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NASCAR's preseason Clash returns to LA Coliseum in 2023

By Greg Beacham Jun. 12, 2022 03:44 PM EDT
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — NASCAR's preseason Clash race is rolling back to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 2023. NASCAR said Sunday it will return the...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press May. 26, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
May 27 1823 — A $20,000 match race between American Eclipse (representing The North) and Henry (representing The South) is held at Union Course, Long...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press May. 25, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
May 26 1925 — In Detroit’s 8-1 win over the Chicago White Sox, Ty Cobb becomes the first to collect 1,000 career extra-base hits. He finished his...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press May. 19, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
May 24 1905 — Harry Payne Whitney’s Tanya becomes the second filly to win the Belmont Stakes. Ruthless was the first filly to win the Belmont, in 1867....

Race fans walk through the man-made marina and beach club during the Formula One Miami Grand Prix auto race at Miami International Autodrome, Friday, May 6, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Fake marina with fake water steals show at Miami Grand Prix

By Jenna Fryer May. 07, 2022 03:07 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 2, 2017, file photo, Mike Tirico attends the NBC Universal mid-season press day at the Four Seasons in New York. Tirico will host his fifth Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 7, 2022, which begins a stretch that includes the Triple Crown, Indianapolis 500, the U.S. Open and the British Open. he will then begin preparing for the upcoming NFL season as he takes over as the play-by-play voice for “Sunday Night Football”. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
NBC's Tirico ready to begin another busy stretch with Derby

By Joe Reedy May. 05, 2022 02:02 PM EDT

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands crosses the finish line as he wins the Emilia Romagna Formula One Grand Prix, at the Enzo and Dino Ferrari racetrack in Imola, Italy, Sunday, April 24, 2022. (Guglielmo Mangiapane, Pool via AP)
Column: Miami ready to showcase F1's glitz and glamour

By Jenna Fryer May. 02, 2022 05:12 PM EDT

Ty Gibbs, center top, celebrates after winning a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race at Richmond Raceway, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in Richmond, Va. (James H. Wallace/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
Ty Gibbs wins races but is viewed as NASCAR's newest villain

By Jenna Fryer Apr. 22, 2022 06:32 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Mar. 02, 2022 07:10 AM EST
South Florida Sun Sentinel. February 25, 2022. Editorial: Rick Scott’s un-American plan to ‘rescue America’ Rick Scott just opened his...

Chris Buescher (17) crosses the finish line ahead of Michael McDowell (34) to win the second of two NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying auto races at Daytona International Speedway, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
WWE star Big E puts power in the pace car at Daytona 500

Feb. 18, 2022 09:35 PM EST

NASCAR driver Jesse Iwuji poses with the No. 34 Chevrolet Camaro SS he will drive in the upcoming 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series season at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. Iwuji will run his first full season in NASCAR with backing from Pro Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith and General Motors.(Garry Eller/HHP for Chevy Racing via AP)
Put me in, Coach! Gibbs gets top ride on grandfather's team

By Mark Long Feb. 18, 2022 12:41 PM EST

FILE - Trace Adkins arrives at the 55th annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Adkins will perform the National Anthem at Sunday’s Daytona 500. (AP Photo/Ed Rode, File)
Trace Adkins to sing national anthem at sold-out Daytona 500

Feb. 15, 2022 11:59 AM EST

Matt Kaulig, owner of Kaulig Racing, watches a heat race ahead of the NASCAR exhibition auto race at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Kaulig leads invigorating new team to NASCAR's top level

By Jenna Fryer Feb. 10, 2022 03:05 PM EST

Competitors make a turn during a heat race ahead of a NASCAR exhibition auto race at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
NASCAR scores win with successful race inside LA Coliseum

By Jenna Fryer Feb. 06, 2022 08:22 PM EST

Turn 1 of a temporary auto racing track is viewed inside LA Coliseum ahead of a NASCAR exhibition race in Los Angeles, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. NASCAR is hitting Los Angeles a week ahead of the Super Bowl, grabbing the spotlight with its wildest idea yet: The Clash, the unofficial season-opening, stock-car version of the Pro Bowl, will run at the iconic coliseum in a made-for-Fox Sports spectacular. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer)
NASCAR bet more than $1 million to bring cars into Coliseum

By Jenna Fryer Feb. 04, 2022 04:09 PM EST

FILE - Overall view of the Los Angeles Coliseum before an NCAA college football game between Southern California and Washington State in Los Angeles, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. NASCAR is sliding into Los Angeles a week ahead of the Super Bowl with the exhibition Clash, the unofficial season-opening NASCAR version of the Pro Bowl, moved from Daytona to the iconic Memorial Coliseum. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo, File)
NASCAR goes West to LA Coliseum as warmup for the Super Bowl

By Jenna Fryer Feb. 03, 2022 03:23 PM EST

FILE - Four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, Al Unser, poses with the Borg-Warner Trophy at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Al Unser was the third member of one of America’s most-accomplished racing families to die in 2021, following his older brother Bobby, a three-time Indy champion, and Bobby Unser Jr. Al Unser was one of four drivers who won the Indy 500 a record four times, with victories in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File)
Aaron, Elder overcame hate to achieve records, milestones

By Bernie Wilson Dec. 27, 2021 03:41 PM EST

FILE - Fans cheer outside Fiserv Forum after the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Phoenix Suns in Game 6 of the NBA basketball finals to win the NBA championship Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
Veterans fill 2021 sports year with memorable moments

By John Marshall Dec. 20, 2021 04:26 PM EST

FILE - Atlanta Braves' Hank Aaron holds aloft the ball he hit for his 715th career home in Atlanta. Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth but went on to break the career home run record in the pre-steroids era, died early Jan. 22, 2021. He was 86. (AP Photo, File)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 10, 2021 01:48 PM EST

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Nov. 23, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Nov. 24 1904 — Fullback Sam McAllester is thrown for a touchdown to give Tennessee a 7-0 victory over Alabama. McAllester, wearing a wide...