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Takuma Sato wins his second Indianapolis 500 at empty track

INDIANAPOLIS — At an eerily empty Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Takuma Sato snatched a second Indianapolis 500 victory in an odd and unsatisfying finish to “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”...

DATE: Aug 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Kevin Harvick dominates at Dover for 7th victory of season

DOVER, Del. — Kevin Harvick views his NASCAR championship chase as him against the field. His budding rivalry with Denny Hamlin, however, has turned into a can-you-top-this showdown that pro...

DATE: Aug 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Stars’ top line dominant against Avalanche in Game 1

Grubauer goes down with injury for Colorado

DATE: Aug 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Dodgers walk off Rockies in 9th on Bellinger blast

Rockies can’t make most of chances, Freeland start

DATE: Aug 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Eli Tomac’s race goes up in smoke at Loretta Lynn National in Tennessee

Kawasaki leaves defending champion standing in the mud and in seventh place

DATE: Aug 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Buehler strikes out 11, Dodgers beat Rockies for 20th win

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Walker Buehler watched Clayton Kershaw strike out 11 in Seattle a night earlier. Inspired by the three-time NL Cy Young Award winner, Buehler shook off his own struggles a...

DATE: Aug 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Raptors’ Nick Nurse voted NBA Coach of the Year

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Nick Nurse was close to quitting. He was 26 or 27 years old, coaching in Britain and wondering whether he had a future in the profession. He went to his h...

DATE: Aug 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Rivalry round: the series you love to hate in NHL playoffs

There is no fancy name for when the New York Islanders face the Philadelphia Flyers. It’s not a battle of the boroughs or a cross-river rivalry, but when teams are a bus ride apart they play...

DATE: Aug 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Hamlin holds off teammate Truex for 1st Dover victory

DOVER, Del – Denny Hamlin zipped past teammate Martin Truex Jr. with less than 10 laps to go and won the NASCAR Cup Series race Saturday at Dover International Speedway. Hamlin ma...

DATE: Aug 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Dustin Johnson’s big finish gives him 5-shot lead at TPC Boston

NORTON, Mass. – Dustin Johnson could have used a finish like this for a record score. The birdie-eagle ending to his round Saturday at The Northern Trust gave him a 7-under 64 and stretched ...

DATE: Aug 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports