Posts

On Aug. 9, 2014, Stewart’s car struck Ward, 20, after Ward walked onto the track to confront him after a crash at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in upstate New York. MORE: Tony Stewart and Kevin Ward Jr. | Racing continues to feel accident’s impact Stewart is in New York this week to compete in the Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen. A spokesman said Stewart would have no comment. The lawsuit, filed Friday in New York, includes claims that Stewart wrongfully caused Ward’s death by acting with “wanton, reckless and malicious intent and negligence....

According to USA Today, Ward Jr.’s car will be driven by Dylan Swiernik, Ward’s best friend, at the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals at Ohsweken Speedway in Ontario. The story was first reported Friday by USA Today’s Jeff Gluck. MORE: SHR drivers thinking about Stewart during Chase | Investigation: What’s next for Stewart? | Stewart gets warm reception Ward’s family-owned team has not raced since Ward was struck and killed by Stewart’s sprint car on Aug....

Keeping track of the NHL’s calendar of events can be tricky, so we put together a list of the must-know dates starting with opening night in October through the start of free agency in July. Bookmark this page and stay on top of it all. October 2018 3: Opening night of 2018-19 NHL regular season 6: 2018 NHL Global Series: Edmonton Oilers at New Jersey Devils (Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden)...

By Chetan Narula Cape Town, Jan 9 (PTI) The plan was to keep Virat Kohli quiet and South Africa’s wrecker-in-chief Vernon Philander said his team executed it to perfection during the 72-run win over India in the opening Test here. “Virat is a good player and an aggressive player. The key thing is to obviously keep him quiet and to make sure you set him up for the other one....

While the entire MMA world was impressed with Gaethje’s performance, one man took to social media and decided to put the new interim Lightweight Champion on notice, that man being ‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor. Well, not only did McGregor target Gaethje via his recent Twitter rant but he also took shots at his arch-rival, Khabib Nurmagomedov. The reigning UFC Lightweight Champion, however, has responded to the Irishman and called him an “absolute embarrassment”....

Opener Khawaja batted for eight hours and 44 minutes to help foil Pakistan’s victory bid, while Travis Head (72) and Paine, who finished unbeaten on 61, played key supporting roles to take Australia to 362-8 and save the match. Paine and number ten batsman Nathan Lyon (five not out) batted out the final 12.1 overs to snatch a draw, as Australia ended 100 short of a daunting 462-run target set by Pakistan....

He wasn’t just disappointed that he didn’t make the Chase for the Sprint Cup. “It’s tough watching someone celebrate in the winner’s circle every weekend,” Keselowski said. A year after winning five races and the championship, Keselowski made it to victory lane only once with a victory in October at Charlotte Motor Speedway. A year after reaching the pinnacle of the sport, Keselowski didn’t make the Chase. Instead, he settled for being the best driver not in the Chase, finishing 14th in the standings....

During your operation, you would have your vital signs monitored while you are receiving ketamine to minimize the risk of medication-induced side effects. Aside from its medical use, ketamine is also a drug of abuse, and it can cause dangerous health issues when it is used for illegal, non-medical purposes. What It Is Ketamine reduces certain nervous system functions by inhibiting normal N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activity. Normally, NMDA receptors, which are located on the surface of nerve cells, bind to neurotransmitters to modulate the actions of the nervous system....

Ball has taken the reigns of the club following the departure of Paolo Di Canio- this is the second time Ball has been appointed as caretaker of the team. Di Canio had signed 14 players in a bid to strengthen the squad during his brief reign at the club. The move failed to make any difference as the Black Cats gained only 1 point in 5 games and currently sit at the bottom of the table as they prepared to host Liverpool....

The NBA star is taking that a step further (no pun intended) by putting his recent success with the Warriors all over the bottoms of the latest model of the KD 10. MORE: Jeff Van Gundy says Warriors are going to “win forever” On the left sole of the sneaker, Durant lists Golden State’s 16-1 playoff record and its 2017 title. On the right sole of the sneaker, the Finals MVP lists his individual stat lines from each of the five games the Warriors played against the Cavaliers in the 2017 NBA Finals....

