Sports

Alt Text for Image

Alt Text for Image

TRUCKS RECAP

• Friday’s SPEEDYCASH.COM 220 Texas Motor Speedway WINNER: STEWART FRIESEN It was a hard-earned victory for Stewart Friesen in Friday night’s SpeedyCash.com 220 Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway – the first win for the popular Canadian driver since November 2019.
Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Menards/Wrangler Ford, takes the checkered flag to win the Cup Series All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Menards/Wrangler Ford, takes the checkered flag to win the Cup Series All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Career-first = big payday for R. Blaney

Ryan Blaney won his first career Cup Series All-Star Race on Sunday night at Texas Motor Speedway, earning a $1 million payday in the annual fan favorite non-points event. And he and his team celebrated twice. Blaney‘s No. 12 Team Penske Ford ultimately beat Denny Hamlin in the No.
Alt Text for Image

Alt Text for Image

NEXT: COCA-COLA 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway 6 p.m. ET Sunday, FOX For more than 60 years, Charlotte Motor Speedway has set the standard for motorsports entertainment and evolved into “America’s Home for Racing.
Alt Text for Image

Alt Text for Image

Why they fought and what they preserved

Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. They know its power.
Right-hander Madison Kerpics goes 400-plus pitches. ASHLEY RAY/UGA Athletics

Right-hander Madison Kerpics goes 400-plus pitches. ASHLEY RAY/UGA Athletics

Dawg softball ends season after forcing game seven

DURHAM, N.C.-The University of Georgia Softball Team (43-18) worked its way through the loser’s bracket in the Durham Regional hosted by Duke University. The Dawgs went in as the No. 2 seed and Duke the No. 1 seed.

Dawgs softball snags five NFCA All-Region awards

DURHAM, N.C.-The University of Georgia Softball Team (40-16) had five athletes named to the NFCA All-Southeast Region Team. Sarah Mosley, Jayda Kearney, and Lacey Fincher were selected to the second team with Sydney Kuma and Sydney Chambley selected to the third team.
War Eagles' punter DJ Bland (4) working on his skills during special teams drills. LANCE McCURLEY/Staff

War Eagles' punter DJ Bland (4) working on his skills during special teams drills. LANCE McCURLEY/Staff

War Eagles have ‘business like’ mindset as spring ball winds down

Putnam County had one of its best years on the gridiron in program history last season. The War Eagles won 12 games last season, tying a school record. They also made it to the Elite Eight round of the GHSA Class AA state playoffs in 2021.
Alt Text for Image

Alt Text for Image

Socialism creeps into baseball

You fear the man who has a dollar less than you, that dollar is rightfully his, he makes you feel like a moral defrauder. You hate the man who has a dollar more than you, that dollar is rightfully yours, he makes you feel morally defrauded. Ayn Rand, from Atlas Shrugged.
Gatewood (20-12, 12-2) reached the GISA Class AA state championship game for a second straight year but just came up short. CONTRIBUTED

Gatewood (20-12, 12-2) reached the GISA Class AA state championship game for a second straight year but just came up short. CONTRIBUTED

Gators fall to Terrell Academy in title game

SAVANNAH, GA. – Despite losing the GISA Class AA state championship for a second straight year, Gatewood baseball head coach Brandon Moss is proud of his team. The Gators battled Terrell Academy all weekend long but unfortunately didn’t come out on top.