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Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been pretty busy for a retired guy: Wife Amy gave birth to their first child, he hit the slopes in South Korea and raced scooters against Jimmy Fallon.Junior Nation can keep tabs on Earnhardt's active lifestyle - from home restorations to Super Bowl sound bites - though his own podcast.

DETROIT >> The Oakland Athletics left home as a .500 team, looking for a spark. They're returning to the Coliseum looking very sharp.Jed Lowrie had two more hits, Sean Manaea pitched six strong innings and the Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2 Thursday to sweep a four-game series."It is really tough to sweep a four-game series, especially when the other team scores first in three of the four games," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said.

MOSCOW >> The thunder-clapping Icelanders have gone home, along with the Egyptians and Peruvians. Now comes the business end of the World Cup, a European- and South American-dominated club that rejects most new applicants as unwanted hoi polloi.The group stage is the crossroads of cultures, a mixture of multitudes filled with happiness and hope.

POTOMAC, Md. >> The guy who has been fiddling with putters because he wasn't happy with the results finally saw his share of putts go in.If only Tiger Woods could have looked behind him, he might have seen J.J. Spaun match his best score of the year with a 7-under 63 to share the lead with Andrew Landry in the Quicken Loans National.

EAST LANSING >> Mikaela Schulz of West Bloomfield started slow last Sunday in the 40th Michigan Junior Girls State Amateur Championship presented by Pepsi, but a putter switch did the trick and she turned back Shannon Kennedy on Beverly Hills in the championship match Wednesday at Forest Akers West.

A Shelby Township police officer suffered non life-threatening injuries Thursday night when the patrol car he was driving was struck by a suspected drunken driver.According to police, the accident occurred when officers were called to respond to a report of a suicidal subject armed with a knife about 6 p.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. >> The NFL has fined former Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson $2.75 million following its investigation into sexual and racial misconduct in the workplace.The league said Thursday the investigation conducted by former U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White substantiated the allegations against Richardson, that the improper conduct was limited to him and that the team and its ownership failed to report the allegations or any resolution agreements to the league.

TAMPA, Fla. >> The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will open the season without quarterback Jameis Winston, who has been suspended three games for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.Winston said in a statement released on Facebook that the NFL informed him of their decision on Thursday. The discipline stems from the league's investigation of an accusation that the 2013 Heisman Trophy winner groped a female Uber driver during a ride the quarterback took in Arizona, where Winston was attending a charity event in March 2016.

OMAHA, Neb. >> Freshman Kevin Abel threw a two-hitter for his record fourth victory in the College World Series, and Oregon State beat Arkansas 5-0 on Thursday night for the national championship.Abel was nothing short of spectacular against an Arkansas team still reeling from the foul ball fiasco in the ninth inning Wednesday night that cost it the title and gave new life to the Beavers.

The young man's last name is Guitar.His first name is Storm.Speak softly but carry a big amplifier?Not exactly, because Storm Guitar knows the importance of listening. He's 21 years old and will be entering his third year as a high school sports official. He has also been working parks and recreation baseball games in Sterling Heights since he was 16.