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NASCAR CUP SERIES Brickyard 400 Site: Speedway, Indiana. Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Race distance: 160 laps, 400 miles. Schedule: Friday, practice, 1 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 1:30 p.m.; Sunday, race, 2 p.m. (TNT). Last year: Bubba Wallace snapped a 100-race winless drought while employing a fuel-saving strategy to secure the win in double overtime. Last race: Joey Logano secured his first victory of the season after holding off Denny Hamlin in the first points race at North Wilkesboro Speedway in 30 years. Next race: August 9, Newton, ...

Pirates settle for split with Yankees

NEW YORK (AP) — Max Fried allowed one hit over five innings in his return from a two-month layoff, Jasson Domínguez and Anthony Volpe drove in runs on consecutive pitches in the seventh and the New York Yankees beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 Wednesday night for a doubleheader ...

MLB cracking down on Yankee

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees shortstop José Caballero was targeted by Major League Baseball for some pest control, sparking yet another squabble. Weary of Caballero's routine of waiting to acknowledge the pitcher just before the pitch clock reaches eight seconds, MLB told umpires Wednesday his regimen amounted to deception. Plate umpire Quinn Wolcott charged Caballero with a pitch-clock violation in the sixth inning that led to a strikeout and the ejection of hitting coach James Rowson as New York lost a doubleheader opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 in 10 ...

Ramirez back in Guardians lineup

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Guardians managed without José Ramírez. They'd rather not have to do that again. Ramírez was activated from the injury list on Wednesday after the seven-time All-Star third baseman missed five weeks following left hand surgery. Cleveland, which lost to the Twins 10-6 ...

SEC’s move changes rivalries

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — It used to be the biggest rivalry game of the week, the month — maybe the entire season. In 2026, Florida and Tennessee will be complete strangers. Their once-a-year matchup that, back in the day, featured Steve Spurrier, Peyton Manning, Phillip Fulmer and snark that sometimes even outweighed the stakes — "You can't spell Citrus without 'U-T'" — is absent from the schedule for the first time in 37 seasons. Alabama-LSU — soon that'll be gone, too, for the first time since 1963. The Gators and LSU — they'll miss each other this year for the first time ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

WEMBY ON COVER NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs, Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever and former NBA MVP Derrick Rose were revealed Wednesday as the cover athletes for NBA 2K27. Wembanyama is on the cover of the Standard Edition, Clark is on the Deluxe Edition and Rose will appear on the limited-time Ultra Edition. The Standard Edition launches widely on Sept. 4. Deluxe and Ultra editions launch with early access on Aug. 28. Wembanyama said being on the cover was "a dream come true," and Clark said being on a cover "is special because this game reaches ...