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“So many long nights, so many early mornings. So many times we were told ‘No’,” Kellen tweeted after seeing a photo of this moment. “This hug was worth every second of the journey. I hope everyone who said ‘Yes’ feels the emotion and the gratitude in my eyes.” If you wish to declare Kelvin Sampson’s impediments were of his own making, that is your right. His journey back to this stage, though, after six years away from college coaching with the one program bold enough to grant him an opportunity, still stands as an uncommon achievement....

Harvick finished second but was disqualified after failing postrace inspection for his car exceeding the maximum split on the track car. Harvick's finish was disallowed — instead of starting fifth in the Daytona 500, Harvick had to get in by owner points and will start 38th on Sunday. Kenseth led most of the race, but had to deal with Harvick on the final lap. Harvick pulled out of line going into Turn 4 on the final lap to take the lead, but Kenseth fought back on the outside to hold off Harvick and Kahne in a three-wide finish....

Following the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway, the next stop is Kentucky Speedway. The Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series will each be in action starting Wednesday. It all culminates with the running of the Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup race on Saturday night. MORE: Stewart crashes, misses out on points gain | Big one at Daytona Brad Keselowski won the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, his first at the track....

That was coach John Calipari’s explanation for why the SEC champions walked off the court leaving the nets intact after beating Arkansas on Sunday. The players were too busy celebrating with each other to care about silly traditions. The Wildcats have been doing things their own way this whole season, so why stop now? MORE: Printable bracket | Selection Sunday storylines | Dick Vitale kisses Ashley Judd After getting the No....

It was Kentucky after all, as a No. 8 seed, that upended top-seeded Wichita State last year in the third round of the Midwest Regional to end the Shockers’ quest for perfection after 35 victories. The win propelled the Wildcats to the national championship game, where they fell to Connecticut. MORE: Season of supremacy | Seven worst ways Kentucky could lose | Midwest preview | Cats heavily favored over Hampton...

This will be the first time since 1945, when World War II was nearing an end, that the Run for the Roses will not be take place in May. CORONAVIRUS UPDATES: Cancellations as virus affects U.S., Canada Churchill Downs in Louisville, which conducts the Derby, will hold a news conference Tuesday morning to discuss the “timing” of thoroughbred horse racing’s marquee event, according to multiple reports. The track has not commented on the WDRB report....

In a bid to deter any more accidents between the 4,000 cars which pass through the busy roadway each day, officials in rural Morehead set up the novel traffic intervention. But ever since the roundabout was introduced this month, video of motorists attempting to navigate their way around the new structure has taken centre stage. Video of the traffic chaos was originally uploaded to reddit on April 25 under the IdiotsInCars Subreddit....

So, in advance of Saturday’s NCAA Tournament Midwest Region final game between his Fighting Irish and the undefeated (and, in 49 states, relatively unpopular) Kentucky Wildcats, Brey acknowledged the obvious: Even though the Irish are 32-5 and a No. 3 seed, and even though they represent Notre Dame, which many college sports fans loath, their current circumstance transforms them into lovable underdogs. MORE: Arizona-Wisconsin, 6:09 p.m. ET | 37 wild things UK has done | Elite Eight lines...

With an 80-64 dismissal Tuesday of the Ole Miss Rebels, the Wildcats (17-5, 7-2) won their second consecutive Southeastern Conference game against an opponent with NCAA Tournament ambitions. Sophomores Willie Cauley-Stein and Alex Poythress combined for 28 points and 18 rebounds off the bench. Afterward, John Calipari was presented a question about Cauley-Stein’s escape from a recent slump. The exchange went like this, according to UK’s transcript of the coach’s postgame news conference: Q....

Forget about weather worries on Saturday: It will be a beautiful day and night in north central Kentucky. No rain, racetime temperature about 80 and scattered clouds. MORE: 10 to watch at Kentucky | Junior finds perspective Friday’s opening practice session was under way when storms hit Sparta, Ky., where the track is located. As rain swept through, a severe thunderstorm warning was issued. Practice did not resume. NASCAR then opted to cancel qualifying....

Rino Anto, who featured in the list for most expensive defenders at the ISL draft, was the very first player to be picked by Blasters for a whopping ₹63 lakhs. After starting out with some local flavour in round three, Blasters then chose to bring in India U-23 skipper Lalruatthara to strengthen their defence. Midfielders Milan Singh and Arata Izumi were also drafted in before the Sachin Tendulkar co-owned outfit settled on Subhashish Roy Chowdhury as their Indian goalkeeper....

When pressed during an appearance on ESPN’s “First Take” about whether the on-court dispute with Green played a role in leaving Golden State, Durant candidly said: “A little bit. Yeah, for sure.” There was a long pause before Durant was asked to expand on his short answer. “I mean, your teammate talk to you that way, you think about it a bit,” Durant said. “But you know, like I said, we talked about it....

Durant told ESPN his focus right now is getting back on the court following surgery on his injured right foot, and not on his impending free agent status. MORE: Check out the new KD’s | KD crashes kid’s party | Russell Westbrook reveals Kendrick Perkins’ secret nickname “No, I haven’t thought about it,” Durant said of his contract situation. “I hear it all the time, but I really am just focusing on rehab....

According to The Athletic’s Marcus Thompson, Golden State’s stars would embrace Durant if there was a reunion and have even been in conversations with the 12-time All-Star, discussing mostly the “stunning nature” of a trade even being a possibility. Thompson adds that they’re not pushing the front office to pursue Durant and a reunion, while possible, is “highly unlikely.” From Thompson: On June 30, news broke that Durant requested a trade from the Nets....

The Packers announced Greene's decision Friday. He was the team's outside linebackers coach, mentoring players at a position in which he is being considered for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "I am stepping away from the NFL at this time in order to spend more time with my wife, Tara, and our children Gavin and Gabrielle," Greene said in a statement released by the team. "I will miss coaching and will try to return after our kids move on to college if a team will have me....

The scene: The Rams faced a third-and-4 situation with the 49ers leading 21-0 early in the fourth quarter Monday night. The play didn’t really matter, and it was hard to care at all about the game with Los Angeles putting fans to sleep with an all-time bad performance. MARVEZ: Here’s what stood out in Week 1 Then some guy ran on the field and took off his shirt. Here comes Harlan on Westwood One to bring some radio gold to your ears....

McCarthy has toed the line of commenting on the controversial new congressman and his litany of lies uncovered since his November election victory. On Monday, the speaker of the 118th Congress announced that Mississippi Republican Michael Guest will chair the committee composed of five Republicans and five Democrats. Aside from providing mandatory ethics training for House members, the committee is responsible for investigating alleged violations of House rules by members....

In a last-ditch effort to alleviate both of those problems, the Jets have approached left tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson and asked him to take a pay cut in order to re-sign Ryan Fitzpatrick, the New York Daily News reported. MORE: Biggest draft steals of the decade | Finding the next ‘small-school’ star Not only does Ferguson have one of the coolest first names in all of sports, he has a monster contract and is set to count $14....

At this point, saying Geno Smith should watch his back is about as useful as saying Smith should lace his cleats before practice. It’s so obvious, the Jets might as well buy space on the same billboards that fans used to demand then-general manager John Idzik be fired. STEELE: Randy Gregory promises payback | DGB gives Titans talented but controversial target Idzik’s gone, and his replacement, Mike Maccagnan, has moved to send a clear signal to Idzik’s quarterback....