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Fox News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
How to watch 2025 NASCAR Nashville: Schedule, start time, TV channel for Cracker Barrel 400
The 2025 Cracker Barrel 400 is back at Nashville Superspeedway for another year of racing. A 400-mile race that requires 300 laps to complete, it will mark the next race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. Here's what you need to know about the race, how to watch and more. The Cracker Barrel 400 is scheduled for Sunday, June 1st at 7 p.m. ET. The Cracker Barrel 400 will take place at Nashville Superspeedway in Nashville, Tennessee. The Cracker Barrel 400 is a total of 300 laps and 400 miles. The race will be broadcast live on Amazon Prime Video. The Cracker Barrel 400 can be streamed on Amazon Prime Video. There are 39 drivers entered into the Cracker Barrel 400. Qualifying starts on Saturday, 5/31.
ABC News
3 days ago
- Business
- ABC News
The reinvention of Collingwood that has helped the Magpies become the AFL's team to beat in 2025
Before the season started, Collingwood coach Craig McRae dared to be bold. He didn't want the club to recapture the form that led them to the 2023 flag. He wanted something different. "I'm keen to create a whole new version of us, a whole different feel and a whole different energy from different players," McRae said. Each year the league shifts and evolves — sometimes in subtle ways and sometimes in large. For some, like McRae, it's about staying ahead of the curve before you are bringing up the rear. "Somewhat of our system may remain the same, but what's going forward won't be on the basis of recapturing anything. We're excited for what's coming," McRae said in February. At the halfway point of the season the reborn Magpies sit in first on the ladder. Just like 2023, seventeen teams are looking up at the Pies and working out how to beat them. Five new Pies, added since their 2023 flag, are having a big impact this year alongside some other positional shifts. It has revitalised a side that missed finals last year, and added to their depth. As McRae alluded to before the season started, this new and improved version of the Pies might be a slightly different — and harder to beat — beast. Each flag tends to have a hallmark associated with it — a stamp with which the team made their mark. For Collingwood in 2023 it was their defence that was the bedrock, and their ability to attack from the back. This year has been a bit different. In 2025, the Pies have reinvigorated not only the attacking side of their forwardline, but also their ability to trap the ball up forward. Part of this has been their new charges, but a solid portion can be attributed a rededication to the importance of territory. Opposition sides have noticed this evolution. "They're a really front half team, so we're going to make sure that we're composed out of our back half and can try to get some ascendancy when we go forward," Sydney Swans coach Dean Cox said before their match-up with the Pies in Gather Round. That ability to press and trap sides can get even the most composed teams into trouble. The Pies are deadly when the ball is spilled on the deck, especially through the middle of the ground. They are the fourth best team at scoring from the front half this year. They also concede fewer points from their back half than almost any side. That Pies trap becomes perpetual — with teams struggling to move the ball up the ground and Collingwood slowly capitalising. McRae's side leads the league in turnover scoring differential, with their +22 points per game almost a goal higher than Adelaide in second. Some sides have tried to be extra cautious when moving the ball against the Pies from the backline, with some success at times. North tried this last weekend, dropping their speed on transition to prioritise retaining the ball. It worked well — for a half. "We're really proud to be able to hang in there when the game wasn't quite looking how we wanted to play," McRae said post match. "Particularly our pressure was important and then take away some of their uncontested marks" After halftime the Pies upped their pressure on the ball and focused on their structure. This forced North to play catch up — exactly where the Pies wanted them. Even with several players out, the system can hold up strongly. "They had a lot of their important players out of their side too — which is (a) testament to them as a club in terms of the way they play their system and their game plan," Kangaroos coach Alastair Clarkson told the media after their loss. The personnel change has also paid dividends in both improving the share of the ball in the front half but also their efficiency when scoring. "You know the system gets the goal. That's what we always talk about," McRae said. Lachie Schultz and Tim Membrey have added an extra dimension to a deadly — if slightly undersized — forward line. Space, pace and pressure are the key elements in play for the Pies' ability to score. Schultz is leading the league in forward 50 tackles per game, sitting easily at a career best mark for this measure. He has converted to a pressure role that he only hinted at when he played at Fremantle. Schultz and a quartet of pacey medium-sized targets also are able to find the space to take at least one mark on the lead per game. The redesigned forwardline is front and centre of the "new" Collingwood, but it's far from the only improved part. Usually there's a balance between the intercept game and the clearance game. When one improves, the other tends to dip a little. In 2023, the Pies were the second most deadly team from clearances, scoring an extra 7.5 points per game than their opponents from stoppages. So with the Pies increased focus on front half you would