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CONCORD, N.C. — Brad Keselowski has won the Southern 500, the Bristol night race, the Brickyard 400 and has now crossed the Coca-Cola 600 off his checklist of crown jewel victories.
TORONTO — The NHL hopes to have players back in team facilities soon — with plenty of precautions.
NEW YORK — Bartolo Colón refuses to entertain the idea of retirement.
It wasn’t exactly the finish line Ali Riecke had in mind.
Busch passes Cindric in OT to win Xfinity race at Charlotte
Tom Brady delivered the shot of the match that made it easy to forget the rest of his swings. Tiger Woods didn’t miss a fairway and earned a small measure of revenge against Phil Mickelson.
CONCORD, N.C. — Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin had his shot at winning another crown jewel event Sunday night destroyed before the Coca-Cola 600 even began.
NEW YORK — New York Liberty general manager Jonathan Kolb knew that he and first-year coach Walt Hopkins would have to make some tough decisions on the team’s roster this year.
Fired NASCAR star wins World of Outlaws race
PARIS — Tennis, anyone?
CHICAGO — Growing up in a rough part of Chicago’s South Side, Saint Wilkins figured he was headed for a life on the streets.
The NBA is in talks with The Walt Disney Company on a single-site scenario for a resumption of play in Central Florida in late July, the clearest sign yet that the league believes the season can continue amid the coronavirus pandemic.
ARCADIA — Horses are thundering down the stretch again at Santa Anita. There are no fans or owners cheering them on. No photos in the winner’s circle. No bets placed at the track’s windows.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Monaco Grand Prix has been canceled.
The purpose is to raise $10 million or more for COVID-19 relief efforts, and provide entertainment with four of the biggest stars from the PGA Tour and NFL.
Canada’s NHL teams offer options to season-ticket holders
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It was the only day of the year I didn’t mind sitting in traffic.
WASHINGTON — Georgetown basketball coach Patrick Ewing tested positive for COVID-19 and is being treated at a hospital.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Lawyers for New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson want a federal judge in North Carolina to rule that a marketing firm suing Williamson for $100 million never had a valid contract with the former Duke star.
NCAA set for voluntary athletic activity June 1
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR had been planning sweeping changes for 2021 in hopes of finding new fans and adding some energy to a staid, stale schedule.
The NHL is awaiting the result of a players’ vote on a 24-team playoff format before discussing its options on how to proceed in its bid to resume play.
Jerry Sloan was undoubtedly one of the greatest coaches in NBA history.
Something is finally clear in the uncertain NBA: Players believe they’re going to play games again this season.
INDIANAPOLIS — Simon Pagenaud knows what he should be doing right now.
Lace them up: Boxing set for June 9 return in Las Vegas
LOS ANGELES — Aaron Donald is not thrilled about the prospect of playing football without fans.
The image is striking: Fans watching a college football game in the midst of a pandemic, wearing masks with a smidge of social distance between them on row after row of bleacher seats.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch is NASCAR’s reigning Cup champion and the resident villain of the series. Chase Elliott has been voted most popular driver the last two years and is quickly building a loyal and rabid fan base.
DARLINGTON, S.C. — Chase Briscoe was grateful to bring a moment or two of happiness to wife Marissa in the worst week of their lives.
The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to lift a moratorium on voluntary workouts by football and basketball players effective June 1 as a growing number of college leaders expressed confidence that fall sports will be possible in some form despite concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
MANCHESTER, England — A player and two staff members from Watford were among six people who tested positive for the coronavirus in the Premier League’s first wave of mass testing ahead of a planned return to partial training during the pandemic.
LEAWOOD, Kan. — It’s a good thing an NFL kicking operation requires no more than three players.
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The 104th Running of the Indianapolis 500 would have been this Sunday, as it always has been on Memorial Day weekend.
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The MotorTrend Channel on YouTube is focusing this season on the activities of Bryan Herta Autosport, owned by Hart High School graduate and Valencia resident Bryan Herta.
Hamlin scores 2nd win of season at rain-shortened Darlington
The NFL is taking baby steps toward full reopenings for its teams. It has no other choice.
CLEVELAND — Browns center JC Tretter is cautiously optimistic the NFL season — at least some version of it — will take place in 2020. He’s just not certain when it will start.
WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals will unveil their World Series championship rings during a “virtual” ceremony shown on television and online Sunday -- an unprecedented approach brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.
Rain postpones Xfinity Series’ return at Darlington
The NHL is still more than a week away from determining a return-to-play format, a person familiar with discussions told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
DARLINGTON, S.C. — Whenever Joey Logano doesn’t cross the finish line first at a NASCAR Cup Series race he says he tends to have the same thought: “Golly, I wish I could do that again.”
The U.S. Open lost a big part of its identity.
San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk is encouraged by how productive the team’s virtual offseason has been.
DARLINGTON, S.C. — The odds were against NASCAR flawlessly executing its reopening plan, which was a potential standard-setting moment for other professional leagues to follow in this new normal of sports.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — One of the first professional athletic sports to allow spectators to attend as states gradually lift restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus is known for its wild, dangerous action: bull riding.
LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has given the go ahead for professional sports teams in the state to play without spectators soon.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Joe Burrow was a competent if unspectacular quarterback as a backup at Ohio State and during his first post-transfer season at LSU. In 2019, he transformed into Super Joe.
DARLINGTON, S.C. — This was a 400-mile drive unlike any other in modern day NASCAR.
Rory McIlroy delivered the money shot Sunday as live golf returned to television for a Skins game that revealed plenty of rust and raised more than $5 million for COVID-19 relief funds.
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will look somewhat like high school ball this year under protocols to deal with the new Coronavirus, with showers at ballparks discouraged and players possibly arriving in uniform, like they did when they were teenagers.
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