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There are two road courses on the schedule each year. The other is Sonoma, which Kyle Busch won. There are five regular-season races left befor the Chase for the Sprint Cup. MORE: Weekend preview | Power Rankings | Odds | Chase standings | Bad day for Harvick The Xfinity Series will also run at The Glen while the Camping World Trucks Series takes the week off. Practices begin for Sprint Cup and Xfinity on Friday with qualifying for both series held on Saturday....

The driver known as “Rocket Man” appeared to escape the wreck without any serious injuries, as he walked out of a local hospital Wednesday afternoon under his own power. There is currently no timeline for Newman’s return, so Roush Fenway Racing will turn to Ross Chastain in the No. 6 Ford for Sunday’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. MORE: NASCAR schedule for all Cup Series races Unfortunately for Chastain, he wasn’t able to hop on the track Saturday ahead of the Pennzoil 400 (3:30 p....

Sunday’s short-track race should be intense, as six active drivers (Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Kurt Busch) have previously captured victories at Phoenix. Kyle Busch led 177 laps at last year’s FanShield 500 on his way to the checkered flag, and he is considered the betting favorite ahead of other contenders like Harvick and Hamlin. MORE: NASCAR schedule for all Cup Series races Will one of NASCAR’s heavy hitters find a path to the winner’s circle once again, or will a sleeper make a splash?...

The order was determined by a formula that combines owner and driver points for the season and performance in the previous race (in this case at Martinsville last weekend). There are no qualifiers during the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing NASCAR to get creative in figuring out where each driver starts. This was the 10th time a version of the formula was used to determine the starting lineup for a race....

Drivers’ starting positions for the Federated Auto Parts 400, the second race of the Cup Series playoffs (7:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TSN5, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), were based on four factors: Driver’s finishing position from the previous race (25 percent) Car owner’s finishing position from the previous race (25 percent) Team owner points ranking (35 percent) Fastest lap from the previous race (15 percent) NASCAR is conducting qualifying for just eight of the 36 Cup Series points races in the 2021 season....

The starting lineup and pole for Monday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway were set by the same procedure that determined the starting lineup for the last four Cup Series races, all of which were scheduled to run without prior practice or qualifying sessions. The starting grid for Monday’s race at Talladega, scheduled to start at 3 p.m. ET and broadcast live on Fox, features three Joe Gibbs Racing drivers in the first four starting spots as a result of the procedure that utilizes a combination of points standings and a random draw to set the lineup....

NASCAR made two big blunders during the first half that could have had a big impact on the season and one race in particular. Which snafu was the biggest? Waiting a few weeks before allowing cool-down units on pit road during knockout qualifying? Or allowing the caution lights to come on inadvertently at the end of the race at Bristol? Here’s the case for both sides: Cool-down units It took NASCAR two weeks of watching drivers run at slow speeds during the new group qualifying before it moved to allow teams to have cool-down units to cool their cars....

A week-long event that includes practices and qualifying events has just concluded. Zane Smith won the NASCAR Truck Series race 1 on Friday. The NASCAR Xfinity Series hosted the Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. 300 on Saturday. The 2022 Daytona 500 will last for three and a half hours. Last year, Michael McDowell won the event in three hours, 28 minutes and five seconds. Meanwhile, Kyle Larson is in a great position to win The Great American Race this year, considering his position on the front row....

Fellow Ford driver Aric Almirola will start on the front row beside Logano, and Fords grabbed five of the top six positions and eight of the top 10 spots in qualifying Saturday for the FireKeepers Casino 400. That gives the manufacturer bragging rights at the track located about an hour west of Detroit. Every manufacturer wants to do well at Michigan, something Ford executive Edsel Ford II outlined in a dinner with Ford drivers this week....

Rodney Childers sat home this week while his driver, Kevin Harvick, raced at Pocono. Why? Childers was suspended one race because one of the 20 lug nuts was loose on Harvick’s car at Indianapolis. MORE: Is lug nut focus foolish? | Stewart’s response to fine | What got it started Rodney Childers (Getty Images) Maybe it was the result of a rainy day at Pocono. Maybe it was time for discussion of the draconian measures NASCAR is taking in its penalties....

