Gordon carried over a strong performance in Kansas last weekend to Thursday night by winning the pole for the race Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. – Bank of America 500 qualifying results | Breaking down the field | Most beloved drivers | Charlotte picks | Odds Gordon, who is fourth in the Chase standings, said it's been a frustrating season but that he's feeling better with each passing race....
The six-time series champion won Sunday for the first time in 25 Cup starts at MIS, outlasting pole winner Kevin Harvick by 1.214 seconds. It was Johnson's third victory in four races — and the fifth in a row for Chevrolet and Hendrick Motorsports. Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. also have won for Hendrick during the streak. MORE: How Johnson won | Season finale not moving | Cup standings | Quickens Loans 400 gallery...
Leonard is out indefinitely with a torn ligament in his shooting hand, coach Greg Popovich told MySanAntonio.com. “It’s a pain thing,” Popovich said. “He can’t move his hand. He can’t catch and dribble and all that kind of stuff with his hand. Hopefully something will happen. Medically they don’t think he can hurt it any more than he’s hurt now.” Leonard was injured Dec. 9 against the New York Knicks....
When Tim Duncan had his No. 21 jersey retired after the game, the entire team wore socks featuring the number. PHOTOS: A look back at Duncan’s career In addition to the socks, the Spurs covered all the seats with special Duncan-themed T-shirts. Even though Duncan, a 15-time NBA All-Star and five-time NBA champion, just retired after last season, San Antonio felt it could never be too soon to honor their legend....
That’s what makes this San Antonio summer so strange. What the Spurs have done here in the past two months has been easy to figure out. It’s looked so much like what other teams might have done in their situation that you can’t help but wonder where that added angle is, the little bit extra that makes the Spurs what they are. MORE: Greatest Spurs players of all time...
The former Southampton manager turned Spurs from Premier League also-rans into title challengers and leaves just six months on from a Champions League final appearance. However, poor results have Tottenham in the bottom half of the table this term, while they were humbled 7-2 by Bayern Munich in Europe, and chairman Daniel Levy has decided to act. With the help of Opta data, we study the numbers behind a stint that will still see Pochettino remembered fondly as one of Spurs’ greatest coaches in recent times....
The Spurs became the first team to move on to the second round of the NBA playoffs on Sunday as they beat the Grizzlies 116-95 to complete a four-game sweep. MORE: Pop, then who? Ranking the 16 coaches in the playoffs Kawhi Leonard led the way for the Spurs, scoring 21 points on 6 for 10 shooting and adding seven rebounds and four assists. “We just took it one quarter at a time,” Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge told ABC about his team’s dominant performance....
Son, 26, has scored nine goals in his past 10 games for Spurs, who will be without the South Korea international after January 13 due to the Asian Cup. Only Harry Kane (14 goals) has netted more times than Son (eight) for Spurs in the Premier League this season. Alli acknowledged Son would be missed, but he feels Tottenham have enough depth to cover for his departure. “Sonny leaving any team would be a great miss because he’s a great player,” he told UK newspapers....
The fact that these two people could end up as husband and wife, albeit a fake and temporary one, is nothing sort of an amazing coincidence. After all, both of them are quite infamous in their own line of work. So how can two people who are so good at collecting information fail to realize the identity of each other? The answer is because of the gargantuan yet intricate secret organizations behind them that can always perfectly cover their tracks....
Although players in Outriders have access to special powers thanks to being Altered, they still rely heavily on their guns for combat. As a loot based game, getting a good gun can often mean the difference between winning or losing an encounter. The Grim Marrow is one of the best around, a Legendary Light Machine Gun that slows enemies and creates anomalies when they are killed. RELATED: Outriders Teases Endgame Pyromancer Build That Looks Incredibly Powerful...
As a Japanese company, Square Enix has primarily focused on its home demographic, with other markets being secondary. However, times have changed, and as the demographics of Japan change with it, Square Enix is seeing the need to consider how to succeed everywhere. RELATED: Square Enix Releases Story Trailer For Tactics Ogre: Reborn Before Launch In a financial report released by Square Enix, the company discussed its plans moving forward and how it intends to achieve them....
The memes consisted of scenes from the Netflix series, which is currently breaking records and expected to become the streamer’s most-watched show ever. To add to the fun, Netflix’s official Twitter account also shared one of the viral memes with a simple caption that read, “When Instagram & Facebook are down.” RELATED: Squid Game Viewers May Have Been Using The Wrong Subtitles One of the most popular memes, which Netflix also shared, is the scene from the first episode of Squid Game where Anupam Tripathi’s Ali helps Jung-jae Lee’s Seong Gi-hun survive the first deadly game....
Sri Lanka also claimed the tri-nation one-day trophy and took the Test series 1-0 in their one-and-half-month long Bangladesh tour. A second straight half-century of the series for Mendis steered Sri Lanka to a hefty 210 -4, before the bowlers put on a fine display to dismiss Bangladesh for 135 in 18.4 overs. Opener Danushka Gunathilaka made 42 while Thisara Perera scored 31. Dasun Shanaka smashed an 11-ball 30 not out towards the end to help Sri Lanka propel past 200....
Chawrasia produced a gutsy display of golf in his National Open last month to win his third title on the Asian Tour by defeating 2015 Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Year Anirban Lahiri and South Korean rising star Jeunghun Wang by two shots. The victory was especially sweet for Chawrasia, who settled for second best on four occasions in the Indian Open before his triumph at the Delhi Golf Club....
Abrams signed her qualifying papers on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. If Abrams becomes the Democratic nominee, she could be set for a rematch with Republican Governor Brian Kemp, who narrowly defeated her in 2018, or face off against former GOP Senator David Perdue, who is mounting a primary challenge to Kemp and backed by former President Donald Trump. Regardless of her opposition, Abrams’ campaign is set to focus on many of the same issues as in 2018....
Staging Determining the stage of lung cancer is very important in choosing the most appropriate treatment. Lung cancer is staged based on the TNM system: T refers to the size of the tumor N refers to the involvement of lymph nodes and where they are located M indicates if there are any metastases (spreading of the tumor to other regions of the body) Stage 2 is divided into stages 2A and 2B....
The Stalker series is set in the Zone, an alternate history version of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. In the game’s backstory, a second explosion occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant twenty years after the historical disaster, causing strange effects throughout the Zone. Now populated by mutants, monsters, and physics-defying anomalies, the Zone is host to several human groups seeking to contain or exploit it. Among these groups are the Stalkers, guides and fortune-hunters who risk the dangers of the Zone for anomalous items of incredible value called Artifacts....
French officials told CNN that at least 153 people had been killed in a series of shootings and suicide bombings. MORE: Aftermath of the attacks, in photos | Sports world recognizing tragedy NBA players of French descent spoke of the tragedy in their homeland. Bulls center Joakim Noah spoke with his father, former tennis star Yannick Noah, by phone prior to Chicago’s game against the Hornets. Yannick, who resides in France, reportedly assured Joakim that he was fine....
KRISTOFFER OLSSON Born: 30/06/1995 Norrkoping, SwedenPosition: MidfieldHeight: 5ft 9in Club: Arsenal FC How did you get started in football? Did you play any other sports? My dad used to play and was a coach so I think it was through that. But I’ve always loved football so it was natural. I used to play table tennis. I was one of the best in my town but I quit when I was about 12....
