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There’s a bit of a void in the NFL schedule, with the scouting combine moved back until the end of the month, delaying the flurry of pre-free agency activity that usually takes place right about now in Indianapolis. Yet the NFL’s never-ending news cycle churns on, which leaves us with a nexus of not much going on between teams and agents, but plenty of time to pontificate about the many…

The Sacramento Kings, after promising DeMarcus Cousins privately and publicly that he wouldn’t be moved prior to Thursday’s NBA trade deadline, agreed to trade the center to the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night, league sources told The Vertical. The Pelicans are sending guards Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans and Langston Galloway, and 2017 first- and second-round picks to the Kings, league sources said, with forward Omri Casspi going to New Orleans….

Sports secretary Injeti Srinivas said “accepting the recommendation is easy, but implementing it is the challenge”. Starting next year, sport is likely to be integrated into the school curriculum. A sports ministry proposal to this effect is in the “finishing stage”, a senior ministry official said on Sunday. According to the ministry’s plan, students will be marked on their involvement in sporting activities, and sport will be a subject they…

It was there where he is said to have met Ms Rose, and when Mrs Keys said she began joining the dots. She said the moment it clocked was when Ms Rose confronted her at a party hosted by Mr Keys, quizzing her as to why she was leaving early. She said: “When Richard came home we went to bed, but in the early hours I went to his phone…

Chase Elliott is two-for-two in winning the pole for the Daytona 500. Now, it’s up to Elliott to perform better in the race than he did a year ago. Elliott won the pole for next Sunday’s race at Daytona International Speedway with a final-round speed of 192.872 mph. Joining him on the front row is Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr., making his return to racing after missing 18 races…

Photo credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images What a day this has been. When the leaders wrecked out on the final lap of the rain-postponed Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, NASCAR let the other cars race to the line rather than ending under caution. Watch the wild finish below. This wasn’t exactly the start of the NASCAR season, considering that the Clash…

Joey Logano took full advantage of a wreck involving leaders Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski and won the Advanced Auto Parts Clash exhibition race Sunday at Daytona International Raceway. After Hamlin and Keselowski spun on the final lap, Logano edged to the front and beat Kyle Busch, Alex Bowman and Danica Patrick to the green flag. Hamlin, who won the Clash in 2016, had the lead until he cut off…

Dressed as comic book superheroes, American skiers were often merely mortal at the last world championships before the 2018 Olympics. A tally of three medals — one of each color, all won by female superstars — surely did not rise above expectations from an 11-event program that ended Sunday in the sun-soaked Swiss Alps. Still, each medal performance was impressive and seems repeatable at the Pyeongchang Winter Games next February….

2:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Sixteen drivers didn’t get too much of a feel for the new NASCAR rules for 2017 as they competed in the Clash at Daytona exhibition Sunday. And then there was Kyle Larson. Larson’s car was parked with 14 laps remaining when his team had more than six crewmen over the wall to work on the…

Caption Close When Chris Floyd speaks of his team’s issues, it’s a collective concern which many Class 6A area baseball teams would gladly embrace. The Clear Springs head baseball coach boasts a squad, which on paper, appears to be formidable. However, as Floyd is quick to point out, one bad day in the field, on the mound or at the plate can reverse one’s fortunes quickly. “We’ve got some key…

BATON ROUGE, La. — For the LSU baseball team, Sunday afternoon began with a wild sense of deja vu, turned to a brief panic, then settled into a nice comfort zone. One day after Jared Poché wowed the college baseball world with a no-hitter, the LSU baseball team returned to Alex Box Field Sunday and completed a season-opening sweep over service academy opponents Army and Air Force with a 10-3…

A 50-minute, five-error, five-run fourth inning on Sunday all but doomed the Miami Hurricanes. Rutgers scored those five runs, then added eight in the next three innings in the Scarlet Knights’ first victory of 2017. The final score after four hours: 17-6, with the University of Miami committing six errors. UM’s media guide doesn’t list the last time the Hurricanes committed that many errors, but in 1994 Miami eliminated Auburn…

Charlotte had 12 hits but couldn’t string them together early in Sunday’s 6-3 loss to West Virginia in the final game of a three-game baseball series at Hayes Stadium. The 49ers batted .336 in the season-opening weekend to win the series 2-1. “We lost to a good team today,” Charlotte coach Loren Hibbs said. “There’s no easy games with the caliber of schedule we’re playing. They ran out a really…

Great pitching and strong hitting in the third of a three-game series helped the Lobo baseball team sweep the Binghamton Bulldogs at Santa Ana Star Field, as the Lobos (3-0) took home the victory 11-4 on Sunday afternoon. Luis Gonzalez – who also plays outfield – got the start on the mound for the Lobos. He struck out four, and only allowed four hits and one run in five innings…

SURPRISE, Az. — He wants to stay. All of the Royals’ potential free agents want to stay. But as first baseman Eric Hosmer puts it, “I realize what hand Dayton was dealt.” Which isn’t to say that “Dayton” — Royals general manager Dayton Moore — is conceding that he will lose Hosmer, the most coveted of the four Royals players entering their walk years. Hosmer said Sunday that he, his…

CLOSE x Embed x Share The run-up to NASCAR’s biggest race kicks off Feb. 17. USA TODAY Sports Joey Logano celebrates in victory lane after winning Sunday’s Advance Auto Parts Clash.(Photo: Jonathan Ferrey, Getty Images) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season kicked off with the Advance Auto Parts Clash Sunday at Daytona International Speedway. WINNER: It was a Toyota parade on Sunday at Daytona International…

The scorecard is Mother Nature 1, NASCAR 0, when it comes to races being able to run when they are scheduled. Yes, my odds of racing Saturday were between 65 to 70 percent. I still had 35 to 30 percent chance we wouldn’t race, and that, unfortunately, was what we got Saturday night. Had that rain been 30 to 40 miles farther south, we probably would have raced. The Advance…

Sunday, Feb. 19 2017 AUTO RACING 3 p.m.: WFXR, NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series, Daytona 500, qualifying, at Daytona Beach, Fla. BOWLING 1 p.m.: ESPN, PBA Tournament of Champions, at Shawnee, Okla. COLLEGE BASEBALL 1 p.m.: ESPN3.com/ACC Network Extra, VCU at Florida State GOLF 6 a.m.: Golf Channel, European PGA Tour, ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth, final round, at Perth, Australia (same-day tape) 1 p.m.: Golf Channel, PGA Tour,…

Potential changes to the rules covering televised sport’s “crown jewels” will ensure the major events remain on free TV channels despite more people watching online, the government has said. The rights for major events including the Olympics, the football World Cup and the Wimbledon tennis finals must be offered to free-to-air channels which can be received by at least 95% of the population under the current rules. But ministers are…

LAKEVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) — It’s the coolest new thing in school — for students in Lakeville, at least. “It’s competitive, but also it’s really relaxed, like you don’t have to do a lot of physical activity, which I’m kind of happy about, it’s not strenuous,” Lakeville North junior Joseph Finkel said. The Lakeville School District just approved curling as its newest official high school sport. Kids can even letter in…