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100 Thieves opens Championship of The Americas with sweep
100 Thieves took the next step on Saturday in the League of Legends Championship of The Americas with a victory in the lower-bracket quarterfinals in Allen, Texas.,The competition is the season finale for LTA, which also decides which of the region's teams qualify for the world championship starting...

FlyQuest dominant once more, wins LTA North 2025 Split 3
It was the perfect ending to a perfect run on Sunday.,FlyQuest beat 100 Thieves 3-1 in the grand final of the League of Legends' Championship of The Americas North 2025 Split 3 in Los Angeles, finishing the event without a loss and earning a berth in the World Championship this fall.,After going 3-0...

100 Thieves sweep Shopify in LTA North lower-bracket final
100 Thieves swept Shopify Rebellion 3-0 on Saturday in the lower-bracket final at the League of Legends' Championship of The Americas North 2025 Split 3 in Los Angeles.,The victory sends 100 Thieves into a showdown against FlyQuest in the grand final on Sunday.,The top three teams from the current t...

100 Thieves advance to LTA North lower-bracket final
100 Thieves squeezed past Cloud9 3-2 on Friday, earning a berth in the lower-bracket final at the League of Legends' Championship of The Americas North 2025 Split 3 in Los Angeles.,The victory sends 100 Thieves into a Saturday showdown with Shopify Rebellion. The winner will advance to oppose FlyQue...

Defending champ Chase Briscoe conquers Southern 500 again, advances to Round of 12
Chase Briscoe turned in one of the most dominating performances of 2025 and defended his title in the Cook Out Southern 500 Sunday night, winning the NASCAR Cup Series' Round of 16 playoffs opener at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, S.C.,Last year's victor at one of NASCAR's crown-jewel races, whic...

100 Thieves advance in LTA North Split 3 playoffs
In a dominant effort, 100 Thieves swept Team Liquid on Saturday to advance to the lower-bracket semifinal in the League of Legends' Championship of The Americas North 2025 Split 3 at Los Angeles.,Playoff matches are best-of-five. The top three teams will qualify for the LoL Championship of The Ameri...

Starting lineup set as round of 16 playoff action revs up at Darlington
With all of the discussion, from advocates and dissenters alike, surrounding the NASCAR Cup Series' postseason format, what better venue to make everyone happy than by starting the Round of 16 on one of the few legendary tracks in the final 10 races?,That would be demanding Darlington Raceway's 1.36...

Round of 16 playoff action revs up at Darlington
With all of the discussion, from advocates and dissenters alike, surrounding the NASCAR Cup Series' postseason format, what better venue to make everyone happy than by starting the Round of 16 on one of the few legendary tracks in the final 10 races?,That would be demanding Darlington Raceway's 1.36...

100 Thieves knocks out LYON at LTA North Split 3
Following weeks of elimination-free competition, there was an elimination for the second straight day at the League of Legends Championship of The Americas North Split 3 in Los Angeles on Sunday.,After finishing the pick-and-play phase tied for seventh place out of eight teams, 100 Thieves kept its ...

Ryan Blaney wins regular-season finale in Daytona; Reddick, Bowman playoff-bound
Ryan Blaney put Ford back into Victory Lane for the first time in nearly three months Saturday night and gained momentum heading into next weekend's playoff opener.,The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series champion was first to the checkered flag in a frantic, four-wide finish in Saturday night's regular-season f...

Qualifying cancelation at Daytona puts Alex Bowman on front row
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Rain and lightning proved to be a good omen for Alex Bowman, the driver on the bubble for the final NASCAR Cup Series playoff berth.,With the qualifying session for Saturday night's Coke Zero Sugar 400 canceled because of inclement weather, Bowman will start on the outside of ...

NASCAR playoff picture shifts to Daytona for regular-season finale
Dale Earnhardt forged the black No. 3 Chevrolet into a powerhouse behind the sponsorship of Goodwrench, but current driver Austin Dillon reached into his toolbox at Richmond and produced something a little more radical.,A monkey wrench.,The 35-year-old Dillon got his redemption Saturday night after ...

Novak Djokovic WDs from Cincinnati Open
Novak Djokovic withdrew from the upcoming ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati, giving himself no hard-court tune-ups before the U.S. Open.,The ATP officially listed Djokovic's withdrawal from Cincinnati as "non-medical," while he cited a groin injury for his absence from the Canadian Open that...

Leon Marchand breaks 200 IM world record at World Championships
French swimmer Leon Marchand smashed the world record in the 200-meter individual medley, a mark that had stood for 14 years, at the World Swimming Championships in Singapore on Wednesday.,In the semifinal heat of the 200 IM, he touched the wall in 1 minute, 52.69 seconds, besting Ryan Lochte's time...

Katie Ledecky wins 1,500 gold at worlds in blistering time
Katie Ledecky posted the fifth-fastest 1,500-meter freestyle time in history in winning the gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Tuesday.,Ledecky challenged her own world record time for much of the final before touching the wall in 15:26.44 for her 22nd world championship ...

Bubba Wallace holds off Kyle Larson in double OT to capture Brickyard 400
Bubba Wallace has been collecting points for the first 21 races of 2025, but on Sunday he earned something more important: A crown jewel trophy and a championship playoff berth.,The 23XI Racing Toyota driver endured a late delay and barely won on fuel to capture Sunday's 29th annual Brickyard 400 in...

Bubba Wallace holds off Kyle Larson in double overtime to capture Brickyard 400
Bubba Wallace waited out a late delay and barely won on fuel to capture Sunday's 29th annual Brickyard 400 in the second overtime at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Ind.,After rain fell with six laps remaining and Wallace leading, the field endured a red-flag condition for a rain shower, wi...

Cup Series set to Ty a bow on first ever In-Season Challenge
Where the NASCAR Cup Series once had its "Dale and Dale Show" at Daytona in 1993, on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway there will be plenty at stake when the "Ty and Ty Show" takes to the 2.5-mile oval at the legendary Brickyard.,Over 32 years ago, Dale Jarrett beat Dale Earnhardt to win the...

Denny Hamlin picks up Cup Series-high fourth win of year at Dover
Denny Hamlin waited out a one-hour red-flag delay, won three restarts on older tires inside of 10 laps to go, and took the overtime checkers in Sunday's rain-interrupted AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Del.,In the second overtime, Hamlin lined up beside Joe Gibbs...

Chase Elliott earns pole position at rainy Dover
Practice and Busch Light Pole Qualifying for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway was canceled due to inclement weather Saturday afternoon.,Through a metric established by NASCAR, Hendrick Motorsports' Chase Elliott was awarded pole position fo...