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Martin Truex Jr. won a fuel-mileage gamble, holding off Matt Kenseth on the final lap to capture the NASCAR Cup race at Watkins Glen International on Sunday. Brad Keselowski had a big lead but was forced to pit with three laps to go. That gave the lead to Ryan Blaney, who began to run dry and had to pit before taking the white flag. Trailing by three seconds after saving…

x Embed x Share CLOSE USA TODAY Sports’ Brant James looks ahead to some of the top storylines fans should keep an eye on at the I LOVE NEW YORK 355 at The Glen this Sunday. USA TODAY Sports Ryan Blaney (21) leads eventual race winner Denny Hamlin (11) during the 2016 NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International.(Photo: Timothy T. Ludwig, USA TODAY Sports) It’s race day at Watkins…

Martin Truex Jr. won a fuel-mileage gamble, holding off Matt Kenseth on the final lap to capture the NASCAR Cup race at Watkins Glen International on Sunday. Brad Keselowski had a big lead but was forced to pit with three laps to go. That gave the lead to Ryan Blaney, who began to run dry and had to pit before taking the white flag. Trailing by three seconds after saving…

About that deal to bring the 2028 Olympics to Los Angeles: Not all is set in stone. Sometime over the next five weeks, leaders from LA and the U.S. Olympic Committee have to iron out financial details about their joint marketing agreement that will figure heavily into the USOC’s ability to fund its athletes and sports organizations through those 2028 Games. Sorting out the agreement is one of the biggest…

A soccer player stabbed three men during a fight at a game in Whittier on Saturday over a disputed call by a referee, authorities said. A brawl broke about between the two adult teams about 12:30 p.m. on the field at El Camino High School, according to Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Brian Neel. During the melee, a man around 20 years old lashed out with a knife. As a…

PLAY NOW: Set you Fantasy Live lineup now! RELATED: Full starting lineup | DraftKings Rankings A quick look at three drivers to watch for your Fantasy Live consideration following Sunday’s qualifying results for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series I LOVE NEW YORK 355 at The Glen (3 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Kevin Harvick ($27.75): Harvick qualified 20th, but was in the top 11 in both…

GIRLS’ SOCCER PREVIEW Class 6A Defending champion • This is the first year of Class 6A Outlook •Two-time defending state and national champion Davis is the favorite to come out on top of Region 1 and win the state’s first Class 6A soccer title. Region 2 is up for grabs with Hillcrest being the only team to make a state tournament last season. Copper Hills will have to fend off…

The Canada Games are well underway in Winnipeg — with more than 250 Island athletes competing. Team P.E.I. jets off to Canada Games in Winnipeg Jared Connaughton, Katie Baker, Shannon MacAulay and Jared Murphy have all been to the Games in past years. They spoke about what it taught them about competition and themselves, and how it helped them later in life. ‘Such a crazy experience’ All of the athletes spoke…

About that deal to bring the 2028 Olympics to Los Angeles: Not all is set in stone. Sometime over the next five weeks, leaders from LA and the U.S. Olympic Committee have to iron out financial details about their joint marketing agreement that will figure heavily into the USOC’s ability to fund its athletes and sports organizations through those 2028 Games. Sorting out the agreement is one of the biggest…

The newest NASCAR movie, Logan Lucky, is set to hit theaters in a couple weeks, but the handful of drivers with cameos in it attended a special screening of it this week in Charlotte, North Carolina. As we mentioned when the movie trailer first debuted, the plot focuses on two brothers – Channing Tatum and Adam Driver with Steven Soderbergh directing – and their quest to rob Charlotte Motor Speedway…

The forecast has changed since Friday for Watkins Glen International and the Monster Energy Cup I love New York 35 at the Glen, a slight chance of an isolated storm is now possible in the afternoon. Of course those fans who are just dying with anticipation to see NASCAR’s top series put on the rain tires and run in the rain may still be waiting. Yes there is a chance…

x Embed x Share CLOSE A Brazilian appellate court has dismissed a criminal charge against American swimmer Ryan Lochte, who claimed he was robbed during the 2016 Rio Olympics. Twelve-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte competes in the 100-meter backstroke final during the 2017 U.S. Open Championship Series at Nassau County Aquatics Center on Aug. 5.(Photo: Andy Marlin-USA TODAY Sports) EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — In his first USA Swimming-sanctioned event…

Here are a few things worth $613 million: The combined 2017 payrolls of the Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Rays, Arizona Diamondbacks, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, Oakland Athletics and Chicago White Sox A fleet of a dozen Boeing 737 jets Four Rembrandts and a painting each by da Vinci and Raphael One 25-year-old soccer player from Brazil When French club Paris Saint-Germain agreed last week to…

In this Aug. 1, 2017 file photo, U,S, Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun speaks about the Team USA WinterFest for the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games at Yongsan Garrison, a U.S. military base in Seoul, South Korea.(Photo: Lee Jin-man / AP) London — About that deal to bring the 2028 Olympics to Los Angeles: Not all is set in stone. Sometime over the next five weeks, leaders from LA…

Tony Granato was a 15-year-old Midwestern kid when the “Miracle on Ice” occurred in 1980. He played for the U.S. seven times in international tournaments and watched his sister, Cammi, win gold in 1998. “There is no greater thrill in the game of hockey than to be able to cheer for, represent, wear the sweater, wear the colors,” Granato told reporters. Granato will bring that patriotic passion to his latest…

Aug 3, 2017 Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Former NASCAR team owner Harry Scott, who fielded cars in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2013 to ’16, died Wednesday. He was 51. Scott owned HScott Motorsports, which purchased Phoenix Racing in August 2013 and competed up until last season primarily with drivers Justin Allgaier, Clint Bowyer and Michael Annett. He also co-owned Turner Scott Motorsports, which competed in…

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Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Earlier this week, the International Olympic Council officially announced what had been obvious for months: Los Angeles would drop its bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics and take the 2028 games instead. Never mind that L.A. was handed the Games via a backroom deal rather than through the IOC’s formal voting process; the IOC will compensate Los Angeles handsomely for its patience with an extra $1.8 billion….

It’s safe to say NASCAR makes rule changes to improve either the safety of the drivers and teams or the quality of the sport overall. And when it ditched the difference between the start/finish line and the overtime line in an announcement Wednesday – effective immediately – that was definitely to enhance the sport for everyone. Didn’t know you could have overtime on a race track? No worries, just know…