expect them to win less of the ball in the clinches. But you would be wrong. This year Collingwood is winning an extra clearance per game relative to their opponents than they did in 2023. Their potency from stoppages has dropped a tiny bit (going from +7.5 to +4.6 in scoring differential per game) but the indications are that their clearance game has held up. They've also done so with a pretty different group from two years ago. In 2023, the five Pies with the most clearances were Jordan De Goey, Tom Mitchell, Scott Pendlebury, Nick Daicos and Taylor Adams. Only two of those five are in the top five for Collingwood this year. Adams is now in Sydney, while Mitchell hasn't played yet. De Goey has yet to find his groove in the middle, and Pendlebury is a smaller part of the mix. The mix has been supplanted by a veteran — Steele Sidebottom — and one of the most unlikely finds this year, Ned Long. McRae has been quick and willing to sing the praises of Long, who came to the Pies after being delisted from the Hawthorn rookie list. Week by week he's becoming more important to the Collingwood midfield mix. The broad principles are the same — running in patterns down the ground, and looking for territory rather than just clean possession. But the new group seems better balanced — better able to maximise the strengths of Nick Daicos, and better able to defend opposition clearances. This might all be for nought if their biggest strength from 2023 had faded. But their defence is still as rock solid as ever. "You know, defensively, they're the top two or three in the competition," Cox said. Led by captain Darcy Moore, the Collingwood defence is still the backbone of their operation and what affords the players ahead the freedom to operate. They've even bolstered their ball movement with the recruitment of Dan Houston and Harry Perryman, allowing the rest of the defence more latitude to focus on the defensive side of their game. Perryman sits second for score launches at Collingwood — behind just Darcy Cameron. Schultz, Long and Houston all sit in the top 10 in this measure as well. All four have significantly contributed to an improved sense of attack from defence and freed up others to play their roles more effectively to limit scoring. While their midfield and forward line is getting a lot of the attention, McRae acknowledges the importance of their backline. "Our backs have been enormous to stop scoring. (If) they don't score when they go in there that's a big part of the game," McRae said after their win over Adelaide. McRae also alluded to the value of the defence in opening up the rest of their game. "Then you go to the other end and we're scoring quite efficiently. You know — nearly 50 per cent of the time we go inside 50. So it's a good formula," he said. This completeness and cohesiveness is what is pushing this version of the Pies to being the team to beat halfway through the year — and maybe even better than the 2023 version. "Their depth and understanding and the spirit that they drive from that has been first class. That's why they've been premiers a couple of years ago and they're going to be pretty hard to stop this year." Clarkson said last week. "They're the benchmark of the comp. "
Forbes
4 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
Is The 2025 Season Worth Salvaging For The Baltimore Orioles?
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - MAY 16: The Baltimore Orioles look on after the last out in a 4-3 loss against ... More the Washington Nationals at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on May 16, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by) Ever since the Washington Nationals' improbable 2019 World Series, it has been difficult to deem a season doomed after a slow start. However, as the Baltimore Orioles enter June firmly in last place in the Division, the club's production needs to change soon to have any hopes for 2025. But, what went wrong for the O's, and what can still be done to salvage the season? Coming into the season, the Orioles were consistently amongst the top of the league leaders in odds to win the World Series. Less than two seasons removed from their 101-win season, however, which showed a promising future for one of the youngest rosters in baseball, Baltimore has begun the campaign with a 19-36 record as of May 28. Now, as former manager Brandon Hyde was relieved of his duties and former free agent signing Kyle Gibson was released from the team, the organization is desperate to salvage the season. Is allocating resources to capitalize on their young window this year worth it for the organization as a whole? Or could punting on the 2025 season be the better decision? While there may not have been a lot of holes to fill after their 2024 season, as 10 of their top 12 performers in terms of bWAR were on contract to return to the club, the offseason for Baltimore was one to forget. Highlighted by an emphasis on outfield depth, which saw them sign Tyler O'Neil, Dylan Carlson, and Ramon Laureano. BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - APRIL 19: Ramón Laureano #12 of the Baltimore Orioles hits a home run in the ... More seventh inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April 19, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by) These signings were to replace the loss of Anthony Santander, who smacked 44 home runs and 102 RBIs for the Orioles. Those three outfielders have combined for 10 total home runs through the team's first 56 games, putting them on pace for 30 all season. This production has mostly been led by Laureano, who is the only member of the group hitting above .188. Santander was the second-biggest loss for the team, behind 2024 ace Corbin Burnes who left in free agency. Burnes led the pitching staff to the fifth-best