On Sunday, it was widely reported that former Senator David Perdue would be running for governor, up against incumbent Brian Kemp in the primaries. Whoever wins that primary will face Democrat and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams in the election on November 8, 2022. Perdue lost his Senate seat in a runoff against Democrat Jon Ossoff in January. Georgia, long considered a ruby-red state, is now a key battleground for the Republicans and Democrats, after Democrat Raphael Warnock beat Republican rival Kelly Loeffler in another January runoff there and the Democrats won back the state from the GOP in the 2020 presidential election....

The Red Sox left-hander left a matchup with the Astros after facing just three batters and recording two outs in the first inning. The team later announced (as reported by The Athletic) that Price was suffering flu-like symptoms: Price got Aledmys Diaz out on one pitch and then struck out Alex Bregman before going deep into the count with Michael Brantley and allowing a single. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN...

MORE: Michigan schedule | Power Rankings | Jeremy Mayfield interview Ragan tweeted a photo Wednesday night of his baby girl and indicated that all is well for his wife, Jacquelyn, and the newborn. The baby weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce and was 20 inches long. The timing was good as it should allow Ragan to compete this weekend at Michigan International Speedway. PHOTOS: NASCAR wives and girlfriends | NASCAR families

Ross said Sunday that running the club with which he ended his playing career appeals to him. “I think it’s one of the best jobs in baseball,” he said on ESPN’s “Baseball Tonight.” Ross works as an MLB analyst for the network. “I’ve got a lot of close ties with those guys. I think the interest would be there. I think my heart is drawn to that dugout a little bit....

To some, it might have been considered a bit of good acting, but not to anybody who has watched the effort he has put into his time with New York City FC since arriving two years ago. He has taken every negative stereotype about high-priced superstars coming to MLS for big paydays and destroyed them in his own humble, hardworking way. READ MORE: McNamara still waiting for national team call...

Well, boys and girls, the Daytona 500 starting grid is complete. Jeff Gordon claimed the poll during a controversial qualifying day last Sunday, and a pair of fellow Hendrick drivers — Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. — captured the second and third starting positions, respectively. Johnson secured his spot in pole quailfying, while Earnhardt won his Budweiser Duel race Thursday night. Johnson won the second Duel for good measure....

“When they called off the interview at the start/finish line, I knew something was up at that point so I drove into victory lane and they said there was a serious injury with Ryan [Newman],” Hamlin said during a Tuesday appearance on The Dan Patrick Show, while noting that he watched a replay of the crash. “So, it was a bit of a quiet victory lane.” “You think about someone’s well-being or someone’s health as obviously being way more important, than any sporting event you could win,” Hamlin said on the podcast....

Thursday night’s Bluegreen Vacations Duel races at Daytona, the first with a scheduled start time of 7 p.m. ET and the second tentatively scheduled for 8:45 p.m. ET, will do just that. As is the case for most of the Cup Series action throughout Daytona Speedweeks in 2020, the TV channel for Thursday’s Daytona 500 qualifying races will be FS1. MORE: Daytona 500 TV, live stream info The lineups for this year’s Daytona Duels were set by the same Sunday qualifying session that put Stenhouse and Bowman on the front row for the Daytona 500....

For the 2022 edition of the Great American Race, pole qualifying took place Wednesday night while the twin 150-mile Duel races will be held Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway. Both nights are vitally important to the teams that don’t hold NASCAR Cup Series charters and thus aren’t guaranteed places in the field. This year’s group consists of six non-charter teams competing for four open spots. MORE: Looking back at Kyle Larson’s suspension from NASCAR as wins, sponsors return...

At this weekend’s races, fans can receive a free American flag if they trade in any other flag — including the Confederate flag, which still flies freely at many NASCAR tailgates. MORE: 2015 Sprint Cup winners | NASCAR chairman wants to ’eliminate presence of that flag' “For fans who would like to fly the American flag, we’ll trade with you on whatever flag that you have,” Joie Chitwood, president of Daytona International Speedway, announced Tuesday....

