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New York Rangers give Gauthier 1-year contract extension
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New York Rangers give Gauthier 1-year contract extension

  • AP

The New York Rangers have given forward Julien Gauthier a one-year contract extension. General manager Chris Drury announced the move. Gauthier had three goals and four assists in 49 games this past season. The 24-year-old has five goals and 13 assists in 96 career NHL games, split between the Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes. Gauthier played his first five games with the Hurricanes in 2019-20 before being traded to New York in February 2020. He was selected by the Hurricanes with the 21st pick of the 2016 draft.

Reddick's team confident after breakthrough Cup Series win
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Reddick's team confident after breakthrough Cup Series win

  • By STEVE MEGARGEE - AP Sports Writer

Tyler Reddick isn’t about to let up now that he finally has produced his first Cup Series victory and put himself in position for NASCAR’s playoffs. The Richard Childress Racing driver and his team have bigger goals in mind. Team owner Richard Childress says that “I truly think that we will be a contender for the championship when we get into it.” Reddick won Sunday at Road America in his 92nd career Cup Series start. He's had five second-place finishes.

Reddick wins at Road America for 1st NASCAR Cup victory
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Reddick wins at Road America for 1st NASCAR Cup victory

  • By STEVE MEGARGEE - AP Sports Writer
  • Updated

Tyler Reddick raced to his first NASCAR Cup Series victory Sunday, continuing the season-long trend of first-time winners on road courses. Each of the first three road-course races this year has had a first-time winner, with Reddick breaking through at Road America after Ross Chastain won at the Circuit of the Americas and Daniel Suárez at Sonoma. The Richard Childress Racing driver won by 3.304 seconds over defending race champion Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports. All the other drivers were over 21 seconds behind Reddick.

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Gibbs passes Larson late, wins Xfinity race at Road America

  • By STEVE MEGARGEE - AP Sports Writer
  • Updated

Ty Gibbs overtook NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson on the final lap of overtime Saturday at Road America for his fourth Xfinity Series victory of the season. The race featured a major wreck that impacted about a third of the 38-car field. Larson, competing in an Xfinity Series event for the first time since 2018, was leading when Cole Custer’s brake failure resulted in a late caution flag that produced overtime. The 19-year-old Gibbs, the grandson of team owner Joe Gibbs, chased Larson for much of the overtime session, passed him early in the final lap and remained in front the rest of the way for his third career road-course win. Gibbs’ winning margin was 0.858 seconds.

Wallace says his frustrations result from his passion to win
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Wallace says his frustrations result from his passion to win

  • By STEVE MEGARGEE - AP Sports Writer

Bubba Wallace says the pointed criticism he made toward members of his crew last weekend were a result of his passion to win and shouldn’t harm his relationship with them. That passion was on display last weekend at Nashville. Wallace was in sixth place Sunday when a loose wheel during a pit stop sent him toward the back of the pack and caused him to curse at his crew. Wallace will be starting in the 25th position Sunday as the Cup Series comes to Road America for the second straight Fourth of July weekend.

LAPD: Hornets' Bridges charged with felony domestic violence
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LAPD: Hornets' Bridges charged with felony domestic violence

  • By STEVE REED - AP Sports Writer
  • Updated

The Los Angeles Police Department says Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges has been charged with felony domestic violence. Bridges was arrested Wednesday for “intimate partner violence with injury,” which is a felony. The incident occurred two days earlier in West Los Angeles. He was released on $130,000 bond. He has a July 20 court date. The 24-year-old Bridges is a restricted free agent who had been expected to command big money in the free agent market this summer. His agent has not returned calls seeking comment.

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Ian Harkes agrees to 1-year deal to stay with Dundee United

  • By The Associated Press

American midfielder Ian Harkes agreed to a one-year contract to remain with Scotland’s Dundee United. The 27-year-old, a son of former U.S. captain John Harkes, was selected the team’s player of the year for 2021-22, when he had three goals in 28 Scottish Premier League matches in his fourth season with the club. Dundee United finished fourth, earning a spot in the Europa Conference League’s third qualifying round. Harkes scored in 1-0 wins over Dundee and Ross County. He won the 2017 Hermann Trophy as U.S. college player of the year at Wake Forest.

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Ian Harkes agrees to 1-year deal to stay with Dundee United

  • By The Associated Press

American midfielder Ian Harkes agreed to a one-year contract to remain with Scotland’s Dundee United. The 27-year-old, a son of former U.S. captain John Harkes, was selected the team’s player of the year for 2021-22, when he had three goals in 28 Scottish Premier League matches in his fourth season with the club. Dundee United finished fourth, earning a spot in the Europa Conference League’s third qualifying round. Harkes scored in 1-0 wins over Dundee and Ross County. He won the 2017 Hermann Trophy as U.S. college player of the year at Wake Forest.

Ross Chastain threading fine line of aggression, patience
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Ross Chastain threading fine line of aggression, patience

  • By JENNA FRYER - AP Auto Racing Writer

Ross Chastain has proven to be a decent road racer over his career and there’s no reason to believe he won’t be in the mix Sunday at Road America in Wisconsin. But it takes a fine line of patience and aggression to achieve race wins and Chastain has been trying hard to find that balance in his breakout season. Chastain has picked up a pair of Cup victories this season, his first with Trackhouse Racing, but he’s rattled some cages among his rivals along the way. He goes into Sunday's race ranked second in the Cup standings.

Kobayashi to sub for Hawksworth with Lexus in Canada
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Kobayashi to sub for Hawksworth with Lexus in Canada

  • By JENNA FRYER - AP Auto Racing Writer

Kamui Kobayashi will substitute for injured driver Jack Hawksworth this weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and drive the Vasser Sullivan Lexus in the GTD Pro class.

Chase Elliott needs nearly 7 hours to win at Nashville
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Chase Elliott needs nearly 7 hours to win at Nashville

  • By JENNA FRYER - AP Auto Racing Writer
  • Updated

LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Chase Elliott salvaged a crummy day for Hendrick Motorsports and interrupted a potential Toyota rout by winning the rain-drenched race at Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday night.