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Jeff Gordon (99.251 mph), Joey Logano (99.199) and Denny Hamlin (99.141), who are all among the eight drivers still alive in the Chase, paced the 80-minute session on the 0.526-mile paper-clip-shaped oval. MORE: Martinsville picks | Chase standings | Helping Danica should be high priority for SHR | Who will fans pull for now? Jamie McMurray, whose not in the Chase and scraped the wall in practice, was fourth, with Chase driver Brad Keselowski fifth in the only practice session before Goody’s Headache 500 qualifying scheduled for later Friday afternoon....

But his quest to help others wouldn’t allow him to solely collect a check for the simple gesture of using his name. He says he will be a staple at the Jeff Mayweather Training Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather and his team are currently creating ways to bring attention to the gym, through various events and kids’ camps revolving around combat and fitness. Mayweather trained at Floyd’s gym for years; now he has a place that he can call his own....

Psaki said that consumers increasing their online purchases amid the COVID-19 pandemic was part of the “root cause” of the supply bottleneck when asked to provide a “message to Americans who are still so worried about getting their Christmas gifts on time” during a press conference at the White House on Wednesday. She said the issue was “a top priority” for President Joe Biden. “So many people across the country are purchasing more goods online,” Psaki said....

Jennifer Coleman, 34, of Richmond, Virginia, went missing while hiking in Montana’s Glacier National Park last week, sparking a widespread search. Officials said they believe Coleman had been hiking around the Logan Pass in the park on either Monday or Tuesday before she was reported missing on Wednesday. A search was launched once Coleman did not return to collect her dogs from a boarding facility and did not reply to text messages....

How could he not? Since 2013, he has seen what makes a championship-caliber team, serving as defensive coordinator to two of four active national title-winning coaches in Alabama’s Nick Saban and Florida State’s Jimbo Fisher. That said, and with all due respect to the Volunteers: Tennessee is not a championship-caliber program. But Pruitt seems to know what it’ll take for it to become respectable, at least. MORE: SN’s 2018 SEC predictions...

The 18-year NBA veteran had been trying to make a comeback in the league. He even traveled to Germany to get treatment on his knees so he could play again. In January there was a report the Mavericks were close to signing a deal with O’Neal. MORE: Knicks waive Stoudemire | Nets still lukewarm on Lopez | Aldridge plays it cool | PHOTOS: All-Star Game “When I decided in late December to look at the option on playing again I knew it was probably going to be one of my greatest challenges considering that I hadn’t done any basketball training in the previous 5 month,” O’Neal wrote in the post....

Haase is expected to be named the new coach at Stanford, according to ESPN and other outlets. He will replace Johnny Dawkins, who was fired March 14 after eight years in Palo Alto (and resurfaced quickly this week as coach at UCF). MORE: What other coaches are on the move in college hoops? | 2016 tourney bracket Haase, who turns 42 next week, led UAB to a 46-23 record the last two seasons, including an upset of Iowa State as a No....

In an interview with CNN the same evening, Brown, who served California twice as a Democratic governor, said the president was “courageous” and that his predecessors “didn’t have the guts” to do what he did. “Biden was very courageous, and there’s so much hypocrisy,” Brown told CNN. “Look, the Afghan war, very soon after we went over there, it was over…We took out the Al Qaeda. We chased after bin Laden....

Appearing on “NBA on TNT,” West, the former Lakers general manager, head coach and player, said Bryant had committed to making a move to the Clippers. “I remember when he was going to leave the Lakers and I’ve never really mentioned this to anyone,” West said. “He was going to come and sign with the Clippers, who I’m now involved with as a consultant. And I told him, ‘Kobe, under no circumstances can you do this....

“I don’t know why they stopped me, speeding I guess. I did hear a thump, so I knew I hit something, but I didn’t see what it was,” Beauvais said, according to the documents. Police say the 32-year-old suspect struck and killed Tsakos, a 14-year veteran of the NYPD’s Highway Patrol Unit, early Tuesday as he was directing traffic on the Long Island Expressway. Tsakos was dressed in full reflective gear and standing next to a marked police car with flashing lights and a series of traffic cones, diverting cars off the highway after a fatal crash....