The Belgium international is already tied to a contract through to 2021, but is expected to see his fine form rewarded at the Etihad Stadium. De Bruyne 6/4 to score v Arsenal A new deal is being discussed, as revealed by Goal in October, with De Bruyne set to see his contribution of 25 goals and 45 assists in 104 outings for City recognised. The 26-year-old has previously suggested that he is in no rush to put pen to paper, but he does admit to enjoying life under Pep Guardiola and sees his future in Manchester....

The Belgium international has been a regular source of assists throughout his time at the Etihad Stadium, while he netted a crucial effort of his own in his last outing against Chelsea. France, Portugal, Belgium all win: 3/1 Pep Guardiola has been quick to shower the 26-year-old with praise, while Antonio Conte has questioned why Jose Mourinho ever allowed him to leave Stamford Bridge. So good has De Bruyne been of late that his performance levels and value to his club has been likened to the talismanic presence of Messi at Camp Nou and Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid....

The worst signings of the season Roma waved farewell to club icon Francesco Totti at the weekend, but they have to kept another homegrown star on board. De Rossi’s deal was due to expire next month, but he has now penned a two-year extension to commit his future to the Stadio Olimpico side. The 33-year-old came through the ranks of the club’s youth academy and has made a total of 561 appearances in all competitions for Roma since making his debut in 2001, scoring 59 goals....

On Thursday, July 1, Sicamous Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) received a report of animal cruelty after a dog was discovered in Shuswap Lake, according to a press release. Eileen Drever, senior officer for protection and stakeholder relations for the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BC SPCA), said in a statement that the RCMP removed the body from the water on Monday, July 5....

This actually happened in a 1906 town ball game held near Pittsburgh in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. The man who made the fatal catch was B.F. Hicks. MORE: Best MiLB states | Odd MiLB trades | 17-inning no-hitter | Billy Butler, the pitcher? Hicks and his Pennsylvania Railroad co-workers competed against other area railroad employees. Leagues like this were popular in western Pennsylvania in the early 1900s. For towns too small to host minor league action, the railroaders were their local teams....

There are 31 species of these spiders, which all belong to the genus (group of species) Latrodectus, data from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) shows. Black widows are found around the world in temperate regions, including parts of the United States, Europe, Asia, South America, Australia and Africa. They live solitary lives until the mating season comes around and it is time to pair up with a member of the opposite sex....

They were right. On July 19 Wright reportedly confessed to strangling Jennifer weeks before. He took police to a wooded area, where he’d allegedly buried her. The murder was grisly, but in the tight-knit military community in and around Fort Bragg, it is becoming depressingly familiar. Jennifer Wright was just one of four Fort Bragg wives allegedly slain by their soldier husbands in the past six weeks. Inevitably, the murders raised uncomfortable questions about the stress of combat and the possible effects of extreme training....

Not anymore. Late Tuesday night a bomb ripped through the driver’s side of an SUV in a wealthy residential neighborhood in Damascus, killing Mughniyeh and touching off an avalanche of recriminations from the Islamists. Hizbullah officials announced Mughniyeh’s death Wednesday morning and quickly blamed Israel for the assassination. “The brother commander Hajj Imad Mughniyeh became a martyr at the hands of the Zionist Israelis,” the Hizbullah-controlled Manar TV station reported....

Valencia died from head injuries after a November 19 “Fight Night” event sponsored by UNLV fraternity Kappa Sigma, which had been hosting similar events for at least the past 10 years under no commission oversight. Stephen J. Cloobeck, the commission’s chairman, dubbed the rule “Nathan’s Law.” He said the rule is “warranted and necessary.” The rule would require medical personnel at any fights of this nature, as well as give the commission authority over aspects such as referee requirements, insurance, promotion, permits and weigh-ins....