Dale Earnhardt Jr. will certainly not race once more this month due to concussion-enjoy symptoms and the No. 88 auto will certainly be turned over to trusted previous teammate Jeff Gordon for the following 2 weeks.
Hendrick Motorsports announced Wednesday that Earnhardt has actually not yet been cleared to drive by doctors and will certainly skip Sunday’s Brickyard 400 also as following weekend’s race at Pocono. NASCAR’s the majority of prominent driver has actually been battling balance troubles and nausea because a July 2 collapse at Daytona.
Earnhardt pulled themselves from the auto last weekend break in Brand-new Hampshire and was replaced by Alex Bowman. After an additional clinical evaluation Tuesday, doctors told Earnhardt to take much more time off.
- Kyle Larson rallied from a lap down to gain the NASCAR Camping Globe Truck Collection race at Eldora Speedway in Ohio.
Tennis
Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic head the direct entry lists for this year’s U.S. Open. Williams will certainly make every effort to damage the tape she currently shares along with Steffi Graf for the majority of Grand Slam titles in the Open era, while Djokovic will certainly find to reach his sixth last in the past seven years at Flushing Meadows. Williams has actually succeeded 6 of her 22 significant singles titles at the U.S. Open.
Football
The NFL will certainly hire a full-time chief clinical officer to job along with group clinical staffs, the players’ union and league committees, Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a letter to the 32 teams. The Brand-new hire will certainly change Dr. Elliot Pellman, that is retiring after 30 years in the league.
Basketball
The Phoenix Suns will certainly play 2 regular-period “home” games in Mexico City this season. The group will certainly play there versus the Dallas Mavericks about Jan. 12 and the San Antonio Spurs about Jan. 14.
Soccer
Diego Maradona is providing to coach Argentina’s national group once more — this time for free. Argentina has actually been devoid of a coach because Gerardo Martino stepped down adhering to last month’s loss to Chile in the last of the Copa America. Maradona previously coached Argentina from 2008 via to the 2010 Globe Cup.
- Sebastian Lletget scored 2 targets as the L.a Galaxy defeated the Seattle Sounders 4-2 in the U.S. Open Mug quarterfinals.