Gordon leaving Fox to join Hendrick team
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jeff Gordon will leave the Fox Sports booth to take a daily role at Hendrick Motorsports as vice chairman and the secondranking team official to majority owner Rick Hendrick.
Wednesday’s announcement positions the fourtime champion and Hall of Famer to one day succeed the 71-year-old Hendrick at the top of NASCAR’S winningest organization.
Gordon will begin the role at the start of 2022.
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Basketball: USA Basketball now has a full 12-man roster for the Tokyo Games, after Chicago’s Zach Lavine and Detroit’s Jerami Grant joined the team.
NHL: Daniel and Henrik Sedin are returning to Vancouver as advisers to GM