Author: Tim Runn

Jacob Kupferman | Getty Images The Nos. 6, 16, 17, 31 and 38 cars all failed pre-qualifying technical inspection twice on Saturday afternoon, resulting in the ejection of one crew member per team at Richmond Raceway. MORE: Richmond schedule | Points standings NASCAR confirmed the ejections of the following crew members: No. 6 — Car chief, Nick Case No. 16 — Car chief, Andy Suess No. 17 — Engineer, Travis Peterson No. 31 — Car chief, Jaron Antley No. 38 — Car chief, Lucas Tucker Both RFK Racing entries as well as the two Kaulig Racing teams were penalized. Kaulig’s…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier expects to be ready for opening day next year following season-ending left hip surgery, but what team that will be with is yet to be determined.The 32-year-old Kiermaier is in the final season of a $53.5 million, six-year contract agreed to in March 2017. The Rays have a team option for 2023, which they will likely decline.While Kiermaier is focused on his rehab program, he also understands that this time with Tampa Bay that dates to his major league debut in 2013 could be over. He is open…

Her swing looks better than ever, crisp and connected, with the kind of “thump” at impact that players long to hear. Even when Georgia Hall won her lone major championship, the 2018 AIG Women’s Open at Royal Lytham and St. Annes, her ball striking didn’t look as good as it has the last few weeks. That is one of the reasons that Hall sits just one shot off the lead going into the final round of the ISPS Handa World Invitational presented by AVIV Clinics. A 3-under par 70 on Saturday moved Hall to 11-under par, tied with Peiyun Chien,…

Updated Top 25 and class-by-class top 5 rankings Week 1 of the high school season is always full of surprises, and what Stansbury did was right at the top of the list on Friday night.No one is surprised that Stansbury, a 5A semifinalist a year ago, beat Pine View in the opener, but the 72-13 final score was as shocking a score as there was in Week 1 — maybe the entire season once it’s all played out. Pine View is a tradition-rich program that was a 4A semifinalist a year ago, but Stansbury stampeded the Panthers from the outset,…

Indian women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur was delighted after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. Harmanpreet and co. won the silver medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, losing to Australia in the final. It is the first women’s cricket event in the Commonwealth Games. “It’s quite important to receive motivation from the country’s PM. When PM Modi speaks with us, it feels like the entire country is supporting us and that everybody is appreciating our hard work. It’s a big achievement for our cricket team,” Harmanpreet said while speaking to ANI. Photo Credit: (Getty Images)The event was held at…

Deontay Wilder is on red alert for a shot at the vacant WBC heavyweight title after champion Tyson Fury retired again. After losing his two previous attempts against Fury, Wilder remains number one in the WBC rankings for August. Deontay Wilder is first in line This scenario means “The Bronze Bomber” will get the first refusal for an opportunity once the World Boxing Council reacts to Fury’s decision. Wilder failed to dethrone current ruler Tyson Fury in February 2020 when beaten in seven rounds. In an October 2021 trilogy, he got halted in eleven. Despite those two defeats, Wilder remained…

American wildcard Coco Vandeweghe reached the final of the Thoreau Open by beating Chinese Qiang Wang 6-4, 6-3 at Thoreau Tennis club in Concord on Saturday evening. Vandeweghe, ranked No 192, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Katrina Scott and second seed Bernarda Pera next. Ahead of her victory, the American won against Alycia Parks (6-4, 6-4), German qualifier Eva Lys (6-1, 6-1) and Dane wildcard Clara Tauson (7-5, 3-6, 6-4). Wang, ranked No 110, won against Georgian Mariam Bolkvadze (6-1, 6-2), Swiss Viktorija Golubic, the No 5 seed (6-0, 0-6, 6-3) and Pole Magdalena Frech, the No…

The Blackhawks re-sign Philipp Kurashev and Caleb Jones Ben Pope: The Chicago Blackhawks signed their final two remaining RFAs in Philipp Kurashev and Caleb Jones. Kurashev signed a one-year deal for $750,000. Jones signed a one-year deal for $1.35 million. Cap Friendly: The Blackhawks have $8,490,704 in salary cap space with 21 players under contract – 14 forwards, five defensemen, two goaltenders and five IR players. The Rangers offer for Eric Lindros and the Flyers trade notes for Lindros The New York Rangers offered a 1993, 1994 and 1996 first-round pick, John Vanbiesbrouck, Doug Weight, Tony Amonte and Alexei Kovalev…

Jets quarterback Zach Wilson has been diagnosed with a bone bruise and a meniscus tear in his knee, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reports, per a source. Pelissero adds that there is no ligament damage to Wilson’s knee.Wilson’s status for Week 1 is in question because of the injury, per Pelissero.Wilson suffered the knee injury in the first quarter of the Jets’ preseason win over the Eagles on Friday night. The second-year QB came up limping after making an awkward cut to end a 7-yard rush. Considering Wilson wasn’t touched by a defender on the play, the non-contact injury brought…

2K has detailed upcoming game mode “The Jordan Challenge” in NBA 2K23, which will let players “relive Michael Jordan’s career from his early days as a college sensation to his game-winning shot in the 1998 NBA finals.” The game mode was originally in NBA 2K11, with this version containing 15 “unique game experiences” based around the career of Jordan. Each game is being made to feel like it’s actually taking place in the year it did originally (via Eurogamer). There are a number of features being introduced in an effort to make “The Jordan Challenge” authentic, including: a video filter…