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RICHMOND, VIRGINIA – SEPTEMBER 11: A general view of racing during the NASCAR Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 Salute to First Responders at Richmond Raceway on September 11, 2021 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)Former NASCAR Cup Series champion Bobby Labonte opened up about some startling health news. Labonte, who won the Cup Series in 2000 driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, said he went to the doctor in 2019 when he wasn’t feeling well. The doctors noticed a spot on his kidney and told him to monitor it.A couple of years later, the spot had tripled in…

The second weekend of August is in the books, meaning it’s time for playoff races to start heating up. Let’s dive into what you need to know about this weekend’s action.Highlight of the weekend: Bernard makes big-league debutCall us softies if you must, but our highlight of the weekend was the big-league debut of Wynton Bernard, an outfielder with the Colorado Rockies who spent 10 seasons in the minors before getting the call this weekend. Here’s a look at how he broke the news to his mother, in predictably emotional fashion: Bernard, 31, didn’t wait long to make an impact…

Japanese high schooler Saki Baba won the U.S. Women’s Amateur golf championship on Sunday, beating Canadian Monet Chun in the match-play final at the Chambers Bay course in Washington. The 17-year-old Baba became the first Japanese player to win the tournament since Michiko Hattori in 1985 by beating the 21-year-old Chun 11 and 9. “The whole round I was thinking, I’m going to win, I’m going to win,” Baba said. “I’m so happy to be able to write my name alongside Michiko Hattori’s.” Japanese teenager Saki Baba plays in the match-play final for the U.S. Women’s Amateur golf championship at…

Socceroos star Ajdin Hrustic appears destined for a late transfer after being exiled at German club Eintracht Frankfurt.Hrustic played 38 times for the German first-tier side over the past two seasons – mostly off the bench – culminating in scoring a penalty in a shootout win over Rangers in the Europa League final.But the playmaker has been entirely left out of Frankfurt’s match-day squads for the opening three matches of the season, including their UEFA Super Cup clash with Real Madrid.Watch the world’s best footballers every week with beIN SPORTS on Kayo. LIVE coverage from Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Serie A,…

Break-up could be imminent but franchise hopes to take it to last overCHENNAI: Ravindra Jadeja’s innings with Chennai Super Kings could be coming to an end unless something miraculous happens in the next couple of months. It is understood that the Indian all-rounder has been completely “out of touch” with the CSK management since the time the IPL got over in May. CSK is known to function ‘like a family’ and players stay in touch with the franchise through the year. But Jadeja, who underwent a rehab at NCA, before coming back to the Indian team, has kept the Chennai…

Mauricio Sulaiman is willing to send skeptics of his organization an accounting of its finances. The head of the Mexico City-based World Boxing Council, one of the four major sanctioning bodies in boxing, was recently prompted to defend how his company conducts its business. The WBC was started by Sulaiman’s father José in 1963. Specifically, Sulaiman was asked to consider remarks made by former two-division titlist and Hall of Famer Andre Ward. In an interview with Kate Abdo earlier this year, Ward expressed dissatisfaction with sanctioning bodies and questioned the fees they routinely levy on their beltholders. The WBC, for…

Kylie Moore is the new head girls’ tennis coach at Effingham, and she is coming with a loaded resume.Moore — an Evansville, Indiana native — was the No. 1 singles player in Indiana her sophomore season at Castle High School in Newburgh, Indiana. She finished the season 21-1, earning a spot on the Indiana All-State Tennis Team.Moore eventually became the No. 20-ranked player in the Midwest by the time she was a senior and was also the No. 163-ranked player nationally. She attended Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she played on the tennis team for four years. Overall, tennis…

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Thomas, a 2022 seventh-round draft choice at DE, was one of the top Browns performers Friday with a pair of sacks and three tackles for a loss. He started his night in the first quarter by tackling Jaguars RB Travis Etienne for a six-yard loss, and he then sacked QB Jake Luton twice in the second half. Head coach Kevin Stefanski has been impressed with what he’s seen from Thomas in training camp practices. Thomas’ big size at 6-foot-5 and 255 pounds makes him a tall challenge on the edge, and the Browns drafted him out of Oklahoma with the…

It has been 3 weeks now since the death of the late-great Bill Russell who passed away at the age of 88. The Celtics great was not only a basketball great but an advocate for civil rights who was never afraid to take a stand in causes he believed in. The NBA decided to give Russell the honor of a life-time by retiring his number 6 jersey league-wide. This is the first time the NBA will honor a player by retiring his jersey league-wide. He joins Jackie Robinson and Wayne Gretzky as the only athletes to have their number retired…