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Busch finished second in the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, and his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Matt Kenseth finished fourth on the 1.5-mile oval, the type of track the organization has struggled on throughout the season. MORE: Keselowski wins | Earnhardt salvages top 5 | Danica’s videobomb In recent races at intermediate tracks, Busch had finished 41st at Michigan, ninth at Charlotte and 15th at Kansas. So just running second and leading 31 laps before Brad Keselowski passed him with 20 laps remaining was a good day for Busch....

Having led 161 of the 300 laps, Busch lost the lead on a restart to Ryan Blaney with seven laps remaining and couldn’t catch him as Blaney captured the checkered flag in the Food City 300. MORE: Food City 300 results | Blaney’s victory | Irwin Tools Night Race preview “My rear tires weren’t on the racetrack and I couldn’t accelerate forward,” Busch said in a blunt assessment of the restart....

Busch remained fifth in the series standings, 37 points behind leader Matt Kenseth, who finished third at Charlotte, and 33 points behind Jimmie Johnson, who finished fourth. “It’s good to finish top five but it certainly stinks,” Busch said. “We’re not good enough. It’s frustrating, man. I’m beating myself up every week trying to figure out what I’ve got to do to be better, and I don’t know what it is....

Luck prevented Busch from getting wrecked. He wound up in the infield grass, having to rock his car to get out of the turf and back onto the asphalt. MORE: Chase for the Sprint Cup field update | Chris Buescher’s early problem With four wins, Busch is safely in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. But his Michigan mishap marked the second consecutive week that Busch spun out. He was a lap down after bringing his car into his pit stall for examination....

Jean-Sebastien Dea capped the two-goal, third-period outburst with the winner at 3:25. Keith Kinkaid made 37 saves to help the Devils open 3-0 for the second straight year. Joe Pavelski and Timo Meier scored for the Sharks in the final game of a five-game trip. Palmieri, who had 24 goals last season, scored on a rebound in the crease 37 seconds into the third period to tie it. After Kinkaid made a save in close minutes later, Dea stuffed a loose puck into the net after Jones let a shot by former Sharks defenseman Mirco Mueller slip between his pads....

Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder’s decision on Friday removes a line of attack prosecutors had hoped to use during the trial scheduled for November to show that Rittenhouse was a “chaos tourist” drawn to Kenosha “like a moth to a flame,” as Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger described him in court. Schroeder was considering several other requests Friday, including whether jurors will be shown a video that prosecutors say shows Rittenhouse talking about wanting to shoot people....

No, this version of James, post-Ohio return, post-Cleveland championship, is downshifting, letting his teammates take up some slack. And he is going to make sure point guard Kyrie Irving blossoms in his place. MORE: Must-see opening night photos That was what the season-opening blowout of the Knicks indicated. James finished with 12 assists as part of a triple-double (19 points, 11 rebounds), and Irving was on the converting end of four of those assists....

Things went from bad to OK to worse in a matter of days. The drama started with reports that Kyrie Irving and the Nets were not on the same page regarding contract negotiations, and that led to a series of rumors that Irving may leave Brooklyn. Irving put an end to those rumors momentarily when he elected to pick up his $37 million player option for the 2022-23 season. That decision didn’t calm things down for long, though, as Kevin Durant formally requested a trade the next day....

“We’re still the team to beat honestly, regardless of what anybody else says," Irving said Thursday. “‘[Pundits are talking about] what we need and what we don’t need and what we need to get better at. Us internally, we know we have to improve on a lot of things, but we’ve just got to handle business as professionals and continue to get better." He was asked to clarify if he meant team to beat in the East, or in the NBA....

Irving, who has missed Brooklyn’s past four games for “personal reasons,” was seen at the virtual event along with former New York gubernatorial candidate and “Sex and the City” actress Cynthia Nixon. Aboushi tweeted out a screenshot from the call, which showed the six-time All-Star in attendance under the name “Kai Irving.” MORE: Why does Irving keep missing games? The event began at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday. The Nets and Nuggets tipped off at the Barclays Center around 7:30 p....

Sporting News presents its inaugural Five by Five, a quick recap in which we'll try to figure out exactly what we just saw by looking at five key moments during the game for each team: For the host Dodgers . . . 1. Los Angeles placed its faith in Ryu to start Game 3, and he rewarded that faith early and often. After lasting just three innings in his NLDS start at home against the Braves, Ryu walked Carlos Beltran with one out in the first inning but soon calmed himself down (he admitted nerves played a role in that first start) and averted a potential disaster....

