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5:22 AM ET Lewis Hamilton said Derek Chauvin’s conviction shows the push to promote justice and equality for all is not in vain, while stressing that the “fight isn’t over”. Former Minneapolis police officer Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter by a jury Tuesday for his role in

TipRanks Has Plug Power Stock Reached an Attractive Entry Point? Analyst Weighs In Has momentum stalled for Plug Power (PLUG)? 2021 is proving a bit of a come down for this previously high-flying new energy stock. To wit, since peaking at $70.3 in mid-January, the share price has retreated by a hefty 64%. The hydrogen

Geico 500 2 p.m. ET (Fox) There hasn’t been a surprise winner at Talladega in quite some time. The victors have been fairly predictable in the 15 races since David Ragan won the 2013 spring race at the track. Sure, there have been guys like Jamie McMurray and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in victory lane, but

Denny Hamlin has claimed the Busch Pole Award for Sunday’s GEICO 500 (2 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Talladega Superspeedway. Hamlin will start his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota from the pole position for the third time this season in the 500-miler at the 2.66-mile Alabama track. He finished second last

8:58 PM ET ESPN staff George Floyd’s murder — and the graphic footage that captured his final breaths — rocked athletes, coaches and executives throughout professional and amateur sports. With the country already on edge just a couple months into the COVID-19 pandemic, a viral video showed then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s

Kyle Larson will make his 2021 debut in the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway after winning 12 times in 26 starts on the circuit last year. Larson should be well prepared for Bristol because he took part in the inaugural Food City Dirt Race NASCAR Cup race March

Jesse Iwuji has won the first ever eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series Fan Vote, as revealed on Tuesday’s NASCAR Race Hub on FS1. As a result, Iwuji is now eligible to race in Wednesday night’s Pro Invitational Series event at virtual Talladega Superspeedway, airing at 7 p.m. ET on FS1. RELATED: Pro Invitational Series schedule

Natalie Decker will make the first of four scheduled starts for Our Motorsports in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway (4 p.m. ET on Fox). Decker made her Xfinity Series debut in February at the Daytona road course in the No. 23 for RSS Racing in partnership with Reaume Brothers Racing. That was to

Used car search engine site AutoTempest.com will serve as primary sponsor of Chris Buescher‘s No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford for two upcoming Cup races. The site will be featured on Buescher’s car at Kansas Speedway (May 2) and Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas (May 23). “We’re excited to partner with a brand

It’s past time for NASCAR to make its approval process transparent to the public. Truck Series veteran Jennifer Jo Cobb was set to make her Cup Series debut at Talladega on Sunday. But Cobb, 47, won’t be in the race after all after NASCAR told Cobb that she didn’t meet the sanctioning body’s approval criteria

9:11 AM ET Mercedes believes it is still lagging behind rivals Red Bull on outright car performance this year, despite the team leading both drivers’ and constructors’ championships after the opening two rounds of the season. 1 Related After seven consecutive years of title success, Mercedes looks set for its toughest battle for the championship

NASCAR denied approval for Jennifer Jo Cobb to drive in Sunday’s Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway, forcing Rick Ware Racing to find another driver for the No. 15 car. The team announced April 13 that Cobb would make her Cup debut in the No. 15 car at Talladega Superspeedway. She would have been the first

The Associated Press Top recruit Chet Holmgren heads to Gonzaga, Suggs to NBA SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) Chet Holmgren, the nation’s top overall recruit, announced he is heading to Gonzaga on the same day star guard Jalen Suggs announced he is leaving the Bulldogs after one season to enter the NBA draft. Holmgren said on ESPN

1:53 PM ET One day on from his collision with Valtteri Bottas at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Williams driver George Russell has apologised for the way he handled himself after the accident. 1 Related Russell flatly blamed Bottas in the immediate aftermath of the high-speed accident, which saw both cars destroyed against the crash

11:21 AM ET Big accidents often come with big consequences in Formula One. Fortunately, George Russell and Valtteri Bottas walked away unharmed from their 190 mph collision at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, but that didn’t stop egos being bruised in the aftermath. The accident, which was deemed to be a racing incident by the

12:05 PM ET Red Bull team boss Christian Horner predicted great races ahead for Sergio Perez despite the Mexican failing to score from his first front row start in Formula One on Sunday. The 31-year-old driver, now a veteran of 193 races, finished 12th in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola while Dutch team

Before teaming with Alex Bowman in 2018, Greg Ives spent the first three years of his career as a NASCAR Cup Series crew chief working with Dale Earnhardt Jr. It was a lesson about Richmond with Earnhardt that Ives used to help guide Bowman to Sunday’s win. “Going back to something I learned with Dale

It’s hard to call Stewart-Haas Racing one of the best teams in NASCAR right now. Kevin Harvick is, once again, in the top 10 in the points standings. But at 8th, he’s having a year that’s considered below average based on the lofty standards he’s set since joining the team in 2014. He’s finished outside