Former Spotsylvania County resident Carol “Bunny” Burkett has been elected to the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame.
Joey Logano won his second NASCAR championship with a victory in the winner-take-all finale at Phoenix Raceway — a win that gave Penske the Cup title and IndyCar title.
NASCAR's scheduled appearance in Richmond this September will now include four races over three days.
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Frankie Medina and Luis Murillo each scored in the second half to help Westmoreland overcome a halftime deficit to get a 2-1 win in the Class 1 boys’ soccer state semifinals played at Salem High School.
It’s not how you start that matters, it’s how you finish. That helps explain why Louisa and Halifax County will meet in Saturday’s VHSL Class 4 state softball championship.
Win–loss percentage isn’t a particularly useful metric when it comes to sizing up this Caroline High School baseball team. What the Cavaliers lack in terms of a regular-season résumé, they make up for with timely hitting, ironclad defense and sparkling dugout banter.
Oregon came back from eight runs down to beat Oral Roberts 9-8 in the NCAA super regionals and move within a win of its first College World Series appearance since 1954. It was the biggest deficit overcome ever in super regionals. Duke beat Virginia 5-4 to edge closer to its first appearance in the CWS in 62 years. No. 2 national seed Florida beat South Carolina 5-4 and TCU defeated Indiana State 4-1.
Baylor coach Nicki Collen said the program plans to retire Bears legend Brittney Griner's jersey number next year.
The Big Ten on Thursday revealed its new football scheduling model for 2024 and onward, incorporating future members UCLA and Southern California into the mix while protecting many traditional rivalries.
Jordy Bahl threw three innings of perfect relief and Oklahoma won its third straight Women's College World Series title and seventh overall, beating Florida State 3-1 for a two-game sweep. The Sooners finished 61-1 and extended their Division I-record win streak to 53 games.
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Giants special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey didn’t have to blast the NFL’s new kickoff rule on Thursday to make it clear where he stands. He said it all with his shoulder shrugging, his grim acceptance of a change that heavily impacts his livelihood, and his response to whether special teams coaches feel like an endangered species these days. “That’s a really good question,” McGaughey ...
Aaron Gordon scored 27 points, Nikola Jokic added 23 and the Denver Nuggets moved one win away from their first NBA championship by beating the Miami Heat 108-95 on Friday night to take a 3-1 lead in the title series. Bruce Brown scored 21 off the bench for the Nuggets, who took both games in Miami to grab complete command. They’ll have three chances to win one game for a title, two of those in Denver, the first of them coming there in what’s sure to be a raucous atmosphere for Game 5 on Monday night.
Zach Wilson never expected to be here at this point in his NFL career. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2021 draft is the New York Jets’ backup quarterback behind Aaron Rodgers. It has been a two-year stretch that has seen Wilson go from the future of the franchise to a reclamation project. Wilson says he's not bitter the Jets brought in Rodgers because he simply didn't play well. Wilson is instead putting his struggles behind him and embracing the chance to learn how to be successful from the player he idolized while growing up.