Ken Willis

Daytona Beach News-Journal Donald Trump has never been shy about cozying up to well-known sports figures, whether they built their fame on golf courses , football fields or fighting's famed octagon.

Now, it appears, it doesn't even matter if they're still among us, which brings us to Pat Summerall's role in the upcoming sequel to a Trump Administration.

Sunday at Phoenix Raceway, the checkered flag will eventually fly above the newest Cup Series champion, who may or may not also be Sunday's race winner.

Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Joey Logano, No. 22 Ross Chastain, No. 1 Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chase Elliott, No. 9 Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Christopher Bell, No. 20 William Byron, No. 24 Harris Burton, No. 21 Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Austin Cindric, No. 2 Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Justin Haley, No. 7 Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Alex Bowman, No. 48 Ryan Blaney, No. 12

Daytona Beach News-Journal The list of three-time NASCAR champs has a new name. Joey Logano.

ken willis, daytona beach news-journal The list of three-time NASCAR champs has a new name. Joey Logano.

ken willis, daytona beach news-journal The list of three-time NASCAR champs has a new name. Joey Logano.

Daytona Beach News-Journal The championship weekend at Phoenix included a non-contender (Christopher Bell) saying he was cheated out of a chance.

There was lots of late-weekend buzz about the wild dumpster fire our football teams set last week. When the Miami Dolphins won Monday night, it "ruined" the destruction. Until then, every Florida team in Division I of college ball and in the NFL had lost.

Some might call it a long-awaited sequel to Richard Nixon’s 1973 Saturday Night Massacre, but that was merely a matter of federal governance, the rule of law, blah, blah, blah.