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And he says it’s not even true. As the JGR team of Denny Hamlin consistently beat the Stewart-Haas Racing team of Kevin Harvick off pit road Sunday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Harvick crew chief Rodney Childers told Harvick that JGR had some new air guns they were using. Lepp, the JGR athletic director who oversees the pit crews, swears that these are the guns that they have been using all year to loosen and tighten lugnuts during a pit stop....

The Big Ten commissioner even had a PowerPoint presentation to back it up. The 8-1 bowl record. The three New Year’s Day Six bowl victories. The television numbers, which showed half of the top 10 most-watched games from last season involved a Big Ten team. You know the rest. The Big Ten was left out of the College Football Playoff for the first time. The Big Ten champion missed the Playoff for the second straight season, which coincides with the nine-game conference schedule implemented in 2016....

Furyk entered competition in Lake Forest, Ill., ninth in FedEx Cup standings. The BMW Championship is the third qualifying event in the series. MORE: FedEx Cup champions | Jason Day favored at BMW | Presidents Cup team Starting at the 10th hole, Furyk dropped two shots before a birdie at No. 12. Three pars followed, but that was all he could muster. Furyk had a sore wrist in recent months and was playing with a wrap on his left arm....

The Michigan coach claims he’s a huge Weezy fan, when the Young Money rapper ventured into Wolverine territory, Harbaugh had to send him over an autographed jersey. MORE: Jim Harbaugh is crazy | Alabama vs. FSU will kick off 2017 | Preseason All-Americans Former Michigan quarterback turned rapper Jack Kennedy was on hand opening the show, but it would’ve been even better if Harbaugh had shown up and accompanied Wayne on a verse from “Stuntin’ Like My Daddy,” but that’s just wishful thinking....

But on Monday, Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher offered a different view of what happened before Winston sat out his one-game suspension. As you can see, it actually looks like Fisher says something like “my fault” in the Vine below. His replacement, Sean Maguire, played well enough to keep FSU unbeaten and No. 1. Winston returns to the field for the Seminoles against North Carolina State on Saturday at 3:30 p....

The New England Patriots have learned that the third-year quarterback has an AC joint sprain and not something more severe like a broken collarbone, according to CSN New England. He reportedly won’t be availble for Thursday’s game against the Texans but could return for the Oct. 2, Week 4 home game against the Buffalo Bills. MORE: Get to know Jacoby Brissett Tom Brady returns from his four-game suspension the following week, Oct 9 at Cleveland....

The only negative in how Garoppolo played against the Bears and Texans is he cost the Niners a few spots at the top of the 2018 NFL Draft. Everything else Garoppolo has done, even with the first two interceptions of his NFL career, has been outstanding. MOCK DRAFT 2018:49ers add playmaker to offense For the team that once had Joe Montana and Steve Young back-to-back, there have been a few bright flashes with the likes of Jeff Garcia, Alex Smith and Colin Kaepernick....

Quarterback Joe Flacco has been placed on injured reserve due to a herniated disc in his neck, ESPN first reported Friday. The move means Flacco’s season is over. Flacco, 34, recently sought a second opinion regarding his neck injury. ESPN had reported Thursday that he was expected to miss four to six weeks. Earlier this week, the team announced Flacco would miss Sunday’s game against the Browns, with backup Brandon Allen starting in his place....

Gatto said in an Instagram post that he would leave the series in which he has starred in more than 200 episodes over nine seasons since it debuted in December 2011. “I just wanted to let you all know that I will no longer be involved with Impractical Jokers,” he wrote in the post in which he paid tribute to his colleagues, saying he “couldn’t be prouder of what has been accomplished....

For never winning a Daytona 500, Toyota could have easily swept the top-five in Sunday’s Great American Race if it weren’t for Matt Kenseth losing the lead on the final lap and hitting the wall. Toyota’s race cars were so good that only 0.01 seconds separated Denny Hamlin and his Joe Gibbs Racing pseudo teammate Martin Truex Jr. in the closest finish in Daytona 500 history. Kyle Busch, who won NASCAR’s final race of 2015 along with the Cup championship, finished Sunday’s race in third while Carl Edwards was fifth despite going a lap down earlier in the race and slamming into the wall in an accident with Brian Vickers and Trevor Bayne....

