After a break lasting over a month, the IndyCar series made its triumphant return. Doing so with its most anticipated race of the year, save for the Indianapolis 500, on the streets of Nashville, Tennessee.
The final MXGP round before a month-long break took place in central Latvia in the city of Kegums. The site of the 2014 Motocross Des Nations is one of the top circuits in the world and once again had an eventful GP weekend.
21-year-old Gable Steveson just completed the mother of all runs in amateur wrestling over the last 18 months. The final piece of hardware he added to his collection came on the world’s biggest stage. In the early hours of Friday morning, Steveson made a miraculous last-second comeback to win the freestyle gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
When mentioning the best motorsports athletes of the last quarter-century, Valentino Rossi certainly belongs in that conversation. The Italian sits atop a number of all-time MotoGP/500cc class statistics. Including his seven world titles, and as of now, 89 wins and 199 podiums since moving up in 2000.
On Tuesday around noon, NASCAR’s resident melon farmer had his second full-time Cup Series deal revealed. A multi-year deal for the new Trackhouse Racing Team, that will see Ross Chastain teaming up with Daniel Suarez.
The second quarter of the FIM World Motocross Championship kicked off on Sunday in Belgium. The Lommel circuit may be one of the toughest courses anywhere on the planet, and for certain is the roughest sand track. With schedule changes affecting the imminent event dates, this round is now the penultimate before a nearly month-long break.
In 2020, the Denver Broncos, due to a variety of factors, fell short of what they ultimately could have been. Covid-19 being a major one, along with Courtland Sutton playing a half-game the entire season. But the play of then second-year signal-caller Drew Lock was arguably the biggest.
We now sit just short of two months away from most major moves in the American Motocross/Supercross scene taking form. There have already been numerous moves reportedly set in stone, but even more are beginning to trickle in.
The World Motocross Championship tilt is now past the quarter-way mark after the trek to Loket in the Czech Republic. With preseason title contenders Jeffery Herlings now on the shelf and Tom Vialle back on track, another pair of Red Bull KTM riders would take center stage on Sunday. Recap from round five of the 2021 MXGP along with some other tidbits season forthwith.
The back half of the AMA Motocross tilt began at the pacific northwest circuit in Washougal, Washington. Highlighted by the first repeat 250 class winner, as well as a new winner in the 450 class to boot.
Currently, the IndyCar Series is in the middle of a month-long hiatus, before they hit the streets of Nashville. However, with that in mind, a number of drivers on Tuesday were at Weather-Tech Raceway at Laguna Seca. This was a test session before the race there later this year. Josef Newgarden was fastest in this session at the track set to host the penultimate round of the season.
For what feels like the umpteenth season in a row, the Pittsburgh Steelers failed to live up to their potential in 2020. A super shaky 11-0 start was followed up by a 1-4 finish to close out the regular season. Then, their year ended with giving up nearly 50 points up at home to the Cleveland Browns in the playoffs.
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