U.S./World Sports category, Page 2
NASCAR moves up the Daytona 500 start time by an hour as bad weather looms
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR is moving the start time of Sunday’s Daytona 500 up one hour because of the threat of inclement weather. The green flag is now scheduled for 2:13 p.m. Eastern at Daytona International Speedway. William Byron will try to become the first driver in history to...
William Byron will drive backup car in Daytona 500 3-peat bid
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — William Byron will try to drive his way into NASCAR history Sunday when he attempts to become the first winner of three consecutive Daytona 500s. He’ll have to do it in a backup Chevrolet after his preferred No. 24 was damaged in a qualifying race at...
Could trade deadline enliven NASCAR season? Plenty of moving parts work against driver swaps
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Imagine a scenario in the NASCAR world — say, around the Brickyard 400 in July — when the hot topic isn’t just which driver might kiss the bricks. Try, which driver could kiss his current ride goodbye. What if NASCAR took a cue from stick-and-ball sports...
12-time All-Star Chris Paul, the ‘Point God,’ retires after 21-season NBA run
Chris Paul, the “Point God” who was a 12-time All-Star selection and two-time Olympic gold medalist, announced his retirement Friday in the capper of a 21-season career that will surely merit induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Paul, 40, made the announcement on the first day of the NBA’s...
Chase Elliott says fuel-mileage strategy is here to stay at Daytona, and everyone has caught on
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Chase Elliott remembers when Hendrick Motorsports was one of the first NASCAR teams to approach superspeedway racing as fuel-mileage events. It wasn’t that long ago, really. Elliott said Friday that turning laps at Daytona International Speedway has changed dramatically since the “Next Gen” car’s debut in...
Kyle Busch grabs Daytona 500 pole, chasing a win that has eluded him for 20 starts
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Busch won the pole for NASCAR’s season-opening Daytona 500 to give the driver with the longest active losing streak in “The Great American Race” a shot at the victory that has escaped him his entire career. Busch is 0 for 20 in the Daytona 500...
Reigning NASCAR champion Kyle Larson signs a 5-year contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Two-time and defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson has signed a five-year extension with Hendrick Motorsports, putting the 33-year-old driver under contract through 2031. Hendrick also announced Wednesday a five-year extension with primary sponsor HendrickCars.com and a multi-year deal with Larson’s crew chief, Cliff Daniels....
Grieving Denny Hamlin vows to dig deep, chase 1st NASCAR Cup title
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Denny Hamlin read all the social media comments and absorbed the warm words from NASCAR fans. The ones who offered support — first after his defeat in a championship race, then through a wearying offseason that encompassed a federal trial against NASCAR and the death of...
Reigning NASCAR champion Kyle Larson adds team owner to his renowned racing resume
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Larson’s latest racing endeavor might be more challenging than “The Double.” The two-time and reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion recently started his own micro-racing team for his kids. Trucks, trailers, cars, engines, parts, shop space, employees, Larson added it all for his 11-year-old son, Owen,...
NASCAR emerges from federal antitrust lawsuit bruised but ready for its 78th season
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — In the days following the 2004 Hendrick Motorsports flight that killed all 12 people aboard, Bill France Jr. and Mike Helton showed up at Rick Hendrick’s front door in Charlotte, N.C. France, terminally ill at the time, was the chairman of NASCAR, the stock car racing...
U.S .Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash — including from Trump
MILAN — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said that it is hard to cheer for American Olympians who are speaking out against administration policies, calling one such critic “a real Loser” who perhaps should have stayed home. It was the latest and most prominent example of U.S. Olympians at...
NYU women’s basketball team sets Division III record with its 82nd consecutive win
NYU now stands alone atop the Division III women’s basketball record book with 82 consecutive victories. The Violets (20-0) beat Carnegie Mellon, 69-58, on Sunday to break a tie with rival Washington University of St. Louis, which won 81 games in a row from 1998-2001. “Thrilled we beat Wash U...
Breezy Johnson wins Olympic downhill on day marred by American teammate Lindsey Vonn’s crash
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — American ski racer Breezy Johnson won the Olympic downhill Sunday with a hard-charging run on a day marred by teammate Lindsey Vonn’s crash that saw her being taken off the mountain in a helicopter. Johnson was the sixth racer and found speed with a risk-taking trip...