The actors were not aware of the real-life story behind the true crime film before they signed on to the project, but when they did they appreciated how director Tobias Lindholm chose not to over-dramatize the truth or glamorize the crimes committed by focusing heavily on the act itself. Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne Say ‘The Good Nurse’ Won’t ‘Fetishize’ True Story The Good Nurse follows Chastain’s Loughren, a nurse who becomes friends with co-worker Cullen (Redmayne)....

McCaskill edged Cecilia Brækhus via majority decision to become the new undisputed welterweight champion of the world in downtown Tulsa, Okla. In doing so, in just her 11th pro fight, McCaskill (9-2, 3 KOs) handed Brækhus (36-1, 9 KOs) the first loss of her pro career and stopped the “First Lady” from snapping Joe Louis’ streak of 25 straight title defenses. Judges scored it in favor of McCaskill 95-95, 97-93 and 97-94, crediting the Chicago native for outworking Brækhus by throwing 499 punches to Brækhus’ 269, though Brækhus was the more accurate puncher who landed 32 percent of her shots....

According to NBC 4 New York, someone sent the image to flight passengers with Apple devices via the AirDrop app, which allows people to share things through Bluetooth, on Saturday morning. Crew also received the image and alerted the captain. All 150 passengers were led off the delayed JetBlue flight 573 to allow sniffer dogs on as Port Authority vehicles surrounded the aircraft. “We pull up to the gate and then we pull away and the captain comes on and says there’s been a security threat,” Thomas Desmond, a passenger aboard the flight who lives in Riverview, Florida, told WFLA....

Talk about trouble: The Jets are in San Diego for Sunday’s 4:25 p.m. ET game against the Chargers amid hot stories of Ryan having to save his job and the team having to rescue its season. Then there’s quarterback Geno Smith, who in frustration this week reached the limit of his restraint. Smith cursed at a heckler, drawing a $12,000 fine. He apologized and accepted his punishment for venting his spleen, although the F-bomb might have been therapeutic....

MORE: Best QB options for Jets in ‘16 New York’s latest game with the 33-year-old QB, who’s coming off his best NFL season, is kicking the tires on another similar free agent, Brian Hoyer. You remember Hoyer with the Texans, right? He was their replacement after they traded Fitzpatrick to the Jets last offseason. Although Houston made the playoffs and New York did not, Fitzpatrick was and is the better QB....

A young woman who goes by the user name “throwawayhighschoo1” took to Reddit’s “Am I the A**hole (AITA)” forum to ask whether her response to a neighbor’s use of his Ring camera was warranted or not. After moving to town, the 16-year-old girl said in the viral post, “I found out that my neighbors have cameras looking outside their house to the street and mini park, when my mom said that one of the neighbors had sent her a picture of me and my girlfriend at the park at 6pm, kinda pettily hinting that I should not be outside there at night....

The Idol, by Euphoria creator Sam Levinson, is billed as a “sick and twisted” Hollywood love story. Model and daughter of Johnny Depp, Lily-Rose, leads the cast with Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd. Levinson will co-create the series along with The Weeknd and his producing partner, Reza Fahim. Depp stars as a young pop star starting a romance with a mysterious L.A. club owner, who also happens to be the leader of a secret cult....

In the video, user Louise May video-calls her mother to tell her the happy news that she has passed her sign-language course. “Guess what I just got a text today…I passed my BSL [British Sign Language] Level 3,” she signs, to which her mother clasps her hands to her mouth and starts clapping. “Ah I’m so excited,” she signs as she starts to cry with happiness. “You proud?” asks Louise May....

Rock has not said much about the incident in which he was hit and verbally abused by Will Smith for his comment about the buzzcut of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who has spoken publicly about her alopecia. However, on Wednesday, Rock was given standing ovations at Boston’s Wilbur Theater where he appeared as part of his his “Ego Death Tour.” Rock said he was “still kind of processing what happened” and that “at some point” he would talk about it....