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RELATED: Complete lineup | See every car in the field FORT WORTH, Texas – Just because Austin Dillon is no longer in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, that doesn’t mean the driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet has forgotten how to go fast. Dillon sped around 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway in 28.081 seconds (192.301 mph) in the final round of Friday’s knockout qualifying session to earn…

RELATED: Practice 1 results | Chase Grid | Preview Show: Texas Kevin Harvick scooted to the top spot in opening NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice Friday at Texas Motor Speedway. Harvick powered the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 Chevrolet to a best lap of 196.685 mph on the 1.5-mile track. He’ll seek his first Texas win in Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 (2 p.m. ET, NBC, PRN, SiriusXM). The event is the…

Presented for your pleasure in chronological order, here are the five can’t-miss live sporting events to plan your weekend around: SATURDAY 1. Merstham vs Oxford United What is it? The return of the FA Cup! This first round match pits the lowest-ranked team still in the competition,  Isthmian League Premier Division’s Merstham against Oxford, a club that has won the League Cup. When is it? Saturday afternoon, at 12.30 GMT. Where…

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Donald Trump is entered in a different race this weekend. For Nascar’s Texas 500, the sponsors of Reed Sorenson’s No. 55 have covered the car nose-to-tail in Trump-Pence logos. The car has been painted in red, white and blue, and Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again,” is on the hood, trunk and sides. The design was a joint decision from some of the team’s sponsors, according to Jay Robinson,…

When Kyle Busch posted the second-fastest speed in the first round of qualifying at Texas Motor Speedway, he looked like a contender to win the pole position on Friday, despite having to switch to a backup after a crash damaged his primary car. But Busch will not be on front row for Sunday’s AAA Texas 500, the second of three races in the semifinal round of the Chase for…

Enlarge this image The Harvard men’s soccer team has been suspended for the remainder of the season after the school discovered the team had repeatedly written and circulated vulgar, sexually explicit “scouting reports” about new recruits on the women’s team, in a practice that continued up to this year. “The decision to cancel a season is serious and consequential,” Harvard President Drew Faust said in a statement Thursday. She wrote…

The Harvard men’s soccer team’s season, one with high hopes of winning a title, is done. The University’s Office of General Counsel conducted a review that found that the collegiate team continually produced sexually explicit documents which rated women and decided to cancel the rest of the season, per The Harvard Crimson. In 2012, according to The Harvard Crimson, a review was conducted concerning documents from that year’s team. The…

The 2016 NASCAR season is coming down to the home stretch, with just three weekends of racing left. And each of those weekends will feature all three of the NASCAR national touring series together: The NASCAR Camping World Truck, XFINITY and Sprint Cup Series will all be in action over the final three weekends, starting at Texas Motor Speedway. The Longhorn 350 Truck Series race at TMS takes place Friday…

People walk near Memorial Church on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on March 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) Harvard University canceled its men’s soccer season after learning that sexually explicit ‘scouting reports’ about the women’s soccer recruits continued through 2016. [Harvard men’s soccer team members sexually explicit ‘scouting report’ ranked female players] The ‘reports’ — explicit descriptions of female student-athletes gauging their attractiveness and speculating on…

People walk near Memorial Church on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on March 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) Harvard University canceled its men’s soccer season after learning that sexually explicit ‘scouting reports’ about the women’s soccer recruits continued through 2016. [Harvard men’s soccer team members sexually explicit ‘scouting report’ ranked female players] The ‘reports’ — explicit descriptions of female student-athletes gauging their attractiveness and speculating on…

Dominant all year offensively, the Stillwater boys soccer team needed only two goals to cap a perfect season. Colman Farrington and Kohei Adams scored in the second half, and the Ponies beat Wayzata 2-0 on Thursday in the Class 2A state championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium. It is the third state title for Stillwater (22-0), the first since back-to-back crowns in 1995-96. The Ponies ended the regular season ranked No….

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 3, 2016) — After millions watch as a new champion is crowned at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series trophy will make its way to Las Vegas for postseason celebrations as NASCAR hosts its annual Champion’s Week festivities. Fans across the nation will gather for a week of events honoring the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion, the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers, the…

People walk near Memorial Church on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on March 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) Harvard University canceled its men’s soccer season after learning that sexually explicit ‘scouting reports’ about the women’s soccer recruits continued through 2016. [Harvard men’s soccer team members sexually explicit ‘scouting report’ ranked female players] The ‘reports’ — explicit descriptions of female student-athletes gauging their attractiveness and speculating on…

One Olympic cycle can make a massive difference. In late autumn 2012, the World Cup at the Chris Hoy velodrome in Glasgow bookended a summer of golden glory for British cyclists in which Sir Bradley Wiggins had won the Tour de France for the first time, Mark Cavendish had worn the rainbow jersey to great effect, and the track events at the London Olympics had been dominated to the extent…

Politics and NASCAR – who would’ve thought. Premium Motorsports announced Wednesday that Reed Sorenson’s No. 55 car will be branded in support of Donald Trump’s campaign at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday. Election Day is two days later. Sorenson, who sits 39th in the Sprint Cup Series standings, usually drives an unsponsored ride on Sundays. This week, his Toyota Camry will feature a patriotic paint scheme. The primarily white car features a…

When Chicago Cubs pitcher Carl Edwards Jr. was called upon to pitch the 10th inning in Game 7 of the World Series against the Cleveland Indians, the NASCAR community had some fun with it. Of course, the running joke was Joe Gibbs Racing driver Carl Edwards was headed to the mound at Progressive Field. After the Cubs snapped a 108-year streak to win their first World Series title since 1908,…

Watching Irving Arvizu move his feet back and forth during a soccer drill offers a little peek into the elite qualities he possesses. He’s a sturdy 6-feet-1, 170 pounds but quickly picks up speed like pushing the pedal to the metal of a sports car. “He’s a thoroughbred,” L.A. Cathedral Coach Arturo Lopez said. “His athleticism is what separates him.” In an era when many of Southern California’s top soccer players…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 3, 2016) — After millions watch as a new champion is crowned at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series trophy will make its way to Las Vegas for postseason celebrations as NASCAR hosts its annual Champion’s Week festivities. Fans across the nation will gather for a week of events honoring the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion, the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers, the…

Southampton, the Premier League football club based on the south coast of England, is in exclusive talks to be taken over by Lander Sports Development Co. of China, according to people familiar with the situation. Katharina Liebherr, the club’s Swiss owner, has been engaged in the talks for several weeks, said the people, who declined to be identified because an agreement has yet to be completed. The price could be as…