Daytona shakes up its schedule

NASCAR will hit the road for its first race in 2021, part of a schedule shakeup that starts at Daytona International Speedway.

The track announced several changes to the start of the annual racing season. They include running the exhibition Busch Clash on the 3.56-mile road course that winds through the Daytona infield and packing seven races as well as Daytona 500 pole qualifying into a six-day span.

The tweaks eliminate two traditional “dark days” at the track during Speedweeks and should provide a better fan experience leading into NASCAR’s premier event, the Daytona 500.

NASCAR Hall of Famer driver Tony Stewart announced plans to drive in the

Xfinity Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 4.

Stephen Curry is scheduled to return from a more than four-month absence with a broken left hand to play for Golden State against the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night. The Warriors announced that Curry had been medically cleared to play. The twotime NBA MVP missed 58 games after falling on his left hand Oct. 30 versus Phoenix.

The Ottawa Senators fired Chief Executive Jim Little less than two months after he took the job, saying his conduct was “inconsistent” with the core values of the team and the NHL . ... New York Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk needed 90 stitches to his eyelid after being hit in the face with a skate but suffered no damage to his eye, said president and general manager Lou Lamoriello.

A man who was a college wrestler in the 1980s sued the University of Michigan, alleging that a school doctor molested him dozens of times despite the university knowing that he was a threat to athletes. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Detroit is the first since victims of late Dr. Robert E. Anderson

began to emerge a few weeks ago. The man, identified only as John Doe, accused the university of failing to remove the doctor despite complaints about him.

Olympic steeplechase champion Ruth Jebet was banned four years for doping.