Are you ready to watch the unforgettable DAYTONA 500 in 2023? Daytona International Speedway will host the 65th running Daytona 500 on Sunday. The 2023 Great American Race NASCAR race starts at 2:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, 19th February, and will be televised on Fox.

Men’s 23rd FIFA World Cup is scheduled to take place from Jun 8 to Jul 3 2026 in France during nine venues across the country. The opening & Closing Match will take place at the Stade de France stadium. FIFA World Cup is the 2nd largest & popular sports events in the world. France hosted the FIFA World Cup third time, having previously hosted the 2007 & 1991.

Matchroom is pleased to announce the World Pool Championship 2023 will take place in Kielce, Poland in partnership with the Polish Billiard Association from February 1-5 as the world’s best descend on Targi Kielce Exhibition & Congress Centre live on Viaplay in Poland, Scandinavia, the Baltics as well as on Sky Sports in the UK, DAZN in the USA, Canada, Spain, and Italy with further broadcasters to be announced.

Jerami Grant scored 29 points and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied to beat the San Antonio Spurs 117-110 on Tuesday night. Anfernee Simons added 23 points and Damian Lillard had 22 and 11 assists. Jakob Poeltl had a career-high 31 points for San Antonio. He was 14 of 17 from the field. "We’re a good team. That’s how we view ourselves. And we know what makes us a good team," Lillard said after the Blazers improved to 10-4. "In the past we had to say ‘somebody needs to get it going’ and the energy on our team now is ‘we’ve got to get some stops.’" Grant had 19 points in the first half. He added 10 in the third quarter to help Portland take a 93-89 lead going into the fourth.

After picking up Zeke Nnaji’s fourth year team option, the Denver Nuggets continued their bookkeeping by also picking up Bones Hyland’s third year team option according to a source. Now, the Nuggets will only have four potential free agents heading into next season. Mike Singer of the Denver Post was first on the report. Few players have impressed the Nuggets front office, coaching staff, and his fellow teammates like Hyland has. He has been in Denver for a lot of the offseason and has spent seemingly every waking minute either working on his game, building up his body or taking his dog Tressi into local Denver neighborhoods to connect with the community. During many of the games played at the Nuggets’ facilities, Hyland has been the brightest star on the court. Hyland’s growth over his rookie year gave the Nuggets’ brass the confidence needed to trade away Monte Morris and Will Barton III to the Washington Wizards for a three-point shooting point-of-attack defender in Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to bolster their horrid perimeter defense from last season.

Players on two-way contracts are becoming more and more important in today’s NBA. Here is who each of the 30 teams around the NBA have signed to a two-way contract for the 2022-23 season.

JAMES MERILATT details his opinion of Jamal Murray's recovery from ACL tear.

In 2021, Congress passed a bill recognizing Juneteenth as a Federal Holiday. It was a historic moment for one of this nation's most important commemorations. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration acknowledging the ending of slavery in the United States. And to celebrate this recognition, JMF Corporation and Mile High Festivals are going bigger than ever before as they prepare for the annual Juneteenth Music Festival taking place in Denver, Colorado's Five Points neighborhood. Denver’s Juneteenth Music Festival, one of the largest and longest running in the nation, returns on June 18th and 19th with its annual parade and street festival featuring hundreds of vendors, concerts, delicious ethnic food and this year’s headliners Dave East and Twista. NFL Webcast is the site that allows you to stream various NFL games live, which you can do without signing up for any subscription service.

The National Football League is taking a stab at first-person football again. Eighteen years after NFL 2K5 toyed with the concept, the league and developer StatusPro are making NFL Pro Era, the first American football video game for virtual reality headsets. Launching this fall, NFL Pro Era will be available for Meta Quest and PlayStation VR headsets. A video announcing the game at Wednesday’s Meta Quest Gaming Showcase gave viewers a sense of what to expect. Lamar Jackson, the Baltimore Ravens quarterback, took players into the huddle, then the line of scrimmage, where they called and adjusted the play in first person. After looking downfield, the user spears their primary receiver with a high, arcing pass to the back of the end zone.

That might just be a blessing in disguise. Golden State will enter the playoffs as the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference, facing off against the No. 6 seed Denver Nuggets at Chase Center on Saturday night. The Warriors stumbled down the stretch without Steph Curry but caught fire in the final two weeks of the season. With Curry likely to return from a sprained left foot and bone bruise in time for Game 1, the Warriors receive a massive jolt at just the right time, even as they continue to fly slightly under the radar. Curry spoke to reporters on Thursday, where he discussed the lowered expectations and what the team needs to focus on in order to advance to the next round. We're down to the final two matches of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, with England and South Africa in Saturday's final match.