THIS DAY IN SPORTS 1962 — New York Giants quarter- back Y.A. Title passes for 505 yards and seven touchdowns in a 49-34 vic- Numbers Game tory over the Washington Redskins. Antelope Valley Press, Wednesday, October 28, 2020 C3 Track and Field NASCAR | Cup Series Playoffs | Texas (ppd.) Christian Coleman Playoffs rained out for third straight day banned, runs out of Associated Press round, got a run in at a gym lo- MORE RAIN cated at the track and lament- FORT WORTH, Texas — A member of Erik Jones pit ed his eating habits in the rain. chances to Olympics NASCAR will make a fourth crew squeegees “I’ve had In-N-Out, piz- attempt to complete its playoff water out of the za, so the diet is out the win- By EDDIE PELLS imprecise language in the race at Texas Motor Speedway pit area as crews dow,” Bowman said. “I’m out Associated Press anti-doping rulebook. on Wednesday after persistent prepare to resume of food, out of clothes, out of To believe that the evi- He attempted to secure mist and cold temperatures a NASCAR Cup everything.” Series auto race dence supporting Christian another reprieve — this continued the long delay. The Cup Series is scheduled Coleman’s two-year ban time for the Dec. 9, 2019, at Texas Motor The race began Sunday and Speedway in Fort to finalize the championship from track is flawed is to failure — by saying he had drivers completed 52 of the Worth, Texas on field next Sunday at Martins- believe that the 24-year-old been out Christmas shop- scheduled 334 laps before mist Tuesday. ville Speedway in Virginia. It sprinter really has redefined ping but was, indeed, home and drizzle halted the action. Associated Press is not clear how NASCAR may the title “World’s Fastest during the 60-minute win- The weather did not relent on the drying process. have to adjust scheduling based Man.” dow he gave to authorities. Monday or Tuesday as NA- and has used the idle time at “This is how crazy I am — Texas for lengthy discussions on the postponements in Tex- It’s to believe that in the But a key part of his ali- SCAR spent about two dozen as. I called Eddie Gossage and with his Team Penske crew on span of 29 minutes last bi — that testers must have futile hours trying to dry the The Truck Series and Xfin- asked if there was anything preparations for that Phoenix Dec. 9, Coleman bought left his doorstep before the track. ity Series are scheduled for I could do to help because I dinner from a Chipotle 7:15-8:15 window had run The resumption of the race race. Logano earned his spot Friday night and Saturday af- near his house, hurried out — was disproved by was set for Wednesday at 3 am that bored,” Logano said. by winning last week at Kansas ternoon, and both series com- back home and ate it, nimble work from investiga- p.m. EDT at the Texas track. “That is a really risky move Speedway. pleted racing in Texas. The watched the kickoff of tors. They tracked down re- Industry participants docu- if you guys know Eddie. I am “We have been able to spend Cup cars aren’t scheduled to “Monday Night Football,” ceipts from a shopping trip mented their boredom on so- willing to do anything at this a lot of time with no distrac- enter Martinsville until late then headed back out to a that began, they said, no cial media: Ryan Blaney and point. tions to really talk about Phoe- Saturday night. nearby Wal-Mart, where later than 7:13 p.m., and in- Bubba Wallace played video “I tried to get him to open nix,” Logano said. “That is the The bigger concern is like- he purchased 16 items and cluded stops at Chipotle (at games, spotters stuck in their the go-kart track and let us go advantage of winning the first ly the NBC production crews checked out. 7:53 p.m.) and Wal-Mart rental cars used the horns to play with those.” race in the third round.” that must complete the Texas “It would have been sim- (at 8:22) near Coleman’s honk out “Jingle Bells,” and Logano is the first of four Alex Bowman, one of sev- broadcast and then prepare ply impossible,” a panel of house. They coupled the Joey Logano asked the track drivers locked into the Nov. 8 en other drivers attempting to Martinsville for Friday night’s arbitrators wrote Tuesday receipts with a picture taken president if he could assist with championship-deciding finale advance to the championship Truck Series