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Helton said Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway that he believes NASCAR’s penalties and new rules have had the desired effect of keeping teams from using team orders to manipulate the finish of a race. “Certainly it's an issue that we have to continue to monitor, as well as the industry,” Helton said Friday. “For some time the incident itself and our reaction to it and the industry's reaction to it, whether it's through the fans or sponsors or what have you, creates such a huge awareness around it that I think teams will actually for some time be more careful, which is the purpose of penalties anyway, to eliminate it from happening again....

The new ad posted online by the show’s official Twitter handle play like the typical Rick and Morty episode with the young boy being shocked by the sight of Rick Frosty-ccino, as well as less-believable fast food versions of Jerry and Beth. Rick and Morty first paired up with Wendy’s back in 2020, at the time featured on an adventure that involved many of the franchise restaurant’s breakfast items; while their most another ad from this weekend sees them travel to the world of God of War Ragnarok....

Hendrick, who has won 11 titles since 1995 and had all four of his drivers in the 2014 Chase for the Sprint Cup, has none still in contention for the championship as the NASCAR season comes to a close with the Ford 400. MORE: 10 weeks of pressue culminates at Homestead | Homestead lineup breakdown | Homestead final chapter for many in NASCAR Drivers from four other organizations — Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin, Team Penske’s Joey Logano and Richard Childress Racing’s Ryan Newman — will compete for the title Sunday....

Rick Porcello’s first season in Boston did not go well. MORE: Best active MLB players by age After getting traded to the Red Sox last season from the Tigers for Yoenis Cespedes, the young right-handed pitcher went 9-15 with a 4.92 ERA. But this season has been a different story. Porcello tossed seven scoreless innings Saturday in an 8-0 blowout of the Yankees, striking out six and giving up just five hits as he improved to 5-0 with a 2....

As the Minnesota Timberwolves’ winning percentage continued to dip, Rubio’s voice from the bench grew louder, as did his focus on the game. In basketball, losing can often be followed by a lethargic on-court attitude, especially with a team as young as the Rubio-less (also missing: veterans Kevin Martin and Nikola Pekovic) Timberwolves. So when the Wolves lost on Monday in Dallas to a much better Mavericks team in Rubio’s first game back, it was obvious he would be ready for his home debut Wednesday against Miami....

“He’s an excellent runner, there’s no doubt about that,’’ Riggins said Thursday in Washington, where he and former Super Bowl-winning teammate Joe Theismann were signing autographs on behalf of PenFed Credit Union’s Super Bowl contest. MORE: Lynch ’embarrassed to work for’ NFL | Seahawks DB not impressed by Gronk | Super Bowl quiz “And it’s interesting, too,’’ Riggins continued, speaking of Lynch, “because, what year is he? Is it his 10th?...

The macabre discovering was made at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama, on Sunday afternoon, where Wallace was due to race in the Geico 500. According to Marty Smith of ESPN, Wallace never saw the noose, which was spotted by a team member, who subsequently reported it to race organizers. “Late this afternoon, NASCAR was made aware that a noose was found in the garage stall of the 43 team,” NASCAR said in a statement....

A total of 2488 medals have been produced, with each weighing about 500gm. 812 out of those are Golds and Silvers while the remaining 824 are Bronze medals. The design consists of laurel leaves that surrounds the Rio 2016 logo and it symbolises victory in ancient Greece and according to the organisers, they celebrate “the relationship between the strengths of Olympic heroes and the forces of nature”. Th Games commence from the 5th August and go on until the 21st of August....

In case you didn’t know… Manchester City have only strengthened their squad after piping Liverpool to the Premier League crown by the finest of margins last season. Pep Guardiola made several inclusions to his title wining squad and the Citizens seem to have all bases covered before the start of the season. The Premier League champions have signed Rodri and Joao Cancelo from Atletico Madrid and Juventus respectively, while left-back Angelino was re-signed from PSV Eindhoven as a cover for Benjamin Mendy and Oleksandr Zinchenko....

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total United States 3 6 4 13 China 4 2 4 10 Japan 3 0 7 10 Italy 3 4 2 9 Russia 2 4 3 9 Australia 4 0 3 7 South Korea 2 2 1 5 Thailand 2 1 1 4 Great Britain 1 1 2 4 Chinese Taipei 1 0 2 3 Canada 0 1 2 3 Kazakhstan 0 1 2 3...

