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A draw. A dead heat. 15-15. And the series too, after the epic twists and turns of the last three weeks, is therefore a tie: one win for New Zealand, one win for the Lions, and Saturday’s stalemate. In Auckland’s waterfront fan zone, where thousands of supporters of both sides watched the epic showdown on more than a dozen giant screens, people turned to each other, shaking their heads, laughing…

Sen. Ben Sasse isn’t quitting his day job, but he did take a break Friday night from his congressional duties to be an Uber driver. The Nebraska Republican bet a journalist last year that the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers would defeat the Iowa Hawkeyes in a game last November. The loser would have to be an Uber driver in the winning team’s home state while wearing the team’s gear. Well,…

Sez Me … With the Dumbing Down of America finding no bottom, we have developed a cockeyed attitude on money in sports. Especially when you consider most of us don’t have much of it, don’t make enough of it and spend our working lives bitching over not getting pay raises we so richly deserve. We get ticked when athletes make huge salaries. And we tend to side with the people…

Matt Besler, left, of the United States is blocked by Panama’s Gabriel Torres. (Mark Humphrey/Associated Press) NASHVILLE — The CONCACAF Gold Cup presents a balancing act for Bruce Arena, the U.S. men’s national soccer team coach. He wants to win the trophy, one that has eluded the Americans in three of the previous four regional tournaments. But in a year marked prominently by the final round of 2018 World Cup…

SEOUL, South Korea — Tears and hugs after North and South Korean women won the 1991 team table tennis world championships. A standing ovation when athletes from the two Koreas marched together to open the 2000 Sydney Olympics. A selfie taken by a South Korean gymnast with her North Korean opponent that went viral at last year’s Rio de Janeiro Games. Seven months ahead of the Pyeongchang Olympics, South Korea’s…

The NASCAR Monster Energy Series Cup Series plans to race under the lights tonight at Ketucky Speedway for the Quaker State 400 Presented by Advance Auto Parts. The 400-mile race is scheduled for 400 miles on the 1.5-mile track in Kentucky. The race — part of a day/night doubleheader with the second-tier NASCAR Xfinity Series because Friday’s action at the track was rained out — is scheduled to begin at…

Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images Kyle Busch held off a hard charge from Ryan Blaney and Erik Jones to win the Alsco 300 at Kentucky Speedway Saturday afternoon after the action was postponed following severe storms Friday night.  Busch now owns a record 88 Xfinity Series wins, per Catchfence’s Chris Knight.  An overview of Saturday’s standings can be viewed below, with complete results available at NASCAR’s official website:  1. Kyle Busch 2….

Kyle Busch held off fellow Cup drivers Ryan Blaney and Erik Jones to win his second successive NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Kentucky on Saturday afternoon. Busch took the lead under caution after staying out with approximately 30 laps to go and was able to ride that momentum to the checkered flag. Busch started on the pole in a race dominated completely by Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers. The…

GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, will break the mould later this year by staging the first major combat sports event in mainland China, in association with the former NBA basketball star Yao Ming. The date and venue of the event will be announced at a news conference on August 8, 8/8 being a lucky date in Chinese culture.   GLORY, now five years old, received an investment by Yao…

A draw. A dead heat. 15-15. And the series too, after the epic twists and turns of the last three weeks, is therefore a tie: one win for New Zealand, one win for the Lions, and Saturday’s stalemate. In Auckland’s waterfront fan zone, where thousands of supporters of both sides watched the epic showdown on more than a dozen giant screens, people turned to each other, shaking their heads, laughing…

James Harden was absolutely spectacular last season for the Houston Rockets, averaging 29.1 points, 11.2 assists, and 8.1 rebounds per game. His play helped the Rockets go 55-27 and secure the third seed in the Western Conference, though the team fell in the second round of the playoffs to the San Antonio Spurs.  As a reward, the Rockets inked Harden to a four-year extension, which will begin after the 2018-19…

Fletcher walked off the field with the help of a physio Nottinghamshire bowler Luke Fletcher was struck in the head by a ball during his side’s T20 Blast defeat by Birmingham at Edgbaston. The 28-year-old was hit by a straight drive from Sam Hain and was bleeding but managed to walk off the pitch with the help of a physio. He was taken to hospital and Notts later confirmed he…

<!– For the latest gossip and debate, check out our Sportsday rolling news service every weekday, and for a list of all the completed deals, see our transfers page. Watch our weekly Football Gossip Live show, where we discuss all the latest transfer news. Arsenal are adamant they will not sell forward Alexis Sanchez, 28, or midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 23, in the transfer window. Both players are heading into the…

Gif via NBCSN Before even half of the field could cross the start/finish line at today’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race in Kentucky, there’s already been a wreck. Come on guys, this is the easy part. Ryan Reed, Brendan Guaghan, Blake Koch and Brandon Jones have all already been involved in a crash before I was even able to sit down from paying the pizza guy. Cut to the clip: “Green…

Generally speaking, the majority of Pittsburgh sports fans aren’t overly fond of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. New England sports a spotless 3-0 record against the Steelers in the AFC Championship Game since Brady entered the league in 2000. That’s going to stick in the Steel City’s craw. Now the four-time Super Bowl MVP has found another way to enrage Steelers supporters. Philip Pritchard, one of the gentlemen charged…

RELATED: Set your Fantasy Live lineup now! Dale Earnhardt Jr., $17.25: While Dale Earnhardt Jr. has but one top-10 finish at Kentucky in his last four tries, he started and finished 13th in this race last year — and lines up 13th again for Saturday night’s race. He does own a pair of top fives at the track in just six starts, however, and getting him at such a low price…

NASCAR and Kentucky Speedway decide to use the special device a second time after getting feedback from drivers on Friday. In NASCAR racing, you could call 2017 the year of the Dragon. As has become the custom when a track needs “rubbering-in,” Kentucky Speedway ran the Tire Dragon machine over the middle groove of the 1.5-mile track prior to the Xfinity Series race on Saturday. The 1.5-mile track…

All square, and all friends come the final whistle – the All Blacks and the Lions pose for a joint picture after a drawn series A long-range penalty three minutes from time from Owen Farrell snatched a draw for the Lions in an epic third Test and with it a share of the series. The All Blacks had led 12-6 at half-time through tries from Ngani Laumape and Jordie Barrett,…

Photo: Seth Wenig/AP In the wake of Fox Sports’ recent decision to lay off most of its writers and editors, and this week’s firing of Jamie Horowitz amid a sexual harassment investigation, there remain a whole lot of unknowns. We know that the grand plan in getting rid of writers was to “pivot to video,” and that even though that was Horowitz’s vision, current executives are reportedly sticking with it….

We discuss the latest news about Wimbledon and Venus Williams, and talk about a nasty crash during the Tour de France and competitive imbalance in the NBA.