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In an interview with SiriusXM Speedway host Dave Moody on Friday, NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France hinted that there might be one or more automakers looking to join Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota in the NASCAR ranks. “There is some interest, and by a couple of different manufacturers and we would be open to that in the right conditions,” France told Moody. “I think a lot of the car companies…

CLEVELAND, Ohio — One of NASCAR’s young guns, Austin Dillon, is one win away in the Auto Club 400 from sweeping the weekend at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., and moving up in the NASCAR driver standings. Below are the TV schedule, live scoring links, preview and more. Dillon already won the Saturday’s Xfinity race. Now he is on the pole for today’s 3:30 p.m. Auto Club 400 on…

In an interview with SiriusXM Speedway host Dave Moody on Friday, NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France hinted that there might be one or more automakers looking to join Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota in the NASCAR ranks. “There is some interest, and by a couple of different manufacturers and we would be open to that in the right conditions,” France told Moody. “I think a lot of the car companies…

Earlier this year Jimmie Johnson was asked how he would feel if his career ended without his winning a record-tying seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup title. Johnson, tongue in cheek, replied with a smile: “My life sucks. That would be terrible.” A seventh championship is about the only thing Johnson hasn’t accomplished in NASCAR, which returns to Fontana on Sunday for the Auto Club 400, the fifth race of the Cup…

By Wilson Alexander, Grady Sports Bureau Georgia women’s swimming and diving team captured its seventh national championship and third over the past four seasons with a score of 414 points at the McAuley Aquatic Center on Saturday. The Bulldogs celebrated with chants of “It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog” and “o-lay, o-lay, o-lay, o-lay Georgia Bulldogs” before they jumped into the diving well. Stanford finished as the runner-up with…

DURHAM, N.H. – It’s been three years since Minnesota took home the 2013 national championship, securing the first unbeaten NCAA title in Division I women’s hockey. Gophers coach Brad Frost remembers saying then that he’d tip his hat to any other team that could pull off the same accomplishment. He couldn’t have known then that he’d be standing in the way of the next team attempting to do…

RELATED: Full race results | Series standings FONTANA, Calif. — Kyle Busch thought NASCAR should have thrown the caution flag.  Austin Dillon called it a “great decision.”   And NASCAR officials said they saw no reason to throw the yellow on the final lap of Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series TreatMyClot.com 300 by Janssen at Auto Club Speedway.   Busch, winner of three consecutive races in the XFINITY Series entering Saturday, had led 133 of 150…

Earlier this year Jimmie Johnson was asked how he would feel if his career ended without his winning a record-tying seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup title. Johnson, tongue in cheek, replied with a smile: “My life sucks. That would be terrible.” A seventh championship is about the only thing Johnson hasn’t accomplished in NASCAR, which returns to Fontana on Sunday for the Auto Club 400, the fifth race of the Cup…

DURHAM, N.H. – It’s been three years since Minnesota took home the 2013 national championship, securing the first unbeaten NCAA title in Division I women’s hockey. Gophers coach Brad Frost remembers saying then that he’d tip his hat to any other team that could pull off the same accomplishment. He couldn’t have known then that he’d be standing in the way of the next team attempting to do…

RELATED: Full race results | Series standings FONTANA, Calif. — Kyle Busch thought NASCAR should have thrown the caution flag.  Austin Dillon called it a “great decision.”   And NASCAR officials said they saw no reason to throw the yellow on the final lap of Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series TreatMyClot.com 300 by Janssen at Auto Club Speedway.   Busch, winner of three consecutive races in the XFINITY Series entering Saturday, had led 133 of 150…

Earlier this year Jimmie Johnson was asked how he would feel if his career ended without his winning a record-tying seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup title. Johnson, tongue in cheek, replied with a smile: “My life sucks. That would be terrible.” A seventh championship is about the only thing Johnson hasn’t accomplished in NASCAR, which returns to Fontana on Sunday for the Auto Club 400, the fifth race of the Cup…

DURHAM, N.H. – It’s been three years since Minnesota took home the 2013 national championship, securing the first unbeaten NCAA title in Division I women’s hockey. Gophers coach Brad Frost remembers saying then that he’d tip his hat to any other team that could pull off the same accomplishment. He couldn’t have known then that he’d be standing in the way of the next team attempting to do…

RELATED: Full race results | Series standings FONTANA, Calif. — Kyle Busch thought NASCAR should have thrown the caution flag.  Austin Dillon called it a “great decision.”   And NASCAR officials said they saw no reason to throw the yellow on the final lap of Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series TreatMyClot.com 300 by Janssen at Auto Club Speedway.   Busch, winner of three consecutive races in the XFINITY Series entering Saturday, had led 133 of 150…

FONTANA, Calif. — Adam Stevens, crew chief for Kyle Busch, said his team hasn’t resolved a left rear tire wear issue that surfaced during Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice sessions at Auto Club Speedway. “I don’t know what it was,” Stevens said. “We tried multiple things to remedy it and it’s getting better, but it’s not like it’s gone. We still have some concerns after final practice.” Goodyear officials said the problem was…

NASCAR CEO Brian France said Friday afternoon there was “some interest” from automakers not currently involved with NASCAR about joining the sport. Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota are currently the three factory-backed manufacturers in NASCAR. Some lower-funded teams in the Xfinity and Truck Series run Dodges, but the Daimler-Chrysler brand hasn’t been in NASCAR since 2012. France mentioned the thought of a new car maker on SIrius XM. Here’s what he…

This is for all the marbles. Twitter: @HockeyOnBTN | @umichhockey |@GopherHockey | @B1GHockey | All accounts No. 2-seeded Michigan is taking on No. 1 Minnesota in the Big Ten Hockey Tournament championship game at Xcel Energy Center. You can watch the game live on BTN TV or use this BTN2Go link. Track the game and highlights below. MICHIGAN VS. MINNESOTA Tyler Motte’s scores his 30th goal of the year for @umichhockey…

FONTANA, Calif. — A well-worn racing surface, multiple racing grooves and generous tire falloff await NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams here at Auto Club Speedway for Sunday’s Auto Club 400.   Will it be the perfect combination or the perfect storm?   NASCAR’s 2016 aero package, which features less downforce, has gotten high marks thus far this year, as has Goodyear’s development of tires to go with the package.   Long green-flag runs have been…

Practice 3 recap | RELATED: Practice 3 results   Matt Kenseth topped the final Sprint Cup Series practice on Saturday at Auto Club Speedway, but the story from the session was a somewhat bizarre wreck between Kyle Larson and Greg Biffle.   Midway through the practice, Larson rose up and hit the outside wall, forcing Biffle to make a split-second decision about where he’d try to avoid the No. 42 Chevrolet, but chose the high side. Needless…

The U.S. Soccer Federation on Saturday named 23 players to the under-23 men’s training camp ahead of a two-game Olympic qualifying playoff against Colombia. The squad will begin gathering Sunday in Miami. U-23 Coach Andi Herzog, Jurgen Klinsmann’s top assistant on the senior national team, will cut the list to 20 before the first match Friday in Barranquilla, Colombia (6 p.m. ET, FS1, Univision Deportes). He can make changes before the return…