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New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels became the fourth consecutive Patriot to drive the pace car at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday. McDaniels, who is a self-proclaimed NASCAR fan, follows Julian Edelman, Rob Ninkovich and Matt Light in leading the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series field to green at the track. “Driving the pace car to start the race is about as exciting as it gets,” McDaniels said. “I…

Witnesses said at least eight people have died and more than 50 were injured after a stadium wall collapse and stampede at a soccer match in the Senegalese capital. Those present said fighting broke out late Saturday between rival fans of US Ouakam and Stade de Mbour and police fired tear gas. A wall at the Demba Diop stadium in Dakar collapsed, witnesses said. Government spokesman Seydou Gueye on Sunday…

By most accounts, the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles were a smashing success: The air was clean, the freeways clear, the Soviets absent and the American athletes dominant. There’s also the little fact that the city actually made money hosting the Games. You wouldn’t know this reading letters submitted to The Times. Reacting to the International Olympic Committee’s unprecedented decision this week to award the 2024 and 2028…

Joey Logano can always count on top billing when he races at what counts as his hometown track. Take a walk at the New Hampshire fan zone and Logano’s name is on the marquee high above the ground for the film “Cross-Threaded.” Logano stars with drag racer Robert Hight in a trailer for the faux film sponsored by AAA that centers on the buddy team searching for the missing Golden…

Kyle Busch held off Ryan Preece at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to win his second straight NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Saturday afternoon. Busch took the lead from Brad Keselowski with less than 30 laps to go when a member of Keselowski’s pit crew mishandled the gas can, leading to a stop and go penalty. Keselowski had led 102 of the 200 laps before the catastrophic mistake. For Busch, the…

LONDON (Reuters) – The six Arab countries who last month cut ties with Qatar are reported to have written to world soccer’s governing body FIFA to demand it be stripped of hosting the 2022 World Cup because they consider the Gulf state to be a “base of terrorism”. The Swiss website The Local reported that Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt had collectively written to…

By most accounts, the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles were a smashing success: The air was clean, the freeways clear, the Soviets absent and the American athletes dominant. There’s also the little fact that the city actually made money hosting the Games. You wouldn’t know this reading letters submitted to The Times. Reacting to the International Olympic Committee’s unprecedented decision this week to award the 2024 and 2028…

Who takes the checkered flag at New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend? Here are our picks for Sunday’s race. Winner: Martin Truex Jr. How can you pick against this guy right now? Truex Jr. leads the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in both regular season and playoff points while his three wins have him tied with Jimmie Johnson for the most this year. Sunday’s pole-sitter is coming off an absolutely…

The dominoes are falling into place. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is retiring. Kenseth’s out at Joe Gibbs Racing, and Erik Jones is taking over the No. 20 Toyota.   Now, the hottest silly season rumor surrounds the popular No. 88 ride and who’s going to drive it next year.   Sure, it’s been in good hands over the past several seasons, winning races and showing up in the playoffs. And the…

By most accounts, the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles were a smashing success: The air was clean, the freeways clear, the Soviets absent and the American athletes dominant. There’s also the little fact that the city actually made money hosting the Games. You wouldn’t know this reading letters submitted to The Times. Reacting to the International Olympic Committee’s unprecedented decision this week to award the 2024 and 2028…

Ryan Lochte was given a 10-month suspension for his behavior in Rio. (Michael Sohn/Associated Press) An appellate court in Brazil ruled Friday that the case against Ryan Lochte should be dismissed. The U.S. swimmer had been accused of fabricating a story about getting robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro during August’s Olympics, causing an international scandal that drew in some of his teammates. Lochte was charged with a false crime report,…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Don’t be surprised to see Canadian IndyCar driver James Hinchcliffe of Oakville, who’s in town to compete in this weekend’s Honda Indy Toronto, racing in a stock car sometime in the near future. Although he’s committed to his open wheel Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (SPM) team, the 30-year-old from Oakville would like to get his feet wet on a road course in NASCAR’s…

It was ostensibly a press conference for Ferrari’s 2016 Finali Mondiali at Daytona International Speedway last December 4, but perhaps the biggest revelation to come out of that presser concerned NASCAR, with Sergio Marchionne, chief executive officer of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, saying he was interested in getting Chrysler, most likely Dodge, back into NASCAR. This came as a surprise to Dodge employees at the highest level. But given Marchionne’s revelation,…

NEW YORK — While too early in the morning for a torch lighting, a new television network designed to highlight Olympic sports and American athletes chasing gold medal dreams is set to debut Saturday. The Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA network launches at 6 a.m. ET in some 35 million American homes with NBC’s Mike Tirico previewing the live sports, archival footage and documentaries that will make up most…

LOUDON, N.H. — Kyle Larson has made a habit of flunking NASCAR inspection. Knocked from the top of the points standings this week because of an inspection failure, Larson was stripped of his pole Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and had his winning time tossed out for yet another infraction. He will start at the rear of the field in Sunday’s Cup race. Photos: Race Weekend at New Hampshire…

NASCAR driver Ryan Newman knows the importance of staying strong and fit for his day job. But he has his own way of exercising, which includes doing work on his 208-acre, North Carolina farm. So he doesn’t really understand the cycling fad that seems to have taken over NASCAR, with drivers like Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth and Jamie McMurray regularly trading their four wheels for two —…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Don’t be surprised to see Canadian IndyCar driver James Hinchcliffe of Oakville, who’s in town to compete in this weekend’s Honda Indy Toronto, racing in a stock car sometime in the near future. Although he’s committed to his open wheel Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (SPM) team, the 30-year-old from Oakville would like to get his feet wet on a road course in NASCAR’s…

It was ostensibly a press conference for Ferrari’s 2016 Finali Mondiali at Daytona International Speedway last December 4, but perhaps the biggest revelation to come out of that presser concerned NASCAR, with Sergio Marchionne, chief executive officer of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, saying he was interested in getting Chrysler, most likely Dodge, back into NASCAR. This came as a surprise to Dodge employees at the highest level. But given Marchionne’s revelation,…

NASCAR driver Ryan Newman knows the importance of staying strong and fit for his day job. But he has his own way of exercising, which includes doing work on his 208-acre, North Carolina farm. So he doesn’t really understand the cycling fad that seems to have taken over NASCAR, with drivers like Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth and Jamie McMurray regularly trading their four wheels for two —…

Brad Keselowski, Matt Kenseth, and Kurt Busch are former Cup Series champions with a combined 90 wins and credentials of future first-ballot NASCAR Hall of Famers. Ryan Blaney, Erik Jones, and William Byron are three of the sport’s rising stars, possessing the kind of talent that owners covet. These are six of the major players in what is shaping up to be a seismic Silly Season in which some of…