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A’s find hope in Nick Kurtz and young stars as team eyes Las Vegas in 2028

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Even Athletics veterans walk around the clubhouse wearing "Nick Kurtz goes yard" T-shirts, and they know what he means for the franchise's future. Kurtz, who recently had one of the greatest individual performances in big-league history, is the odds-on favorite to be AL Rookie of the Year. He's hardly the only talented youngster giving A's fans — wherever they might be — reason to feel optimistic about the team's on-field direction. The A's are in transition in more ways than one. Most notably, the club is playing the first of what's expected to ...

F1 Review: Second is best in Belgium

The pace of the Formula 1 (F1) weekend at the historic Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium was frenetic as it was the third of six sprint weekends. Instead of three practice sessions, qualifying, and then the race which is the normal F1 schedule, sprint weekends have only one practice ...

F1 Review: Formula 1’s Hulk finally transforms in the UK

Nico Hülkenberg, age 37, is the third oldest driver currently in Formula 1 (F1) behind only Fernando Alonso (43) and Lewis Hamilton (39). He’s a journeyman driver, of sorts, having driven for Williams, Force India, Sauber, Renault, Racing Point, Aston Martin, Haas, and now Kick Sauber (with ...

F1 Review: Austria’s unrelenting pace

A quick scan of the headlines after the Formula 1 (F1) race in Austria on Sunday, June 29, summarize the race with Max Verstappen’s early exit and McLaren’s Lando Norris beating his teammate, Oscar Piastri. Those are certainly key points of the race, but they don’t tell the story of how ...

F1 Review: Norris repentant after Canada crash

As the lights on the gantry went out, Formula 1 (F1) drivers sped towards the first corner. Pole sitter George Russell kept his Mercedes in the lead, Max Verstappen pulled his Red Bull up close and stayed in second, and Andrea Kimi Antonelli sped his Mercedes into third past Oscar Piastri’s McLaren, switching the places for the third and fourth placed starters. While the results showed those four finished in exactly that order, the story behind the finish held a lot of excitement. Tire strategy and the timing of pit stops are generally the two most crucial pieces of race strategy on ...

F1 Review: Spain has Verstappen on edge

Back in 2013, the Formula 1 (F1) race in Spain showed what it looked like for a driver to actually drive their car all out for an entire race. In modern F1 racing, tire management and reducing the number of pitstops are key to winning a race, while speed is necessary for qualifying. However, ...