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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Danica Patrick, the only female driver at NASCAR’s top level, is likely at the end of her driving career after a sponsorship shake-up left her without a ride at Stewart-Haas Racing. Patrick posted a statement on her Facebook page Tuesday saying her time with Stewart-Haas “had come to an end” due to a new sponsorship arrangement for the team next season. The statement came shortly after Smithfield…

RELATED: Federated Auto Parts 400 results | Virginia529 College Savings 250 results Three teams were penalized on Tuesday after NASCAR officials discovered lug-nut violations after the races at Richmond Raceway — two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams and one XFINITY Series team. The No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing team of driver Kurt Busch and the No. 77 Furniture Row Racing team of driver Erik Jones each were found to have…

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Photo: Francisco Seco/AP Could there have possibly been a better ending for Alberto Contador? Sure. The 34-year-old Spaniard could have gouged minutes from Chris Froome and everyone on the Alto de l’Angliru and left the Vuelta a España with the overall win and one last red jersey. But expecting that feat or even wanting it from Contador would have been too much. He came into the queen stage of the…

reader comments 116 Comcast TV customers in Oregon will soon have to pay $14.50 each month for the controversial “Broadcast TV” and “Regional Sports Network” fees. Currently, the two fees combined cost customers $11 a month but will rise by $3.50 starting October 1, The Oregonian reported yesterday. Comcast is also raising its modem rental fee from $10 to $11 a month, the article said. These fees are in addition to…

RELATED: Danica’s key moments at Stewart-Haas Racing Danica Patrick, the only female driver to win the Daytona 500 pole and one of the most popular figures in NASCAR, will not return to compete for Stewart-Haas Racing in 2018. “It has been my honor to drive for Tony Stewart, Gene Haas and everyone at Stewart-Haas Racing for the past six seasons,” Patrick said Tuesday in a statement posted through Facebook. “Together…

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Photo: Francisco Seco/AP Could there have possibly been a better ending for Alberto Contador? Sure. The 34-year-old Spaniard could have gouged minutes from Chris Froome and everyone on the Alto de l’Angliru and left the Vuelta a España with the overall win and one last red jersey. But expecting that feat or even wanting it from Contador would have been too much. He came into the queen stage of the…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — As stock car racing’s brightest stars prepare for the grueling, 10-week road to Ford Championship Weekend, NASCAR® is showcasing all the drama and intensity of the 2017 NASCAR Playoffs with a new, integrated marketing campaign. From the first green flag to the final burnout, the 2017 NASCAR Playoffs campaign will engage fans across platforms with the rigors of the journey, the ferocity of the competition, and…

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You don’t need a translator to understand Koji Uehara‘s humility. Just look at his clubhouse locker. A symbol of it hangs there before every game: His No. 19 jersey. At the age of 19, Uehara found himself out of baseball and out of school, working as a security guard and studying. From there, his goal of becoming a high school physical education teacher, much less a major-league pitcher, might’ve seemed…

Photo: NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—There were two problems with my trip to the Bay Area. The first was that I didn’t have Giants tickets. A lifelong east coast resident who adopted my Giants fandom from afar, I’ve only ever come to the city specifically to see games in the beautiful ballpark on the bay. But this time, I was here for work and the only night of…

Photo by Robert Edward Auction Last year, this deluxe, oversized cabinet version of Whitney and Midget sold for $18,000 in an REA auction. With our country beset by divisiveness, it’s heartening to find a wholesome topic everyone can agree on. A vintage baseball card has been dubbed the most well-liked in history, a copy of which is up for sale. Mile High Card Company is auctioning off an 1887 tobacco…

As part of Apple’s flurry of announcements today, the company unveiled new augmented reality features for its new iPhone devices and showed off the technology integrated with MLB’s At Bat app. The brief demo showed how a user at a baseball game can point an iPhone at the live action and see player stats on the screen above the actual players. New technology packed into the iPhone camera helps make…

Apple today said it is bringing live sports to the new Apple TV 4K, though the details aren’t quite clear yet as to how it’s going to play out. The new Apple TV 4K has a dedicated sports tab that has every live and upcoming game, and as seasons change so will the sports tab. There will be scores, and the new TV app is available on the iPhone and…

reader comments 107 Comcast TV customers in Oregon will soon have to pay $14.50 each month for the controversial “Broadcast TV” and “Regional Sports Network” fees. Currently, the two fees combined cost customers $11 a month but will rise by $3.50 starting October 1, The Oregonian reported yesterday. Comcast is also raising its modem rental fee from $10 to $11 a month, the article said. These fees are in addition to…

Despite carrying a 95-pound gas can while running onto pit road as NASCAR driver Erik Jones barrels down toward the stall at up to 55 miles per hour, his gas man, Matt Hewtyrrell isn’t thinking about the highly flammable 12 gallons of fuel on his shoulder. “If you’re worried about catching on fire, you’re not doing your job,” he said Saturday at Richmond Raceway before the Federated Auto Parts 400….

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There is a ton of racing action in NASCAR Heat 2’s beefed up Career mode. If possible, a little too much. This is still a good problem for the stock-car racing simulator to face. Fans have clamored for the return of NASCAR’s other two national series — the Xfinity Series and the Camping World Trucks Series — and many will be delighted to see them again. They triple the real-driver…