It produced one of the first “aha” moments of his NASCAR career, one in which he was taught a lesson by two legends of the sport. “I was running up front and thought, ‘Wow, man, I might have a shot at winning this thing,’ " Gordon said of the 1993 Daytona 500. “And I just remember kind of an aha moment where I was running maybe third, I think Dale (Earnhardt) was leading, maybe I was even second....
Gordon took practice laps in a racecar for the first time since last November — and posted the ninth-fastest time in the opening session at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. MORE: 10 to watch at Indy | Gordon can win | Gordon’s path back Gordon is driving the Hendrick Motorsports No. 88 in relief of Dale Earnhardt Jr., who has concussion-like symptoms. He first sat in the car on Tuesday and has been working to learn the nuances of the 2016 lower-downforce car and changes that have come since he retired from full-time racing after the 2015 Cup championship race....
In a tweet Saturday, Trump called on followers and his supporters to vote for former college football coach Tuberville for the Alabama Senate primary runoff. The president wrote that Sessions was a “disaster who has let us all down.” He added that he doesn’t want to see him in Washington again. Sessions responded to the president’s tweet by saying that he was above the insults hurled by Trump. Despite putting down Trump for the endorsement, Sessions did hurl a few quips at Tuberville in his own tweet....
As of Wednesday morning, Newsweek found action figures of cult leader David Koresh, cannibal serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet were available to buy from sellers on the website. The Jeffrey Epstein action figure, called “Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself,” was being sold for $156.83 and is “low in stock,” according to the U.S.-based seller. A brief item description of the action figure reads: “High-quality polymer clay. Thick cardback....
During a Thursday interview with Alisyn Camerota on CNN Newsroom, Toobin sheepishly admitted on air that he was caught masturbating but thought the call had paused and his video was shut off. “Sad to say, obviously I wasn’t thinking very well or very much…. It was deeply moronic and indefensible,” he said. Toobin, who was fired from his writer’s job at The New Yorker a month after the incident, took time during his return to apologize to his family, readers and viewers, as well as to co-workers who saw what happened....
“They’re using COVID to sadistically abuse all the inmates and deny basic human needs like sunshine, phone, food,” she tweeted, referring to her treatment in prison. “No human deserves what they’re doing in a Federal Prison to every inmate. If people knew what was happening, there would be major reform action.” Ryan claimed in another tweet she posted earlier on Saturday that now “the risk of torture is over” as she spoke about her release from prison....
She then went on to star alongside future Grammy-winner Ariana Grande in the spin-off Sam & Cat in 2013. However, after the show was canceled in 2014 and Netflix’s Between, where she played the role of Wiley Day ended in 2016, McCurdy left the world of television behind. McCurdy now directs short films and currently stars in her own one-woman play, I’m Glad My Mom Died. In her recently released memoir of the same name, she reflects on her experiences as a child actor, everything from feeling exploited, to eating disorders, fame, and her overbearing mother....
The actress—who has daughters Violet, 15, and Seraphina, 12, and son Samuel, 9, with ex-husband Ben Affleck—posted on Instagram on Wednesday about the end of the summer vacation. The 13 Going on 30 star wrote: “The school year starts in dribs and drabs, but today’s the real deal for my family—we are back. “3/3 masked, 2/3 vaxxed (soon, please, 11 and under), every one eager, tentative, bold, vulnerable and—as far as I can tell—smiling under the 3-ply....
Jeremy Johnson isn’t Cam Newton. MORE: SEC non-con schedule rankings | HAYES: McElwain’s big project: Solving UF’s QB problem He isn’t a once-in-a-lifetime player in a once-in-forever season navigating the untenable to reach the unthinkable. There, get it? Now understand this: Johnson may also be exactly what Auburn needs to get back to playing in the SEC Championship Game, and by proxy, the College Football Playoff. That should be more than enough....
Jeremy Johnson will be Auburn’s starting quarterback for the season opener Sept. 5 in Atlanta against Louisville. Auburn coach Gus Malzahn announced the news on Twitter. MORE: SN Top 25 QBs | Auburn spring: What we learned | Muschamp energizes defense | Johnson can play hoops, too Johnson completed 14-of-22 passes for 252 yards with TD tosses of 36 yards to Duke Williams and 43 yards to Myron Burton on Saturday’s in the Tigers’ spring game....
