Day: February 18, 2017

Hamlin could become 4th repeat Daytona 500 champion (Sports Betting News)Hamlin could become 4th repeat Daytona 500 champion (Sports Betting News)

Denny Hamlin sits in his car as he prepares to go out on the track during a practice session for the Clash NASCAR auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

Denny Hamlin rode the escalator to a stadium concourse and spotted his Daytona 500 championship show car on display and wrapped to resemble its appearance moments after the race. The No. 11 Toyota was scuffed up on the sides, a mark of 200 laps of rugged racing. Not far from away at the Toyota foyer, there hung a banner of Hamlin with his arms raised toward the sky in celebration of his first Daytona 500 victory.

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No. 3 Kansas closer to Big 12 with 67-65 win at No. 4 Baylor (Sports Betting News)No. 3 Kansas closer to Big 12 with 67-65 win at No. 4 Baylor (Sports Betting News)

Kansas guard Josh Jackson (11) dunks the ball as Baylor's Manu Lecomte (20), King McClure (22) and Ishmail Wainright (24) watch in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

No. 3 Kansas never seems to be too far behind to rally for victories. After another comeback win against a fellow Top 10 team, the Jayhawks are probably too far ahead in the standings for anyone to keep them from claiming their 13th consecutive Big 12 title. Landen Lucas made two free throws with 11 seconds left, and Kansas didn’t allow No. 4 Baylor to get the ball to Johnathan Motley on the last possession, as the Jayhawks grabbed a stranglehold on the Big 12 race with a 67-65 victory Saturday.

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Yankees beat reliever Betances in final arbitration case (Sports Betting News)Yankees beat reliever Betances in final arbitration case (Sports Betting News)

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2016, file photo, New York Yankees relief pitcher Dellin Betances delivers to a Kansas City Royals batter during the 13th inning of a baseball game at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Betances and the Yankees have argued the years final salary arbitration case, the first for the team in nearly a decade. Eligible for arbitration for the first time, Betances asked for $5 million. The Yankees argued during Fridays, Feb. 17, 2017, hearing he should be paid $3 million.(AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

New York Yankees president Randy Levine feels Dellin Betances was the victim of ”over the top demands based on very little sense of reality” by his representatives at Friday’s arbitration hearing won by the team. The Yankees beat Betances in the year’s final salary arbitration case, and the relief pitcher will be paid $3 million rather than his $5 million request. ”What his agents did was make him a victim of an attempt to change a market place in baseball that has been well established for 30, 40 years, and I feel bad for him that he was used that way by his agents,” Levine said Saturday after the decision was announced.

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Dolphins sign Cameron Wake to 2-year contract extension (Sports Betting News)Dolphins sign Cameron Wake to 2-year contract extension (Sports Betting News)

The Miami Dolphins have signed defensive end Cameron Wake to a two-year contract extension. The 35-year-old Wake is coming off a Pro Bowl season, one year removed from an Achilles injury. The Dolphins were 9-2 after Wake was added to the starting lineup, and he became just the third player to register 10 or more sacks at the age of 34 or older.

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