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Auto Club 400 pole winner Austin Dillon will make his 90th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start on Sunday, and the third-generation racer is still looking for his first victory at stock-car racing’s top level. Granted, 90 races is a long time to go without a victory, but it doesn’t top NASCAR’s list among active drivers. Here are longest losing streaks for current Cup drivers who have at least one victory…

RELATED: Complete lineup | See the cars in starting order for Sunday FONTANA, Calif. – Austin Dillon delivered a parting shot that turned out to be a called shot.   After taking questions from reporters after Friday’s opening NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice at Auto Club Speedway, Dillon paused to watch the last minute of Middle Tennessee State’s upset victory over Michigan State in the NCAA basketball tournament.   On his way out the…

Sarah Potomak scored the game-winning goal in overtime to give Minnesota a 3-2 win over rival Wisconsin. The goal sends the Golden Gophers to their fifth-straight national championship game at the Whittemore Center Arena Friday night. [ MORE: NCAA.com women’s hockey bracket ] Potomak’s game-winner came at the 15:00 mark of overtime when she picked off a Badger defenseman in the UW zone and fired it past Badger netminder Ann-Renee…

NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France is pleased with the first month of the 2016 Sprint Cup season. Two of the four races have produced finishes in which the winner edged second place by a mere .01 seconds at the finish line. Also, drivers have almost unanimously applauded the new 2016 rules package, which has so far delivered the desired result.  The low-downforce aero rules are creating better racing that…

BY ANDY BAGGOT UWBadgers.com Insider MADISON, Wis. — Mike Eaves is one of the most distinguished figures in Wisconsin athletic history, which is why this moment is particularly difficult. Eaves has been relieved of his duties as UW men’s hockey coach after 14 seasons, which included an NCAA championship in 2006, a national runner-up finish in 2010 and, at last count, 26 players who’ve…

State health officials did not issue a “no swim advisory” along Grand Strand beaches this year and say that recent test samples show there are no elevated levels of bacteria in the surf that would warrant such a call. The water testing that typically starts in May came earlier this season in response to what officials say are erroneous reports that exploded across social media, prompting hundreds of calls and…

5:50 PM ET print FONTANA, Calif. — Southern California is known for its love of cars and car culture. But that hasn’t necessarily produced an enduring love affair with stock car racing. NASCAR has maintained a strong presence in the region for more than 50 years, at notable venues including Riverside Raceway and Ontario Motor Speedway. Turn 4: NASCAR’s burning questions Attendance and TV ratings are down. Is there a…

BY ANDY BAGGOT UWBadgers.com Insider MADISON, Wis. — Mike Eaves is one of the most distinguished figures in Wisconsin athletic history, which is why this moment is particularly difficult. Eaves has been relieved of his duties as UW men’s hockey coach after 14 seasons, which included an NCAA championship in 2006, a national runner-up finish in 2010 and, at last count, 26 players who’ve…

“There is some interest by a couple of different manufacturers, and we would be open to that in the right conditions,” France said. “A lot of the car companies are understandably looking at the terrific job that Toyota has done by partnering with NASCAR and the success and all the things that come along with that. They’ve been an incredible success story for a car manufacturer looking to come into…

LAKE PLACID, New York – The Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey had six student-athletes earn All-ECAC Hockey honors, as announced by the league on Friday, Mar. 18. Junior Sam Anas (Potomac, Maryland) headlines the list of honorees with a First Team selection, while Tim Clifton (Matawan, New Jersey), Travis St. Denis (Trail, British Columbia) and Devon Toews (Abbotsford, British Columbia) were named to the Second Team. Michael Garteig (Prince George,…

RELATED: Stewart offers health update post-Phoenix FONTANA, Calif. – Brian Vickers will be the first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver to make two consecutive starts in the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 14 Chevrolet for 2016.   Vickers, filling in for SHR owner/driver Tony Stewart here at Auto Club Speedway this weekend, said Friday that he will also be behind the wheel in two weeks when the series heads to Martinsville Speedway.   Vickers will make his third start…

BY ANDY BAGGOT UWBadgers.com Insider MADISON, Wis. — Mike Eaves is one of the most distinguished figures in Wisconsin athletic history, which is why this moment is particularly difficult. Eaves has been relieved of his duties as UW men’s hockey coach after 14 seasons, which included an NCAA championship in 2006, a national runner-up finish in 2010 and, at last count, 26 players who’ve…

SUKHUMI, Georgia—Abkhazia doesn’t hold a seat in the United Nations. Its athletes can’t compete under their flag in the Olympics. But the post-Soviet separatist region is determined to get on the map as host of a world cup for would-be countries that, by most people’s reckoning, don’t exist. Abkhazia, a stretch of Black Sea coastline that was once a Palm Beach for the Soviet elite, broke away from Georgia in…

Buy Photo Soccer fans pack the stands to cheer on the Orlando City Soccer Club in a match against Eastern Florida State College during scrimmage earlier this month at Titan Soccer Complex. That complex also will be the home for the Orlando City B soccer team.(Photo: CRAIG RUBADOUX/FLORIDA TODAY)Buy Photo Brevard County’s tourism agency is looking for a big payoff from its investment in professional soccer. The Space Coast Office of…

Last summer, Yusra Mardini and her sister Sarah fled their home in Damascus for Beirut, Istanbul and finally Izmir in Turkey, where they managed to squeeze on to a dinghy crossing the Mediterranean to the Greek island of Lesbos. Thirty minutes into their journey, however, the motor stopped and the boat, carrying 20 people rather than the six or seven it was intended for, threatened to capsize. Yusra, Sarah and…

WATCH – Ohio State’s Christian Frey shows some incredible focus to track the puck and stop the goal vs. Michigan State. The Big Ten Hockey Tournament got underway with two exciting games on Thursday night. Twitter: @HockeyOnBTN | @MSU_Hockey | @umichhockey |@GopherHockey | @OhioState_MHKY | @PennStateMHKY | @BadgerMHockey |  @B1GHockey In the opener, No. 3 Penn State eliminated No. 6 Wisconsin, 5-2. No. 4 Ohio State followed that with a thrilling…

U.S. Soccer’s new uniforms are out, with Nike and the federation revealing what the men and women will be wearing in Copa America Centenario and the Olympics this summer (and the friendlies and World Cup qualifiers before them).  While the reaction to a uniform reveal typically features a mixture of fierce passion and ambivalent shrugs, it marks another chapter in the history of the national teams. Jerseys are tied to…