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GIF via RPM NASCAR NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Jeremy Clements had an unlikely first win in more ways than one. Clements had never won in his 256 Xfinity Series starts. When his No. 51 car spun out into Matt Tifft’s No. 19 car on the penultimate lap of Sunday’s race at Road America, the race still wasn’t over. Clements kept going to nab the win. Clements is an oval guy,…

The sports world turned its collective eye to the Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather fight on Saturday night (and into Sunday morning), and NASCAR Nation was no different. Current and future Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Kyle Busch and Erik Jones attended the bout in Las Vegas, and Jeff Gordon was shown on the red carpet during pre-fight coverage. McGregor, a Mixed Martial Arts star from Ireland, and Mayweather, who entered Saturday’s fight…

NASCAR doesn’t have much of an offseason, with the first race in February and last in November, so off time is hard to come by. This weekend was the first that drivers had off since April and last until the season wraps up at Homestead around Thanksgiving. With the NASCAR playoffs just a few weeks away, the Monster Energy Cup Series drivers are taking full advantage of their week off….

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NASCAR doesn’t have much of an offseason, with the first race in February and last in November, so off time is hard to come by. This weekend was the first that drivers had off since April and last until the season wraps up at Homestead around Thanksgiving. With the NASCAR playoffs just a few weeks away, the Monster Energy Cup Series drivers are taking full advantage of their week off….

Elliott Sadler practices Saturday at Road America for Sunday’s Johnsonville 180.(Photo: Getty Images) ELKHART LAKE – As teammates go, these three from JR Motorsports cover quite the spectrum. Elliott Sadler is a Virginia boy through and through who loves his hunting dogs about as much as his racing. At 42 he has been in NASCAR for more than half of his life. Justin Allgaier is 31 and from Illinois, where…

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The No. 11-ranked Michigan field hockey team surged early in the second half and used a late-game defensive stand to knock off No. 1 North Carolina 3-2 in its season opener at the annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Saturday afternoon at Iowa’s Grant Field. It was Michigan’s second straight season-opening win over the top-ranked Tar Heels in as many seasons. The Victors!…

The National Park Service has found the body of an Oak Park man who disappeared while swimming in a rapids area with friends in West Virginia. The Park Service says 28-year-old Abdulrahman Binomran was swimming with three friends in the pool above Fayette Station rapids in the New River Gorge National River when they decided to swim through the rapids. Binomran was last seen struggling and disappearing under the water…

NASCAR doesn’t have much of an offseason, with the first race in February and last in November, so off time is hard to come by. This weekend was the first that drivers had off since April and last until the season wraps up at Homestead around Thanksgiving. With the NASCAR playoffs just a few weeks away, the Monster Energy Cup Series drivers are taking full advantage of their week off….

To celebrate the collaborative nature of both soccer and craft beer, a Columbus brewery is teaming up with the opposition for a couple of soccer-themed brews. Land-Grant Brewery is well-known to Columbus soccer fans thanks to its American wheat ale, Glory, which launched this year in partnership with Columbus Crew SC and supporters. Now, the brewery has taken its soccer-inspired beer to another level, and is introducing two new beers…

The fact that Josh Williamson hadn’t stepped on ice until about a month ago hardly makes him an ideal candidate to become an Olympic bobsledder. Then again, if Williamson completes the journey from the lacrosse fields in Florida to a bobsled track in Pyeongchang next year — or Beijing in 2022 — he will, in more than one way, be rewriting the script about how an American can become an…

US Soccer has long been subject to tensions between its more nativist, nationalist impulses and more liberal, progressive tendencies. That battle may be coming to a head now in the age of Donald Trump as the national federation is taking a political stance in favour of the status quo with its policy banning protests by players during the playing of the US anthem. As expected, all players in the US men’s…

With two races remaining in the NASCAR Cup Series regular season, Martin Truex Jr. has accumulated an astonishing 35 playoff points (and counting). In past seasons, that number – as well as the solid 15-point lead he has over Kyle Busch in second place – would have been unimaginable. But thanks to NASCAR introducing stages to each race and accompanying playoff points for the winners, Truex has a healthy cushion going…

“Dembélé is a player who is very quick and technical,” Barcelona Coach Ernesto Valverde said. “He can play on both sides of the field, and he gives us depth, which is something that we need.” FOOTBALL Patriots’ Edelman Injures Right Knee Wide receiver Julian Edelman limped off the field with an injured right knee, putting a damper on a strong performance from Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Edelman…

A group of Irish students allegedly trashed a house in Logan Square with their incessant partying, and residents are demanding answers as to why they were allowed to stay so long, as NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

With two races remaining in the NASCAR Cup Series regular season, Martin Truex Jr. has accumulated an astonishing 35 playoff points (and counting). In past seasons, that number – as well as the solid 15-point lead he has over Kyle Busch in second place – would have been unimaginable. But thanks to NASCAR introducing stages to each race and accompanying playoff points for the winners, Truex has a healthy cushion going…

The sport of boxing and the sport of mixed martial arts have a large overlap in their fan bases. They’re competing for the attention of millions of people, and both favor Saturday evening fight cards. Floyd Mayweather is the biggest name in boxing, and Conor McGregor is the biggest name in mixed martial arts. Boxing is a much older, much more established sport, but it’s one that has been in…

The well-worn soccer goal rests just feet from a church. For Jah’Qwel Williams, Deron Huggins, and Tyree Watson, their sport, their faith and a chance encounter saved their lives, they say. Soon, all three will attend college, the first in their families to do so. They beat the odds, growing up in Grier Heights, a community in Charlotte with some of the city’s highest poverty rates. Their story is especially…

With two races remaining in the NASCAR Cup Series regular season, Martin Truex Jr. has accumulated an astonishing 35 playoff points (and counting). In past seasons, that number – as well as the solid 15-point lead he has over Kyle Busch in second place – would have been unimaginable. But thanks to NASCAR introducing stages to each race and accompanying playoff points for the winners, Truex has a healthy cushion going…

In the name of cost containment and improved competition, NASCAR is set to debut a new flange-fit composite body next weekend for the Xfinity Series race at Richmond Raceway. This is the first of a three-event optional rollout this season that will also include the races at Dover International Raceway and Phoenix Raceway. The new body will be optional for every race except those at Daytona International Speedway…