NASCAR-DAYTONA 500 Pileup, lightning cause early delays DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — First an accident, then lightning have caused some early delays at the Daytona 500. Fifteen laps into the race, Aric Almirola turned into pole-winner Alex Bowman and started a 16-car pileup. Christopher Bell pushed Almirola and forced the Stewart-Haas Racing driver to bobble as he tried to correct…
NASCAR-DAYTONA 500 Pileup, lightning cause early delays DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — First an accident, then lightning have caused some early delays at the Daytona 500. Fifteen laps into the race, Aric Almirola turned into pole-winner Alex Bowman and started a 16-car pileup. Christopher Bell pushed Almirola and forced the Stewart-Haas Racing driver to bobble as he tried to correct…
NASCAR-DAYTONA 500 Wallace’s Daytona 500 car twice fails inspection DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Bubba Wallace’s car failed inspection twice for the Daytona 500 and will have to start at the back of the field. The car chief for 23XI Racing was ejected as punishment. The No. 23 Toyota passed inspection on the third time. Wallace drives a new entry…
NASCAR-DAYTONA 500 Hamlin seeks historic 3rd straight Daytona 500 victory DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Denny Hamlin is trying to become the first driver to win the Daytona 500 three consecutive times. He is an 8-1 favorite heading into Sunday’s race but faces plenty of competition. That includes Bubba Wallace, who now drives for the new team started this year…
NBA-SCHEDULE Suns extend win streak PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns continue to demonstrate that their 8-0 record in last season’s NBA bubble wasn’t a fluke. The Suns keep rolling following a 120-111 win over the 76ers. Devin Booker poured in 36 points and Chris Paul added 18 with 10 assists in the Suns’ fifth consecutive victory. The Suns also…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest on the Australian Open (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Eight-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic beat Milos Raonic in four sets to advance to the quarterfinals and register his 300th win in a Grand Slam match. Top-ranked Djokovic is just the second player to reach the 300-win milestone after Roger Federer. Djokovic hurt a…
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The Latest from the skiing world championships (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Vincent Kriechmayr says he is “proud” to have won gold in both the downhill and super-G at the world championships. The Austrian is only the third men to complete the so-called speed double at a worlds after Hermann Maier did it in 1999…
NBA-SCHEDULE Suns extend win streak PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns continue to demonstrate that their 8-0 record in last season’s NBA bubble wasn’t a fluke. The Suns keep rolling following a 120-111 win over the 76ers. Devin Booker poured in 36 points and Chris Paul added 18 with 10 assists in the Suns’ fifth consecutive victory. The Suns also…
Hampton (9-10, 8-6) vs. Longwood (8-14, 7-9) Willett Hall, Farmville, Virginia; Monday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Longwood hosts Hampton in a Big South matchup. Each team is coming off of a home victory on Friday. Longwood earned a 78-71 win over Gardner-Webb, while Hampton won 62-57 over Presbyterian. BIG MEN ON CAMPUS: Longwood’s Justin Hill has averaged 11.8 points…
South Dakota State (11-5, 7-3) vs. Oral Roberts (11-8, 8-3) Mabee Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Sunday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: South Dakota State seeks revenge on Oral Roberts after dropping the first matchup in Tulsa. The teams last faced each other on Feb. 13, when the Golden Eagles outshot South Dakota State 53.8 percent to 50 percent and made eight…
