NASCAR puts Ky. Busch, Edwards on probation

Sports Digest

August 28, 2008

NASCAR placed Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards on probation for the next six Sprint Cup Series races, the result of their on-track incident last weekend at the end of the race at Bristol Motor Speedway. During the cool-down lap after Edwards' Ford took the checkered flag for Roush Fenway Racing, Busch drove alongside Edwards and bumped his car. Edwards responded by driving the nose of his car into the right side of Busch's Toyota, spinning him out.

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College football One day after announcing that starting quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada would miss the season opener because of a hamstring injury, Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo expressed confidence in senior Jarod Bryant. "Not only did he practice in the spring, but he's been in games, in some pressure situations," Niumatalolo said of Bryant. "It's always good when your backup quarterback is somebody that everyone else trusts." Don Markus

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