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The final installment in a series of 11 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team...

The final installment in a series of 11 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team previews ahead of the season-opening Daytona 500 on Feb. 21: NO. 1: JOE GIBBS RACING Principal owner: Joe Gibbs Manufacturer:...

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Let's see now. Super Bowl? All suped out. The dunk contest? Dunked to the...

Let's see now. Super Bowl? All suped out. The dunk contest? Dunked to the last windmill. The Winter Classic? Golden Globes? New Hampshire Primary? All in the rearview mirror. You know what that means....

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Anniversaries of unforgettable crashes this week show...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Anniversaries of unforgettable crashes this week show just how far NASCAR has come when looking at driver safety and just how far it has to go. One year removed from one of the...

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The Kansas City Royals' players gleaned a lot of emotional mileage from...

The Kansas City Royals' players gleaned a lot of emotional mileage from preseason predictions last year, when a whole bunch of columnists (a hand raised here) didn't pick them to even reach the...

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Michael McDowell will try to forget about the...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Michael McDowell will try to forget about the two-hundredths of a second he needed Sunday when he starts his engine Thursday in his Can-Am Duel Daytona 500 qualifying race. For...

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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- We interrupt that ice storm you're driving through for...

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- We interrupt that ice storm you're driving through for this important bulletin: There is hope. There is warmth. There is sunshine. There is baseball. And it's happening. Like right...

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The annual trade deadline is almost upon us. And so it got us to thinking...

The annual trade deadline is almost upon us. And so it got us to thinking about trades that worked -- really worked. It doesn't always happen. In fact, it's easier to identify the trades that went...

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It seemed to take an awfully long time for NHL commissioner Gary Bettman to...

It seemed to take an awfully long time for NHL commissioner Gary Bettman to come to what seems to be a most logical conclusion: Dennis Wideman's 20-game suspension for crushing unsuspecting linesman...

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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- We interrupt that ice storm you're driving through for...

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- We interrupt that ice storm you're driving through for this important bulletin: There is hope. There is warmth. There is sunshine. There is baseball. And it's happening. Like right...

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Each week, we're taking a look at the Central Division trade chatter. Here's...

Each week, we're taking a look at the Central Division trade chatter. Here's the third installment as the trade deadline closes in, from the divisional leaders on down: Chicago Blackhawks There's no...

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TAMPA, Fla. -- In the case of Aroldis Chapman, the New York Yankees were...

TAMPA, Fla. -- In the case of Aroldis Chapman, the New York Yankees were forced to weigh the value of performance on the field against the taint of bad behavior off the field. And as often is the case...

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Yet another loss Wednesday night for a dispirited Montreal Canadiens team...

Yet another loss Wednesday night for a dispirited Montreal Canadiens team that has pretty much no chance of getting back into the playoff race. They're six points out, but it feels like 16 given their...

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Kyle Busch was a winner in more than just taking the...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Kyle Busch was a winner in more than just taking the checkered flag first in his Daytona 500 qualifying race Thursday. He also doesn't have to go to a backup car. The defending...

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Winning a 150-mile duel qualifying race for the...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Winning a 150-mile duel qualifying race for the Daytona 500 is nothing new for Dale Earnhardt Jr. After all, he's now done it five times. But Earnhardt's victory Thursday in the...

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Thursday night's Can-Am Duel qualifying races, the...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Thursday night's Can-Am Duel qualifying races, the Artists Formerly Known as the Duel 150s, were destined to be a letdown. NASCAR's new charter ownership system, documents that...

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In a column earlier this week, I referred to jockey Danny Sorenson as...

In a column earlier this week, I referred to jockey Danny Sorenson as "retired." This will come as a shock to the two horses he is named on at Sam Houston on Friday night and the four he rides there...

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Pitchers and catchers report. For baseball fans, those are the four best...

Pitchers and catchers report. For baseball fans, those are the four best words in the English language, words that suggest, despite the snow on the ground, that spring and warmth are ahead, followed...

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As the Kansas City Royals roll into spring training with the residual...

As the Kansas City Royals roll into spring training with the residual optimism from two straight World Series appearances, general manager Dayton Moore and manager Ned Yost have no reason to change...

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Perhaps never before has Bellator MMA president Scott Coker's "tent-pole"...

Perhaps never before has Bellator MMA president Scott Coker's "tent-pole" event description been so accurate. The circus is in Houston on Friday, and no one is apologizing for it. A trilogy bout...

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. swore his career was over. He was...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. swore his career was over. He was defeated and dejected and depressed, so he strangled a bottle of vodka and sank into the couch to swill and sulk. A couple...

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