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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — 23XI Racing co-owners Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin are facing sanctions in federal court at the start of NASCAR championship week.23XI, along with Front Row Motorsports, is suing NASCAR and its CEO Jim France for violating antitrust laws, setting up its first face-to-face court showdown with NASCAR during Monday’s hearing on a request for a preliminary injunction.Team attorney Jeffrey Kessler and NASCAR attorney Chris Yates engaged in a heated and sometimes contentious hearing on the fifth floor of federal court in Charlotte. A clause in NASCAR’s 2025 charter agreement with the team does not allow them to…

Just when you thought the Champions League group stages had become predictable…Manchester City and Real Madrid, the two teams most likely to win the title this season, suffered a pair of crushing defeats on Tuesday night that rocked the competition.New Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim may well have saved his best result at Sporting Lisbon for last, ending his final home game with a 4-1 win over Manchester City. Meanwhile, AC Milan added to Madrid’s many troubles in the Spanish capital with a 3-1 victory.The third team most likely to win the 2024-25 Champions League? Liverpool. They cemented their credibility…

CLEVELAND — Blow it up. Blow them all up. Set the wreckage on fire, dump it into Lake Erie, and let it float to Pelee Island or Buffalo or anywhere in between. The NFL’s list of the most expensive wrecks follows other famous wrecks that can only be accessed with flippers and oxygen tanks.Traded Za’Darius Smith, Dalvin Tomlinson and Jed Wells. Cold calling contenders looking for a backup quarterback and sending them Jameis Winston at market value (which won’t be much). Elijah Moore could go with him.I’m not sure anyone here is ready to have a conversation with Nick Chubb,…

Author: David Aldridge, Tony Jones and Sam AmickPhiladelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid shoved a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist in the Sixers locker room on Saturday night, multiple league sources confirm Competitor. After Philadelphia lost 124-107 to the Memphis Grizzlies, Embiid and columnist Marcus Hayes got into an argument that resulted in a physical altercation.Hayes, a longtime columnist for the Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News, recently wrote an op-ed that Embiid took to be personally disparaging to him and his family. That sentiment was expressed to reporters after Friday’s practice.In part, Embiid said he “has done too much for this…

The writer and director Steve McQueen narrates a sequence from his film set in London during World War II.

Steve Schnur couldn’t sleep. He calls it a blessing and a curse. In search of the next great sports video game soundtrack, Schnur scrolls through social media in the middle of the night, discovering new music and sending it to colleagues who have long since gone to bed.That’s how he found Lola Young.Schnur, the president of music at Electronic Arts, was scrolling through Instagram one morning last November when he discovered Young’s husky, soulful voice. “Oh my god… you know what,” He thought and immediately sent a text message to Cybele Pettus, EA’s senior music director.Two days later, they attended…

As football has evolved over the past few years, the death of the long ball has been proclaimed time and time again.Playing from the back has become standard. Direct teams are the anomaly, not the norm.The logical tactical evolution from then on was the rise of the high-pressing press, and then the deliberate inducement of the press to exploit the space behind opposition players.During that time, the team has been running short passes out of the backfield. Goalkeepers are no longer used to firing long balls as far as possible. Instead, they play a key role in the build-up phase…

In Ukraine, where war feels omnipresent, music is helping lift spirits and raise money for the military.

Brad Hart and Charlie Hart are Spurs season ticket holders. Father and son always sat near the tunnel at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and after every game, 10-year-old Charlie would rush over to the players as they walked off the pitch to try to get their attention.But after Tottenham Hotspur beat West Ham United 4-1 earlier this month, Charlie realized he had forgotten his trusty marker because he was so desperate to get those autographs. Little did he know that he would leave the stadium that Saturday afternoon not with a few strips of ink on his shirt or a program…

Stay up to date with all the breaking Formula 1 news. Register here Get the Prime Tire newsletter in your inbox every Monday and Friday.MEXICO CITY — Carlos Sainz climbed into his vibrant red Ferrari, spread his arms, and raised his fists.The sentiment is palpable. The Spaniard started from pole position at the Mexico City Grand Prix and although he lost the lead to Max Verstappen, Sainz regained first place and posted the strongest performance of his Formula 1 career One of the driving. His race engineer Ricardo Adami called Sunday’s performance “a masterclass” over the radio at the end…