DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson does not care what you think about his career, his midlife racing crisis or his performance. He has been promoted from rookie, shed his status as a part-time driver and added the Indianapolis 500 to his list of challenges. After an underwhelming debut season in IndyCar — expectations set unrealistically high based on Johnson’s seven NASCAR championships and 83 Cup Series victories — his critics took aim at the vanity project that led to his shocking change of lanes.Johnson paid no attention. “It seems many people say I’ve lost it and not cut…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Negotiators for locked-out baseball players and management met in person Monday for the first time since Dec. 1, the day before the start of the sport’s first work stoppage since 1995. Veteran reliever Andrew Miller was the only player to attend the bargaining session. Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort, the chairman of baseball’s labor policy committee, was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem and executives Morgan Sword and Patrick Houlihan. The players’ association planned to make a counteroffer to management, 11 days after clubs gave the union a proposal when the snail-paced negotiations resumed following a…
The 2022 Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio is the second event of the year on the 2022 LPGA Tour schedule, with Boca Rio Golf Club in Boca Raton, Fla., hosting the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio. The Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio TV schedule is packed with hours of coverage, with Golf Channel airing the championship on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There will be four days of golf, with 120 players starting out and looking to win in the 2022 LPGA Tour season. Golf Channel airs coverage all four days. Live coverage is streamed on the NBC Sports app…
Hokies welcome four offensive skill players to Blacksburg Football 1/24/2022 12:00:00 PM BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech Football head coach Brent Pry announced Saturday that the team has added transfer QBs Jason Brown and Grant Wells, as well as WRs Jadan Blue and Stephen Gosnell. Brown (6-2, 229) joins the Hokies from South Carolina where he helped the Gamecocks reach bowl eligibility in 2021. He went 2-2 as a starter, leading the Gamecocks to wins over Florida and Auburn. He completed 60 of 108 passes (55.6%) for eight TDs with six INTs. Prior…
Aftab Baloch passed away at the age of 68 |Courtesy-Pakistan Cricket Board  Key Highlights Baloch scored 428 runs in a domestic match for Sindh vs Balochistan Baloch only featured in two test matches for Pakistan. Baloch was part of the selection committee for Pakistan junior and Pakistan A sides. Former Pakistan Test cricketer Aftab Baloch breathed his last on Monday in Karachi, Pakistan. He was 68. Baloch was a right-handed middle-order batsman and was able to bowl some right arm off-break. Baloch is famously remembered for his heroic knock of 428 that came in a first-class…
By Gav Duthie: Will AJ step aside for an undisputed fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, or will he try to make history. There are only four people in the history of heavyweight boxing who have regained their titles in immediate rematches, and Anthony Joshua is one of them. Even doing it against Andy Ruiz Jnr in 2019 was impressive to do it again goes against the odds. Everyone agrees he needs to change his approach. It’s almost the opposite to what he did in adapting for Andy Ruiz. Talk of stepping aside must mean they know the enormity…
The Australian world No 1 kept her composure on the big points and will now face Jessica Pegula on Wednesday for a spot in the semi-finals; she is aiming to win her first Australian Open title this year in Melbourne Last Updated: 24/01/22 5:14am The world No 1 is looking to win her first Australian Open title this year Ashleigh Barty again showed her prowess on a home court to overcome Amanda Anisimova 6-4 6-3 and move into the Australian Open quarter-finals. The world No 1, who beat Anisimova on her run to the French Open title in 2019, proved…
This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news. BLACKHAWKS Kevin Lankinen goes on injured reserve with a hand injury (Tribune) Analyzing Blackhawks’ team statistics from first half of season (Sun-Times) Dylan Strome’s plan to improve on faceoffs has worked to perfection (Sun-Times) RECAPS: Wild 4, Blackhawks 3 (SCH) (Hockey Wilderness) (Tribune) (Sun-Times) (The Athletic) Blackhawks notebook: Riley Stillman’s injury opens up another opportunity for Caleb Jones (Sun-Times) RECAPS: Wild 5, Blackhawks 1 (SCH) (Hockey Wilderness) (Tribune) (Sun-Times) (The Athletic) Prospect Report: Commesso named to Team USA for 2022 Olympics; defensemen still the highlights (SCH) Seth Jones…
The divisional round of the 2022 NFL playoffs is complete, meaning four more teams are locked into their first-round positions in the 2022 NFL Draft. The Titans, Packers and Buccaneers are all picking a little earlier than expected after losing as favorites over the weekend. The Bills joined them on schedule as the only road team to lose. The draft order now being set through No. 28 changes what teams will consider what prospects at what spots. Knowing that, here are the latest early projections for what will happen on the night of April 28: BIG BOARD: Ranking the top 100 prospects…
The divisional round of the 2022 NFL playoffs is complete, meaning four more teams are locked into their first-round positions in the 2022 NFL Draft. The Titans, Packers and Buccaneers are all picking a little earlier than expected after losing as favorites over the weekend. The Bills joined them on schedule as the only road team to lose. The draft order now being set through No. 28 changes what teams will consider what prospects at what spots. Knowing that, here are the latest early projections for what will happen on the night of April 28: BIG BOARD: Ranking the top 100 prospects…