BRISTOL, Tenn. — “If anybody said that they knew what was gonna happen tonight, we were all lying to you. We all got it wrong.”After sweating out a curveball of a Bristol Night Race, Alex Bowman nearly got it right with a walk-off to advance in the Cup Series Playoffs.However, when the checkered flag waved after 500 rip-roaring laps, Austin Cindric was the last driver to advance to the postseason’s Round of 12 while Bowman was the first driver eliminated, 10 points shy.The driver of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet was in one of the best positions to win…
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After collectively whistling into the wind for more than two months, the four most notable restricted free agents in the NBA are starting to splinter. Two have taken themselves off a market offering nothing, and neither was Jonathan Kuminga. The stalemate between Kuminga and the Warriors remains precisely that, but they are steadily creeping toward resolution if only because every minute brings them closer to an Oct. 1 deadline. The initial reaction to Cam Thomas returning to the Brooklyn Nets and Josh Giddey re-signing with the Chicago Bulls is to ponder whether that impacts the Warriors and Kuminga. The answer…
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Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 54th home run of the season, tying Mickey Mantle’s record for a switch hitter set in 1961, as the Seattle Mariners took sole possession of first place in the American League West with an 11-2 victory against the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon.Jorge Polanco tied a franchise record with three doubles and Julio Rodriguez added two more with two runs and two RBIs as the Mariners (82-68) won their ninth game in a row.AdvertisementRandy Arozarena led off the bottom of the first with a single and Raleigh hit the next pitch from…
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Perhaps no team in the nation has been as impressive as South Florida to open the 2025 season. The Bulls have stunned Boise State and Florida thus far as Alex Golesh’s team now has a legitimate path to the College Football Playoff. USF has another chance to continues its string…
After a week of rookie camp, the Chicago Blackhawks prospects finally got to play in a game. The Tom Kurvers Prospect Showcase features the Blackhawks in addition to the St. Louis Blues and Minnesota Wild. This event is taking place in St. Paul, Minnesota. The participating roster traveled there on Saturday…
With 13 games left in the regular season, the Mets are playing their worst baseball.Stuck in an eight-game losing streak after Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Texas Rangers, New York finds itself on the outside looking in of the postseason, 0.5 GB of the San Francisco Giants who are just…
Atlanta Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo still has a job. But he won’t be working on Sunday.On Saturday, the Falcons downgraded Koo to out for Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings. The decision is not injury related, according to the team. Koo did not travel with the team to Minnesota for…
Miami quarterback Carson Beck is working on increasing his Heisman Trophy odds through Week 3 of the 2025-26 season.Beck recorded 340 passing yards and four total touchdowns to lead No. 5 Miami to a 49-12 Saturday night win over No. 18 USF.Beck’s performance in the win left some fans wondering…
The playoff elimination race at Bristol has been all about tire management, just as Goodyear promised it would be. While teams didn’t see much falloff in practice, the cooler temperatures at night have created a chaotic race as tires are cording within 50 laps. But this is exactly what Goodyear…
At the Maracanã, Corinthians defeated Fluminense 1 x 0, this Saturday (13), for the 23rd round of the Brasileirão.With a commitment to the South American next week, coach Renato Gaúcho sent a completely reserve team to the field.This strategy contributed to the game being tepid, as the tricolor team showed…
The boxing world was served another spectacle on Saturday as two titans of the sport — Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford — joust to determine the top dog in the super-middleweight division.Few boxers in recent memory have proven as gifted as Alvarez and Crawford. Whereas the former is renowned for…
Ben Griffin, warming up for his Ryder Cup debut, fired a two-under par 70 on Saturday to stay atop the leaderboard at the PGA Procore Championship, with amateur Jackson Koivun and top-ranked Scottie Scheffler in pursuit.Griffin, who won twice this year and is a captain’s pick for the US Ryder…
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No. 12 Clemson and Georgia Tech get their respective ACC slates started Saturday with a clash inside Atlanta’s Bobby Dodd Stadium. This will be the 90th meeting between the two rivals and the first since 2023 as the 2025 college football season rolls along. Georgia Tech leads the all-time series 50-36-2,…
The Los Angeles Kings received unfortunate news when veteran forward Corey Perry, signed to a one-year contract after spending the past season and a half with the Edmonton Oilers, was injured during a training session. He has since undergone surgery and is expected to miss several weeks. Even at 40,…
