HOLLY, Mich. – Must See Racing Sprint Car Series officials, in conjunction with SPEED SPORT TV, have announced live streams for two premier events this season at Lucas Oil Raceway near Indianapolis.

Both the Engine Pro Fast Car Dash on May 9 and the Indy Summer Nationals on May 20 will be streamed to a worldwide audience through SPEED SPORT TV, as a star-studded field including four-time defending series champion Jimmy McCune, Ohio veteran Charlie Schultz and more take aim at the .686-mile oval.

The Engine Pro Fast Car Dash event will be a full-points race for the Must See Racing field, featuring the series’ unique Dash format highlighting the top eight qualifiers, while the Indy Summer Nationals will be a $4,000-to-win, non-winged special event that is not a part of the season-long championship fight.

Must See Racing public address announcer Jacob Seelman will serve as the lead voice for the SPEED SPORT TV livestream broadcast, with additional voices to be named at a later date.

The May 9 event will see the Must See Racing sprint cars joined by the Midwest Compact Touring Series and Super Trucks, while the June 20 event card also features the Midwest Supermodified Series, Super Cup Stock Car Series and the Midwest Compact Touring Series.

“We’ve enjoyed a tremendously fruitful television and media partnership with SPEED SPORT through the last few seasons and to add another step in that relationship by live-streaming two of our biggest events of the year is something all of us at Must See Racing are really looking forward to,” said Must See Racing President Jim Hanks. “Our fans are among some of the most passionate in all of racing and to be able to provide them this platform to watch both of these premier events at Lucas Oil Raceway is a big moment for everyone involved as we race into a new decade.

“We look forward to both our winged stop at Lucas Oil Raceway on May 9 and our non-winged special event there on June 20, as they’ll both be shows that fans locally and watching from afar won’t want to miss!”

This year’s races mark the first time since 2012, and just the second time overall, that Must See Racing has sanctioned sprint car racing at Lucas Oil Raceway.

Brian Gerster won the previous Must See Racing winged appearance at the Clermont, Ind., facility.

As for non-winged racing, the June Must See Racing Summer Nationals special will end a nine-year drought for wingless sprint cars at the historic short track.

Bobby Santos won a USAC event at LOR in 2011, the last time non-winged sprint cars competed there.

The pair of live-streamed events mark a natural extension of Must See Racing’s successful multi-year television partnership with SPEED SPORT, which looks to continue into the new decade this season.

“After many years of working with Must See Racing at events like the Little 500, as well as many of their biggest winged races in the Midwest, to bring The World’s Fastest Short Track Cars to television viewers nationwide, we couldn’t be more excited to help showcase two of their biggest events for the upcoming season through our SPEED SPORT TV platform,” said SPEED SPORT President Ralph Sheheen. “Lucas Oil Raceway is an outstanding venue for sprint car racing and has put on great racing through the years, and we look forward to telling the stories of these two events through our SPEED SPORT TV cameras.”

Those cameras will capture and transmit the live broadcast through a variety of broadcast platforms, allowing viewers to experience the events on a platform they prefer.

Viewing platforms include watching on the SPEED SPORT TV website or through the SPEED SPORT TV app, available on iOS, Android, Roku, Amazon Fire, and Google Chromecast. Fans can watch on their computers, mobile devices or TVs.

Pricing details and special offers for the Engine Pro Fast Car Dash and Indy Summer Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway will be released in the near future.

To watch all the latest live and on-demand content from SPEED SPORT TV and its broadcast partners, visit https://speedsport.tv/.

STATESVILLE, N.C. – GMS Racing delivered a strong message to Kyle Busch on Thursday night: it’s game on in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series.

The Truck Series organization has added Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson to the lineup for its No. 24 Chevrolet Silverado, with both drivers pursuing the $100,000 bounty put up by Kevin Harvick and Marcus Lemonis for a full-time NASCAR Cup Series driver who can successfully beat Busch in one of his four remaining Truck Series starts this year.

Elliott will compete at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March and Kansas Speedway in May. Larson will compete at Homestead-Miami Speedway in March.

Atlanta will mark Elliott’s 13th Gander Trucks start. The Dawsonville, Ga., native has two previous starts for GMS Racing, including a top-five finish at Atlanta in 2017 and a win from the pole at Martinsville in 2017.

Elliott’s No. 24 Silverado will sport Hooters colors for Atlanta.

“Once the word got out about the challenge, we were able to put this together with Mike Beam at GMS in just a couple of days,” said Elliott. “Atlanta is one of my favorite tracks, so I’m really looking forward to getting back into a GMS truck there with Hooters on the truck and make a run for a win.”

