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Is NASCAR’s laser inspection station completely accurate and repeatable? Chicago race-winner Martin Truex Jr. is certainly wondering about that. Truex’s car failed post-race laser inspection following Sunday’s race. While NASCAR made a big deal about giving teams “encumbered” finishes for severe post-race inspection failures, it said Sunday afternoon that the failures of Truex’s car and Jimmie Johnson’s car weren’t to the baseline established for an encumbered finish. So Truex will…

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3:02 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Erik Jones, 20, considered the top young prospect in NASCAR racing, had spent the two weeks before the Chicagoland Speedway race weekend away from home. FIFA player Guastalla signs with Versus Sports Los Angeles FIFA player Giuseppe Guastalla has signed with the North American organization Versus Sports. Versus also recently signed Madden player Frank “Stiff” Sardoni Jr. The race is on:…

RELATED: Full race results | Updated Chase GridSHOP: Chase gear One race into the 2016 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and already some drivers are in bubble trouble. Let’s find out which drivers went into their shells during the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, and who is sitting back, relaxing and chomping on pizza before New Hampshire. Who’s hot: Martin Truex Jr.: He overcame a lot to win his…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Rio Olympics were the first Games in South America It’s been a long, emotional summer in Rio. The confident, booming country that was awarded the right to host the Games back in 2009 is very different to the troubled, economically challenged Brazil that we see today. For weeks Brazil and the host city of Rio de Janeiro have been engaged in an epic…

ATLANTA — Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem prior to the United States women’s national team game on Sunday. This gesture of continued social protest leaves her at odds with the stated expectations of her coach and U.S. Soccer for the second time in four days. A U.S. Soccer spokesperson confirmed before Sunday’s game that no punishment was levied on Rapinoe as a result of kneeling against Thailand. But…

RIO DE JANEIRO –  Man’s best friends and their owners have embraced the Olympic spirit by taking part in Brazil’s first Dog Olympic Games. Dogs of all breeds, ages and sizes competed for medals in diving, jumping, swimming and running at Toto’s Park Club in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca. A 9-month-old beagle named Mima took home the gold medal in aquatic jumping. Mima’s…

ATLANTA — Midfielder Megan Rapinoe again knelt during the national anthem before a U.S. women’s national team match against the Netherlands on Sunday night. CBSN Soccer star kneels during anthem in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe took a knee during the national anthem at one of her games, in support of quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s recent pr… Rapinoe has been kneeling in solidarity with San Francisco 49ers…

The sixth time Keith Richards almost died, it was the strychnine that did it. It had been cut into his dope, in what William Burroughs called a “hot shot”. It left Richards paralysed but awake, being prodded by his worried friends. “I could listen to everyone,” Richards said, “and they were like, ‘He’s dead, he’s dead!’ Waving their fingers and pushing me about.” Of all the pills, powders, uppers and…

Man’s best friends and their owners have embraced the Olympic spirit by taking part in Brazil’s first Dog Olympic Games. Dogs of all breeds, ages and sizes competed for medals in diving, jumping, swimming and running at Toto’s Park Club in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca. A 9-month-old beagle named Mima took home the gold medal in aquatic jumping. Mima’s owner, Aura Stella, said, “I didn’t…

The 2016 World Cup of Hockey begins on Saturday, and hockey fans around the world are approaching the event with enthusiasm, curiosity and considerable prayer that there’s no human cost for this exhibition tournament. What would make the World Cup of Hockey successful? We asked our panel of experts that very thing. What would make the World Cup successful in your estimation? Put the answers in the comments! Greg Wyshynski,…

Weather has played havoc with the NASCAR schedule this year, but it won’t be a factor in today’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 from Chicagoland Speedway. According to weather.com, there is a zero – zero! – percent chance of rain all day at the 1.5-mile track in Joliet, Ill. That means the opening race in the 2016 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup will go on as scheduled at 2:30…

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What do you call a driver who’s only 24 years old, half-Japanese, a graduate of the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program and has only won one of his 102 Sprint Cup Series starts? You call him the Most Dangerous Man in NASCAR right now. His name is Kyle Larson and he’s suddenly become the hottest driver in NASCAR and someone legitimately being discussed as a serious contender to win the…

Athletes, fans and supporters celebrate victories in a lot of different ways. The Arkansas Razorbacks women’s soccer team may have found a new way: puddle diving. The Razorbacks beat No. 4 Florida 2-1 on Friday. Typically, Arkansas celebrates by calling the hogs. They probably did that too, but the team gathered around to watch head coach Colby Hale and athletic director Jeff Long dive into a puddle. That isn’t just…

4:50 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment The NASCAR drivers have two plans when they compete against the Evil Geniuses in Halo and the new “NASCAR Heat Evolution” games Saturday in Illinois. Why MonteCristo and DoA won’t cast at Worlds The two famous commentators explain why they will not be part of the talent lineup at this year’s League of Legends World Championship. FIFA player Guastalla signs with…

And now, the traditional Team Europe fight song … That’s one announcement we won’t be hearing during the World Cup of Hockey, which begins Saturday with Team Europe — an amalgam of standouts from countries that lack the depth to ice competitive squads — facing Team USA. Team Europe, led by Kings captain Anze Kopitar, is a new entry and has no tradition. Nor will it have an anthem played…

RELATED: O’Donnell talks with the pair | Newman gets candid about Stewart JOLIET, Ill. — Sprint Cup Series drivers Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman, involved in a multicar accident a week ago at Richmond International Raceway, met briefly with NASCAR officials Friday here at Chicagoland Speedway.   “We don’t have to apologize (to each other),” Newman told members of the media following the meeting.   “You have to remember, we’ve been…