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Danica Patrick to end racing career at next year’s Indy 500
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Danica Patrick says she will run in the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500 next year and then end her full-time racing career.
Patrick told The Associated Press on Friday it took her months to come to the realization that her career is over. The 35-year-old Patrick says once she accepted that then the idea of capping her run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway popped into her head.
She has been working on putting together “The Danica Double” over the last three weeks. Patrick would not reveal who she will drive for in either race next year, but the Indianapolis contender would be Chip Ganassi Racing.
Patrick is the only woman to have led laps in both the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500.
LeBron’s 39 lead Cavs to OT win against Clippers
CLEVELAND — LeBron James scored 39 points, Kevin Love added 25 and the Cleveland Cavaliers won their fourth straight, 118-113 in overtime on Friday night over the skidding Los Angeles Clippers, who dropped their seventh in a row.
Love drained a pair of 3-pointers in OT, when the Cavs outscored the Clippers 13-8. Dwyane Wade added 23 points and 11 rebounds for Cleveland.
The Cavs’ win wasn’t eyepleasing, but it was another step in the right direction for the Eastern Conference champions, who went 3-1 on a just-completed road trip.
The Clippers are headed the other way. Los Angeles has lost nine of 10 since a 4-0 start.
Spurs overcome 23-point deficit to beat Thunder
SAN ANTONIO — LaMarcus Aldridge had 26 points and the San Antonio Spurs overcame a 23-point deficit to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 104-101 on Friday night.
Danny Green added 17 points, and Pau Gasol had 14 points to help San Antonio end Oklahoma City’s three-game winning streak.
Aldridge put back of Green’s missed 3-pointer gave the Spurs a 102-99 lead with 24.2 seconds remaining.