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The NFL and NASCAR will intersect again when Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith serves as honorary pace car driver for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. The 58th running of the mid-summer NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona will take place under the Saturday night lights on July 2. Smith, who played collegiately at Florida State University before being chosen by the Jaguars in the fifth round…

Ron Mason, who guided the Michigan State hockey team to the 1986 national title, died Sunday night, the university confirmed.(Photo: David Guralnick / Detroit News) East Lansing – Ron Mason, who won more than 900 college hockey games and delivered the national championship to Michigan State in 1986, died suddenly on Sunday night at the age of 76. The longtime coach of the Spartans who went on to become the…

The 2016 NHL playoffs are over, and perhaps not a moment too soon for broadcasters. We will wait to see how ratings for Game 6 – the season’s finale – which featured the Pittsburgh Penguins claiming their fourth Stanley Cup, seven years to the day since they won their last one, in 2009. Yet, chances are the numbers are not good. And it might seem besides the point to bring…

Kasey Kahne, front, said it was “definitely hairy” driving in traffic Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.(Photo: Aaron Doster, Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports) BROOKLYN, Mich. — NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers said immediately after the FireKeepers Casino 400 that they liked the low downforce package used at Michigan International Speedway today. “I absolutely love it,” said Tony Stewart, who finished seventh. “The package is good. The aero package is starting to catch up…

Credit: Sandusky Scanner Live SANDUSKY, OH (WCMH) – Fire gutted the Ohio home of a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team early this morning. It happened shortly after midnight at ThorSport Racing on Campbell Street in Sandusky. Video shows flames shooting from the roof of the team’s 100,000 square foot facility. A statement from ThorSport indicates the fire broke out in the basement of the racing shop. ThorSport says they…

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(Photo: The Associated Press) BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Joey Logano plopped into a seat, getting a much-needed break, when the 26-year-old driver found out he was just a part of history. Logano pulled away from the pack to win the FireKeepers Casino 400 and was followed by 20-year-old Chase Elliott and 23-year-old Kyle Larson, the youngest top three in NASCAR Sprint Cup history. “That’s pretty cool,” he said when informed…

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<!– For a list of all the completed deals, check out the transfers page. <!– Crowd disturbances at Euro 2016 dominate the British press Manchester United are ready to make a £79m bid for Paris St-Germain’s 23-year-old midfielder Marco Verratti. (Corriere dello Sport, via Daily Star) Zlatan Ibrahimovic has promised to reveal the next club he will play for “soon” amid continued speculation about a move to Old Trafford. (Daily…

RELATED: Results | Post-Michigan standings | Chase Grid | Day in photos BROOKLYN, Mich. — It won’t silence all those “he needs to win” comments following Tony Stewart through his final season as a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver, but Sunday’s seventh-place finish was deemed a success just the same. “We haven’t been running good enough to worry about just winning,” the co-owner/driver of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet said on the…

PARIS – UEFA opened disciplinary proceedings against Russia on Sunday for crowd disturbances and racist behavior by its fans during a European Championship game against England. The governing body of European soccer also said it would strengthen security at stadiums in France in response to the disorder. The English Football Association, whose fans fled the stadium in Marseille after being attacked by a large group of Russian fans, has not…

x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Gluck previews the top story lines for NASCAR’s upcoming “FireKeepers Casino 400” at Michigan International Speedway. Joey Logano is among a group of drivers in the top 16 in points still searching for their first win of 2016.(Photo: Matthew O’Haren, USA TODAY Sports) BROOKLYN, Mich. – It is NASCAR race day at Michigan International Speedway, and we’ve got all the information you…

International soccer can get a bit messy. Teams don’t have much time to train together, so games usually end up looking quite a bit sloppier than their elite club counterparts. Games where both teams play the same style can get a bit messy too, and that’s what happened between Croatia and Turkey on Sunday. Both teams wanted to pressure and win the ball high up the pitch, then counter…

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate has briefly traded in her gloves for a NASCAR headset this weekend as she serves as the Grand Marshal of the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Managed by Kevin Harvick‘s management team Kevin Harvick Inc., Tate is no stranger to the track. But that wasn’t always the case: The UFC star considered herself a novice when she was first introduced to the racing world. RECAP: Miesha’s big UFC…

RELATED: Race results | Drivers react to Suarez’s win DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 11, 2016) — Daniel Suárez earned his first career NASCAR XFINITY Series win on Saturday at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, becoming the first Mexican-born driver to capture a NASCAR national series victory. With the victory, Suárez clinches a spot in the NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase. Suárez, a graduate of both the NASCAR Drive for Diversity and NASCAR…

PARIS—The European soccer body UEFA said Sunday it opened disciplinary proceedings against the Russian Football Union after Russian fans wreaked havoc during a Euro 2016 match against England in Marseille. UEFA’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary body will look into crowd disturbances, alleged racist conduct and fireworks inside the stadium…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment BROOKLYN, Mich. — Daniel Suarez became the first Mexican-born driver to win a NASCAR national race, passing Kyle Busch and holding off one of the sport’s big stars at the Xfinity Series race at Michigan. `”To be able to be an example to bring more people is great,” said Suarez, who moved to the U.S. five years ago. Busch led 88 of the 125…

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