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Axios World anxiously waits to see where Biden will send America’s vaccines The U.S. is about to pivot from hoarding vaccines to sharing them globally, and countries around the world are trying to secure their places in line.Why it matters: President Biden has promised to donate 80 million doses by the end of June. With

6:00 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Christian McCaffrey’s life in sports has been all about speed, but the Carolina Panthers running back had never experienced it the way he did on Sunday, when he served as an honorary pace car driver, leading 38 cars with 750 horsepower each to the green flag for the start

10:59 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Larson ended six years of struggles at Charlotte Motor Speedway, winning the Coca-Cola 600 in dominating fashion to give team owner Rick Hendrick a record-setting victory. It was the 269th career Cup Series victory for Hendrick Motorsports, passing Petty Enterprises for the most in NASCAR history.

The Guardian A new generation is rising in this year’s NBA playoffs While LeBron James and Kevin Durant still grab the spotlight, the players who will dominate the NBA in the next decade are starting to emerge Ja Morant has emerged as a force for the Memphis Grizzlies in this year’s NBA playoffs. Photograph: Justin

7:08 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — On Saturday morning, roughly 24 hours before the start of the 2021 Indianapolis 500, an impromptu meeting of Indy’s most exclusive club took place as the drivers meeting of this year’s 33 competitors was being adjourned. A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears, the only four-time winners over 104 years

3:25 PM ET ESPN News Services Written off as too old to race full time, too old for a fourth Indianapolis 500 win, Helio Castroneves at long last joined that exclusive club in a popular victory for the old guys. Then Spider-Man scaled the Indianapolis Motor Speedway fence for his trademark victory celebration at the

Helio Castroneves’ chase for a fourth Indianapolis 500 lasted over a decade. Castroneves became a three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 2009 when he started on the pole and led 66 laps. That victory followed wins in 2001 and 2002 — his first two races at Indianapolis — and was his eighth top-10 finish

2:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Scott Dixon‘s perfect Indianapolis 500 fell apart when the six-time IndyCar Series champion ran out of gas before his first pit stop Sunday. The pole sitter was on track for a regularly scheduled stop when Stefan Wilson crashed as he entered pit road to bring out a caution 33

May 30, 2021 Associated Press FLORENCE, Italy — Swiss motorcycle rider Jason Dupasquier has died following a crash during Moto3 qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix, the Careggi Hospital in Florence announced Sunday. He was 19. “Despite the best efforts of circuit medical staff and all those subsequently attending to the Swiss rider, the hospital

Helio Castroneves won a record-tying fourth Indianapolis 500 with a pass of Alex Palou entering Turn 1 on the penultimate lap on Sunday. The win ties Castroneves with AJ Foyt, Rick Mears, and Al Unser for the most Indianapolis 500 wins and comes in Castroneves’ only IndyCar start of the season so far. Castroneves, 46,

4:50 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Ty Gibbs is giving his grandfather plenty to think about. The 18-year-old grandson of championship car owner Joe Gibbs took the lead with 20 laps left at Charlotte Motor Speedway and held off the field Saturday for the second Xfinity Series win of his rookie season. If

JENNERSTOWN, Pa. — Justin Bonsignore dominated the first trip to Jennerstown Speedway last year, and let the second visit slip away. Saturday night, the Long Island driver almost did both in the Jennerstown Salutes 150 presented by DGV. Instead, he walked away with his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win of 2021 and his 30th

1:11 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Hendrick Motorsports’ quest to pass Petty Enterprises as the NASCAR Cup Series race team with the most wins all-time got off to a good start Saturday. Kyle Larson captured the pole for the Coca-Cola 600, with two of his teammates starting in the row behind him. Ricky

12:46 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Dear smart watch and pedometer manufacturers: I don’t want to tell you how to run your business, but you’re missing out on a sponsorship opportunity during Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. And I don’t mean slapping a sticker on any of the 33 race cars that will be roaring down the frontstretch

May 28, 2021 ESPN News Services “This Is Us” actor Milo Ventimiglia will serve as the honorary starter for Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. Ventimiglia will wave the green flag and start the 105th running of the race. Ventimiglia plays family patriarch Jack Pearson on the show and is a three-time Emmy nominee for best actor. “Milo’s

6:07 PM ET ESPN News Services Scott Dixon ran to the top of the board in the final practice before Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 and called it a day with 45 minutes remaining in the session. “Hopefully it runs this good in the race,” Dixon said after his lap at 228.323 mph put the six-time IndyCar

11:01 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — John Hunter Nemechek made it through a late crash, then held on to the lead on a restart 10 laps from the end to win the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday night. Nemechek used a three-wide pass to gain the lead

5:50 PM ET Associated Press With a reduced-capacity sellout crowd of 135,000 fans expected for Sunday’s race, the Indianapolis 500 is set to become the largest sporting event since the coronavirus pandemic began in early 2020. Indianapolis Motor Speedway worked with the Marion County Public Health Department to determine that 40% of venue capacity will