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6:57 PM ET print LAS VEGAS — Daniel Suarez, a Joe Gibbs Racing driver who split his time racing in the United States and his native Mexico from 2011 to 2014 before running full time in NASCAR, said he doesn’t believe Brian France’s endorsement of Donald Trump will affect his NASCAR career. Trucks sponsor objects to France backing Trump Marcus Lemonis, CEO of Camping World, which is the title sponsor…

Sports Authority will close 19 stores in California as part of its bankruptcy proceedings. The Englewood, Colo.-based sporting goods retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday and said it would close or sell about 140 stores, or nearly one-third of its locations, as well as two distribution centers, one each in Denver and Chicago. Sports Authority has 463 stores in 41 states and in Puerto Rico. Store-closing sales began…

Less than 24 hours before the Kobalt 400 in Las Vegas, many of NASCAR’s best and brightest will be attending UFC 196 on Saturday night to watch Conor McGregor battle Nate Diaz in the main event. FOX Sports has confirmed several notable drivers are expected to be in attendance Saturday night for the fights ahead of Sunday’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Drivers expected to attend include: Dale Earnhardt…

It was semi-controversial when Eden Prairie was awarded the No. 1 seed over a one-loss Stillwater team in the boys state hockey tournament. But the Eagles (20-7-2) looked the part of the state’s top team Thursday night as they blitzed Anoka 7-3 in the Class 2A quarterfinals at the Xcel Energy Center. Five Eden Prairie players scored in the rout, including Gophers commit Casey Mittelstadt, a junior forward, who finished…

RELATED: Pearn suspended, team appeals LAS VEGAS — Martin Truex Jr. faced the media for the first time on Friday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway since the suspension announcement of his No. 78 Furniture Row Racing crew chief Cole Pearn. Pearn’s suspension comes after a P3 rules violation from last weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Pearn was also fined $50,000, while Truex Jr. was penalized 15 championship driver points and team owner Barney Visser was…

Stillwater coach Matt Doman was specifically looking forward to one Class 2A quarterfinal matchup in the boys state hockey tournament, other than the one his Ponies were playing in Thursday. He had his eye on the Bemidji-Grand Rapids game. For good reason. The fifth-seeded Lumberjacks (23-3-2) and Thunderhawks turned in what was easily the game of the tournament to this point, going to overtime before senior forward Alex Adams scored…

RELATED: Full practice results Brad Keselowski landed the fastest lap in opening NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice Friday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.   Keselowski powered the Team Penske No. 2 Ford to a best speed of 195.327 mph on the 1.5-mile track. He was just nine thousandths of a second ahead of Penske teammate Joey Logano, who registered a 195.263 mph lap in the No. 22 Ford.   Hometown favorite Kurt Busch was third-fastest, pushing the Stewart-Haas Racing…

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Welcome to Part 3 of the 2016 Trade Value player rankings! A quick refresher on what I’m doing here: Looking at a number of factors (age, performance, contract status, etc.) and using statistical analysis, I’ve ranked the top 50 players in baseball for this season by their trade value—essentially trying to answer the question of “If every team made every player available via trade, which guys would fetch the greatest…

Vanderbilt Commodores second baseman Tyler Campbell (2) fields a ground ball during the fifth inning against the Virginia Cavaliers in game three of the College World Series Finals at TD Ameritrade Park. (Photo: Bruce Thorson, USA TODAY Sports) You’ve been playing catch and going to the batting cages since you were a little kid. The pitches got faster. The players got bigger. The fences got further away. And the game…

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Lower Macungie resident Bruce Wynocker visited Sports Authority in Whitehall Township on Wednesday, looking to cash in on a gift card his daughter gave him for Christmas. What he found inside was a sparse offering of discounted items. Toward the back of the store, he found bare shelves and cardboard boxes stacked on pallets. After buying a marked-down athletic suit, Wynocker figured he would use up the gift card on…

Right, so, journalists have presented Claudio Ranieri with a bell… The reason? Foxes midfielder Danny Drinkwater said earlier in the week that the manager uses an imaginary bell to get their attention during sessions. Seriously.  “From the beginning, when something was wrong, I said dilly ding, dilly dong, wake up during training sessions,” Ranieri explained. “So for Christmas, for every player and every member of staff I bought a little bell as a joke.”…

Brandi Chastain, whose penalty kick gave the United States the 1999 Women’s World Cup title, has pledged her brain for concussion research. The 47-year-old Chastain announced her donation to the Massachusetts-based Concussion Legacy Foundation on Thursday. Upon her death, her brain will go to the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank, a joint project with the Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University School of Medicine. “It is really about: how I can…

Vanderbilt Commodores second baseman Tyler Campbell (2) fields a ground ball during the fifth inning against the Virginia Cavaliers in game three of the College World Series Finals at TD Ameritrade Park. (Photo: Bruce Thorson, USA TODAY Sports) You’ve been playing catch and going to the batting cages since you were a little kid. The pitches got faster. The players got bigger. The fences got further away. And the game…

College Baseball doesn’t generally attract a lot of attention, but a lot of eyes will be on the Palmetto State this weekend as the premier rivalry in college baseball takes place between Clemson and South Carolina. This rivalry has a lot of history to it with no love lost for the opponent on either side. This will be the first series since 1993 without Coach Leggett in the dugout for…

Butch Duhe Playground in Kenner will now become known as a sports academy after the Kenner City Council approved the status change during its meeting Thursday(March 3).  The new designation means the former playground can become a training facility for more skilled athletes and elite travel sports team. “When people pass a playground and see the lights off, that’s not good for the community,” said council president Dominick Impastato, III who sponsored…

Image copyright Google A hidden camera found in an Edinburgh sports centre changing room had been put there by a visiting sports club that was trying to catch a thief. The club that uses Meadowbank Sports Centre installed the camera while training but forgot to remove it at the end of the session on Tuesday. The camera was revealed when a school pupil threw his shoe and dislodged a ceiling…