Talking to reporters an hour after the event, a much more relaxed Bindra said that he did not know what he will do in the future, but shooting would not be any part of it, even as a hobby. He said he had done his best but had come out without a medal. Asked whether he would be at least shooting in his backyard range, he quipped: “I am turning that into a vegetable garden....

Even the diehard fans of the Djoker would not have begrudged Delpo this victory, for it has been a remarkable and noteworthy return to the limelight by the affable Argentine. But the real question that would have perturbed tennis enthusiasts is whether Delpo is back for real – or is it another false dawn like his return after his first surgery on a troublesome wrist? The Rise and Fall of Delpo: Del Potro looked set for stardom following his stunning US Open victory in 2009, which not only made him the 5th youngest man to win the US Open in the Open Era (at the age of 20) but also the first player to beat both Federer (final) and Nadal (semi-final) in a Grand Slam....

As quoted in the Telegraph, the fastest man left his supporters disappointed when he missed the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympics as he was feeling too lazy to make the journey to the Maracana Stadium. He announced that he would be missing the Athletes’ Parade. In a short message, he said “Opening ceremony time but I won’t be there people, all the busses are out.” The reigning Olympic champion was filming from his hotel balcony and showing coaches departing the Olympic village heading to the ceremony....

This offseason, the Redskins quarterback will work on his game, and not on rehabilitating a surgically repaired knee. Griffin forced his way back onto the field last season and it was clear to anyone paying attention that he wasn’t physically ready. This year will be different, former Redskins quarterbacks coach Matt LaFleur told ESPN.com reporter John Keim. LaFleur is now at Notre Dame. He says Griffin “will be able to recognize and play the position faster....

Twelve weeks remain for him to heal more and play better. Not impossible, considering where he is now compared to the debacle of opening night. "When it comes to timing here, timing there, sometimes you might be a little bit off coming back from an injury like I had,'' Griffin told reporters after practice Wednesday. It was a rare admission that after four weeks, he was not the player he was at his peak last season....

Overall, though, the week just needed to end. MORE: Week 9 scoreboard, stats | Must-see images | Washington buses crash It ended with an aggravating, totally avoidable 29-26 loss to the Vikings with a sampling of Good RG3, Bad RG3, Rusty RG3 and Center of Controversy RG3. Now comes a bye week — Washington should expect lots of good, bad and controversial, too. Just because there’s no game, it doesn’t mean the clouds from this week will magically part....

If there was a wrestler deserving his or her own “30 for 30” documentary, it’s Ric Flair. According to Legacy Talent Agency, we can expect it in the near future. MORE: Wrestlers gone too soon | Best Hell in a Cell moments | Meet the new NXT class ESPN’s PR team confirmed the film, but offered no additional details, in an email to Sporting News. “The Nature Boy,” whose real name is Richard Fliehr, was the epitome of 1980s swagger, and he had the microphone skills and technical acumen to back it up....

Clune, a forward for the Nashville Predators, and Winnipeg Jets defenseman Adam Pardy almost scrapped at the end of the first periodand started the second in the penalty box. Immediately after they got out, they fought. Immediately after they started fighting, Clune started bleeding. He did not care. It's been an eventful week for Pardy, who had his helmet stolen by a fan in Chicago.

The 39-year-old veteran is scheduled to be re-evaluated Friday, but his status for the rest of the regular season and postseason is unknown. Hill, who had been sidelined since June 19 by a strained left forearm, struggled with his control, walking two and hitting two batters before exiting with two outs after 27 pitches. On the eighth pitch, Hill sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee, but he tried to pitch through the injury....

According to Rich Swann, Bray Wyatt, someone he dubbed ’everybody’s favorite’ could be a welcome addition to the IMPACT roster. He even teased an alliance between his real-life wife, The Undead Bride, Su Yung, and Bray Wyatt, to potentially take over the company. Both characters, our readers may know, play supernatural characters. Check out Rich Swann’s thoughts on Bray Wyatt potentially coming to the company and much more by clicking on the link below....