“It’s going to be a good night of boxing and that’s all I have to deliver — something explosive,” Charlo said Thursday to end the press conference at The Tillary Hotel in Brooklyn before his fight Saturday night just one mile away at the Barclays Center. “A nice little Christmas gift for you, homie.” The WBC middleweight champion meant a lump of coal in the form of a knockout. Getting that done would give Charlo his 30th professional victory and 22nd KO....
“I’m operating as though right now he’s going to miss regular-season games,” Jones, the team’s owner and general manager, told reporters Thursday after the team’s exhibition vs. the Buccaneers at AT&T Stadium, per Jon Machota of The Athletic. MORE: NFLPA probing whether Cowboys bypassed agents The Cowboys will open their regular season Sept. 8 at home vs. the Giants. Elliott has been away from the team while he seeks an extension to his rookie contract, which runs through the 2020 season....
That doesn’t sit too well with Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones. MORE: Patriotism, politics and sports “I got to give a big pat on the back to our entire team, our coaching staff, our entire organization,” Jones said Tuesday during a radio interview with KRLD-FM, the Cowboys’ flagship station. “We strongly, strongly support the flag in every way we support — and it’s almost ridiculous to be saying it — the people who for generations and generations have given it all up so that we can get out here and show off in front of millions of people on television....
Rice probably shouldn’t have been so quick to criticize when it comes to cheating, since by his own admission he was guilty of disregarding the rules during his playing career, as pointed out Friday by Mike Florio. During an ESPN video dated Jan. 17 — one day before reports surfaced that the Patriots were being investigated for using underinflated footballs in the AFC title game — Rice casually admitted to being a frequent user of Stickum during his 20-year career....
The 24-year-old has endured a difficult return to La Liga after moving on loan from Paris Saint-Germain last month, with Las Palmas losing all four of the league matches he has started. Zidane: Jese has enormous potential Jese is yet to score for his new club and managed only one goal in his spell in Ligue 1, adding to the scrutiny of the forward’s form as he prepares to face Real Madrid on Wednesday for the first time since leaving last August....
“While the new CDC guidelines should help get crewmembers back to work sooner, and our schedule reduction and other efforts will further ease day-of cancellations, we expect the number of COVID cases in the northeast—where most of our crewmembers are based—to continue to surge for the next week or two,” a JetBlue Airways spokesperson told Newsweek on Thursday. “This means there is a high likelihood of additional cancellations until case counts start to come down....
Of that, there is no doubt. The Yankees’ captain is in the final season of a remarkable 20-year career that includes five World Series rings and more than 3,400 hits. By every definition of the word, he is a baseball superstar. The adulation at his final All-Star Game, though, threatened to reach slightly nauseating levels on Tuesday, even to Yankees fans. What follows is a lighthearted look at few of the more over-the-top sentences uttered about Jeter....
At 6-8, 270 pounds, Jets rookie Mekhi Becton is a mountain of a man and Sam Darnold’s guardian angel for the foreseeable future. At his size, suffice it to say, Becton probably spends a lot of time getting custom suits made — or, in this case, jewelry. In August, Becton showed off a massive chain and pendant: a stylized ticket, encrusted entirely in diamonds and gold with “BIG TICKET ADMIT ONE” across the front....
The Jets shipped quarterback Sam Darnold south to the Panthers on April 5, leaving New York positioned to take a QB at No. 2 in the 2021 NFL Draft. Some questioned the move. While Darnold’s NFL career has been mired in ineffectiveness, some believe that the beleaguered quarterback is going to hit his ceiling elsewhere, in a better situation than what the Jets offered him. Jets general manager Joe Douglas, though, doesn’t seem to care whether he looks bad if that happens....
Cunningham was arrested Dec. 29 after police were called to his apartment around 4:15 p.m., according to NJ.com. Officers at the scene searched Cunningham’s Audi and found an illegally transported .380 handgun, according to Mark Spivey, spokesman for the Union County Prosecutor’s office. PHOTOS: Disgraced athletes Cunningham, a backup outside linebacker who missed the season with a torn Achilles, was also charged with criminal mischief for destroying clothing (method of destruction unknown) and third-degree invasion of privacy for the spreading of sexual images of an individual without consent....
