Author: Tim Runn

Denny Hamlin was the first driver to win a race at Richmond Raceway with the Next Gen car on April 3, 2022. Over the weekend, Denny Hamlin and NASCAR returned to the track for the second time this season. His main assignment this time was to defend his win, but things went south and he lost the win to Kevin Harvick. Denny Hamlin details the slow pit stop that based on his 3.8 second deficit to leader Kevin Harvick might have cost him a chance to battle the 4 for the win at Richmond again.Denny Hamlin details the slow pit…

For an in depth breakdown of Tuesday’s betting action, be sure to catch the VSiN Market Insights Podcast with Josh Appelbaum. It will be posted by 3 p.m. ET. I’ll also be co-hosting Betting Across America with Mike Pritchard from 3 to 4 p.m. ET. In the meantime, let’s discuss a trio of MLB games receiving sharp action today…   7:05 p.m. ET: Tampa Bay Rays (61-53) at New York Yankees (72-44) The Rays stole last night’s AL East series opener 4-0, cashing as hefty +205 road dogs. In tonight’s rematch, Tampa Bay taps lefty Jeffrey Springs (4-3, 2.56 ERA)…

TOWN OF WALLKILL – The Orange County Chamber of Commerce held its second annual Orange Re-Open Golf Tournament on Monday at the West Hills Country Club. Chamber President Heather Bell-Meyer was pleased with the numerous golfers who arrived to support the chamber and its work.  “We are a new chamber and seeing the tremendous support from the business community is exciting,” Bell-Meyer said. The tournament’s primary sponsor was Ice-Time Sports in Newburgh and the MJ Neishewat Convention Center in Poughkeepsie.  One of the guest players for Ice-Time was Town of East Fishkill Supervisor Nick D’Alessandro, a small business owner before…

Everton have rejected Chelsea’s bid of around £40m-£45m for forward Anthony Gordon.Conversations between the two clubs have been ongoing for a few days but the London club have now made their interest official. However, it is understood Everton remain uninterested in selling the player and a new contract remains on the table for Gordon. An improved offer from Chelsea may well test Everton’s resolve, though, as Frank Lampard needs to add forward options to his squad before the transfer window ends and a potential deal would raise the finances to make that happen. Chelsea were linked with a move for…

Image Source: IANS The Indian cricket board (BCCI) on Tuesday expressed shock and grief at the untimely demise of Amitabh Choudhary, former BCCI acting secretary, a veteran administrator and a distinguished IPS officer. Amitabh Choudhary died of a heart attack in Ranchi on Tuesday morning. He was 62. TrendingBCCI President, Sourav Ganguly said, “I am shocked and saddened to learn of the sad demise of Mr Amitabh Choudhary. I had a long association with him and have always cherished our meetings. I got to know him first on the tour of Zimbabwe when I was leading India, and he…

Oleksandr Usyk burst into the top tier of the heavyweight division when he bamboozled Anthony Joshua to win their first fight in September and take possession of three of the four major heavyweight titles.That display was especially impressive as Usyk, formerly the undisputed champion at cruiserweight, had only boxed twice before in the division. He stepped up to heavyweight with two low-key outings, stopping Chazz Whitherspoon and outpointing Dereck Chisora, before he excelled in beating Joshua. His impact as a heavyweight has come as no shock to Peter Fury, one of the country’s leading trainers who coaches his son and…

 Tennis courts in Wirral’s parks could benefit from investment of £300,000 that would improve facilities, increase participation in the game and secure the future of the courts in the long term.The funding is being provided by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) with the aim of bringing and retaining public tennis courts to a good standard of playability for the benefit of local communities.In Wirral, this will see improvements made to 36 courts across 12 different parks tennis sites in the borough. All sites will get a new access gate system…

Raj Mehta-USA TODAY SportsThis is the newest file in The THN Hot Seat series, a continuing series of THN.com columns where we pick out a member of every NHL team facing significant pressure in the 2021-22 season. The person we put on the Hot Seat person will be either an NHL player, team owner, GM, or head coach. On this day, we’re looking at the Detroit Red Wings. RED WINGS HOT SEAT: VILLE HUSSO, GOALTENDERWHY: Detroit will begin the 2022-23 season on an optimistic note, after GM Steve Yzerman infused the lineup with free agent veterans, including forwards Andrew Copp…

Dupree was sentenced to six months of supervised probation, according to the judgement filed Monday.Police said Dupree grabbed a Walgreens employee and the man’s phone after the employee had argued with some shoppers on the evening of Jan. 2.Dupree, 29, initially was charged with assault, fear of bodily injury, which is a class A misdemeanor. He pled guilty to the lesser charge of assault, offensive or provocative contact, a class B misdemeanor.The 6-foot-4, 269-pound linebacker was the Titans’ top free agent signee last year, getting a five-year deal worth $82.5 million. The Titans had no comment on Monday. This news…

While we wait for the full schedule of the 2022-23 NBA season to be released at some point later this week, there have already been some leaks of this schedule. The Christmas Day games have already been announced and in addition to some other key matchups being leaked, the league officially has a start date for the new season. According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the 2022-23 NBA season will begin on October 18 with two matchups. The first game on TNT will take place on the East Coast with the Philadelphia 76ers visiting the defending Eastern Conference champions in…