The Team Chevy duo answered the challenge from Kevin Harvick after he tweeted “I’ll put up a $50,000 bounty for any full-time Cup driver who races a truck and can beat Kyle Busch in his next four races,” during the recent Las Vegas NASCAR weekend.

Homestead’s Gander Trucks event will be Larson’s 14th series start. Larson has three previous starts with GMS Racing in 2016, including a win at Eldora and a top-five finish at Homestead.

“When I heard about the $100,000 bounty, I wanted in!” said Larson. “I’m thankful for GMS and Chevy giving me this opportunity, Homestead is one of my favorite tracks so looking for to the challenge!”

GMS Racing currently fields four full-time Gander Trucks entries, in addition to the No. 24 as a scheduled part-time entry with long-time GMS Racing engineer Charles Denike atop the pit box.

“We are blessed with this opportunity. To have an owner that is up for the challenge and a manufacturer that will support the extra effort necessary is really special,” said Mike Beam, president of GMS Racing. “It’s great to have these two talented young men back behind the wheel for us and to have the extra attention on the truck series is great.”

Sponsorship for Larson’s Homestead entry and Elliott’s Kansas entry to be announced at a later date.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – So, yeah, Lee Westwood still cares where his ball is going. It’s just that just doesn’t care quite as much anymore.

At 46, he isn’t as intensely invested as he was in his prime.

And that’s proving wonderfully liberating.

Just a month removed from winning the Abu Dhabi Championship for his 25th European Tour title, Westwood is in the early hunt at the Honda Classic.

A 3-under 67 left Westwood one shot behind fellow Englishman Tom Lewis and American Harris English. Notably, all three of them are playing on sponsor exemptions.

“I think when you're younger, you put a bit more pressure on yourself,” Westwood said. “You kind of forget that you're playing a sport and playing golf, and it's very unpredictable. You treat it too seriously, almost. I'm nearly 47, just out there having fun.”

Yes, Westwood is being asked about his chances of making the European Ryder Cup team for the 11th time, after failing to make the team as a player in 2018, serving instead as a vice captain, but . . . 

“Winning early on in the year has obviously given me a big lift and a big confidence boost, but I've not set any goals as in I want to win the majors, I want to win the money list, I want to qualify for the Ryder Cup team, things like that,” he said. “I figure if I just keep working on my golf swing, keep improving that, hitting more good shots and less bad ones, I'm going to start scoring even lower. And if I do that, then I feel comfortable on the golf course and relaxed, then the wins are going to come and then the benefits from there come.”

Westwood highly recommends this less obsessive and intense approach.

“Everybody should play like that,” he said. “Everybody who's out here is in a privileged position with nothing to lose. We should all be having fun.”

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Who’s going to be next?

Who’s going to follow Matthew Wolff, Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland and Joaquin Niemann as the next baby-faced PGA Tour winner?

Doc Redman would like to be the answer to that question.

“I feel like my game is getting really close,” Redman said after posting 2-under 68 on Thursday to move two shots off the first-round lead at the Honda Classic. “I came in second last summer, and I feel like my game is better than that now. I just haven’t been putting well, but I’ve been working hard on that and on my short game.”

Redman, 22, won the U.S. Amateur in 2017. The former Clemson standout won his PGA Tour card accumulating the necessary FedEx Cup points as a non-member last year. A second-place finish at the Rocket Mortgage Championship helped with that last summer.

Wolff is 20, Morikawa 23, Hovland 22 and Niemann 21.

Redman was asked if watching his young peers win is motivating him to claim his first trophy.

“I don’t think so,” Redman said. “It’s awesome to see them playing great and winning, and there’s no reason I can’t do that, but I think I would be just as motivated if they weren’t doing what they’re doing.

“I just have to give myself opportunities.”

Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was at a loss for words after his missed opportunity against Olympiakos in Europa League round-of-32 action on Thursday.

The Gabon striker scuffed on a close-range shot in the last seconds of added extra time in Arsenal's 2-1 second-leg loss to the Greek club at the Emirates, eliminating the hosts due to away goals.

What was even more heartbreaking for Aubameyang was that he had scored a spectacular aerobatic goal minutes before that seemingly saw the English side through into the last 16.

"Very, very disappointing. What can I say? It is very, very hard. It was a tough game again," the club captain told BT Sport after the match.

