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A general view as competitors in heat 4 dive into the pool for the start of the men’s 400 freestyle June 26.(Photo: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports) OMAHA — It is one of the most agonizing rituals not just in the Olympic world, but in all of sports. Time and again this week at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, in race after race, someone will touch the wall first, securing a spot…

RELATED: Results | Standings | Chase Grid SONOMA, Calif. — An hour after all the Victory Lane photographs, congratulatory pats on the back from competitors, all the smiles and toasts, Tony Stewart conceded that while leading the field with eight laps remaining in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350, he also did get a little emotional while steering his Chevrolet around the twisting Sonoma Raceway road course. “With about eight to go it was…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State’s men’s soccer coach says one of his players drowned while swimming with some of his teammates at a lake outside Columbus. Nineteen-year-old Fikayo Idowu died Friday. He was from Madison, Mississippi, and had been on the Ohio State soccer team since 2014. He was a defender and majoring in health and rehabilitation sciences, He wanted to attend medical school. He also was a two-time Ohio…

After a lifetime pursuing the world’s greatest swimmer day after day, Chase Kalisz no longer stood behind anyone Sunday evening at Olympic Trials. Using a dominant breaststroke leg, Kalisz won the 400-meter individual medley to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic team and make good on his quest to succeed his friend and training partner, Michael Phelps. “Honestly, the whole thing went by so fast, and I feel like…

USA Swimming needs to determine who will represent the United States in the upcoming 2016 Rio Olympics, and they’ll do that with the Olympic swimming trials, running from June 26 through July 3 in Omaha, Neb. That means the trials will get underway proper on Sunday, the same day that USA Diving will wrap up its own trials. Michael Phelps is obviously the biggest name in the sport of…

Will today’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 produce an 11th different winner in the last 12 races at Sonoma Raceway? If you look at the starting lineup, it’s a strong probability. Pole-sitter Carl Edwards won here in 2014, but second qualifier and Northern California native AJ Allmendinger has never won at the 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course, nor has Martin Truex Jr., who will roll off third in the No. 78 Furniture Row…

RELATED: Results | Standings | Updated NCWTS Chase Grid MADISON, Ill. — A gutsy decision to use the bottom lane for a restart with two laps to go paid off for Christopher Bell, who earned his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory in Saturday night’s third annual Drivin for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park. Bell, driver of the No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Tundra, survived a chaotic and intense second half to edge…

Sam Mikulak competes on the rings during the 2016 USA Gymnastics Olympic Team Trials at Chaifetz Arena,.(Photo: Jasen Vinlove, USA TODAY Sports) ST. LOUIS – Three members of the 2012 men’s gymnastics Olympics team will be making a return to the Games in Rio. Following the conclusion of U.S. Olympic Trials at Chaifetz Arena on Saturday, Sam Mikulak, Jake Dalton and John Orozco were all named to the team. Veteran…

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SONOMA, Calif. — The downside to being one of the young faces of NASCAR is that Chase Elliott, 20, had to drink water instead of wine in Victory Lane following his win at Sonoma Raceway in Saturday’s K&N Pro Series West Chevy’s Fresh Mex 200. It didn’t seem to matter as Elliott glugged from the crystal goblet and saluted the fans after his first road-course win since 2013 in the NASCAR Camping World Truckk…

When Joey Logano recorded his first victory of 2016 two weeks ago at Michigan International Speedway, the win essentially locked him into the Chase for the Sprint Cup, providing a de facto free pass for the duration of the regular season. While Logano was likely to make NASCAR’s playoffs regardless of whether he won — he had built up a substantial points cushion — the victory occurred at an…

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SONOMA, Calif. — The downside to being one of the young faces of NASCAR is that Chase Elliott, 20, had to drink water instead of wine in Victory Lane following his win at Sonoma Raceway in Saturday’s K&N Pro Series West Chevy’s Fresh Mex 200. It didn’t seem to matter as Elliott glugged from the crystal goblet and saluted the fans after his first road-course win since 2013 in the NASCAR Camping World Truckk…

The man who swims like a fish has the memory of an elephant. Michael Phelps never forgets. But until 2015, when he moved from Baltimore to Arizona to train with coach Bob Bowman, the most decorated Olympian of all time had never looked at all his medals together. “I could remember back to every single thought I had on the medal stand, after the race, every single one of them,”…

8:32 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment OMAHA, Neb. — The biggest show in American swimming has once again come to the Heartland, where more than 1,800 swimmers will compete for one of a maximum 52 spots on the U.S. Olympic team that will compete in Rio de Janeiro in August. Expect fireworks. Waterfalls. Tears of sadness. Tears of joy. And a ton of fast swimming. “It’s the…

Like a lot of people heading into retirement, Tony Stewart is relishing having the free time to do the things he wants. And in the case of the three-time NASCAR champion it’s the opportunity to see events outside of stock-car racing firsthand. Stewart, who’s been competing in NASCAR’s premier division since 1999, has grown weary of a season that begins in mid-February and concludes in middle November, a schedule…

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i Sports Minister George Hilton (top right) visits the Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory in Rio de Janeiro last month. The lab, which had been set to test samples from Olympic athletes in August, has been suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Felipe Dana/AP hide caption toggle caption Felipe Dana/AP Sports Minister George Hilton (top right) visits the Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory in Rio de Janeiro last month. The lab, which…