Author: Tim Runn

Budding Short Tracker … Richmond Raceway plays hosts to the third short track event of the 2022 season on Saturday night and Tyler Ankrum looks to extend his short track aptitude. The driver of the No. 16 LiUNA! Toyota Tundra TRD Pro has a potent track record in Virginia’s capital with two top-five finishes in as many starts at the three-quarter mile facility. Ankrum and the No. 16 team are fresh off their best result of the season at Indianapolis Raceway Park (IRP) after scoring a sixth-place finish and are in position to be a playoff spoiler on Saturday evening. Long…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – There’s very good representation of local products in at the highest level of professional baseball.Each Thursday, News4JAX will update players in Major League Baseball. What about guys who are playing minor league baseball? We’ve got you covered there, too. Local minor league prospects will be updated Friday’s during the season.Local MLB player updateChecking in on how players with area ties are doing in Major League Baseball in 2022. Stats are through Aug. 10 games.Pos. Player, Local tie, MLB team, NotableIF Javier Baez, Arlington CD, Tigers, Hitting .221 with 11 HR, 41 runs scored and 44 RBI. Homered…

GERMANTOWN, Tenn. – As if he could ever forget his gold-medal-winning performance at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Xander Schauffele will soon have a new reminder of that 24-karat accomplishment. On his feet. In celebration of the one-year anniversary of Schauffele’s golden moment, Adidas has created a limited-edition gold inspired TOUR360 22 model golf shoe. It is not for commercial sale but will be featured in a global giveaway for adiClub members.  The shoe features a golden outsole and a white upper with gold detailing. The global giveaway will run Aug. 10-31, only on the adidas app. “It doesn’t feel like…

Football 8/11/2022 2:33:00 PM Story Links FALL CAMP INTERVIEW: ROBB SMITH FALL CAMP INTERVIEW: KEVIN JOHNS DURHAM – Duke football continued its preparations for the 2022 season on Thursday with its eighth official practice at the Brooks Practice Facility.   The Blue Devils were in just shoulder pads on Thursday morning and ran through individual workouts, before shifting to two-minute drills and special teams. At the conclusion of practice, offensive coordinator Kevin Johns and defensive coordinator Robb Smith spoke with the media for…

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Frank Warren has bolstered the heavyweight contingent at Queensberry with the signing of professional newcomer Boma Brown. The 6ft 6″, 18-stoner from North West London is the most recent recruit to a promotional heavyweight brigade that includes WBC, Ring Magazine and Lineal world champion Tyson Fury, WBA world champion Daniel Dubois, WBC Silver, WBO International No.1 ranked contender Joe Joyce, plus emerging prospects David Adeleye and George Fox. He is trained by Paul Stevenson at the Everton Red Triangle gym in Liverpool, where he counts the formidable trio of Nick Ball, Andrew Cain and Brad Strand as teammates and is…

BOSTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to bribing a Georgetown University tennis coach to get his daughter into the school was sentenced Thursday to about a month in home detention.Robert Repella, a former pharmaceutical executive, agreed to pay then-Georgetown tennis coach Gordon Ernst at least $120,000 to have his daughter designated as a tennis recruit for the Washington D.C. university, prosecutors said.Unlike other parents charged in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal who bribed coaches and others through a middleman — admissions consultant, Rick Singer — Repella arranged the deal directly with Ernst, prosecutors said.Repella, of Ambler,…

Ryan Miller will be honored on Thursday, January 19, 2023 when the Buffalo Sabres face the New York Islanders at KeyBank Center, the team announced Thursday morning.The Sabres will celebrate the career of the goaltending great as he will be inducted into the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame and have his No. 30 retired to the rafters in a pregame banner-raising ceremony. Miller, who spent parts of 11 season with Buffalo from 2002 until 2014, is the franchise’s leader in games played by a goaltender (540), wins (284), and saves (14,847). His 28 shutouts as a Sabre are second only to…

The Panthers’ QB situation remains murky. Although Baker Mayfield remains the favorite to start the regular-season opener against his former Browns team, it’s possible Sam Darnold could get the first crack here. He’s played well in camp, per reports, holding serve while Mayfield absorbs a new scheme. There’s also third-round QB Matt Corral, who could play most of the second half. Mayfield and first-round OL Ikem Ekwonu, arguably Carolina’s two biggest acquisitions this offseason, have yet to be named starters. This game is seemingly big for both. … For the Commanders, seeing a sound performance from their new QB, Carson…

NBA Analysis Network The 2022-23 season is a very important one for the Los Angeles Lakers. They are looking to turn things around after a difficult 2021-22 season which resulted in them falling woefully short of the expectations they had coming into the season. Los Angeles went 33-49, failing to even qualify for the NBA Play-In Tournament. This offseason the biggest change that the Lakers made was firing head coach Frank Vogel and hiring Darvin Ham in his place. Ham will have his hands full when it comes to turning things around as there are a lot of issues for…