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NASCAR was forced to briefly stop Sunday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway to clean up after a 15-car accident. The accident occurred 47 laps into the race when Paul Menard attempted to pass Trevor Bayne on the outside of a three-wide pack of cars. Kurt Busch was following closely on Bayne’s bumper, and the aerodynamics from Menard on the outside and Busch behind him caused Bayne’s car to snap around. “It…

The U.S. goes for gold against Canada in the IPC World Sled Hockey Championship final, live on NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra at 2:30 p.m. ET. The U.S. hopes to follow its Sochi Paralympic title with its first World Championship on home ice, in Buffalo, N.Y. The Americans crushed their four opponents by a combined 26-1 to reach the final. Canada is the defending World champion, having beaten the U.S. 1-0…

The GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway is the 10th race on NASCAR’s 2015 Sprint Cup Series schedule. Follow for live updates via social media. ▪  Preview | Starting grid | Race leaders | Sprint Cup standings

TALLADEGA, Ala. — In this farewell season for Jeff Gordon, he continues to seize every moment both on and off the track. Gordon won the 80th pole of his career Saturday with a blistering lap around Talladega Superspeedway, where he’s a six-time race winner. The four-time NASCAR champion will start first Sunday and have all three of his Hendrick Motorsports teammates surrounding him as he seeks his first win of the season….

Mountain biking has been a dusty thread running through my life. It has helped keep me sane and thin enough to fit into 15-year-old dresses. I never feel more alive than when I slip out of the studio late on a sunny weekday afternoon, zip out through north-east London and hit Epping Forest dirt just as rush hour begins behind me. It may not be the Alps or even the…

USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Gluck previews the upcoming race.

Mountain biking has been a dusty thread running through my life. It has helped keep me sane and thin enough to fit into 15-year-old dresses. I never feel more alive than when I slip out of the studio late on a sunny weekday afternoon, zip out through north-east London and hit Epping Forest dirt just as rush hour begins behind me. It may not be the Alps or even the…

After 113 chaotic and frenetic laps, Joey Logano took the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series Winn-Dixie 300 at Talladega Superspeedway Saturday. The Sprint Cup star held off a number of hard-charging opponents in the closing laps, including Brian Scott and Austin Dillon, who ran out of time in their pursuit of the No. 22 car. According to Nick DeGroot of Motorsport.com, Saturday’s victory allowed Logano…

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Mountain biking has been a dusty thread running through my life. It has helped keep me sane and thin enough to fit into 15-year-old dresses. I never feel more alive than when I slip out of the studio late on a sunny weekday afternoon, zip out through north-east London and hit Epping Forest dirt just as rush hour begins behind me. It may not be the Alps or even the…

If things don’t work out for Jeff Heuerman at Dove Valley for the Broncos, the 6-foot-5, 255-pound tight end from Ohio State could become a power forward for the NHL team that practices less than a mile away. “Go Avalanche,” Heuerman said Saturday after being introduced by John Elway at team headquarters. “Always been my favorite team.” He was joking. Heuerman has allegiance to the Detroit Red Wings and Florida…

Devoid of controversy, Hendrick Motorsports dominated the modified multi-car qualifying format Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway for Sunday’s Geico 500. Led by pole-sitter Jeff Gordon (194.793 mph), Hendrick drivers took the four of the top five positions with Kasey Kahne, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson qualifying second, fourth and fifth, respectively. The only outlier was third-place qualifier Ryan Blaney of Wood Brothers Racing. “We definitely have a fast…

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A single victory will almost certainly be enough to put a driver in NASCAR‘s Chase for the Sprint Cup field, and with Talladega Superspeedway acting as a true wild card, an unexpected title contender could emerge Sunday. Talladega is a tough track to tame, and while there are certain drivers who excel at it more often than not, things can change quickly when multi-car crashes strike. Perhaps no venue in…

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Major League Soccer promised more clarity and a streamlined player acquisition process, and on Friday, the league delivered with the unveiling of the 2015 Roster Rules.  Included in the rules is a revision to the process by which MLS clubs can acquire players. The streamlined process goes into effect May 1, 2015. A SIMPLIFIED ALLOCATION PROCESS The Allocation Process has existed in MLS for a while, used mainly as a…

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For the first time since 2009, Danica Patrick has to worry about securing sponsorship for the next racing season. Longtime sponsor GoDaddy announced Wednesday it would not return in 2016 as the primary sponsor on Patrick’s No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet, but would like to continue its personal-service agreement with her. Facing questions about her future with SHR and in NASCAR, Patrick on Friday called the sponsor’s departure “bittersweet,” but…