Kyle Larson captured his second Cup Series championship, finishing third on an overtime restart at Phoenix Raceway as Denny Hamlin endured yet another title heartbreaker in NASCAR’s premier series. Hamlin, who was trying to punctuate his 20th Cup season with the first championship of his career, finished sixth after leading a race-high 208 of 312 laps. He was three laps …
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Here are five thoughts from Texas’ 23-6 win vs. No. 6 Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry game Saturday at the Cotton Bowl. The stakes Texas remains in the game. The Longhorns aren’t out of it, at least, now with a 4-2 record two games into Southeastern Conference play. Their loss to a disheveled Florida program last week flung their …
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Katie Moon has talked for years about being in the latter part of her career, but it’s going to be hard to walk away if she keeps winning. Like on Wednesday. Moon became the first woman to win three consecutive world outdoor titles in the pole vault, doing so in Tokyo, where she won Olympic gold four years ago. She …
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A top-10 showdown in Death Valley (East) could be the best of a terrific Week 1 college football slate to open the 2025 season.No. 9 LSU at No. 4 Clemson has more than enough storylines to keep you interested. In Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik vs. LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier, you have two of the most popular options to be taken …
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They’ve each played 18 respective big-league seasons. They’ve combined for nearly 6,500 strikeouts and 436 career wins. They each have two World Series titles, and three Cy Young Awards. And one day, they’ll each have plaques in Cooperstown, future first-ballot Hall of Famers who defined their generation of pitching. For Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer, there’s nothing left to prove. …
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DETROIT — When facing Tarik Skubal, the best approach is to pray. If those prayers aren’t answered, it’s time to grind. This is the life the Blue Jays need to get used to, though, with a postseason run sitting right in front of them, where they’ll see ace after ace. Thankfully for the Blue Jays, their own has been reborn. …
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DETROIT — When facing Tarik Skubal, the best approach is to pray. If those prayers aren’t answered, it’s time to grind. This is the life the Blue Jays need to get used to, though, with a postseason run sitting right in front of them, where they’ll see ace after ace. Thankfully for the Blue Jays, their own has been reborn. …
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