"I don't even know [how I missed that chance late on]. I feel very, very bad. It can happen but I do not know how I missed this chance. I was tired, I had some cramps but it is not an excuse."

Arsenal had beaten Olympiakos 1-0 in the first leg and appeared to have done enough to squeeze through when Aubameyang struck in the 113th minute to cancel out Pape Cisse's 53rd-minute header.

But the visitors had the last laugh as Youssef El Arabi struck seven minutes later to delight the noisy contingent of away fans, with Aubameyang then missing a gilt-edged chance to force another twist with the last kick of the game.

As Olympiakos celebrated the win, Aubameyang was visibly emotional and shaken as he walked dazed on the pitch.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta offered his disappointment after the match but noted the loss couldn't be pinned to Aubameyang's late miss.

"It hurts, big time. We had a lot of hope in this competition. It was a great way for us to be able to go to Europe and it is a very beautiful competition to try to win," Arteta said. "I think we did a lot of positive things in the game.

"I think we created enough chances to win the game, but if you concede two set-pieces again in a tie like this, then you put yourself in big trouble.

"This is football and sometimes it is very cruel when the emotions are [high], then in another moment they're [low]. You have to able to handle that if you want to be in this industry so now it's up to us and up to me to bring this place back in and move forward."

With Arsenal ousted from the Europa League, the team must now beat Portsmouth on Monday in FA Cup fifth-round play for any hopes of silverware this season. They have an outside shot of qualifying for Champions League next season, sitting at 37 points in the Premier League standings.

"I just want to concentrate now on lifting those players and getting back the belief, and convince them that there is still a lot to play for, and move on," Arteta said. "It's part of this sport that a big disappointment can happen and it happened tonight. We have to learn and react as a team and as a club."

The 2020 MLS season gets underway on Saturday (beginning with D.C. United vs. Colorado Rapids at 1 p.m. ET; stream live on ESPN+), and with any new season comes a whole set of questions for every team around the league.

So before you sit down on Saturday to watch your team (stream every out-of-market game live on ESPN+), Arch Bell asks the biggest question facing each club -- and promptly provides an answer.

More change came this winter for Atlanta United with the exits of Darlington Nagbe, Tito Villalba, Leandro Gonzalez-Pirez and Julian Gressel, which puts pressure on new arrivals Matheus Rossetto, Fernando Meza and Brooks Lennon to at least match what the former MLS Cup winners produced.

The Fire have a new home, new logo, new sporting director (Georg Heitz) and a new coach in Raphael Wicky. New striker Robert Beric should flourish, in MLS and Spaniard Alvaro Medran helps make for a solid midfield, but it may take a few months before Wicky has a team to his liking.

After setting a record for fewest goals scored in a season, FC Cincinnati figures to have a better Year 2. The signing of Jurgen Locadia gives them their first legitimate goal-scoring stud, while Yuya Kubo and Adrien Regattin also provide some punch.

Robin Fraser's hiring, plus a couple of trades, turned things around for the Rapids in 2019 and almost got them to the postseason. They have built a deep squad and now have a sharp-looking No. 10 with Younes Namli, which should help continue their end-of-2019 form.

The Crew splashed the cash to land attacking midfielder Lucas Zelarayan, plus have added MLS mainstays in midfielder Darlington Nagbe and striker Fanendo Adi. With flying wing-back Milton Valenzuela back from injury, a deep run in the East could be in the cards for Caleb Porter's side.

Following the Wayne Rooney era, D.C. United are opting for MLS-proven players, like Ola Kamara to serve as goal scorer and Yamil Asad and Julian Gressel as playmaking options, plus imported talent with Peruvian winger Edison Flores. Those moves should put D.C. in a good place.

Franco Jara arrives on July 1 and is the central striker that FC Dallas has needed for years. The Argentine knows how to finish, plus he'll be a good mentor to rising stars Jesus Ferreira and Ricardo Pepi. FC Dallas finally has a No. 9 to complement a talented midfield.

The headline in Houston this winter was the hiring of Tab Ramos. It marks Ramos' first head-coaching job in the league, and he inherits a team that failed to reach the postseason in 2019. Outside of Darwin Quintero, there wasn't much in the way of new arrivals in Houston. Ramos has his work cut out for him.

LAFC were punched in the mouth in the playoffs by Seattle, but they will once again be a top team in the Western Conference. A new goalkeeper and midfield depth with Jose Cifuentes and Francisco Ginella give Bob Bradley everything he needs to avoid a postseason letdown.

Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez is the new big man on campus for the Galaxy, and while the Mexico international likely won't reach Zlatan Ibrahimovic's scoring totals, he'll lead one of the league's best forward lines with Cristian Pavon and Aleksandar Katai. The defense still has holes though, even with Emiliano Insua's signing.

Every top player in the world has been linked with David Beckham's new team in the past two years, but it took the final weeks of preseason to land a big-time name in Rodolfo Pizarro. The injury to Julian Carranza and the lack of a playmaker in midfield could make for a rough start.

After firming up the defense in 2019, Minnesota United coach Adrian Heath needs production at the other end -- Quintero led the team with just nine goals last season. It all comes down to whether new striker Luis Amarilla can replicate the form he showed in Ecuador last year, scoring 19 goals in 24 games.

Ignacio Piatti's decision to return to Argentina makes the Impact a far less dangerous side, and so goals will be hard to come by. Romell Quioto never really flourished in Houston and now will be counted on to provide fireworks along with Bojan Krkic. It's going to be tough sledding for Thierry Henry.

Nashville at first glimpse appears to fall into the "this is going to be rough" category of expansion sides, but it will create chances through designated player Hany Mukhtar in midfield. The spine is healthy, which should put Nashville in better shape than expansion predecessors FC Cincinnati and Minnesota United.

Bruce Arena turned New England into a playoff team by the end of 2019, and now with a full preseason, the manager has a chance to truly put his stamp on the Revs. There is good chemistry between Carles Gil and Gustavo Bou up front, while Alexander Buttner is a smart add in defense.

The team that finished first in the East is still intact, it's just up to new boss Ronny Deila to keep them in the conference's rarefied air. The midfield is still excellent, but they remained plagued by playoff failure. Deila can be fiery on the touchline, and perhaps that is the edge NYCFC need.

The Red Bulls always have a playoff team, and 2020 should be no different. If they can make up for the departures of full-backs Kemar Lawrence and Michael Murillo, young pups like Omir Fernandez and Cristian Casseres and veterans Kaku and Aaron Long can lift the Red Bulls back into the East's top two.

Things are looking up in Orlando with the arrival of new coach Oscar Pareja. Dom Dwyer is banging in goals in preseason, while Pedro Gallese is an excellent addition in goal. If Dwyer carries his preseason form into the real thing, this could be the year Orlando breaks its playoff drought.

Philadelphia bids adieu to Haris Medunjanin, Marco Fabian and Fafa Picault, who had important roles in last year's playoff squad. Now it's up to Brenden Aaronson, Mark McKenzie and Kai Wagner to take a step forward to complement midfield maestros Ilsinho and Jamiro Monteiro and striker Kacper Przybylko.

With the addition of strikers Felipe Mora and Jaroslaw Niezgoda, plus winger Yimmi Chara, to go along with Diego Valeri and Sebastian Blanco, Portland has the firepower to rival the best of the West and possibly equal the title haul of Cascadia rival Seattle.

Nick Rimando said goodbye after more than 500 appearances in MLS, most with RSL, but the boys in Utah shouldn't miss a beat on the veteran leadership front with midfielder Kyle Beckerman. He doesn't have the wheels like he used to, but Beckerman remains a key piece in the RSL midfield and will have some help in the form of new winger Justin Meram.

The San Jose defense will be better with former Chivas man Oswaldo Alanis in the fold, and attacker Cristian Espinoza was acquired on a permanent basis, but one can't help but think that Matias Almeyda has grown frustrated seeing his Western Conference rivals bulk up their attacks while San Jose has mostly stood still.

The champions have all their primary attacking pieces back from last year's squad and have added midfielder Joao Paulo to the mix. They won't miss a beat either at center-back with Xavier Arreaga and Yeimar Gomez. You'd be foolish to bet against Seattle making another run.

It's a new day in MLS when the likes of Sporting Kansas City are dropping nearly eight figures to acquire a player. Mexico striker Alan Pulido had 12 goals in the 2019 Apertura and stands to thrive this season with the likes of Felipe Gutierrez, Johnny Russell and Daniel Salloi playing provider.

Toronto FC will be without Michael Bradley for the first three to four months, but the Reds will counter that with a forward line that has La Liga lineage in Jozy Altidore, Alejandro Pozuelo and Pablo Piatti. With most of the members of last year's team back, TFC should be able to withstand Bradley's absence.

Lucas Cavallini is the splash signing Vancouver needed, and the former Puebla man should do well in MLS. The back line has been firmed up over the winter, and last year's experience should help coach Marc Dos Santos. Midfield is a question mark, however, and it may prevent the Caps from reaching the playoffs.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones is not opposed to Dez Bryant's return to the franchise. The wide receiver was released following the 2017 season.

