LOUDON — Starved for a pole position for nearly two years, Brad Keselowski put a decisive end to the qualifying drought on Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, edging Kyle Busch for the top starting spot in Sunday’s Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 (3 p.m., NBC Sports Network).
In a photo finish, Patrick Emerling of Orchard Park, N.Y., edged Bobby Santos III to take the sixth annual NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour All-Star Shootout on Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
LOUDON — Is it just a coincidence that six current Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers share the distinction as three-time winners at New Hampshire Motor Speedway?
For years, the rivalry between the fans of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon was the defining feature of NASCAR.
The Manchester Cal Ripken 9U All-Star team recently claimed the New Hampshire Cal Ripken State Championship with a 5-2 win over Dover. Manchester’s team won all four games in the double-elimination series that included teams from Dover, Exeter, Londonderry, Swansey, Windham, Hollis-Brookline…
Anthony Santander hit a three-run homer, and Keon Broxton added a two-run shot later as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the visiting Boston Red Sox 11-2 in the opener of a weekend series Friday night.
The luxury tax, negotiated into the Basic Agreement by the owners to suppress salaries, er, I mean to promote competitive balance, discourages the most successful baseball franchises from buying the stairway to baseball heaven.
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — A battling Tiger Woods rediscovered some of the old magic at the British Open on Friday but he failed to make the cut at Royal Portrush.
A total of seven Reading pitchers limited the New Hampshire Fisher Cats to seven hits over two games as the Fightin Phils swept an Eastern League doubleheader 6-4 and 3-1 on Friday night in Pennsylvania.
The University of New Hampshire women’s hockey team will play 18 home games, including 14 against Hockey East opponents, during the upcoming season.
One of the NHL’s top Russian hockey players broke ranks with his countrymen to criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview published Thursday on a Russian language YouTube page.
The NFL will not suspend star Kansas City Chiefs wideout Tyreek Hill, the league announced Friday, after concluding its investigation into allegations Hill or his wife abused their 3-year-old son.
Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe won Friday's time trial and expanded his lead in the Tour de France with the completion of Stage 13 in Pau.
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Ireland’s Shane Lowry on Friday proved master of the Dunluce links for the second successive day to move into a share of the lead with American J.B. Holmes halfway through the British Open.
BOSTON — The good Chris Sale showed up at Fenway Park yesterday.
J.B. Holmes grabbed a one-shot lead after the first round of the British Open on Thursday while local favorite Rory McIlroy struggled at Royal Portrush Golf Club in the tournament’s return to Northern Ireland after a 68-year wait.
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is about to make the first of two trips into New Hampshire Motor Speedway this season. The open-wheel rockets are slated for two events this weekend which culminates with the Monster Energy Cup Foxwoods Casino 301 Sunday.
It’s 10 a.m. on Monday morning and Kai Nichols is headed to his backyard. It’s there that a shed sits along the fence line, housing over a dozen surfboards and wetsuits that he’s collected over the years. With a photo shoot at The Wall set to begin in about 20 minutes, the 19-year-old needs …
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats' Eastern League game at Reading on Thursday night was suspended by rain in the bottom of the first inning with the Fightin Phils leading 1-0.
Ron Francis officially was named the first general manager of the incoming Seattle NHL franchise on Thursday.
Great Britain's Simon Yates won a sprint down the stretch to win Stage 12 of the Tour de France on Thursday.
A 64-year-old Missouri man who aimed a laser pointer at New England quarterback Tom Brady's face during the AFC Championship game pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and must pay a $500 fine.
NASCAR driver Ryan Newman isn’t a huge baseball fan but he’ll appreciate the support of Red Sox Nation when he participates in the Foxwoods Resort & Casino 301 on Sunday afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
MANCHESTER — Bryce Zimmerman said he entered the final day of the Mike Ryan Memorial Championship planning to make birdies, and then he followed through on that plan.
MANCHESTER — Having struggled at the plate over the first three months of the season, Kevin Smith decided to go home during last week’s Eastern League All-Star break to spend some time with friends and family. It was a chance for him to clear his mind and get back to the basics.
BOSTON — Shortly after the 2019 NBA Draft concluded, Danny Ainge sat on a podium in front of Boston Celtics media and answered a series of questions as vaguely as possible.
Rafael Devers homered among three hits and drove in four runs to lead the Boston Red Sox past the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Wednesday night.
Phil Mickelson shared the drastic dieting measures he has taken to improve his golf game Sunday, telling his followers on social media that he had lost 15 pounds over a 10-day period and fasted for six days to attempt to get back to his peak performance before the British Open.
A scheduled three-day bargaining session between the NFL and the NFLPA ended after one day, according to multiple reports on Wednesday.
The Oklahoma City Thunder's discussions to trade newly acquired point guard Chris Paul have stalled, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Wednesday, increasing the odds that he begins the season with the team.
MANCHESTER — Old friends may meet again today in the Mike Ryan Memorial Championship.
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The very idea that Tiger Woods won the 2019 Masters at age 43 after a long patch of harrowing immobility already caused a big wow, yet the aftermath that reached 93 days by Tuesday might serve even to enhance the wow.
MANCHESTER — Nate Pearson’s first trip to the Futures Game was as much of a learning experience as it was fun. While the Toronto Blue Jays’ No. 2 prospect got to show off his rocket arm for an inning in front of a massive audience in Cleveland, it was off the field where he benefited most, g…
BOSTON — The continued Red Sox roster shakeup that sent Eduardo Nunez to waivers Monday and Ryan Brasier to Pawtucket Tuesday landed Darwinzon Hernandez back in the Boston bullpen with a chance to be a contributor for the stretch run in a playoff race.
The Chicago Blackhawks traded forward Artem Anisimov to the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday for forward Zack Smith.
The Minnesota Wild re-signed three players to contracts on Tuesday.
Britain’s Justin Rose criticized professional golf’s new tighter schedule for its four major tournaments, saying the timeline makes too many concessions to the FedEx Cup playoffs.
MANCHESTER — Tim Schaller’s first NHL season with the Vancouver Canucks did not go as planned.
Michael Chavis crushed a first-inning grand slam, and Andrew Benintendi had two hits and three RBIs as the host Boston Red Sox held off the Toronto Blue Jays 10-8 Monday night.
