAR Drivers AAA 400, Dover International Speedway Rating. Driver Odds Practice 2, Practice 3, Start Pos, Dover May* Kevin Harvick 9/2 4th, 1st, 15th, 2nd No wins in 29 career starts at Dover, but needs one here to keep championship repeat hopes alive. Jimmie Johnson 9/2 8th, 8th, 5th, 1st Track-record 10 wins and 2,999 laps led in 27 starts; no wins since last Dover race in May....

Johnson’s 79th career victory, and fourth of 2016, not only clinched him a spot in the final round of the Chase, it also guarantees at least one of the four JGR Toyota drivers will not advance. The most likely candidate is Carl Edwards, who was running fifth on lap 359 when he had his front right tire go down and hit the wall. He finished 36th. Johnson’s win is his ninth at the Virginia short track, but first since 2013....

Deegan, 19, said the word during an online race on her Twitch stream Sunday night. She later offered an apology on Twitter, and NASCAR.com reported that the stream was deleted. MORE: NASCAR suspends Truck Series driver for insensitive post “It was inappropriate slang and a stupid thing to do. I apologize to everyone who was offended by it. There’s no excuse for it, and I know I have to do better for my sponsors and my fans,” Deegan wrote....

Kyle Busch and Clint Bowyer qualified second and third, respectively, on Saturday. Busch and Martin Truex Jr. won last year’s two Pocono races. Other drivers to watch Sunday are Ryan Blaney and Alex Bowman. Blaney, who is looking for his first victory of the year, won at the “Tricky Triangle” in 2017 for his first Cup win. Bowman has rocketed to 10th in the standings in the past month, up from 21st....

According to NBC Sports, officials issued a memo to all teams Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway warning of penalties for drivers who “fail to complete their media obligations or (are) verbally aggressive toward a NASCAR staff member or media member.” NASCAR drivers are generally regarded as media friendly, and the sport’s top stars have an open media session early each race weekend. But this season, the sanctioning body adopted a new policy that all Monster Energy NASCAR Cup drivers must enter a “bullpen area” for media availability after qualifying....

The explosion occurred after a suspicious vehicle blew up outside of an AT&T building. Three people who were taken to the hospital have been reported with injuries so far, according to the Tennessean. Nashville Mayor John Cooper told local media that roughly 20 buildings near the explosion were damaged by the blast. The impact caused building windows to shatter. “It looks like a bomb went off,” he said. Pictures and videos of the scene depicting flames and smoke as well as structural damage to buildings and streets were shared across social media....

The placement of an NG tube, called nasogastric intubation, can be uncomfortable but is usually not painful. When used to deliver liquid nutrition, the procedure is often referred to as “tube feeding.” This article describes the various reasons why you might need an NG tube, how the tube is inserted, and the possible risks and complications of this common medical procedure. Why Are NG Tubes Used? When a person is unable to tolerate solid foods by mouth, an NG tube might be used to give nutrients via liquid nutrition....

While the first four days were a see-saw battle, the fifth one ended with England being handed a crushing defeat on a ground they did not lose for nineteen years prior to this one. Steve Smith was the chief destroyer for Australia but their frontline off-spinner, Nathan Lyon perhaps played the most important role in the entire Test match. That is how it has often been for Lyon, hasn’t it?...

The 28-year-old has just over a year left on his contract and the Reds are eager to offload him in the upcoming transfer window, with vice-captain James Milner set to deputize for Alexander-Arnold in the right-back position. Although he featured in preseason, Clyne hasn’t played a single game for Liverpool this season after picking up a knee injury in July and his Anfield misery looks to be approaching his climax, as he looks set to depart the club to get his career back on track....

Bourbon is a kind of whiskey, but to be classed as bourbon it has to be made in the U.S. Additionally, as declared by Congress in 1964, bourbon is the only native spirit of the U.S. While bourbon can be made anywhere in the U.S. to be classified as such, 95 percent of the world’s bourbon is made in Kentucky, according to the Kentucky Distillers’ Association. In fact, the whiskey is named after Kentucky’s Bourbon County....

Americans definitely love their pizza. Frozen pizza sales in the U.S. amounted to approximately $5.47 billion in 2020, according to Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery and IRI, up from the previous year’s sales of $4.95 billion. In 2019, Domino’s Pizza was the leading pizza restaurant chain in the U.S., followed by Pizza Hut and Little Caesar’s respectively, according to a survey done by Restaurant Business and Technomic. While pizza is a popular dish in America now, its origins comes from Europe....

Dorset Police announced on Thursday the body recovered from a plane wreckage in the English Channel was that of the striker, while pilot David Ibbotson remains missing. Nantes, who sold Sala to Cardiff last month, have cut ticket prices to €9 for Sunday’s Ligue 1 game at home to Nimes to allow as many supporters as possible to pay tribute. And Halilhodzic said the club will seek fixture rearrangements if necessary so players are able to travel to Sala’s funeral, with his body set to be transported to Argentina....

After opting out of next week’s Australian Open, many fans and experts were left confused as to why the 25-year-old would not be taking part in the grand slam. Osaka had not played since September, but was expected to compete at Melbourne Park before her withdrawal and initially did not disclose the reason for her absence. But in a social media post, Osaka gave a ’life update’ and announced that she will be giving birth to her first child this year....

Naomi Osaka last played at the US Open, where she was defeated in the third round by eventual runner-up Leylah Fernandez. The 23-year-old broke down during her press conference following that loss, and revealed that she would be taking a break from the game. Osaka didn’t specify a return date, and now with her latest withdrawal it seems unlikely she will play again this year. The Japanese didn’t give any reason for her Indian Wells pullout....

According to the tweet, the contest will take place on the next edition of SmackDown on Fox, eminating from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennesse. The match is sure to have Royal Rumble connotations, given the nature of its stipulation and that the event is so quickly approaching. Charlotte has not yet been booked to defend her title at the event, but has announced that she will be part of the Royal Rumble match....

Oleg Sokolov, 63, is one of the world’s leading experts on Napoleon Bonaparte and was reportedly dressed up as the 19th-century French leader while trying to dispose of the evidence from his crime. Russian media outlet 47 News reported that after killing 24-year-old Anastasia Yeshchenko with a shotgun on Friday night, Sokolov started to saw her body apart for disposal the following day. He had successfully thrown her hands and legs into St Petersburg’s Moika river, according to the newspaper, but slipped and fell into the ice-cold waters on his third visit....

The Turin giants robbed their rivals of star striker Gonzalo Higuain ahead of the 2016-17 campaign, much to the chagrin of Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis. Lacazette drops good news for Arsenal However, it seems De Laurentiis was less reluctant to part ways with Hamsik a year earlier, only for the Slovakia international to snub the Serie A champions. “We had reached an agreement with Napoli over the transfer of Hamsik about two years ago,” Nedved told TV Digi Sport....