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All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES The Chase Bass Pro Shops Night Race Site: Bristol, Tennessee. Track: Bristol Motor Speedway. Race distance: 500 laps, 266.5 miles. Schedule: Friday, practice, 4:30 p.m., qualifying, 5:35 p.m.; Saturday, race, 7:30 p.m. (USA). Last year: Christopher Bell charged from fifth with four laps remaining and held off Brad Keselowski by 0.343 seconds for his fourth win of the season, advancing to the Round of 12. Last race: Kyle Larson survived a crash-filled race that went to double overtime, moving from seventh to second in the Chase ...

Dr. Nicole Saphier, Trump’s 3rd surgeon general pick, faces Senate questions over her vaccine stance

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Nicole Saphier, President Donald Trump's third surgeon general nominee, was grilled at her Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday about her stance on childhood vaccines, voicing support for immunization as she seeks to serve in an administration that has moved to make sweeping changes to vaccine guidance. Saphier, a radiologist and former Fox News Channel contributor, faced tough questioning about her views on the safety of childhood vaccines by Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, who pressed her to declare whether she believed there was a link between vaccines and ...

Campbell is latest American soccer star making waves in Europe

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — The breakout American star of the soccer season so far in Germany, Cole Campbell, has help from an experienced training partner — his mom. Rakel Karvelsson was a pro player in the U.S. and played internationally for Iceland. Two decades on, she's a "soccer mom" like few others, still helping Campbell develop his game as he makes waves in the German Bundesliga with seemingly fearless small-town team Elversberg. "My mom knows so much about football," Campbell told reporters Tuesday. "Having a mom also that played football, it's great. I can also train ...

PHS, South boys play to 1-1 draw

PARKERSBURG – Parkersburg South had just run through a gauntlet of matches. Parkersburg started a lineup consisting of five sophomores and three freshmen. Yet the intensity of a high school boys soccer match between the two rival schools didn’t lose its luster from years past Tuesday ...

Pioneers outlast Quakers in five sets

The Marietta College volleyball team defended its home court in a five-set non-conference battle, outlasting Wittenberg University 3-2 (24-26, 25-16, 25-12, 22-25, 15-12) on Tuesday evening. The win improves the Pioneers to 6-4. The Tigers dropped to 3-5 with the loss. A tightly contested opening set featured 12 tie scores. Marietta erased an 18-12 deficit with a six-point rally, fueled by four kills from Annabelle Hacker and strong serving by Keatyn Haynes. Late in the match, Hacker powered in another kill to take a late 23-20 lead. The Tigers fought back, taking five of the next ...

Bills to open new stadium in primetime matchup vs. Lions

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The new car smell of the Buffalo Bills' Highmark Stadium has already worn off on Josh Allen a little more than a month since the gleaming $2.1 billion facility opened. So excuse the quarterback for being part of a small minority in declining to buy into the heightened anticipation felt around town of the Bills hosting the Detroit Lions in the first regular-season game at their new home on Thursday night. "We've already been in there a couple of times," Allen said, referring to Buffalo's two preseason outings, plus three practice sessions. "I get the same ...