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Race officials wear masks, a requirement from NASCAR to reduce the chance of spreading COVID-19, during the NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

NASCAR at long last adds schedule variety with 2021 changes

by Jenna Fryer Associated PressSeptember 30, 2020

Zola Higham moves the ball during practice, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 at Amherst Regional High School.

High School & Youth

Coronavirus concerns help facilitate changes to high school soccer rules

by Trevor Distaso For the Gazette, James Ripley For the Gazette, and Rachel Bevelaqua For the GazetteSeptember 30, 2020

Las Vegas Aces players celebrate after getting the win over the Connecticut Sun in Game 5 of a WNBA basketball semifinal round playoff series, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Bradenton, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Seattle and Las Vegas set for WNBA Finals matchup

by Doug Feinberg Associated PressSeptember 30, 2020

Las Vegas Aces players celebrate after getting the win over the Connecticut Sun in Game 5 of a WNBA basketball semifinal round playoff series, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Bradenton, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Aces finish Sun in Game 5, advance to franchise’s 2nd WNBA Finals

by Staff Report September 30, 2020

Serena Williams of the U.S., center, leaves after a video link press conference in which she announced her withdrawal from the tournament because of an Achilles injury prior to her second round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Serena Williams pulls out of French Open with hurt Achilles

by Jerome Pugmire Associated Press, and Howard Fendrich Associated PressSeptember 30, 2020

Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts after missing a shot against Sweden's Mikael Ymer in the first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

DQ forgotten, Djokovic leaves French Open foe ‘suffocated’

by Howard Fendrich Associated Press, and Jerome Pugmire Associated PressSeptember 29, 2020

Jalen McGraw of Pioneer Regional takes a fairway shot on the third hole during a match against Hopkins Academy, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 at Holyoke Country Club.

High School & Youth

HS golf: Hopkins Academy holds off Pioneer Regional in season opener

by Staff Reports September 29, 2020

Tampa Bay Lightning's Nikita Kucherov (86) hoists the Stanley Cup after defeating the Dallas Stars in the NHL Stanley Cup hockey finals, in Edmonton, Alberta, on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

Lightning lift Stanley Cup in capping NHL’s marathon season

by John Wawrow Associated PressSeptember 29, 2020

Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James (23) voices his opinion after a play in the second half of an NBA conference final playoff basketball game against the Denver Nuggets Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

LeBron and the Heat, together again at the NBA Finals

by Tim Reynolds Associated PressSeptember 29, 2020

Grant Petrosky shoots during practice, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 at South Hadley High School.

High School & Youth

Scenes from the high school fall sports preseason

by Staff Report September 29, 2020