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MORE: Cain: Busch keeps pedal down | Busch atop standings post-Texas The potential of a Kyle-Busch-to-Indy-500 bid has gained traction in recent weeks, with Busch himself fueling some of the speculation in the midst of his current NASCAR hot streak. The reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champ says he’s intrigued at the notion of running the IndyCar crown jewel race in a one-day double with the Coca-Cola 600, but that competing in the…

RELATED: Full race lineup | See all 40 cars BRISTOL, Tenn. — When Carl Edwards wins the pole at Bristol, good things happen — for Edwards. So forgive the driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing if he feels optimistic about Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway (1 p.m. ET, FOX, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), the eighth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season. With the only sub-15-second lap in the money round of…

BRISTOL, Tenn. — The unveiling of Colossus, the world’s largest outdoor, center-hung, four-sided video screen, is the latest addition in amenities race fans can enjoy when attending NASCAR-sanctioned events at Bristol Motor Speedway. “To be able to unveil Colossus today is a neat experience and definitely one for the history books at Bristol Motor Speedway,” BMS General Manager Jerry Caldwell said Thursday during a private unveiling of the engineering marvel. The entire piece weighs…

Is drone racing the next NASCAR? ESPN announced a deal this week that will bring competitive drone racing to the network starting in August in hopes of tapping into the sport’s small but growing following. “Drone racing is currently seeing an unprecedented rise in popularity and is poised to become the next behemoth racing sport alongside NASCAR and Formula 1,” the company said in a statement. The first televised event,…

At a time when attention spans are short and as NASCAR deals with a generational gulf that sees it struggle to reach a younger audience, a possible solution comes to the forefront in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. In a concept unveiled in January, Bristol is the first of four races in NASCAR’s second-tier series that will feature a pair of heats preceding the main event….

SAN MATEO — Julian Nash measured his opening tee shot and ripped the ball down the fairway. The ball veered off course toward a eucalyptus tree, sending a pair of geese flapping madly for safety. “Pretend the hole’s over there,” Nash said with a laugh. “Birdie!” a man shouted. Nash is an avid golfer, but he was not playing golf on this windy spring afternoon. He was playing footgolf, an…

RELATED: See Junior’s Darlington paint scheme | BUY TICKETS: Kansas SHOP: No. 88 gear Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s No. 88 Axalta/Carstar Chevrolet has a fresh look for GoBowling 400 on May 7 at Kansas Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).  The Hendrick Motorsports team revealed the paint scheme Thursday, a day after pulling the cover back on Junior’s thowback paint scheme honoring the “Gray Ghost” for Labor Day weekend’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway (Sept. 4,…

Carli Lloyd kisses her gold medal after defeating Japan to win the women’s soccer gold-medal match at the London 2012 Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium on Aug. 9, 2012 in London. The U.S. women’s national soccer team is seeking its fourth straight Olympic gold medal this summer…

Carli Lloyd kisses her gold medal after defeating Japan to win the women’s soccer gold-medal match at the London 2012 Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium on Aug. 9, 2012 in London. The U.S. women’s national soccer team is seeking its fourth straight Olympic gold medal this summer…

When plans for a $4 million sports complex on The Fly fell apart last month, activists claimed it as a victory for people power. Armed with little more than social media and bumper stickers, Save The Fly managed to stop a project backed by Saints owner Tom Benson and his star quarterback, Drew Brees. At least that’s how it probably appeared to the public. Behind the scenes, a power struggle…

The draw for this summer’s men’s Olympic soccer tournament took place on Thursday, with host Brazil getting an easy draw. The favorites, who will be led by Neymar, are in Group A with South Africa, Iraq and Denmark. Here’s the draw. 2016 Olympic football Group Stage Draw. #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/ebbrat4iLj — Arsène’s Son (@hughwizzy) April 14, 2016 Mexico, the reigning gold medal winners, should have no trouble with Fiji and South…

Hundreds of people turned out Wednesday night to show their support for the family of a 12-year-old boy who died after playing soccer Tuesday at an elementary school in Colton. Dominick Gallegos is seen in a photo provided by family members. Joel Gallegos said his son Dominick was taking part in a physical education class on a field at Ulysses S. Grant Elementary School just before the end of the school day…

Abdul-Hafidh Abd-Ali , 14, lost his sight in an attack at a soccer field in the Iraqi village of Asriya on March 25. (Ahmad Mousa Qasem for The Washington Post) Often overlooked when bombs go off and people die is the far greater number who are injured and maimed, their lives forever changed, their families plunged into a crisis of worry and medical bills. So it is in the Iraqi…

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MORE: See the scheme, fire suit that Dale Jr. will sport at Darlington RELATED: Buy Darlington tickets | ’16 throwback schemes | SHOP: Dale Jr. gear DARLINGTON, S.C. — The “Gray Ghost” lives to race again.   Or at least a very reasonable facsimile of the famous entry that was driven to victory in the 1980 Daytona 500 by NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee Buddy Baker.   On Wednesday at Darlington Raceway,…

MORE: See the scheme, fire suit that Dale Jr. will sport at Darlington RELATED: Buy Darlington tickets | ’16 throwback schemes | SHOP: Dale Jr. gear DARLINGTON, S.C. — The “Gray Ghost” lives to race again.   Or at least a very reasonable facsimile of the famous entry that was driven to victory in the 1980 Daytona 500 by NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee Buddy Baker.   On Wednesday at Darlington Raceway,…

MORE: See the scheme, fire suit that Dale Jr. will sport at Darlington RELATED: Buy Darlington tickets | ’16 throwback schemes | SHOP: Dale Jr. gear DARLINGTON, S.C. — The “Gray Ghost” lives to race again.   Or at least a very reasonable facsimile of the famous entry that was driven to victory in the 1980 Daytona 500 by NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee Buddy Baker.   On Wednesday at Darlington Raceway,…

ENLARGE President Obama needled Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month by suggesting that the United States was better at hockey than its Northern neighbor. “Where’s the Stanley Cup right now?” Obama asked. “I’m sorry, is it in my hometown with the Chicago Blackhawks? In case you Canadians were wondering, where is it?” Trudeau made a meek reference to the higher number of Canadian born players on the Blackhawks’ cup…

When it comes to the postseason in professional sports, there is nothing better than the Stanley Cup playoffs. This is hockey at its very best. The games are fast-paced and full of hard hits, grueling shifts and incredible feats of athleticism that most can’t dream of achieving on land, never mind on ice. Combined with the fact that the playoffs boast a sudden-death overtime, the NHL’s postseason is must-see TV….

My good buddy Phil Robertson has drawn the ire of a bunch of Jesus-bashing, liberal lug nuts after he petitioned the Lord during a NASCAR invocation to put a “Jesus-Man in the White House.” Brother Phil delivered the pre-race invocation on April 9th at the Texas Motor Speedway’s Duck Commander 500. And it was a mighty fine invocation, indeed. Click here to join Todd’s American Dispatch: a must-read…