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Kyle Busch said there’s no timeframe for returning to NASCAR after breaking his right leg and fracturing his left foot in a Feb. 21 crash at Daytona International Speedway. But he hopes to be back in his No. 18 Toyota when the Sprint Cup circuit returns to Daytona for the July 4 holiday weekend. “First and foremost, I’ve got to please my doctors, and they say my recovery is going…

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A test conducted by NASCAR and Goodyear this week at Kentucky speedway is about more than just tires — drivers are also experimenting with a new digital dashboard. Featuring readings for lap times, fluid temperatures, tire pressure, RPMS and other data, the radically redesigned dashboard is more technologically advanced than the gauges drivers currently use. Jamie McMurray, who is among four drivers taking part in the test, expressed enthusiasm…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR’s executive vice president and chief racing development officer, discussed Monday on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio plans to implement digital dashboards in racecars as early as August. The idea is to give fans and competitors even more access to information from the cars. The NASCAR Sprint Cup rule book states digital dash displays can’t be used before Aug. 5. Starting in 2016, “a digital dash display…

NASCAR executive Steve O’Donnell says the potential for “all kinds of safety issues’’ is a reason why series officials do not allow teams to use bleeder valves on tires. O’Donnell, NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer, discussed bleeder valves Monday on “The Morning Drive’’ on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. The topic of bleeder valves – which can limit how much tire pressures increase to give the car a…

Jimmie Johnson vs. Kevin Harvick doesn’t meet any definition as the cantankerous and combustible sort of rivalry upon which NASCAR was built. The past two champions of the Sprint Cup Series and the two best drivers on the circuit this season essentially are de-facto teammates who compete under different banners. The Chevys that carried Harvick to the 2014 title feature the same chassis and engines produced by Hendrick Motorsports that…

This photo of hockey legend Lester Patrick and his two sons hangs in the Nashville homes of Christine Castillo and Gar Vallone.(Photo: Submitted) Two people who had never met, living just miles apart in the same city, had the same family photo hanging in their homes. And this wasn’t just any old photo. The black and white picture, one creased and rippled with age, showed legend Lester Patrick flanked by…

Photo: Delano family handout The New York sportswriting community lost a heralded and beloved member of its fraternity on Easter Sunday when longtime Post hockey writer and columnist Hugh Delano passed away at the age of 81 following a long illness. Delano covered a wide range of sports in his long career, which included 21 years at The Post from 1972-93, but is best remembered for his time on the…

Now that was a cool win by a 21-year-old kid who has class and character and an awfully good golf game. Not to mention that Jordan Spieth’s victory was a perfect way to cap off a very satisfying Masters week. There are some majors that fulfill through the virtue of tense, competitive action that’s traded back and forth down the stretch. This one registered itself very differently, in a doubly…

Hockey East will have a rooting interest at both ends of the ice when Boston University engages conference rival Providence College in tonight’s NCAA Frozen Four championship game at the Garden. The Terriers vs. Friars represent the third time two Hockey East teams have squared off in the title game since the conference was formed prior to the 1984-85 campaign. BU defeated Maine 6-2 in the 1995 title game in…

Providence College captured its first national title in hockey. (USATSI) No matter who won the 2015 NCAA national championship hockey, it was going to be a storybook ending. It was either to be the culmination of a resurgent season for one of college hockey’s proudest programs in Boston University or the first title for an underdog that few had given a chance. Everyone loves an underdog and Providence College delivered…

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0 Shares Print The Sprint Cup Series heads to the 1.5-mile D-shaped oval at Texas Motor Speedway for Saturday night’s Duck Commander 500 (7:30 p.m. ET, Fox). After a week off, who will have speed and who won’t? There’s a lot on the line at Texas as the teams gear up for the marathon run through the spring and summer. Don’t have access to a TV to watch the race…

The Dutch Eredivisie match between FC Utrecht and Ajax Amsterdam held at Stadion Galgenwaard on April 5 in Utrecht, Netherlands. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) It was a beautiful day for soccer in the Dutch town of Utrecht. Spring sunshine filled the stadium as the local team, FC Utrecht, kicked off against perennial powerhouse Ajax Amsterdam. As the beautiful game slowly played out on the field, however, things in the stands quickly got ugly. “Hamas,…

USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Gluck breaks down the Duck Commander 500.

MONS-EN-PÉVÈLE, France—When Daniel Accou closes his eyes, he sees cobblestones. Half a century of working on them will do that to you. On winding roads all over the Nord-Pas de Calais region, here by the Belgian border, he laid and re-laid them until he was doing it in his dreams. “The cobbles are my religion,” he said. Bicycle racing is a close second. This is France’s cycling heartland and the…

The Dutch Eredivisie match between FC Utrecht and Ajax Amsterdam held at Stadion Galgenwaard on April 5 in Utrecht, Netherlands. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) It was a beautiful day for soccer in the Dutch town of Utrecht. Spring sunshine filled the stadium as the local team, FC Utrecht, kicked off against perennial powerhouse Ajax Amsterdam. As the beautiful game slowly played out on the field, however, things in the stands quickly got ugly. “Hamas,…

The Dutch Eredivisie match between FC Utrecht and Ajax Amsterdam held at Stadion Galgenwaard on April 5 in Utrecht, Netherlands. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) It was a beautiful day for soccer in the Dutch town of Utrecht. Spring sunshine filled the stadium as the local team, FC Utrecht, kicked off against perennial powerhouse Ajax Amsterdam. As the beautiful game slowly played out on the field, however, things in the stands quickly got ugly. “Hamas,…

Atlanta (CNN)A passenger on an Atlanta-bound Air Canada flight told a CNN reporter on the plane Friday that a stranger sitting behind him tried to choke him. Oliver Minatel, 22, said he was sleeping on Air Canada Flight 8623 from Toronto when he felt something around his neck. “With a rope, something that he has, he just jumped on me. That’s what happened,” Minatel told CNN’s Paula Newton moments after…