France midfielders Samir Nasri and Franck Ribery both sat out training on Wednesday, as Laurent Blanc’s side began preparations for their Euro 2012 quarter-final with Spain. Nasri injured his knee during the 2-0 loss to Sweden in Kiev on Tuesday and did not appear for training at France’s Kircha training base south-west of Donetsk. Ribery emerged with the rest of the squad but after completing a lap of the complex with his team-mates, he returned to the team hotel, apparently complaining of a problem with his left foot....

In TikTok videos posted last Thursday, Nate Silvester—an officer with the Marshal’s Office in Bellevue, Idaho—came to Potter’s defense after a commenter made fun of her on one of the cop’s TikTok videos, in which he orchestrates a prank on his coworkers involving a taser. The commenter joked “At least he knows the difference between a glock and a taser,” referring to debates over whether Potter mistakenly grabbed her gun instead of her taser before shooting Wright....

The debut of the 2022 “Monday Night Football” slate was certainly one to remember: Geno Smith outplayed Russell Wilson, Wilson received a chorus of boos in his return to Seattle and Jamal Adams took a near-interception off the facemask (and then got hurt). But the entire game boiled down to a final drive by the Broncos: Down 17-16 on their own 22-yard line with 4:02 left on the clock and all three timeouts in their pocket, the Broncos took their time getting up the field....

Osaka stayed away from the media spotlight since the French Open, citing her own mental health and criticizing the media for being overly aggressive and assertive. She withdrew from the French Open after one round and skipped Wilmbledon before participating in the Olympics after lighting the cauldron at the Opening Ceremonies in Tokyo. In her first press conference since the withdrawals, Osaka cried following a question from Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Paul Daughtery:...

“It’s very, very rare to find a Japanese-born female athlete who appeals to an international audience,” said Bob Dorfman, a sports marketing expert and creative director at Baker Street Advertising in San Francisco, California. Serena Williams topped the Forbes list of the highest-earning female athletes this year at $18 million, almost all endorsements. Experts say Osaka could be the right woman in the right sport at the right time with the draw to overtake her....

Ramos at the double as Madrid edge past Malaga Napoli scored twice in the first half as they upstaged Milan 2-1 in Saturday’s enthralling fixture at San Siro. Two goals in nine minutes from Lorenzo Insigne and Jose Callejon inspired third-placed Napoli in Milan, with Juraj Kucka’s 37th-minute goal not enough to derail Sarri and Co. And speaking afterwards, head coach Sarri - whose men are preparing for a Champions League last-16 tie against title holders Real Madrid - said Napoli are capable of greatness....

Los Angeles Times reporter Joseph Menn’s “All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning’s Napster” provides the best seat yet to the online music revolution. In 1999, Fanning, a 19-year-old Boston-area hacker from a broken home, stumbled on the idea for making digital MP3 files easy to find on the Net. Teaming up with fellow geeks he knew only through online chat rooms, he crafted a simple technology that allowed millions to swap music collections free of charge....

It would seem that battle royales are everywhere. While Fortnite, Apex Legends, and Call of Duty: Warzone dominate the market today, there have been plenty of more releases to occupy players’ time. PUBG kicked off this resurgence, with everything from indie games to titans like Battlefield opting for this genre, though many seemingly crash and burn. RELATED: Naraka: Bladepoint Beta Day 1 Hits High Concurrent Player Count As such, those numbers for Naraka: Bladepoint are all the more impressive as a Nioh-like, melee-focused battle royale complete with character abilities is stepping into a high competition area....

West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine, who has eclipsed Pakistani Saeed Ajmal to become the number one-ranked ODI bowler in the world, says he plans on maintaining his position. The Trinidadian climbed to the number one spot in just 28 games to become the first West Indian to top the list in ODIs since Curtley Ambrose in 1997, reports CMC. “Whatever success you get you just look to enjoy it. I never set out to be Number 1 in the rankings,” stated Narine, who is also number one in the ICC T20 rankings....