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NASCAR heads to the Brickyard

NASCAR returns to Indianapolis after Joey Logano broke through for his first Cup win of the year. Kimi Antonelli stretched his Formula One points lead with another win, while Alex Palou continued his dominant run by narrowly beating Josef Newgarden to remain atop the IndyCar standings. All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Brickyard 400 In-Season Challenge - Championship Site: Speedway, Indiana. Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Race distance: 160 laps, 400 miles. Schedule: Friday, practice, 1 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 1:30 p.m.; Sunday, race, 2 p.m. (TNT). Last year: Bubba ...

WNBA All-Star weekend clouded by injuries

NEW YORK (AP) — It was a rough week for WNBA All-Stars heading into the game this weekend. Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese both were injured Sunday. Bueckers had a rough collision with Nneka Ogwumike in the fourth quarter of Dallas' game against Los Angeles. The second-year star guard was ...

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Bedard stays with Blackhawks CHICAGO (AP) — Connor Bedard never wavered. Whenever the young center was asked about his future, he always responded with similar variations of the same message. He says Chicago is the only place he wants to play. Bedard's $75 million, five-year contract ...

Spain denies Argentina 1-0

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Ferran Torres' first goal of this year's World Cup was the goal of his life, and it put Spain back atop the soccer world. Denying Lionel Messi a second straight title in what he has indicated would be his final World Cup match, Torres came off the bench and ...

Fox captures claret jug with a birdie on 18

SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — The hard work for Ryan Fox was just getting to the 18th hole in the British Open with a share of the lead. Still to come was the toughest hole at Royal Birkdale, which had yielded only four birdies to the 76 players who had already come through Sunday. For a ...

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Ohtani won't be pitching NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani won't make his next scheduled start on the mound because of left knee irritation and isn't expected back in the Los Angeles Dodgers' rotation for a while. The two-way superstar received a lubricant injection just before ...