Before Vonn’s crash, Iranian coach called the American her ‘superhero’ — and hoped to get her pin
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Before U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn’s startling crash on Sunday while racing on a badly injured left knee, Iran’s Alpine women’s skiing coach shared words of admiration for the American. “She’s my superhero,” Mitra Kalhor told The Associated Press in the Cortina Olympic and Paralympic Village on...
Lindsey Vonn clips gate and crashes in Winter Olympic downhill, taken away by helicopter
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn’s defiant bid to win the Winter Olympic downhill at the age of 41, on a rebuilt right knee and a badly injured left knee, ended Sunday in a frightening crash that left her with a broken leg and saw her taken to safety by...
A look at the best and worst Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony outfitsVideo
The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina officially kicked off on Friday with a spectacular program that celebrated Italian art, culture, language and heritage. While host country Italy took center stage for the performance portion, the Parade of Nations featured athletes from all of the participating countries waving their flags and...
NASCAR great Tony Stewart back at Daytona, this time with family
Tony Stewart gave a shoutout to his bachelor days when he was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. In that early 2020 speech, he thanked “all the girlfriends” who were along for the ride with him as he grew from Indiana dirt racer to a three-time Cup champion and...
Teen sensation Connor Zilisch is the most hyped NASCAR rookie since possibly Jeff Gordon
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As sleet pelted Bowman Gray Stadium during NASCAR’s preseason warm-up race, multiple drivers complained about poor visibility and the wet track conditions. One of them — the youngest driver in the field — hit the button on his radio and grumbled it was time to get back...
Antetokounmpo remains with Bucks as NBA trade deadline passes
Giannis Antetokounmpo remained with the Milwaukee Bucks while plenty of other players changed addresses as the NBA trade deadline passed Thursday. Antetokounmpo had been the center of attention heading into the trade deadline amid reports that the Milwaukee Bucks started listening to offers for the two-time MVP and nine-time all-NBA...
Ryan Preece wins The Clash in sleet and near-freezing temperatures
Ryan Preece outlasted sleet, a wet track and a record number of cautions to win The Clash in near-freezing temperatures at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Wednesday night exhibition was the first victory at the top Cup Series level for Preece, who drives a Ford for RFK Racing....
Doberman pinscher named Penny wins best in show at the 150th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
NEW YORK — The dog was Penny. The win was priceless. A Doberman pinscher named Penny won best in show Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, netting U.S. show dogs’ most coveted prize — and giving veteran Andy Linton another win after nearly four decades. Linton got...
James Harden goes to Cavaliers, Darius Garland to Clippers in deal of All-Star guards
James Harden is headed to the Cleveland Cavaliers, with the Los Angeles Clippers agreeing to send the 11-time All-Star back to the Eastern Conference during his highest-scoring season in six years, according to multiple reports Tuesday night. ESPN was first to report the deal was finalized. The Cavaliers are giving...
NASCAR preview: Denny Hamlin’s rollercoaster offseason included lawsuit win, father’s death
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — There’s no telling what version of Denny Hamlin will race this upcoming NASCAR season, which unofficially begins Wednesday night with The Clash, an exhibition race held at grassroots Bowman Gray Stadium in North Carolina. Like most of the NASCAR community, Hamlin has had a rollercoaster of...
Vonn ‘confident’ she will race at Olympics despite ‘completely ruptured’ ACL in left knee
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn is “confident” she can compete at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics beginning this week despite the left knee injury she sustained in a crash four days ago. Vonn said on Tuesday she “completed ruptured” her ACL, has bone bruising “plus meniscal damage.” But after...
Speedskater Erin Jackson, bobsledder Frank Del Duca picked as U.S. flagbearers for Winter Olympics
Speedskater Erin Jackson already has made history, as the first Black woman to win an individual gold medal at a Winter Olympics. Bobsledder Frank Del Duca is a sergeant in the Army, hailing from a family with deep Italian roots. They might be the perfect pair to lead the U.S....
