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Packers QB Aaron Rodgers: Nothing to prove in relationship with new coach

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YouTube download / AP video / The Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers said he doesn't feel the need to prove how strong a relationship he has with coach Matt LaFleur. Their chemistry has been the subject of questions after the team fired coach Mike McCarthy, who had clashed with Rodgers.

Two Medal of Honor recipients to be honored during Coke Zero Sugar 400 weekend at Daytona International Speedway

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Two Medal of Honor recipients, both representing the U.S. Army, will be honored during the 61st annual Coke Zero Sugar 400 Weekend (July 4-6) at Daytona International Speedway.

Logano on top heading into Sonoma with return of 'The Carousel'

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Team Penske’s Joey Logano has retaken the championship points lead with his win at Michigan and would love to have that good mojo translate into a first career victory at Sonoma (Calif) Raceway - with a longer course on Sunday. 

Toronto Raptors defeat Golden State Warriors for first NBA championship

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YouTube download / AP video / The Toronto Raptors are NBA champions for the first time. The Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors 114-110 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. The Raptors won the series 4-2. Kawhi Leonard was the Finals MVP (June 14). 

Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry on Toronto Raptors winning NBA title: 'Will, determination, and teamwork demanded that you be champions'

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Like millions of NBA fans across the US, and indeed throughout Canada as well, Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry was glued to the ABC TV broadcast that had the Toronto Raptors prevail over the Golden State Warriors for the league champioinship.

991. Takashi Yokoyama killed in 1997 Formula 3 race in Japan after airborne car strikes signboard & disintegrates

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A crash that brought out the safety car in the final race of the 1997 Formula 3 racing season in Fuji, Japan, where a young driver moving up fast from the back, Takashi Yokoyama, had failed to slow down in time, hitting a car in front of him and launching his own racing machine into the air before it tore through a signboard killing him instantly.

Child hit by line drive at Houston Astros game hospitalized

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YouTube download / AP video / A young fan was taken to the hospital after getting struck by a foul ball during Wednesday night's game between the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros. Cubs outfielder Albert Almora Jr. hit a line drive into the stands, where it struck the girl. Almora and other ballplayers were emotionally distraught. 

Daytona Beach connection to NBA Finals: Bethune-Cookman University Alum Eric Lewis among dozen refs lined up for Golden State-Toronto series

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Eric Lewis, Bethune-Cookman University Alum and Husband of Women's Head Basketball Coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis, has been named one of the 12 referees who will officiate the 2019 NBA Finals, which begins tonight with the Golden State Warriors at the Toronto Raptors.