race. in delivering a two-year (at 8:21) by a tester sitting in sanction that, if upheld, will his car in front of the house, keep the 100-meter world added it all up and caught MLB MLS COLLEGE FOOTBALL NFL MOTORSPORTS Postseason Baseball Western Conference AMERICAN CONFERENCE The AP Top 25 West NASCAR Cup Autotrader champion out of next the sprinter in what appears Glance W L T Pts GF GA The Top 25 teams in The Associated x-if necessary Sporting KC10 6 3 33 35 25 Press college football poll, with first- W L T Pct PF PA EchoPark Automotive 500 year’s Olympics. to be an embarrassing lie. WILD CARD SERIES Seattle 9 4 5 32 36 18 place votes in parentheses, records Kansas City 6 1 0 .857 218 143 Las Vegas 3 3 0 .500 171 197 Lineup (Best-of-3) Portland 9 5 5 32 39 31 through Oct. 24, total points based on Sunday, Oct. 25 (susp., rain) Coleman’s agent, The arbitrators conclud- Denver 2 4 0 .333 116 153 American League LAFC 8 7 4 28 42 34 25 points for a first-place vote through Tuesday Emanuel Hudson, said the ed that Coleman, instead Tampa Bay 2, Toronto 0 Minn. United 7 5 6 27 29 23 one point for a 25th-place vote, and L.A. Chargers 2 4 0 .333 149 154 East At Texas Motor Speedway Tuesday, Sept. 29: Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 1 FC Dallas 6 5 7 25 22 20 previous ranking: Fort Worth, Texas decision was “unfortunate of admitting fault, turned Sept. 30: Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 2 Vancouver 8 12 0 24 24 41 Record Pts Pv W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 5 2 0 .714 174 178 Lap length: 1.5 miles Oakland 2, Chicago White Sox 1 San Jose 6 8 6 24 29 45 1. Clemson (52) 6-0 1539 1 and will be immediately his wrath on the authori- Miami 3 3 0 .500 160 113 (Car number in parentheses) Sept. 29: Chicago White Sox 4, Oakland 1 Real Salt Lake 5 7 7 22 24 29 2. Alabama (10) 5-0 1494 2 New England 2 4 0 .333 115 143 1. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford. appealed to the Court of ties, accused them of trying Sept. 30: Oakland 5, Chicago White Sox 3 Houston 4 7 9 21 28 33 3. Ohio St. 1-0 1402 5 N.Y. Jets 0 7 0 .000 85 203 2. (22) Joey Logano, Ford. Oct. 1: Oakland 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Colorado 5 5 4 19 25 24 4. Notre Dame 5-0 1353 3 South 3. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford. Arbitration for Sport.” to trap him, “denied the Houston 2, Minnesota 0 LA Galaxy 5 10 3 18 22 36 5. Georgia 3-1 1292 4 W L T Pct PF PA 4. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet. Tuesday, Sept. 29: Houston 4, Minnesota 1 Eastern Conference 6. Oklahoma St. 4-0 1201 6 The episode last year offence, and persisted in Tennessee 5 1 0 .833 188 153 5. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet. Sept. 30: Houston 3, Minnesota 1 W L T Pts GF GA 7. Cincinnati 4-0 1100 9 Indianapolis 4 2 0 .666 157 115 6. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota. marked Coleman’s third vi- an exculpatory version of New York Yankees 2, Cleveland 0 Philadelphia 12 3 5 41 39 17 8. Texas A&M 3-1 1094 7 Houston 1 6 0 .142 166 217 7. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota. Sept. 29: Yankees 12, Cleveland 3 Toronto FC 12 3 5 41 30 22 9. Wisconsin 1-0 950 14 Jacksonville 1 6 0 .142 154 220 8. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet. olation in a 12-month span events as to what happened Sept. 30: Yankees 10, Cleveland 9 Columbus 10 4 5 35 31 16 10. Florida 2-1 933 10 North 9. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota. National League Orlando City 8 3 8 32 31 20 11. BYU 6-0 906 12 of the anti-doping “where- ... that is simply untrue.” W L T Pct PF PA Los Angeles Dodgers 2, Milwaukee 0 NYC FC 9 8 3 30 27 20 12. Miami 5-1 888 11 10. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford. Pittsburgh 6 0 0 1.000 183 118 abouts” system, which is One of Coleman’s key Sept. 30: Dodgers 4, Milwaukee 2 New England 7 5 8 29 22 19 13. Michigan 1-0 839 18 11. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet. Baltimore 5 1 0 .833 179 104 Oct. 1: Dodgers 3, Milwaukee 0 New York 7 8 5 26 24 25 14. Oregon 0-0 784 13 12. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet. Cleveland 5 2 0 .714 200 221 designed to streamline the arguments was that he nev- Atlanta 2, Cincinnati 0 Nashville SC 6 6 7 25 19 18 15.