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Big country, America. Exults in the kilodecibel roar of forty 700-horsepower engines, turns 2,000 gallons of gas into smoke in a couple of hours, just for the fun of it. America loves a winner, unless, of course, it hates him. Take Jeff Gordon, in what is invariably identified as his ““rainbow-colored No. 24 DuPont Finishes Chevrolet.’’ The last two years, he finished first and second for the Winston Cup trophy, the very highest honor the nation can bestow on a stock-car driver....

MORE: Top 10 Gifs of Kobe’s career | Should you watch Kobe’s final game or Warriors? The former NBA player, current analyst and fellow Nike endorser showcased a special pair of “Mamba Day” Nike Air Max CB 34s (a.k.a. “Barkleys”) during Tuesday night’s show, while offering some retirement advice to Bryant on the eve of his big night — and taking the usual amount of ribbing from the Inside crew:

Barkley said Thursday during “Inside the NBA” that he’s donating $1 million to women of color in Alabama after they helped elect Democratic candidate Doug Jones to the U.S. Senate in a special election vs. Republican Roy Moore. Barkley campaigned for Jones late in the race. MORE: Barkley says Alabama ‘rose up’ in electing Jones There are conditions attached to the money, however, and Barkley tried to be playful as he laid them out:...

The NBA analyst addressed the crowd before taking over the DJ booth at the Koo Koo Room in Atlanta on Tuesday. TMZ Sports has the video: WARNING: Sir Charles’ language is NSFW. MORE: LeBron James goes off: ‘Screw Charles Barkley’ “I listen to this song everyday I wake up,” said Barkley before cueing the Nas classic, “Hate Me Now.” “For all you f—ing haters, f— y’all!” Barkley yelled. MORE: Charles Barkley backs his LeBron James’ rant...

He has been cleared to travel back to Atlanta and will meet with the team doctors to determine next steps. “I think it was bones around his eye, and the report I got is that when they took him to the hospital, he was aware,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said after the 10-1 win, while holding back tears (via MLB.com). “Hopefully [the prognosis is good], I don’t know. We just have to wait and see....

Forty-years ago, the U.S. hockey team defeated the Soviet Union at the Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid, New York. The “Miracle on Ice” came at the beginning of the end of the Cold War, in a nation that was about to sweep aside the “malaise” of the Carter presidency and elect Ronald Reagan. Soon, he would put an American boot on the throat of the USSR and force its collapse....

Last night, Ripley retained her RAW Women’s Championship against Charlotte Flair by intentionally disqualifying herself from the match. Following that, the red brand saw WWE officials Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville express their objections to Ripley’s actions. Charlotte Flair interrupted their conversation and praised the champion for pulling off a sneaky win. The Queen stated that she can still destroy Rhea Ripley and asked for another shot at the title....

Hideki Anno endured a particularly tough time putting together 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time, with the final Rebuild film premiering almost nine years after its predecessor with the entire remake series taking nearly two decades since it first went into pre-production. Despite not being met with nearly the same level of critical acclaim of his original masterpiece, one area where they certainly excel are the film’s beautiful visuals, which are just perfect to inspire crafty cosplayers to pose as their favorite EVA pilot....

A total of 64 teams entered the competition, which kicked off at the end of August, with the number now whittled down to just two. It is not quite as prestigious or well known as tournaments such as the FA Cup or the League Cup, but in recent seasons it has featured some Premier League clubs. Goal brings you all you need to know about the competition and the current state of play ahead of the final next month....

Losing Mason Mount early in the game to an injury after he was on the wrong end of a horror tackle from Francis Coquelin, was a massive blow for this Chelsea team who struggled to find a creative outlet without him. It could also change the complexion of their tie against Liverpool this weekend. The visitors will be overjoyed with the result as Albert Celades opens his Champions League campaign with Valencia with a win....

The Bundesliga side did not give up after Chelsea scored the opener from Ruben Loftus-Cheek. Luka Jovic equalized the score at the second half and forced Sarri’s men into the penalty shootout. However, the Blues were brilliant and maintained their tight defense before eventually securing their ticket to the final. Here we will take a look at 5 of the most impressive Chelsea players who got the job done for Sarri....

The U21s were also in action again this week but suffered their first defeat since the opening game of the season away to Everton despite being 2-0 up at half time, the game eventually finished 3-2 to Everton and unfortunately the game was not aired LIVE on Chelsea TV so I am unable to give a real indication of how the game went but two of the goals we conceded were gifts to Everton, a horrible pass out from Blackman straight to an Everton player and the third was a penalty which Blackman initially saved but an Everton player was quicker to the follow up....

Chelsea are preparing for a crucial match against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday but go into the game having lost 2-1 to Crystal Palace at the weekend. ‘Luiz has no grudge with Aguero’ Meanwhile, Spurs won 2-0 at Burnley to close the gap at the top of the Premier League table to seven points. Conte believes that there is more expectation on his Chelsea players than those at Tottenham, even though the Italian feels his team were not given much chance in the title race before the start of the campaign....

Antonio Conte had one eye on Tuesday’s last-16 tie against the Catalan side as he rested Eden Hazard, Cesar Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, Thibaut Courtois and N’Golo Kante for the clash at Stamford Bridge. Meanwhile, those who did play needed the minutes as they returned from injury or a lack of match action. Willian and Olivier Giroud started as they came back from hamstring injuries, while Alvaro Morata came off the bench as he builds up match fitness from his lay off with a back problem and will likely start against Barca on Tuesday night....

Club captain Cahill returned to Antonio Conte’s starting XI after sitting out the EFL Cup semi-final first-leg draw against Arsenal on Wednesday, but lasted just 33 minutes. The England international pulled up after racing Jamie Vardy for a high ball over the Chelsea defence and hobbled off the pitch holding his right leg. Conte turned to Andreas Christensen as his replacement, forcing David Luiz to wait even longer for his first Premier League appearance since November....

The French-born Congo international was taken to Stamford Bridge in 2009 after catching the eye at Lens. He was, however, to make just 16 appearances for the Blues in six years, with much of his experience picked up during loan spells at Fulham, Bolton, Dijon, Vitesse, Lazio and Rayo Vallecano. Kakuta’s globe-trekking has continued since leaving Chelsea, with his career path taking him from Sevilla to Chinese Super League side Hebei China Fortune and back to Europe with Deportivo La Coruna and Amiens....

All the latest transfer rumours The fee has yet to be agreed, though, and Liverpool must avoid making the same mistake they made in January 2014. At the time, Salah was the most exciting player in a Basel side that had repeatedly held their own against English opposition in European competition. Liverpool had opened talks with their Swiss counterparts in October 2013 but were reluctant to meet the asking price of £11 million....

Atatiana had done nothing wrong and had broken no laws, except an informal one: She was living in the USA while black. The death penalty was her sentence, according to Aaron Dean, the white police officer who killed her, who thankfully has been charged with murder but who also remains free on bail while Atatiana remains dead. This latest police killing of an African American follows the recent conviction of another Texas police officer, who is white and who went to the wrong apartment floor on September 6, 2018, and shot her upstairs neighbor, Botham Shem Jean, who was black....

Before every big ticket ICC tournament, New Zealand is one team that tends to slip under the radar. Very few experts give them a chance of doing well, but they do have an impeccable record of reaching the later stages of ICC tournaments. Even if we look back at the performance of New Zealand in previous editions of the ICC Champions Trophy, the plucky Kiwis have reached the knock out stages of the tournament thrice, and have won it once....