Oct 1, 2022 Associated Press NASCAR’s most popular driver says the sport has taken an unacceptable step backward in safety with its new Next Gen car, a rare public offering of opinion Saturday by Chase Elliott. NASCAR’s top drivers essentially have turned into an angry mob as they head into Sunday’s playoff race at Talladega
1:12 PM ET Associated Press Christopher Bell won the pole for the Sunday race at Talladega Superspeedway, the middle race of the Round of 12 of the playoffs. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver turned a lap at 180.591 mph in his Toyota in Saturday qualifying to top reigning NASCAR champion Kyle Larson, who was in
2:59 PM ET Associated Press Canada’s Denis Shapovalov will face Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka in the final of the Korea Open in Seoul after he eased to a straight-sets victory over United States’ Jenson Brooksby on Saturday. Shapovalov claimed a 7-5, 6-4 win over Brooksby to reach his first ATP Tour final this year. The fourth-seeded
2:01 PM ET Oklahoma quarterback Dillon Gabriel is out of the game after taking a blow to the head on a slide in the second quarter of the Sooners’ matchup against TCU. With Oklahoma trailing 34-10 on Saturday, Gabriel ran around the left end, slid feet-first and was hit hard by TCU linebacker Jamoi Hodge,
1:46 PM ET NEW YORK — Bears kicker Cairo Santos did not travel with the team on Saturday and is listed as questionable for Chicago’s Week 4 matchup at the New York Giants. Santos missed practice on Thursday and Friday because of personal reasons. The Bears worked out three kickers on Friday and signed Michael
1:49 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wisc. — Already without starting quarterback Mac Jones, the New England Patriots will also be without leading receiver Jakobi Meyers against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, the team announced. This marks the second straight game that Meyers will miss because of a knee injury, but his 13 receptions are
12:24 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns have downgraded Myles Garrett to out for Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons following his single-car crash earlier in the week. The Browns had initially listed the star pass-rusher as questionable on Friday. Garrett hadn’t practice since the crash Monday, though he noted Friday that he
2:10 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant involved in clearing Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa during Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills has been fired after it was found he made “several mistakes” in his evaluation, a league source told ESPN. The source said the NFL Players Association exercised its right
The joint concussion protocol of the NFL and NFL Players Association is facing serious questions Friday, one day after Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered a concussion and was briefly hospitalized during his team’s 27-15 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. The injury occurred with 5 minutes, 15 seconds remaining in the second quarter at Paycor
The “disrespect” that was directed at Jamaica Tallawahs spurred the team to go all the way and clinch the CPL title, their captain Rovman Powell has said. Not many gave Tallawahs a chance to qualify for the playoffs, let alone make the final, and despite losing key personnel at various stages, they rallied to beat