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USA Today
2 days ago
- Automotive
- USA Today
23XI Racing refuses to comment on Tyler Reddick's future in No. 45 car
Tyler Reddick's future with 23XI Racing is questionable as the organization continues its antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR. Reddick's contract states that he can become a free agent if 23XI Racing doesn't have charters. Ahead of the NASCAR weekend at Dover Motor Speedway, team owner Denny Hamlin was asked about the driver of the No. 45 car possibly being lured to a different organization. Instead of giving a precise answer, Hamlin refused to comment on Reddick's future and said "all will be exposed" on December 1st, the date of the trial. Reddick will be free to leave 23XI Racing if no charters are available for the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, but any move in-season seems unlikely. If the 23XI Racing driver were to leave the No. 45 Cup team, he would have several suitors, so this will be worthwhile to watch moving forward. Reddick is an elite talent in the Cup Series, and many top NASCAR organizations would try to sign him to a long-term contract before the 2026 season. More: 5 best landing spots for Tyler Reddick if 23XI Racing loses charters
USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
43 days till the Arizona Cardinals' 2025 season opener: Who has worn No. 43?
With 43 days till the Cardinals open the season against the Saints, we look at the players who have worn No. 43. We are counting down to the start of the 2025 regular season for the Arizona Cardinals and are less than seven weeks away. They will open the season on the road against the New Orleans Saints on Sept. 7. That is 43 days away. As we count down the remaining days of the offseason, let's look at who has worn that number uniform over the years for the Cardinals. Who has worn No. 43? Cardinals players to wear No. 43 Linebacker Mykal Walker, acquired in free agency this offseason, wears No. 43. Reddick was great in 2020 but was otherwise disappointing for the Cardinals. Lonnie Young was a fierce hitter but was more well known for his time with the Jets after leaving Arizona. Thompson wore No. 43 the longest. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
NBC Sports
22-07-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Good news, bad news for NASCAR Cup drivers ahead of Indianapolis weekend
The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend with one driver looking to claim the In-Season Challenge championship and another driver seeking to complete a career grand slam. Here is a look at the good news and bad news for Cup teams heading into Sunday's race. 23XI Racing — Good news: Tyler Reddick won the pole, led 40 laps and finished second at Indianapolis last year. … Reddick has an average finish of 5.0 at Indy in both of his starts on the Indy oval. … Reddick has three top-10 finishes in the last four races this season. … Bubba Wallace placed fifth and won a stage last year at Indianapolis. ... Wallace has finished in the top 10 in his last three starts on the Indy oval. … Riley Herbst won last year's Xfinity race at Indianapolis. Bad news: The organization remains winless this season (it had one victory at this point last year). … The organization has had fewer top-five finishes, fewer top 10s and led fewer laps compared to this time a year ago. Dustin Long, Front Row Motorsports — Good news: Todd Gilliland finished sixth at Indianapolis last year. … Noah Gragson finished ninth at Indy last year. … Zane Smith placed 17th last year at Indy. Bad news: Gilliland has place outside the top 20 in eight consecutive races. … Gragson has one finish in the top 25 in the last eight races. Haas Factory Team — Good news: Cole Custer finished fifth in his only Cup start on the Indy oval in 2020. Bad News: Custer has been no higher than 34th in the points since the second race of the season. Hendrick Motorsports — Good news: For the second year in a row, Chase Elliott is the points leader heading to Indianapolis. … Elliott took the points lead from William Byron last weekend at Dover. … In the last five races, Elliott went from being 104 points out of the lead to holding a 16-point advantage. … Kyle Larson won last year's Indianapolis race in double overtime. Bad news: Byron has an average finish of 25.3 in the last six races, ranking 31st among the 36 full-time drivers. … Byron has finished 27th or worse in his last two starts on the Indy oval. … Alex Bowman has never finished better than 21st in six Indy starts on the oval. … Bowman has finished on the lead lap once on the oval at Indy. Hyak Motorsports — Good news: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finished 11th on the oval at Indy last year, the second-best result for the organization