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NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. appears pleased with the results of his No. 88 team’s work in the Chevrolet Simulator. Earnhardt qualified 11th for Sunday’s AAA 400 Drive for Austism, the NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway (1 p.m., Fox Sports 1). Earnhardt gave some credit to his work in the simulator for his solid run. “It’s been bearing some fruit and helping us out and making us…

Ever since it was added to the program during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, basketball has been one of the most popular parts of the sporting competition. And according to a report, it looks like there will be even more basketball being played at the next Summer Olympics, which will be held in Tokyo in 2020.  How is that, exactly? No, they aren’t expanding the field of teams or making…

— NASCAR lineup Monster Energy AAA 400 At Dover International Speedway Dover, Del. Lap length: 1 mile (Car number in parentheses) 1. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 158.954 mph. 2. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 158.877. 3. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 158.346. 4. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 158.221. 5. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevy, 158.179. 6. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford, 158.144. 7. (77) Erik Jones, Toyota, 157.680. 8. (2) Brad Keselowski,…

As the Barrington girls soccer team lifted the Class 3A state-championship trophy after defeating New Trier in penalty kicks Saturday night, Fillies head coach Ryan Stengren paid tribute to the team’s 10 seniors. “I just had a good feeling tonight. I have 10 seniors and I trust them, and it worked out,” said Stengren, whose team captured the first title in program history by prevailing 3-0 in a shootout after…

RELATED: Race results | Series standings | Detailed breakdown DOVER, Del. – Saturday’s One Main Financial 200 ended as it started – as a two-man show with pole-sitter Kyle Larson on top. Larson and Ryan Blaney were in a class by themselves at Dover International Speedway in the 11th NASCAR XFINITY Series race of the season. In winning for the third time in six starts this year, Larson led 137 of…

The Birmingham High baseball coach was winded by so many sprints to the mound trying to keep his pitcher composed. The pitcher was cramping under the hot summer sun at Dodger Stadium, insisting he wasn’t coming out. The fans were getting nervous, particularly the seniors who were supposed to head on a bus to Disneyland for grad night right afterward. Yes, there was a lot of pressure Saturday afternoon on…

The month of May has come and gone, and seemingly taken with it two excellent careers. Ryan Howard hit .184 at Triple-A for the Braves and was released on May 8. A week later, Atlanta star first baseman Freddie Freeman was lost for a few months when he fractured his thumb. The Braves signed James Loney to a minor league deal then traded for Matt Adams rather than rekindle a…

PENN STATE HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Penn State’s former president and two other ex-administrators were sentenced to at least two months in jail for failing to report a child sexual abuse allegation against Jerry Sandusky a decade before his arrest engulfed the university in scandal and brought down football coach Joe Paterno. “They ignored the opportunity to put an end to his crimes when they had a chance to do…

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A New York man is facing federal charges that he stole $3.5 million from a Florida city to buy sports tickets and resell them online. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 44-year-old David J. Miller of Syracuse stole money from Miami Beach between last July and October using a stolen identity and bank information to buy season and individual game tickets to National Football League games and…

x Embed x Share CLOSE A police report lists four medications, including Vicodin, that Tiger Woods reported taking when he was stopped for DUI. Woods told officers he was recovering from surgery. Woods has had four back surgeries since 2014, the latest in April. (May 30) AP Paul Daugherty wonders: If Tiger Woods ever returns to competitive golf, whom will we choose to see?(Photo: Kamran Jebreili, AP)     The…

Seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson already holds the record for most victories at Dover International Speedway with 10. The closest competitors to Johnson in terms of Dover victories are long-retired NASCAR Hall of Fame members Richard Petty and Bobby Allison, each of whom won seven times here. If Johnson wins Sunday’s AAA 400 Drive for Autism at the Monster Mile, he will tie a…

Former National Security Agency senior executive and whistleblower Thomas Drake revealed himself this week as the source for a lawsuit alleging the NSA conducted “blanket, indiscriminate surveillance” of Salt Lake City during the 2002 Winter Olympics. In a declaration filed in discovery in the case in U.S. district court in Utah, Drake asserted the NSA, in coordination with the FBI, scooped up and stored the content of emails and text…

8:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment This interview was conducted in Spanish and has been translated. Read it here. Los Angeles first baseman Adrián González was born in San Diego, then spent several years in Tijuana as a child with his Mexican-born parents. Now, he talks to reporter Marly Rivera about moving back to the U.S. in elementary school, how Mexico is different now and…

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Former National Security Agency senior executive and whistleblower Thomas Drake revealed himself this week as the source for a lawsuit alleging the NSA conducted “blanket, indiscriminate surveillance” of Salt Lake City during the 2002 Winter Olympics. In a declaration filed in discovery in the case in U.S. district court in Utah, Drake asserted the NSA, in coordination with the FBI, scooped up and stored the content of emails and text…

PENN STATE HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Penn State’s former president and two other ex-administrators were sentenced to at least two months in jail for failing to report a child sexual abuse allegation against Jerry Sandusky a decade before his arrest engulfed the university in scandal and brought down football coach Joe Paterno. “They ignored the opportunity to put an end to his crimes when they had a chance to do…

ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE 7 p.m.: CBS Sports Network, Cleveland at Washington AUTO RACING 9 a.m.: Fox Sports 1, NASCAR Monster Energy Series, AAA 400 Drive for Autism, practice, at Dover, Del. 10 a.m.: Fox Sports 1, NASCAR Xfinity Series, OneMain Financial 200, qualifying, at Dover, Del. 11:30 a.m.: Fox Sports 1, NASCAR Monster Energy Series, AAA 400 Drive for Autism, final practice, at Dover, Del. 12:30…

BASEBALL SOUTHERN SECTION CHAMPIONSHIPS Friday •Division 1: El Toro 4, Corona 0 •Division 2: Etiwanda 2, Palm Desert 1 •Division 4: Tahquitz 2, Grace Brethren 1 (8) •Division 7: Arrowhead Christian 14, Faith Baptist 2