The most recent chapter between the two began on Thursday, when Smith fired off a take regarding Durant’s legacy during an appearance on ESPN’s “NBA Today.” Durant responded via Twitter, calling Smith’s take “egregious,” a point to which Smith seemingly agreed. MORE: Kevin Durant’s perfect one-word response to Stephen A. Smith’s comments The two agreed and that was that, right? Well, not quite. On Saturday, Smith addressed the Twitter back-and-forth with Durant on “NBA Countdown” with Mike Greenberg, Michael Wilbon and Jalen Rose....

It has been 2 1/2 since Oklahoma City dealt Harden to the Rockets in 2012, so maybe Durant had a point when he told Bill Simmons to move on. Before the two teams faced off Sunday, the head honcho at Grantland decided to play the “What If?” game with the controversial trade. MORE: Steve Kerr gets victory shower | Shaun Livingston punches Dirk in the crotch | MJ smoking stogies...

“Not only does Chloe make remarkable, small, personal movies in a remarkable, small, personal way, but she thinks in grand, cosmic, gigantic terms, which fit perfectly with what we wanted to do,” Feige told Rolling Stone. “Eternals is a very big, sweeping, multimillennial-spanning story. And she just got it.” RELATED: Ryan Reynolds Says Deadpool 3 Was Originally Road Trip Film With Logan The Eternals are a race of immortal, godlike beings, created by the alien Celestials as a race of defenders of Earth, set in opposition to the malevolent Deviants....

Kevin Feige, the big boss behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is currently set to develop his own Star Wars movie at some point in the near future, featuring a screenplay from the writer of Loki, no less. That alone should be enough to perk a few ears up, given how Marvel Studios’ offerings over the past decade and a half have pretty much appealed to everybody to some degree. But according to Michael Waldron, the aforementioned Loki screenwriter (who also worked on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), fans may have another good reason to get excited....

Marvel Studios has been a dominant player within the cinematic landscape for years, attracting A-list talent while shattering records across the box office. Yet, many prominent and respected directors like Martin Scorsese have cast a negative shadow upon the studio’s films, labeling them as projects that are not be considered “real cinema” and thus undeserving of the recognition that other films have accumulated. RELATED: Shang-Chi Director Staying On At Marvel, Developing Sequel...

But if there was one thing that bothered him, it was that he wants NASCAR to be more strict on its restart rules. MORE: Logano wins | Results | Hamlin, Chase drivers have trouble The leader is supposed to accelerate in the restart zone — the start of the zone is designated by two red lines and the end of the zone designated by a single red line on the wall — to restart the race....

Over the last two weeks, Harvick either tweeted or retweeted another account asking fans to vote for him about eight times, and they came through for him. In 2014, he won five races, had six runner-up and 14 top-five finishes, and tops the Sprint Cup standings again this season. MORE: Harvick’s title tour | Classic photos of Harvick | Harvick has success on one-mile tracks But even on the slowest sports day of the year, Harvick couldn’t remember to tune in to see if he won....

The goal was to put rules on altercations into plain black and white, so that everyone — players, coaches, media, fans — knew what the consequences of a thrown punch or a bum’s rush off the bench would be. Remove the gray area, the thinking went, and coaches would drill into players the facts of what is strictly prohibited by the league office, and the schedule of fines and suspensions would be explicit....

Biden faced mounting criticism over his strategy for leaving Afghanistan, particularly with regard to the administration’s refusal to disclose how many Americans and Afghans they’re hoping to evacuate. While the administration has defended not disclosing the information on the basis that it doesn’t have a hard number, critics argue it’s a means of not being held accountable if Americans are left in Afghanistan. At Friday’s press conference, McCarthy lambasted Biden for failing to commit to troops remaining in Afghanistan until every American and Afghan ally who wants to leave is able to be evacuated....

Grilled by host Margaret Brennan on CBS’s “Face the Nation” about the two candidates—as well as other issues within the new Congress— McCarthy avoided directly answering the questions, saying in one case that there was “no simple answer.” Talking of Americans’ approval rating of Congress, which according to the latest Gallup survey is at 22 percent, Brennan asked McCarthy, in a video available online: “Doesn’t it further wear down credibility when you put someone who’s under state, local, federal and international investigation as a representative of your party on committee?...