Just what those changes will be, team owner Joe Gibbs would not say. MORE: Chase grid: Standings, outlook for N.H. | Stewart case to grand jury | New Chase colors, slogan | N.H. schedule “We just finalized everything,” Gibbs said Tuesday. “There is a lot of people we have to talk to. … We’ll probably announce something there in a week or two. “We’ve already decided. We need to talk to the sponsors and go through quite a few discussions yet with people....

The 49ers’ legend also went from his first team, where he enjoyed the ultimate Super Bowl glory, to helping the Chiefs get to the other’s conference’s championship game. Seeing what Brady is doing with Tampa Bay channels how smooth Montana’s late-career move to Kansas City was. MORE: Tom Brady still haunted by two Super Bowl losses to Giants? “The biggest thing is that we work so much with the wide receivers, the little things make a big difference,” Montana said in an interview with Sporting News....

Graduate transfer Spike Albrecht is headed to Purdue for his fifth and final year, and Beilein is just hoping he doesn’t do what Max Bielfeldt did at Indiana this season. MORE: College hoops coaching carousel | 15 best tourney coaches You see, Bielfeldt was the Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year after helping the Hoosiers to a regular-season conference championship. He also improved his offensive stats, averaging career-highs in points, rebounds, minutes and shooting percentage,as a key player for Indiana....

The debate will take place in Harrisburg, hosted by Nexstar Television and broadcast across at least 67 counties. The Oz campaign told Newsweek that he will participate, though it’s contingent on three factors. One, the debate moderator must explain to the audience that Fetterman is using a closed captioning system during the debate, “to explain any delay between him being asked a question and responding.” In addition to also demanding the debate be pushed from 60 to 90 minutes due to Fetterman being on delay, they also asked that questions posed by any Nexstar employee during Fetterman’s “practice” sessions must “bear zero resemblance to the actual questions asked during the debate....

On Thursday night, the Republican presidential debate was in Houston, and after the chaos ended — yes, the debate was once again absolute chaos — the great @PFTCommenter tracked down candidate John Kasich to get his thoughts about Johnny Manziel. MORE: Presidential odds | Candidates as athletes Seriously. Now that’s the type of measured, well-constructed thought we expect from our candidates. If only he weighed in on whether Joe Flacco is elite....

John McAfee, 75, was found dead in a Barcelona prison cell hours after a Spanish court agreed to extradite him to the U.S. to face tax evasion charges. In a statement, the Catalan justice department said that attempts to revive McAfee were unsuccessful. “Everything points to death by suicide,” the statement added. Less than an hour after McAfee’s apparent suicide was reported, his Instagram account posted a large “Q” with no caption or explanation....

In early August, the Washington Wizards signed the former No. 1 overall pick to a 5-year $80-million contract extension, and it appears the young millionaire is sharing his wealth. Over the weekend, Wall was seen “making it rain” at Stadium nightclub in Washington, D.C. The price of entertainment in Washington, D.C. is among the highest in the country, so it’s nice to see the budding superstar help out his fellow young adults....

He’s also a ridiculous athlete. MORE: Latest mock draft | Durant out indefinitely | Jazz rebuilding differently On Friday night against the Clippers, Wall drove down the lane and faced a hapless Matt Barnes. True to form and never wanting to disappoint, Wall went for the spinning, 360 layup attempt that left Barnes looking in the wrong direction. Tell me that’s not incredible.

The former MLB All-Star who spent time with the Red Sox and Yankees during his 18-year MLB career, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence on Feb. 19 in Florida. Damon’s wife, Michelle Mangan-Damon, also was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence. Video of Damon’s arrest video surfaced on March 10, with Damon saying his political affiliation was a reason that he was being arrested by police....