Blaney lost sleep after last week's loss, needs a big showing at Martinsville to defend NASCAR title

Ryan Blaney had the checkered flag in sight and a spot in NASCAR’s title-deciding race within his grasp last week on the last lap of a contentious battle

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Blaney gets shot at back-to-back NASCAR titles after controversial finish at Martinsville Speedway

Ryan Blaney earned a chance to defend his NASCAR championship with a victory Sunday at Martinsville Speedway that pushed the Team Penske driver into the winner-take-all season finale

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NASCAR: Ryan Blaney wins at Martinsville for the second straight year to earn a chance at the title

The race ended in controversy as NASCAR took over 15 minutes to decide that William Byron made the final four over Christopher Bell.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - Yesterday

What drivers said after 2024 Martinsville NASCAR Cup playoff race won by Ryan Blaney

Here is what drivers were talking about after Sunday's controversial finish.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - Yesterday

NASCAR's controversy at Martinsville showed why its playoff system needs to be overhauled or ditched entirely

NASCAR is no longer competing with the NFL for eyeballs. It's time to reward a champion in a much fairer way.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - Yesterday

Blaney wins Martinsville; Byron gets final spot

Ryan Blaney earned a chance to defend his Cup Series championship with a victory Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, where a controversial finish forced NASCAR to decide if Christopher Bell or William ...

Sports - ESPN - 23 hours ago

Kyle Larson heads to Martinsville looking for 7th win of season to have shot at NASCAR title

Kyle Larson has rung the Hendrick Motorsports victory bell six times this season and yet he's on the outside looking in of NASCAR's championship four

Sports - ABC News - 3 days ago

Chandler Smith strikes Cole Custer after NASCAR Xfinity playoff race at Martinsville

Chandler Smith fails to advance to the Championship 4.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 2 days ago

Boeing is about to show a big quarterly loss as investors wait for the strike to end

If union members agree to end the strike “the supply chain, investors, and Boeing will share a collective sigh of relief.”

Business - MarketWatch - October 23

Alex Bowman's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week capped by Logano making NASCAR's title race

Few people in motorsports had as crummy a week as Alex Bowman

Sports - ABC News - October 21

'They didn't think I was good enough': Previewing the sounds and big matchups ahead of Week 10

Our college football experts preview big matchups, conference title contenders and sound ahead of Week 10.

Sports - ESPN - 4 days ago

Arteta won't talk title race after Newcastle loss

Mikel Arteta has refused to be drawn on Arsenal's title chances after his side suffered a damaging 1-0 defeat at Newcastle on Saturday.

Sports - ESPN - Yesterday

Weekend schedule, TV info for NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, Truck playoffs at Martinsville

This weekend is the last chance for playoff drivers in each series to advance to the Championship 4.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 4 days ago

Denny Hamlin crashes in NASCAR Cup practice at Martinsville, will not make qualifying attempt

Denny Hamlin will start at the rear of the field for Sunday's Round of 8 elimination race.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 2 days ago

NASCAR to investigate late-race Martinsville actions of multiple teams

NASCAR officials will look further into the on-track actions of multiple competitors Sunday night in the NASCAR Cup Series‘ Round of 8 finale at Martinsville Speedway. The No. 1 Trackhouse Racing ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 15 hours ago

NASCAR playoffs at Las Vegas starting lineup: Christopher Bell wins pole, Ryan Blaney crashes in practice

Bell took the early upper hand among the playoff drivers, while the defending Cup champ didn't get a chance to qualify

Sports - CBS Sports - October 19

PSU's Franklin after another big loss: 'I own it all'

Following Penn State's disappointing home loss to Ohio State on Saturday, Nittany Lions coach James Franklin said, "There's nobody that's looking in the mirror harder than I am."