Kompany insisted his team were losing no sleep over Brazil’s attack ahead of Friday’s blockbuster clash in Kazan. Miranda feels Kompany was simply trying to provoke Tite’s men, and fire up his own team-mates before the last-eight clash. “We know there is all kinds of provocation. I think it’s a way to hide your fear,” he told a news conference Thursday. “I think it’s a way of showing trust and hiding fear....

NEWSWEEK: How do you rate Kim Jong Il’s summit performance? KIM: Fantastic. He looked self-confident and relaxed and showed no embarrassment. As he waited on the red carpet for [South Korean President] Kim Dae Jung to step out from his airplane, it was like he was saying: “Come on, baby! Don’t be afraid. This is not a devil’s world.” Many Western analysts say Kim Jong Il is a terrorist and a communist stalwart who lacks vision....

Wearing a pink headband so products don’t affect her hair, Penelope used a serum on her skin to prep it and applied concealer under her eyes, cheekbones, and forehead, mixing the product with a beauty blender. She finished off with eye shadow, mascara, and lip gloss and wrote, “Have a good morning.” Twitter users slam Kourtney Kardashian While a lot of concerned people criticized Kourtney Kardashian, there were a few who supported Penelope stating that she was simply exploring her love for makeup....

Gamescom is a yearly trade fair event held in Germany for video games and has recently been hyped with big announcements by Geoff Keighley. Gamescom gives publishers and studios the chance to share upcoming video games to the public, such as Krafton, a South Korean video game company responsible for housing studios that most notably made PUBG and Subnautica, among others. RELATED: Playstation Is Skipping Gamescom This Year Krafton has announced that its presence at Gamescom will be guided by independent studios Striking Distance, whose team is headed by veteran Dead Space creator Glen Schofield, and Unknown Worlds, the studio that made the Subnautica series....

“The Hills” star, who announced the couple’s divorce in April, reportedly grew “increasingly impatient” with her husband’s lack of ambition; he originally had planned to pursue a career in broadcasting at Fox Sports in 2017 following an eight-year career in Chicago. He was ready to take the job when he decided to back out and return to the NFL for one final season with the Dolphins. He threw for 2,660 yards, 19 touchdowns and 14 interceptions (plus four fumbles) for Miami in 2017....

Similar to the first fight of the night between Song Yadong and Marlon Vera, this one also was decided via unanimous decision, with Jotko securing a huge win over ‘Ya Boi’ in a fight which ended in a final scoreline of 30-27, 29-28, and 29-28). Krzysztof Jotko secures a huge win over Eryk Anders at UFC Fight Night 176 Krzysztof Jotko has been a part of the UFC roster for almost seven years and throughout his tenure under the organization, the Polish middleweight fighter has faced top names such as the likes of David Branch, Uriah Hall, and Edmen Shahbazyan, who have all been a part of the stacked UFC Middleweight Division....

The Brit and the American Streamer played on opposing teams and went after each other the whole game. ‘Speed’ didn’t take any time to make it known that he was going after the Brit. Fifteen seconds into the game, he sprinted from the right wing all the way to the left wing to tackle ‘JJ’ while he was trying to dribble the ball. See the tackle below: The moment was just one of many viral moments they created on September 24 at ‘The Valley’ Stadium....

KSI was supposed to fight Alex Wassabi, but the latter had to back out of the bout due to a concussion. If KSI can get past Swarmz, he will face Luis Alcaraz Pineda, someone with actual boxing experience. KSI is a YouTuber and rapper. Combined, his three YouTube channels have over 40.7 million subscribers. KSI started his boxing career with a TKO win over Joe Weller in an amateur bout in February 2018....

The outstanding Trent Boult claimed 5-21 as India were skittled out for their seventh-lowest ODI total of 92 in Hamilton on Thursday. New Zealand needed only 14.4 overs to seal an eight-wicket victory in a fourth match of a series that India have already won. Kumar said the drubbing showed India - who were captained by Rohit Sharma with Virat Kohli rested for the remainder of the tour - can ill afford to let their standards slip with one more ODI and three Twenty20 encounters to come....