starter ERA in baseball in 2024. Without the cutter specialist in 2025, Baltimore now has the third-worst starter ERA in MLB. The Orioles did little in free agency to prepare for the loss of Burnes, as they only signed Tomoyuki Sugano from Japan, Gibson (who is no longer on the team), and Charlie Morton, the third-oldest player in baseball. Sugano is not only the only member of this group with a positive ERA+, but he is also the only member of the rotation above the league average. The next closest to Sugano is Cade Povich, who is 38 points behind. So, the biggest need for the club is starting pitching, which is conveniently the most difficult assistance to obtain midseason. Injuries have played a large factor in their lack of starting pitching, specifically with Kyle Braddish (Tommy John) and Grayson Rodriguez (right elbow/lat strains). These two arms highlight the six starting pitchers in the organization still under team control throughout the 2027 season. This was the logic behind all of their free agent signings being one-year deals, as they hoped to fill the need for this season while not being attached to a long-term contract with these veterans. This has not been the case for these signings, and even if the comeback efforts seem too steep for the Orioles this year, it is clear that pitching depth still needs to be addressed even if their core returns from the Injured List. But this need for more pitching could not cause the Orioles to give up prospects, like a typical buyer at the deadline. Instead, Baltimore should look to capitalize on assets they may lose in 2026 so that they are not left in a similar position as they were this offseason. But, who should they trade? SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JULY 03: Ryan O'Hearn #32 of the Baltimore Orioles celebrates his home run ... More during the fifth inning against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on July 03, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by) As a team, the Orioles' offense has been somewhat consistent for a team 17 games under .500. Ranking 19th in baseball for team OPS, they have still received production from their everyday players like Gunnar Henderson and Cedric Mullins. But their best weapon on offense has come via designated hitter Ryan O'Hearn, who will be a free agent at the end of the season. O'Hearn is batting .340 from the plate, with 9 home runs and a .985 OPS. The 31-year-old slugger could be on his way to his first career All-Star Game, and at this rate could be slugging his way back onto a playoff contender this summer. O'Hearn would be a likely fit to be dealt this year, as he is only earning $8 million this year, which would be cut in half if dealt at the deadline. For a position player, O'Hearn may warrant a greater return than the other expiring contract of Cedric Mullins, who has been a mainstay for the Orioles since 2018. Playoff-hopeful teams at the top of the starter ERA list, like the Giants and Brewers, could use an offensive addition to compete for the Division. But, with a lineup consisting of so many players they want for the future, the real return on investment may be in their bullpen. The return of Felix Bautista to their closer role, this gives the Baltimore bullpen five players under team control until 2028, making less than $1.5 million this year, which is currently leading the sixth-best reliever ERA in baseball. With Seranthony Dominguez and Gregory Soto set to hit the open market at the end of the season, both with seven years of pitching at the Major League level under their belt, there could be a bidding war from any team in need of bullpen help. These strategic moves could be the difference between the Orioles taking a deep postseason run in 2026 or seeing their optimistic window come to a close, while not significantly impacting the locker room for this season. Some clubs struggle to accept the reality when faced with a situation like the Orioles find themselves in. If General Manager Mike Elias can come to grips with conservatively selling at the Trade Deadline, it could allow the Orioles to be at the top of the American League for years to come.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
When will the 2025-26 Premier League fixtures be released?
The BBC's Ask Me Anything team have done all of the research ahead of the announcement detailing next season's Premier League matches. The fixtures for the 2025-26 season will be released at 09:00 BST on Wednesday, 18 June 2025 and the release will include the weekly schedule of all 380 matches. The season will begin with a single fixture played on Friday, 15 August 2025 and conclude on Sunday, 24 May 2026, when all matches will be played at 16:00 BST. There will be 33 weekend rounds of fixtures, plus five midweek rounds. The exact date and time at which individual matches are played during each weekend will be determined at regular intervals throughout the season, based on TV selections made by broadcasters. Read the full article here
BBC News
4 days ago
- General
- BBC News
When will the 2025-26 Premier League fixtures be released?
The BBC's Ask Me Anything team have done all of the research ahead of the announcement detailing next season's Premier League matches. The fixtures for the 2025-26 season will be released at 09:00 BST on Wednesday, 18 June 2025 and the release will include the weekly schedule of all 380 season will begin with a single fixture played on Friday, 15 August 2025 and conclude on Sunday, 24 May 2026, when all matches will be played at 16:00 BST. There will be 33 weekend rounds of fixtures, plus five midweek exact date and time at which individual matches are played during each weekend will be determined at regular intervals throughout the season, based on TV selections made by the full article here