Sports - ESPN - Yesterday

Max Holloway confirms full-time move to lightweight after title loss at UFC 308: '155, here we come'

The featherweight great will campaign at lightweight moving forward

Sports - CBS Sports - 2 days ago

2024 NASCAR at Martinsville odds, playoff predictions, start time: Proven model reveals Xfinity 500 picks

SportsLine simulated the 2024 Xfinity 500 10,000 times and revealed its NASCAR playoff picks for Martinsville Speedway on Sunday

Sports - CBS Sports - Yesterday

NASCAR playoffs at Martinsville: Where to watch, stream, start time, lineup, preview, pick for Xfinity 500

The two remaining Championship 4 spots are on the line in the penultimate race of the 2024 season

Sports - CBS Sports - 2 days ago

How to watch Sunday's NASCAR 2024 Cup playoff race at Martinsville Speedway on NBC

Two drivers will join Joey Logano and Tyler Reddick in the Championship 4.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 3 days ago

NASCAR playoffs at Martinsville starting lineup: Martin Truex Jr. wins pole, Denny Hamlin crashes in practice

Truex will start up front in his next-to-last race before the end of his full-time racing career

Sports - CBS Sports - 2 days ago

Analysis: Martinsville playoff antics could have massive impact on NASCAR like Richmond 2013

Officials have mountains of evidence to dissect while determining if short- and long-term action is taken.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 9 hours ago

Ranking 134 College Football Teams After a Week Full of Surprising Losses

Texas A&M, Iowa State and Clemson were among the top 25 teams to fall to unranked opponents.

Sports - The New York Times - 12 hours ago

Big Ten title race update after Oregon beats Ohio State: Tiebreaker scenarios with nine teams in mix

Nine teams have either zero or one conference loss heading into the season's halfway point

Sports - CBS Sports - October 13

Big 12 title contenders, tiebreaker scenarios: Eight teams harbor serious hopes after chaotic start to 2024

Iowa State, BYU and Texas Tech still control their own destinies, but there are roadblocks ahead

Sports - CBS Sports - October 15

NFL Week 6 grades: Bills earn a 'B' for Monday win over Jets, Cowboys get an 'F' for embarrassing blowout loss

Here are the Week 6 grades for every team that played

Sports - CBS Sports - October 15

Jobless claims retreat after last week’s sharp increase

One week after hitting the highest level in more than a year, initial jobless claims retreated by 19,000 to 241,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Business - MarketWatch - October 17

10 Takeaways from Week 10: Ohio State gets a much-needed win, while the Big 12 devolves into chaos

Plus, two blowouts in ACC country simplify the conference race down the stretch.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - Yesterday

Knicks' Josh Hart jokes that Celtics players need drug tests after New York's season-opening blowout loss

The Celtics knocked down a staggering 29 3-pointers in Tuesday's win

Sports - CBS Sports - October 23

Saints fire head coach Dennis Allen after seventh straight loss; owner calls it a decision 'we needed to make'

Allen, who led the Saints to a 2-7 start this season, leaves with 18-25 record in New Orleans

Sports - CBS Sports - 11 hours ago

Kyle Larson opens the third round of NASCAR's playoffs as the title favorite

Kyle Larson has been lucky of late in Las Vegas, where he opens the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs on top of the Cup Series standings and the favorite to win Sunday’s race

Sports - ABC News - October 19

Tyler Reddick wins at Homestead, giving Michael Jordan a chance at the NASCAR title

Michael Jordan won a championship in Phoenix in 1993

Sports - ABC News - October 27

2024 NFL trade deadline: Eight big-name moves that need to happen after Bills, Jets make WR splashes

Proposing some notable trades ahead of the Nov. 5 deadline

Sports - CBS Sports - October 16

Christian Eckes wins Truck race at Martinsville to propel into Championship 4; title contenders set

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Christian Eckes wasn‘t about to lose a race he had dominated, even if it meant using the front bumper on his No. 19 Chevrolet — twice. After a restart with five laps left in ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 3 days ago

Takeaways from Drake Maye's first NFL start: QB settles in after sloppy start, shows flashes in Texans loss

Maye finished the game with more touchdowns than Jacoby Brissett had in the first five games this season

Sports - CBS Sports - October 13

Viking Therapeutics’ weight-loss pill shows ‘great outcome’ in trial

The stock, which enjoys the unusual position of having all buy ratings from the 13 analysts offering coverage on FactSet, has been on a tear this year, gaining 270% to date in 2024.

Business - MarketWatch - 12 hours ago

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