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Will NASCAR, France family find any takers for its struggling brand?

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 a.m.

News item: NASCAR is up for sale. As first reported by Reuters and confirmed by other sources, the France family has enlisted investment bank Goldman Sachs to explore a possible...

Danica Patrick out at Stewart-Haas; NASCAR ride in limbo

June 2, 2018 at 4:59 p.m.

Danica Patrick won't return to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2018, amping up speculation that her NASCAR career will be over at the end of this season. Patrick, 35, announced the move...

Bucs could blow up Internet, NFL as HBO’s “Hard Knocks” premieres

August 18, 2019 at 9:23 p.m.

The first episode of HBO's "Hard Knocks" featuring the Tampa Bay Bucs was like soft-serve ice cream: Nice, and smooth. It went down easy, with only a few dribbles on...

Columbia Firefly's Tim Tebow watches his home run in his first at bat on the opening day during a Class A minor league baseball game against the Augusta GreenJackets on Thursday, April 6, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

Tim Tebow coming back to Florida after Mets move him to St. Lucie

May 20, 2019 at 8:57 p.m.

Tim Tebow is coming back to Florida — this time in a baseball uniform. The New York Mets' organization promoted Tebow from its Columbia affiliate in the Low-A South Atlantic...

Danica Patrick gets a kiss from boyfriend and fellow racer, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., on pit row before the start of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, July 6, 2013. Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) newsgate CCI B583037860Z.1

Danica Patrick, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. find romance strong, racing rocky

May 31, 2019 at 4:05 a.m.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is flourishing. Danica Patrick is floundering. Theirs is a love story, NASCAR style, about two drivers who met on the job and decided to mix the professional...

Daryl Motte, hosrt of The Buzzer The Buzzer on Fox interviews NASCAR driver Danica Patrick on the red carpet during media day in The Daytona 500 Club at Daytona International Speedway on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. (Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel)

NASCAR’s supportive embrace helps Chris Myers cope with tragedy

June 6, 2018 at 1:58 a.m.

Chris Myers shares a collective heartbreak with Rick Hendrick and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Losses. Unimaginable ones. Myers and Hendrick buried their sons. Earnhardt buried his father. Everyone has pushed on...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. may retire if he wins NASCAR title

May 31, 2019 at 4:05 a.m.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. might be hitching up for his last ride. A walk-off NASCAR championship and go off into the sunset? Perfect. "To come back this year, win a championship,...

Danica Patrick films a video segment during the NASCAR Media Tour in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Danica Patrick short $15 million for NASCAR Cup ride

May 31, 2019 at 4:04 a.m.

Danica Patrick has a favor to ask: Anybody got $15.2 million to spare? It's kinda important, and time-sensitive. With Speed Weeks right around the corner in Daytona the following weekend,...

Dale Earnhardt Jr.: ‘America is created by immigrants’

December 17, 2018 at 11:19 p.m.

"America is created by immigrants." With five words, Dale Earnhardt Jr. symbolically slammed President Donald Trump into the outside wall. A cautionary tale ensued. Trump's executive orders suspending immigration from...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. talks comeback in 2017 after concussions

May 31, 2019 at 4:04 a.m.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. can see things clearly now. This isn't meant as a flip comment dismissing concussion-related symptoms that robbed him of a chance to compete for his first NASCAR...

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