at that track (Chris Buescher placed ninth there in 2017). Bad news: Stenhouse has two top-20 finishes in the last eight races this season. Joe Gibbs Racing — Good news: Ty Gibbs will race Ty Dillon for $1 million in the final of the In-Season Challenge at Indianapolis. … Gibbs has finished in the top 10 in each of the last three races. … Chase Briscoe won and Denny Hamlin was second at Pocono, a track that has some similarities to Indianapolis. … Hamlin has a series-high four wins this season after his victory last weekend at Dover. … A win at Indy would make Hamlin the fifth driver to ever win the sport's four crown jewels (Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600, Brickyard 400 and Southern 500), joining a list that has Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick. … Briscoe has finished second in each of the last two races. … Briscoe has placed either first or second in three of the last five races. … Briscoe's eight top-five finishes this season are a career-high. … Christopher Bell finished fourth at Indy last year. Bad news: Bell has finished 16th or worse in five of the last seven races. Kaulig Racing — Good news: Ty Dillon's Cinderella run through the In-Season Challenge continues with him racing Ty Gibbs for the $1 million prize Sunday at Indianapolis. … Dillon finished 19th in last year's race at Indy, while Gibbs placed 23rd. … Dillon has scored four consecutive top-20 Cup finishes for the first time since 2022. … Dillon's only Xfinity win came at Indy in 2014. Bad news: AJ Allmendinger is coming of a 37th-place finish at Dover after a suspension issue, snapping a streak of three consecutive top-20 finishes. Legacy Motor Club — Good news: The organization has four top-five finishes (it had none at this time last year) and 10 top 10s (compared to four at this time last year). Bad news: Erik Jones' average finish of 26.6 at Indianapolis is his worst among tracks he has made multiple starts. … John Hunter Nemechek has placed outside the top 20 in three of the last four races this season. Richard Childress Racing — Good news: Austin Dillon's 15th-place result at Dover was his best finish since Texas in May. … Kyle Busch has finished 11th or better in the last three races. … RCR Xfinity driver Jesse Love will make his fourth career Cup start, driving the No. 62 for Beard Motorsports this weekend. Bad news: Busch has not led a lap in the last nine races, tied for the longest streak in his career. Rick Ware Racing — Good news: Cody Ware finished 18th at Indy last year, one of his best finishes in a limited Cup schedule in 2024. Bad news: Ware is coming off a 36th-place finish at Dover, his worst finish since Bristol in April. RFK Racing — Good news: Brad Keselowski has five top-10 finishes in the last nine races after having no top 10s in the season's first 12 races. … Keselowski is one of three former winners on the Indy oval entered this week (Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson are the others). … Chris Buescher has six top-10 finishes in the last 10 races. Bad news: Ryan Preece has an average finish of 27.3 at Indianapolis, his worst among active tracks. … Preece lost 13 points to the playoff cutline at Dover and is now 16 points out of the final playoff spot. Spire Motorsports — Good news: The organization has twice as many top-five finishes (four) and top-10 finishes (eight) as it did at this point last season. … Michael McDowell has had back-to-back top-20 finishes for the first time since March. … Justin Haley also has had back-to-back top-20 finishes for the first time since March. Bad news: Carson Hocevar has finished 29th or worse in five of the last seven races. Team Penske — Good news: Ryan Blaney finished third and Austin Cindric placed seventh in last year's race at Indy. … Joey Logano has three consecutive top-15 finishes for the first time since April. Bad news: The organization has not had a top-five finish in the last four races, one short of its longest drought of the season. … Blaney has three top-10 finishes in the last nine races. Trackhouse Racing — Good news: Daniel Suarez has an average finish of 12.8 on the Indy oval, his best among all tracks with multiple starts. Bad news: Saurez has finished outside the top 25 in three of the last four races. Ross Chastain has only three top-10 finishes in the last 10 races. … Chastain has never finished better than 15th in four starts on the Indy oval. … Shane van Gisbergen has one top-20 finish in his last five starts on oval tracks this season. Wood Brothers Racing — Good news: Josh Berry has started in the top 15 in three of the last four races on oval tracks this season. Bad news: Berry finished 35th last year at Indy in his only Cup start on the oval there. … Berry has failed to finish two of the last four races this season.
