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0 Shares Print It’s Talladega time! The Sprint Cup Series checks in at the second — and longest — restrictor-plate track this season, mighty 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway for the Geico 500 to Sunday (1 p.m. ET, Fox). Craven: Talladega both terrifying, irresistible Talladega Superspeedway, where the “big one” is always lurking, can make you feel invincible one minute and vulnerable the next, Ricky Craven writes. Who will have the upper…

Dale Earnhardt Jr. had been having a decent 2015 season until Sunday, when he secured a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup by taking the checkered flag in the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Many of the most talented drivers had strong showings in Sunday’s race, including perennial NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson. He came in second and closed the gap on points leader Kevin…

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The U.S. Sled Hockey Team receives its gold medals at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships on May 3, 2015 in Buffalo, N.Y. BUFFALO, N.Y. – The U.S. National Sled Hockey Team claimed gold at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships this afternoon, earning its fourth…

NEWS Victims stabbed when fight breaks out during game SAN ANTONIO – A West Side soccer brawl Sunday afternoon ended with two people stabbed and one on the run from police. The fight broke out during a game in a city park at Tampico and S. Sabinas just after 1:30 p.m. Police on the scene said the soccer brawl spilled into the street and one man pulled a knife. Witnesses…

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Chicago Sun-Times In his headier days as chairman of Wrapports LLC, Michael Ferro often touted the delivery of high school sports content as a potential billion-dollar business. Now his company’s one remaining daily newspaper is shrinking its coverage of high school sports — and Ferro has disappeared from the masthead to boot. Free-lance reporters were notified last week that the Sun-Times no longer would cover prep sports as extensively as…

NASCAR was forced to briefly stop Sunday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway to clean up after a 15-car accident. The accident occurred 47 laps into the race when Paul Menard attempted to pass Trevor Bayne on the outside of a three-wide pack of cars. Kurt Busch was following closely on Bayne’s bumper, and the aerodynamics from Menard on the outside and Busch behind him caused Bayne’s car to snap around. “It…

The GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway is the 10th race on NASCAR’s 2015 Sprint Cup Series schedule. Follow for live updates via social media. ▪  Preview | Starting grid | Race leaders | Sprint Cup standings

TALLADEGA, Ala. — In this farewell season for Jeff Gordon, he continues to seize every moment both on and off the track. Gordon won the 80th pole of his career Saturday with a blistering lap around Talladega Superspeedway, where he’s a six-time race winner. The four-time NASCAR champion will start first Sunday and have all three of his Hendrick Motorsports teammates surrounding him as he seeks his first win of the season….

The U.S. goes for gold against Canada in the IPC World Sled Hockey Championship final, live on NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra at 2:30 p.m. ET. The U.S. hopes to follow its Sochi Paralympic title with its first World Championship on home ice, in Buffalo, N.Y. The Americans crushed their four opponents by a combined 26-1 to reach the final. Canada is the defending World champion, having beaten the U.S. 1-0…

Mountain biking has been a dusty thread running through my life. It has helped keep me sane and thin enough to fit into 15-year-old dresses. I never feel more alive than when I slip out of the studio late on a sunny weekday afternoon, zip out through north-east London and hit Epping Forest dirt just as rush hour begins behind me. It may not be the Alps or even the…

Sunday funday in the MLB features several aces trotting out for huge matchups with interleague teams and several other rivals. But with the bats they are facing, there are several offensive players ripe for the picking. Leading up to the Sunday slate, here’s a look at the best targets for DraftKings owners on Sunday afternoon.   First Baseman: Chris Davis, Baltimore Orioles ($4,500) Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports Chris Davis has…

Week five of the Fantasy Baseball season begins Monday May 4th. The sample sizes are getting larger and in the next couple of weeks we should begin to see a separation of the Fantasy Baseball wheat from the chaff. There’s much to cover so let’s get started. Interleague Matchups this week include the Baltimore Orioles travelling to New York to face the Mets on Tuesday and Wednesday…

USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Gluck previews the upcoming race.

Mountain biking has been a dusty thread running through my life. It has helped keep me sane and thin enough to fit into 15-year-old dresses. I never feel more alive than when I slip out of the studio late on a sunny weekday afternoon, zip out through north-east London and hit Epping Forest dirt just as rush hour begins behind me. It may not be the Alps or even the…

Case, known more for his skills behind the plate, was a load indeed, but this time at the plate, igniting three OSU rallies in an 8-1 Game 2 Bedlam win before a crowd of 7,751 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. A senior from Winters, Calif., Case seems to have warmed quite well to Bedlam, bashing Sooner pitching over the past two seasons. This time, Case went 3-for-4 with two doubles and…

Manny Pacquiao blamed a shoulder injury for his defeat by Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas, claiming it stopped him from using his right hand. American Mayweather, 38, outclassed his Philippine rival at the MGM Grand and was awarded a wide unanimous decision. Pacquiao, 36, said he thought he did enough to win the fight, despite…

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Mountain biking has been a dusty thread running through my life. It has helped keep me sane and thin enough to fit into 15-year-old dresses. I never feel more alive than when I slip out of the studio late on a sunny weekday afternoon, zip out through north-east London and hit Epping Forest dirt just as rush hour begins behind me. It may not be the Alps or even the…