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6:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment CONCORD, N.C. — There was a time when cable channel TNT carried NASCAR Cup Series racing. There was also a time when TNT’s slogan was “We know drama.” Sunday afternoon’s 500-mile race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the first race of the second round of the 2016 Chase for the Sprint Cup, would have fit perfectly into an old TNT time slot….

RELATED: Race results | Updated series standings | Chase Grid CONCORD, N.C. — If stealing a race were against the law, there would be an arrest warrant out for Joey Logano on Sunday night. Grabbing the lead from Kyle Larson after a restart on Lap 183 of 200, Logano held off a charging Elliott Sadler by .462 seconds to win the Drive for the Cure 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race…

Channing Tatum at the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards. Tatum will star in next fall’s “Logan Lucky,” a heist film directed by Steven Soderbergh.(Photo: Dan MacMedan, USA TODAY) CONCORD, N.C. – NASCAR hasn’t been the vehicle for a major Hollywood feature film since Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby a decade ago. That’s set to change with Logan Lucky, a heist movie starring Channing Tatum that filmed several scenes at…

Good news: The weather is perfect at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which today will host a NASCAR Sprint Cup/XFINITY Series doubleheader. After two solid days of rain in the area, the weather forecast couldn’t be better: zero percent chance of rain, with a high of 72 degrees at the track. The  Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race will start at noon ET today, with the Drive for the Cure XFINITY…

The Japanese Grand Prix is live on the BBC Sport website and 5 live Mercedes say they are prepared to accept “some collateral damage” from Lewis Hamilton following his controversial behaviour in Japan. Hamilton refused to answer questions in his post-qualifying news conference on Saturday, accusing the media of being “disrespectful” and then walking out. It was in response to some reports of his behaviour in an earlier conference. “Let…

NASCAR and the Charlotte Motor Speedway did the only sensible thing they could do by postponing tonight’s Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, which will now run Sunday at noon ET. The Drive for the Cure 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race will then follow 45 minutes after the end of the Cup race. While it’s true that the forecast calls for the weather to clear in the…

Wow, did NASCAR ever make the right decision in postponing Saturday’s race at Charlotte. About two hours before the scheduled start time, showers and wind continued in the area around Charlotte Motor Speedway. Like many areas along the Atlantic Coast, the track in Concord, N.C., was buffeted by inclement weather caused by Hurricane Matthew. MORE: 10 to watch at Charlotte The one obvious conclusion by anyone who stuck a head…

NASCAR and the Charlotte Motor Speedway did the only sensible thing they could do by postponing tonight’s Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, which will now run Sunday at noon ET. The Drive for the Cure 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race will then follow 45 minutes after the end of the Cup race. While it’s true that the forecast calls for the weather to clear in the…

NASCAR and the Charlotte Motor Speedway did the only sensible thing they could do by postponing tonight’s Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, which will now run Sunday at noon ET. The Drive for the Cure 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race will then follow 45 minutes after the end of the Cup race. While it’s true that the forecast calls for the weather to clear in the…

NASCAR and the Charlotte Motor Speedway did the only sensible thing they could do by postponing tonight’s Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, which will now run Sunday at noon ET. The Drive for the Cure 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race will then follow 45 minutes after the end of the Cup race. While it’s true that the forecast calls for the weather to clear in the…

Enlarge this image IAAF President Sebastian Coe, left, speaks with FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the opening of an Olympic Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland, Saturday. Olympic sports leaders are discussing how to improve a global anti-doping system amid the fallout of a Russian state-backed cheating scandal. Fabrice Coffrini/AP hide caption toggle caption Fabrice Coffrini/AP IAAF President Sebastian Coe, left, speaks with FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the opening of an…

Team Sky has reiterated its “100% commitment” to clean competition as UK Anti-Doping investigators met British Cycling at the home of the national governing body – which it shares with Sky – following allegations of wrongdoing in the sport. Two Ukad officials travelled on Friday to the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, known as the ‘medal factory’ and the place where the successes of the past three Olympic Games were…

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Team Sky has reiterated its “100% commitment” to clean competition as UK Anti-Doping investigators met British Cycling at the home of the national governing body – which it shares with Sky – following allegations of wrongdoing in the sport. Two Ukad officials on Friday travelled to the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, known as the ‘medal factory’ and the place where the successes of the last three Olympic Games were…

MORE: Live radar | Friday on-track action canceled due to weather CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Busch has celebrated in Victory Lane at 21 different race tracks in the Sprint Cup Series, from superspeedways to short tracks to road courses. But in his 13-year Sprint Cup Series career, two tracks have eluded the No. 18 driver: Pocono Raceway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, site of Saturday’s Bank of America 500 (7 p.m. ET, NBC, PRN,…

Vinnie Jones was warned to watch his language on Soccer AM after swearing twice during a live broadcast on Saturday morning. The former Wimbledon midfielder was a guest on the Sky Sports show and within 10 minutes of appearing had already used expletives twice. “It’s so hard to talk and not swear isn’t it?” Jones said after being told to refrain. @jackpatto11 jack crouchy and soccer am booom pic.twitter.com/N6LlJGzWUC —…

Seven weeks after British Cycling was being celebrated for its phenomenal success at the Olympics, the sport was in crisis on Friday. Its headquarters at the Manchester velodrome, the dream factory once described as ‘the beating heart of Britain’s ascension to the top of world cycling’, was targeted by investigators from UK Anti-Doping. Rio had gone a long way to healing the scars of what had already been a difficult…

MORE: Live radar | Friday on-track action canceled due to weather CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Busch has celebrated in Victory Lane at 21 different race tracks in the Sprint Cup Series, from superspeedways to short tracks to road courses. But in his 13-year Sprint Cup Series career, two tracks have eluded the No. 18 driver: Pocono Raceway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, site of Saturday’s Bank of America 500 (7 p.m. ET, NBC, PRN,…

MORE: Live radar | Friday on-track action canceled due to weather CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Busch has celebrated in Victory Lane at 21 different race tracks in the Sprint Cup Series, from superspeedways to short tracks to road courses. But in his 13-year Sprint Cup Series career, two tracks have eluded the No. 18 driver: Pocono Raceway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, site of Saturday’s Bank of America 500 (7 p.m. ET, NBC, PRN,…