"I've been thinking about it a lot in the shower," Jones said Thursday. "I have been. I'm not dismissing it. I don't want to sound like it should be dismissed by saying it. I'm thinking about it."

Bryant has been working out just yards away from the team facility in Frisco, Texas, as he attempts to return after two years away from game action because of a torn Achilles tendon. Bryant suffered the injury in his first practice with the New Orleans Saints in 2018. He was not on an NFL roster in 2019 but has been working out regularly, planning for a comeback.

Bryant, 31, most recently played in a game on Dec. 31, 2017, for the Cowboys. He was released in part because of an $18 million base salary and declining production. After signing a five-year, $70 million deal in 2015, Bryant was slowed by injuries that kept him out of 10 games in 2015 and '16. He caught 69 passes for 838 yards and six touchdowns in 2017.

The Cowboys selected Bryant in the first round of the 2010 draft and he is the franchise leader in touchdown receptions with 73. He caught 531 passes for 7,459 yards and was a three-time Pro Bowl pick.

"He's had a serious injury," Jones said. "He's been out a little bit, but Dez is a great player and the obvious [question] is the obvious: Is he still a great player? We know Dez better than anybody. I know him better than, I'm going to say anybody."

Bryant reached out to executive vice president Stephen Jones this offseason about a return. Earlier in the week, Stephen Jones said it was something the staff would look at, but the team's focus has been on its own players with free agency approaching.

Bryant had harsh words for some teammates, such as Sean Lee and Travis Frederick, after he was cut. He had been critical of former coach Jason Garrett as well, but Garrett has been replaced by Mike McCarthy.

Jerry Jones said those issues "are reparable. They really are because the very best of Dez is what I remember. The very best of him. I remember a lot of good things [that] far overshadow the negatives for me as a player. Now the question is, can he perform and can he overcome that injury and can he get in the kind of shape that it takes to be available?"

Bryant tweeted his support of Jones' comments:

Let's get it!!! https://t.co/5icBrAatnY

— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) February 27, 2020

Bryant was not the only topic Jones touched on during an 80-minute session on his luxury bus from the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis.

• On talks with quarterback Dak Prescott: "For all practical purposes, I mean it, this is a deal that ultimately I have to do. And when I say do, I have to sign the check, OK? So it's got to fit. It just has to fit and it has to fit a lot of things. For me this is not about Dak. It's about the team and about how to win and that's not being in any way negative. I think the world of Dak. But it's about the team and if it doesn't feel right, it won't happen." Jones said the possibility of Prescott missing some or all of the offseason program if the team uses the franchise tag on him is not an issue. "It's a technicality. Certainly have and going to keep his rights. To be trite, we're not going to let a technicality issue the thing," he said. "No, it's not a concern of mine. Dak understands. In my mind one of the great things about Dak is his commitment to building a team. I don't have an issue there. ... That's just the reality of the thing. I am not in any way going to not have his rights, for one minute."

• On the new collective bargaining agreement: "It's critical to recognize how valuable the perception is of going forward together for the next several years, the clubs and the players, what that could mean for us as far as having money for everybody."

• On Jason Witten returning as a player for a 17th season: "I feel like he can play and I would hope he would not ever be anything but a Cowboy. It's meaningful," Jones said of the tight end. Witten has said he wants to continue to play but said he is open to playing elsewhere. Jones said the potential holdup in a return would be Witten's willingness to accept a different role.

• On adding somebody to the Ring of Honor in 2020: "Right now, it's not on my mind at all, it is not. Regarding [Jimmy Johnson, who will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame], we have such a big year ahead of us with Jimmy, and his celebration. I want that to be the focus, period. If everybody says, 'Is that the right order of things?', well, Coach [Tom] Landry was in the Hall of Fame before the Ring of Honor. Here we've got the two greatest coaches in the history of the Cowboys, so they can go in the same order."

Warriors coach Steve Kerr says he will sit down with Steph Curry, general manager Bob Myers and the team's training staff after practice Friday and make a game plan for the guard's return.

Golden State remains hopeful Curry will return Sunday against the Wizards, but the organization hasn't made a final decision.

Kerr had said Wednesday that he felt Curry needed to get in some additional scrimmages before being game ready.

Curry has missed all but four games this season after suffering a broken hand in October. He underwent surgery that has kept him out the past four months.