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BRISTOL, Tenn. — The instant the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds cleared the baseball diamond inside the infield at Bristol Motor Speedway, a new clock started. “The Last Great Colosseum” has to switch from hosting the MLB Speedway Classic and be ready for NASCAR’s return to the historic racetrack for a playoff race Sept. 13. The first MLB regular-season game …

Between September 2003 and January 2004, the Hubble Space Telescope conducted its deepest observations of the cosmos ever. Known as the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, the images produced showed nearly 10,000 galaxies of various ages, sizes, and shapes, including some that existed when the Universe was just 800 million years old. Recently, astronomers were able to revisit this iconic snapshot …

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — A record crowd of 91,032 for a regular-season Major League Baseball game got to see all the pomp and pageantry with the MLB Speedway Classic before the rain washed out the game itself in the bottom of the first inning. Fans returning Sunday only wanted to watch the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds play ball. They …

BRISTOL, Tenn. — A record crowd of 91,032 for a regular-season Major League Baseball game got to see all the pomp and pageantry with the MLB Speedway Classic before the rain washed out the game itself in the bottom of the first inning. Fans returning Sunday only wanted to watch the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds play ball. They enjoyed …

Despite rain, Bristol expands outreach with MLB Speedway Classic  NASCAR.com After red flag, White hits 2 HR as Braves lap Reds  ESPN Speedway Classic to resume today at 1 p.m. ET (FOX)  MLB.com MLB Speedway Classic: What we learned from historic baseball game at Bristol  USA Today Braves defeat Reds in MLB Speedway Classic, event sets attendance record for tickets sold  Yahoo Sports Source link

The Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds were ready to start their engines Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. Then Mother Nature waved the red flag not once but twice before play was ultimately suspended. Advertisement The MLB Speedway Classic began with a 2 1/2 hour rain delay, followed by less than a full inning of baseball, followed by …

Speedway Classic live updates: Reds, Braves game suspended at Bristol Motor Speedway  Cincinnati Enquirer Braves, Reds awed by sights as MLB hits Bristol  ESPN After 2nd rain delay, Speedway Classic to resume Sunday (1 pm ET, FOX)  MLB.com History delayed by rain! The MLB Speedway Classic at Bristol suspended for Braves and Reds  AP News It’s Baseball, Baby!  WCYB Source link

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Cincinnati manager Terry Francona noticed the sheer size of Bristol Motor Speedway rising up from the mountains as the Reds arrived Saturday on their buses. The best way to describe the speedway? Huge. Big enough in fact to place not one, but two baseball diamonds. Francona’s Reds need only one for the MLB Speedway Classic against the …

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Cincinnati manager Terry Francona noticed the sheer size of Bristol Motor Speedway rising up from the mountains as the Reds arrived Saturday on their buses. The best way to describe the speedway? Huge. Big enough in fact to place not one, but two baseball diamonds. Francona’s Reds need only one for the MLB Speedway Classic against …

Katie Ledecky once again proved untouchable in her signature event, holding off a star-studded field to win her seventh world title in the 800m freestyle on Saturday in Singapore, a feat no swimmer has ever achieved in a single event. The 28-year-old American delivered a championship-record 8:05.62 to edge Australia’s Lani Pallister (8:05.98) and Canada’s Summer McIntosh (8:07.29) in one …