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Patrick Valenzuela is set to ride again in Southern California for the first time in nearly a year Saturday at Hollywood Park. The 45-year-old jockey completed the paperwork for a conditional license Wednesday with the track’s board of stewards. “He got his conditional license; everything has been completed,” steward Darrel McHargue said.

NASCAR driver Aaron Fike understands where he was headed when he was arrested while shooting up heroin in an amusement park parking lot this summer. “After four months of intense rehabilitation, I know that if it were not for my arrest, I would be dead,” he said. “At one point during my addiction, I stopped…

Jeff Gordon lost his car chief on Monday when Jeff Meendering joined Petty Enterprises as crew chief for Bobby Labonte.

MOORESVILLE, North Carolina (Ticker) — Petty Enterprises on Monday named Jeff Meendering as the new crew chief of the No. 43 Dodge driven by Bobby Labonte in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

The NASCAR Nextel Cup season that began in such promising fashion for Kevin Harvick, winning the Daytona 500, didn’t live up to his hopes or expectations.

Jimmie Johnson carried a vendetta all season. And after winning his second Nextel Cup title, he promptly took care of business.

A federal judge said attorneys for NASCAR, International Speedway Corporation and Kentucky Speedway should consider returning to the bargaining table.

As Jimmie Johnson made his celebratory trip around the track, crew chief Chad Knaus fumbled with papers that had fallen from his notebook, too distracted to celebrate.

Standing outside his hauler as fireworks popped over Homestead-Miami Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. took several deep breaths and chose his words carefully.

K.C. Rivers wasn’t sure who would make up for the scoring and rebounding usually provided by injured Clemson teammate James Mays. So Rivers decided to do both himself. He finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds, hitting a floater with 31.2 seconds to go that broke a tie and led No. 18 Clemson to a…

The way Mike Krzyzewski saw it, there weren’t any complex plays he could design that would make Duke any taller. So instead, the more athletic Blue Devils overcame their height disadvantage by simply running super-sized Wisconsin out of Cameron Indoor Stadium. Greg Paulus scored 13 of his 18 points during the decisive first half to…

Memphis forward Shawn Taggart scored a career-high 17 points in 20 minutes on the court and grabbed four rebounds. Still, he drew the biggest ovation of the night by hitting the floor. Midway through the second half, the 6-foot-10 sophomore transfer from Iowa State got both his steals. He dove for a couple of loose…