Dale Earnhardt Jr. will certainly not race once again this month due to concussion-love symptoms and the No. 88 vehicle 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 too as following weekend’s race at Pocono. NASCAR’s many prominent driver has actually been battling equilibrium troubles and nausea because a July 2 collapse at Daytona.
Earnhardt pulled themselves from the vehicle last weekend break in Brand-new Hampshire and was replaced by Alex Bowman. After an additional health care evaluation Tuesday, doctors told Earnhardt to take much more time off.
Tennis
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Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic head the direct entry lists for this year’s U.S. Open. Williams will certainly try 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 7 years at Flushing Meadows. Williams has actually succeeded 6 of her 22 severe singles titles at the U.S. Open.
Football
The NFL will certainly hire a full-time chief health care officer to job along with group health care staffs, the players’ union and organization committees, Commissioner Roger Goodell stated 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 when it come to Jan. 12 and the San Antonio Spurs when it come to Jan. 14.
Soccer
Diego Maradona is supplying to coach Argentina’s national group once again — this time for free. Argentina has actually been devoid of a coach because 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 with to the 2010 Globe Cup.