While Denny Hamlin absolutely dominated Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race, it was Chase Elliott who emerged victorious through a great restart and a strategy gamble. NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver earned his 22nd career win and Hendrick Motorsports’ 31st at Martinsville Speedway.Tyler Reddick finished 15th in his worst result of the 2026 season, and only lost 13 points in his massive championship lead.AdvertisementThe race featured only six different leaders, and 34 of the 37 starters reached the checkered flag, so it was a fairly tame Martinsville Cup race. But still, there was plenty to discuss as we look at some of the…
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CHICAGO (AP) — Joey Wiemer and Keibert Ruiz homered and the Washington Nationals earned a season-opening series win with a 6-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.Jake Irvin (1-0) allowed two runs and three hits with seven strikeouts and a walk in five innings and Clayton Beeter, the last of four Washington relievers, worked a clean ninth for his first save. Washington took two of three in the series.AdvertisementAlex Bregman hit two solo home runs — his first since joining the Cubs as a free agent — and Ian Happ added one.Brady House and Daylen Lile hit consecutive two-out…
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New beginnings. So much hope, so much promise. The 2026 season is brand-new, and so is Shane Baz’s career as an Oriole. This week the team announced a five-year, $69-million extension for the right-hander—all before he’d thrown a single regular-season pitch. The front office called it a “no brainer.” It almost feels like too much anticipation.All I can say after today is, given the sharpness of Baz’s stuff, they may be right, but four runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 IP wasn’t the first impression Baz, or any of us, had hoped for. He threw just one bad inning,…
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Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here.The red-hot Montreal Canadiens will visit the Carolina Hurricanes today. These teams met just five days ago at the Bell Centre, with Montreal emerging victorious in a convincing 5-2 win.AdvertisementMy Canadiens vs. Hurricanes predictions…
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Sean McVay is tied for the fourth-youngest head coach across the NFL for the 2026 season. The Los Angeles Rams’ leading man has yet to turn 40, but somehow his coaching staff is already coming full circle and collecting former draft picks and players.Brian Allen was the first former player…
Corey Heim drove from ninth to first on a green-white-checkered restart to win the Buckle Up South Carolina 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race on March 20 at Darlington Raceway.Heim, on scuffed but fresher tires, drove up to second before the white flag, then chased down Ross Chastain from a…
Manchester City take on Arsenal this Sunday in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley. The match is a big moment for this City side as it is their first opportunity to win silverware together. There is no value that can be put on what winning a trophy will mean for…
On only the second hole in her first start as a rookie on the LPGA Tour, Natasha Oon suffered a quadruple-bogey 8 in the Fortinet Founders Cup. It would have been easy to write her off for the weekend at Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club in Menlo Park, Calif.,…
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Dustin Wolf made 24 saves, Victor Olofsson scored his first goal for Calgary and the Flames beat the Florida Panthers 4-1 on Friday night for their second straight victory.Olofsson came over from Colorado at the trade deadline in the deal that sent Nazem Kadri back to…
So it turns out having a fully staffed team makes spring training games a little more fun to watch. The Mariners made Cleveland pitching miserable tonight, stacking a 10-run inning in the second that featured three home runs en route to a 20-8 victory, with most of those Cleveland runs…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Darryn Peterson made four 3-pointers and scored 28 points, and fourth-seeded Kansas squandered most of a 26-point lead before holding off scrappy NCAA Tournament newcomer Cal Baptist 68-60 on Friday night.Kansas (24-10) advances to face St. John’s in the second round on Sunday in a matchup…
The Pittsburgh Steelers are signing former Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Brock Hoffman, For real this time.Mark Kaboly of The Pat McAfee Show reports that the Steelers have agreed to terms with the veteran.Advertisement“The Steelers have signed C/G Brock Hoffman (6-4, 302) to a 1-year deal to strengthen their depth in…
Denny Hamlin has kept the win counter ticking for more than two decades in the NASCAR Cup Series, and his latest strike at Las Vegas Motor Speedway pushed his tally to 61. The title chase still hangs over his career as an unfinished business, but cracking the list of the…
Manchester United were held to a 2-2 draw by Bournemouth in the Premier League at Vitality Stadium on Friday.United were presented with the game’s first chance inside the opening fifth minute as Amad Diallo forced Dorde Petrovic into a smart save, and at the other end, Rayan Christie dragged his…
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Hyo Joo Kim doubled her lead to four strokes Friday in the Fortinet Founders Cup, capping a late afternoon rally with a 6-foot birdie putt on the par-3 eighth.A day after holing out for eagle on the par-5 18th hole for a 9-under 63 and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Logan Thompson made 30 saves, losing his shutout bid with just 43 seconds remaining, and the Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Friday night.Ryan Leonard scored midway through the first period, and Aliaksei Protas added an empty-netter with 1:43 remaining.AdvertisementJesper Bratt scored for the…
