Dale Earnhardt Jr. will certainly not race once again this month due to concussion-adore 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 many prominent driver has actually been battling balance troubles and nausea due to the fact that 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 succeed 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 strive to crack the tape she currently shares along with Steffi Graf for many 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 gained 6 of her 22 serious 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 organization committees, Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a letter to the 32 teams. The Brand-new hire will certainly switch out 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 Urban area this season. The group will certainly play there versus the Dallas Mavericks regard Jan. 12 and the San Antonio Spurs regard Jan. 14.
Soccer
Diego Maradona is providing to coach Argentina’s national group once again — this time for free. Argentina has actually been free of a coach due to the fact that Gerardo Martino stepped down complying with 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 Seat Sounders 4-2 in the U.S. Open Mug quarterfinals.