USA Today
22-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Buccaneers 2025 training camp preview: Outside Linebacker
Uncertainty at outside linebacker ahead of training camp has become an annual tradition for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It has been four years since a Bucs edge rusher recorded double-digit sacks, and none of the outside linebackers currently on the roster recorded more than five last year. The Bucs are counting on the continued development of their young players and a key free agent to bolster the pass rush back to the levels it has not reached since their last Super Bowl run. The only big addition the Bucs made this offseason was signing edge Haason Reddick to a one-year deal. Reddick had been a perennial double-digit sack collector until last year, when a contract dispute with the Jets led to a truncated season in which he recorded just one sack. The hope is that Reddick will regain form in a situation free of contract drama. While he skipped most of the offseason programming to train on his own, there is no expectation that Reddick will be a malcontent in training camp, though his veteran status is likely to result in plenty of rest days. Entering his third season, Yaya Diaby is the long-term hope for the Bucs at edge rusher. While he only recorded 4.5 sacks last year, he was among the league's best in total pressures (70) and pass rush win percentage (18.1%) per PFF. His main goal heading into 2025 is to learn how to finish his pass rushes with the quarterback on the ground. Second-year linebacker Chris Braswell is hoping for a breakout of his own. With Joe Tryon-Shoyinka now in Cleveland and Reddick likely playing a pass rush specialist role, Braswell should see the field more than last season. The main newcomer is fourth-round pick David Walker. While he is making a big jump from Central Arkansas to the NFL, Walker was an absolute wrecking ball in college, recording 31 sacks and 63 tackles for a loss over three seasons. Walker lacks ideal length, but he plays with power and tenacity. His draft status all but ensures he will see plenty of action in training camp and the preseason. Veteran Anthony Nelson returns as reliable depth, though he is the last safe outside linebacker spot on the roster. If the Bucs carry six outside linebackers as they did to start the season last year, it will be a climactic battle between Jose Ramirez and Markees Watts. Both are undersized pass rush specialists who have seen limited NFL action over the last two seasons. Watts looked unstoppable in the preseason two years ago, but injuries robbed him of much action last year. Ramirez improved last preseason but made little impact in the little regular season action he got. Whoever wins the battle, his fight still isn't over, as talent at other parts of the roster could make the sixth outside linebacker too much of a luxury.
NBC Sports
19-07-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Denny Hamlin reaffirms support for lawsuit vs. NASCAR, saying: 'All will be exposed'
23XI Racing co-owner Denny Hamlin reaffirmed his commitment Saturday to the antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR even as all three of his cars will run without charter status this weekend at Dover Motor Speedway. A U.S. District Court judge denied a request by 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports for a temporary restraining order Thursday. That order would have allowed the two organizations to compete with the status of chartered teams despite not signing the charter agreement last year. The U.S. District Court judge did not rule on the request by both teams for a preliminary injunction on the same matter. Dustin Long, This is only a part of the antitrust lawsuit the two teams filed last October against NASCAR and NASCAR CEO Jim France. The case is scheduled for trial Dec. 1. Asked about the ramifications of 23XI Racing competing as an open team this weekend, Hamlin told reporters Saturday at Dover: 'This would just be my blanket answer for all questions about this. If you want answers, you want to understand why this is all happening, come Dec. 1. You'll get the answers that you're looking for and all will be exposed.' Later asked if anything has caused him to second guess the lawsuit, Hamlin told reporters: 'Not a chance.' Asked if 23XI Racing has had to do anything different as an open team, Hamlin cited the trial date in his response, saying: 'Dec. 1 is all that matters. Mark your calendar.' 23IX Racing employs Cup drivers Tyler Reddick, Bubba Wallace and Riley Herbst. Front Row Motorsports employs Cup drivers Todd Gilliland, Zane Smith and Noah Gragson. Reddick told reporters Saturday: 'Everything related to the litigation, charters, I don't have a comment for at the time.' Last year when 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports sought a preliminary injunction that would allow them to operate with charter status, Reddick's contract was cited in that he had to be aligned with a team with a charter. In its request this past week for the temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports raised the issue of driver contracts and sponsor contracts being impacted if they did not have the charter status. While denying the temporary restraining order this week, Judge Kenneth D. Bell wrote: 'Finally, Plaintiffs say they face the threat of the irreparable loss of drivers and sponsor relationships and opportunities. 'With respect to drivers, the record stands in a different posture than it did prior to the season when the Court entered the earlier injunction. 'While Plaintiffs' drivers could have realistically terminated their contracts with Plaintiffs and/or been lured away by other teams, that prospect (although theoretically still conceivable) appears unlikely at this late stage of the season, and Plaintiffs have not offered evidence that any drivers are intending to do so in the next two weeks. Moreover, Plaintiffs have not established an imminent loss of sponsorships before the Preliminary Injunction can be decided.'
