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RELATED: Practice 1 results | Final practice results   Casey Mears set the pace in final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice Friday afternoon at Richmond International Raceway.   Mears steered the Germain Racing No. 13 Chevrolet to a best lap of 120.557 mph on the .75-mile track in final preparation for Saturday night’s Federated Auto Parts 400 (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM). Saturday’s regular-season finale will determine the 16-driver field…

Third-generation racer Austin Dillon is a serious patriot. That much was clear after Dillon’s media availability Friday afternoon at Richmond International Raceway. Asked how he thought NASCAR fans would react if a driver didn’t stand during the National Anthem as Colin Kaepernick and other National Football League players have done recently, Dillon minced no words “I don’t know how it would go over with our fans,” said Dillon, who drives…

This afternoon USA Swimming officially announced the 2016-17 USA Swimming National Team. The 106 member team is made up of swimmers finishing in the top six of each Olympic event. A fifth of this group includes National Team rookies. The Open Water National Team has twelve members. Read more from USA Swimming here: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – With 37 medalists from the 2016 Olympic Games headlining the roster,…

No. 17 Tennessee will face Virginia Tech Saturday (8 p.m. ET, ABC) at one of the most historic venues in all of motor sports: 153,000-seat Bristol Motor Speedway. The matchup, which has been in the works for about three years, has been coined as “college football’s biggest ever.” Sounds pretty cool, right? Here’s how and why the Battle at Bristol came to be. So, how exactly do you…

When the World Cup of Hockey was announced with two teams that aren’t actually countries, many – including me – snickered at the idea. Adding a team of players from the European countries that didn’t get invited and pulling players away from Canada and the U.S. to form a 23-and-under team quashed any notion that the league had the purity of international hockey in mind. As a big fan of…

During Bawitha Tling’s tumultuous journey fleeing war and forced labor under Myanmar’s dictatorship — first to a Malaysian refugee camp, and eventually to Philadelphia — one of the few constants in his life was soccer. “We played every day in our country at school … in recess time or after school,” Tling said. “I came here, and play every day, every weekend. Soccer is my favorite way to relax myself,…

Ryan Lochte is banned from swimming through next June and will forfeit $100,000 in bonus money that went with his gold medal at the Olympics, part of the penalty for his drunken encounter at a gas station in Brazil during last month’s games. The U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Swimming announced the penalties Thursday. Lochte agreed to a ban that will also render him ineligible for world championships next July…

BOYDS, Md. — The Washington Spirit prevented Seattle midfielder Megan Rapinoe from kneeling during the national anthem by altering its pregame ceremonies rather than “subject our fans and friends to the disrespect we feel such an act would represent.” The National Women’s Soccer League team moved up the anthem, playing it while the teams were off the field at the Maryland SoccerPlex. CBSN Soccer star kneels during anthem in solidarity…

Sporting officials have handed down a 10-month suspension to swimmer Ryan Lochte over his claims of being robbed in Brazil, which he later admitted were exaggerated, according to several media outlets. CBSN U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte charged in Rio U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte was formally charged by authorities in Brazil for falsely reporting robbery while at the Rio Olympics. Former federal pr… TMZ and USA Today cited unnamed sources close to…

RELATED: Chase Bubble picture NASCAR officials handed down a P3-level penalty to the Richard Childress Racing No. 31 team Wednesday, including a 15-point deduction that places an extra hurdle in driver Ryan Newman‘s path to Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup playoffs eligibility. Newman finished eighth in last Sunday’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, but his No. 31 Chevrolet failed its post-race pass through the Laser Inspection Station (LIS)…

While many stars of the Rio Olympics are giving out awards at the MTV VMA Awards, throwing out first pitches and showing up on the front of cereal boxes, some are still competing. Not everyone’s season ended with the Olympics. When beach volleyball player April Ross mentioned to other Olympians she had a tournament the weekend after winning bronze, they were surprised. “Everybody was shocked,” Ross said. “I don’t know…

FC Barcelona has opened a corporate office in New York, joining Germany’s Bayern Munich as the only European soccer clubs with a permanent, stand-alone presence in the United States. Barcelona officials said the team will use the office, at 250 Park Ave., to build marketing partnerships and strategic collaborations in the United States while expanding the club’s global footprint as part of a five-year strategic growth plan. Barcelona opened an office in…

While many stars of the Rio Olympics are giving out awards at the MTV VMA Awards, throwing out first pitches and showing up on the front of cereal boxes, some are still competing. Not everyone’s season ended with the Olympics. When beach volleyball player April Ross mentioned to other Olympians she had a tournament the weekend after winning bronze, they were surprised. “Everybody was shocked,” Ross said. “I don’t know…

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A conglomerate of automakers, mapmakers and suppliers has come together to get Japan’s roads mapped ahead of Tokyo’s Summer Olympics.

Following the controversial finish between John Hunter Nemechek and Cole Custer in Sunday’s NASCAR Camping World Trucks Series Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, NASCAR vice president Steve O’Donnell spoke about the incident. Nemechek was declared the race winner after taking out Custer at the start-finish line, and Custer showed his displeasure by charging Nemechek and tackling him in front of the flagstand. On Tuesday, O’Donnell was on…

A conglomerate of automakers, mapmakers and suppliers has come together to get Japan’s roads mapped ahead of Tokyo’s Summer Olympics.

NASCAR and Mars Chocolate North America are extending their 15-year-old partnership, FOXBusiness.com has learned. Continue Reading Below NASCAR will announce on Tuesday that it agreed to renew its sponsorship deal with Mars, the parent company of iconic brands such as M&M’s and Snickers. Under the agreement, which lasts through 2019, Mars will continue in its role as the Official Chocolate of NASCAR. Mars—the seventh-largest private company in America,…