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Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles won the 200-meter national championship on Sunday and got a two-handed shove from rival Kenny Bednarek moments after the thrilling rally in Oregon. Lyles overtook Bednarek in the final strides and turned to stare down the runner-up, who then reached out with both hands to forcefully push the winner away. Before the beef could heat …

Hurricane forecasters were tracking three disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean Sunday afternoon, one of which is expected to briefly become the season’s fourth named storm as it moves away from the U.S. A non-tropical area of low pressure that was located off the coast of North Carolina at 1 p.m. Sunday is expected to become a tropical storm by Monday, …

EUGENE, Ore. — As he crossed the finish line, punctuating his fifth American championship, Noah Lyles had his sights set on one person. Kenny Bednarek. For about the final five meters of Sunday’s 200-meter final at the U.S. Championships, Lyles gave a long, taunting stare to Bednarek in the lane to his left. The staredown continued even after they crossed …

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Track turned into a contact sport Sunday when Kenny Bednarek shoved Noah Lyles after Lyles beat him to the finish line in the 200-meter final at U.S. championships. Lyles reeled in Bednarek in the homestretch to win in 19.63 seconds. As he was crossing the finish line, Lyles turned to Bednarek in the lane next to …

If you want to keep tabs on your kids, but don’t want to give them a smartphone or smartwatch yet, an AirTag seems like it’d be the perfect solution—especially if that AirTag was designed to sneakily slip inside their sneaker. That’s the idea behind Skechers’ new sneaker line for kids, dubbed, appropriately, Find My Skechers. The pitch is simple: For …

Reigning world 100-meter sprint champion Sha’Carri Richardson was arrested last weekend for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Richardson was charged Sunday with fourth-degree domestic violence, according to the police report obtained by The Associated Press. On Thursday, she ran in the opening round of the 100 meters at the U.S. track and field championships in Eugene, …

Finals results from the 2025 Toyota USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Complete results are here. Women’s 10,000m1. Emily Infeld — 31:43.56 2. Elise Cranny — 31:44.24 3. Taylor Roe — 31:45.41 4. Weini Kelati — 31:46.37 5. Jessica McClain — 32:03.84 6. Karissa Schweizer — 32:10.82 7. Keira D’Amato — 32:19.40 8. Amanda Vestri — 32:28.90 …

Track officials and fans of short-track, open-wheel racing are concerned by the increase in serious accidents and driver injuries over the past few months. The World of Outlaws, High Limit and the USAC sprint tours have all had serious wrecks and driver injuries. Many feel improvement of racing tires and motors has increased speeds in many areas and many short-tracks …

Earth is about to witness a close celestial visitor as asteroid 2025 OL1 approaches our planet. Roughly the size of a small aircraft, measuring about 110 feet in diameter, this space rock will make its closest pass on July 30, 2025. Travelling at an impressive speed of 16,904 miles per hour, it will safely skim past Earth at a distance …

TOKYO — Japan is working on a framework to monitor progress on implementing its tariff agreement with the U.S., as the Trump administration says it may raise tariffs again if it deems Tokyo has not made enough headway on purchasing and investment commitments. The two sides agreed last week to lower “reciprocal” U.S. tariffs on Japanese goods to 15% from …