Kyle Larson outlasts Denny Hamlin to win second career NASCAR Cup Series championship Jacob Lev, CNNNovember 3, 2025 at 6:28 AM 0 Kyle Larson won his second career NASCAR Cup Series championship on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. Chris Graythen/Getty Images The final race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season came down to the wire with Kyle Larson beating out Denny Hamlin to secure his second career Cup Series championship at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona on Sunday.

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Kyle Larson won his second career NASCAR Cup Series championship on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. - Chris Graythen/Getty Images

The final race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season came down to the wire with Kyle Larson beating out Denny Hamlin to secure his second career Cup Series championship at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona on Sunday.

Larson was one of the four drivers including Hamlin, Chase Briscoe and William Byron in contention for the title, but Larson managed to finish in third position, ahead of the other three contenders to claim the championship.

The race came with some drama as a late caution sent the finale into overtime.

The 44-year-old Hamlin, who was looking to finally achieve glory after making his NASCAR debut in 2004, found himself three laps away from the win when Byron got a flat tire and hit the wall alongside the track to bring out the caution.

The Joe Gibbs Racing driver, Hamlin, then went to pit for four new tires while Hendrick Motorsports' Larson only got two which placed him in fifth position ahead of Hamlin, who was in 10th.

With not enough time in the race, Hamlin finished in sixth as Ryan Blaney, who was eliminated from title contention last week, took the checkered flag.

It is the second championship for the 33-year-old in 11 seasons. Larson won his first title in 2021 when he joined Hendrick Motorsports.

Larson finished third to beat out Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe and William Bryson for the title. - Christian Petersen/Getty Images

"Honestly, I can't believe it. We didn't lead a lap today and somehow won the championship," Larson told the NBC broadcast after the race. "Really, I'm just speechless. I can't believe it. We had an average car at best."

An emotionless Hamlin sat in his car, wiping his face with a towel as Larson celebrated with his team. After some time, Hamlin emerged from his car and was greeted by his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates, relishing the fact his sixth attempt at a title wasted away despite leading 208 of the 319 laps after starting on the pole.

"Nothing I could do different. I mean, prepared as good as I could coming into the weekend and my team gave me a fantastic car," Hamlin said. "Just didn't work out. I was just praying 'no caution' and we had one there. What can you do? It's just not meant to be."

The 44-year-old Hamlin was looking to win his first career Cup Series title. - James Gilbert/Getty Images

Hamlin said his crew chief made the right call with the tires and reiterated that the team did a "fantastic job" while sounding defeated on his future chances.

"I'll try. I got a couple more shots at it but man, if you can't win that one, I don't know which one you can win," Hamlin added.

Larson, the only Asian American to race full-time in NASCAR, has not won a race since May, totaling 24 consecutive races but thanked his crew chief Cliff Daniels for keeping the team together.

"Unbelievable! What a year by Hendrick Motorsports team. Cliff Daniels, everybody," Larson said. "His leadership – his complete leadership just showed that whole race. Keep us all motivated. Always having a plan and all that. So, thats the story of our season."

Briscoe finished in 18th with Byron coming in 33rd after the late issue.

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NFL Week 9 instant reactions: Is JJ McCarthy good now? Bills top dog in AFC? Can we trust Green Bay? Nate Tice and Charles McDonaldNovember 3, 2025 at 6:12 AM 0 Subscribe to Football 301Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Nate Tice & Charles McDonald give their instant reactions and takeaways from Week 9 of NFL action. The two hosts kick things off with the Seattle Seahawks' utter domination over the Washington Commanders on Sunday night, including Jayden Daniels' brutal elbow injury and what it means for D.C. going forward.

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Next, Nate & Charles give their 3 Highs, 3 Lows from the full Sunday slate. The highs include the Buffalo Bills continuing their regular season success over the Kansas City Chiefs, the Minnesota Vikings beating the Detroit Lions to celebrate JJ McCarthy's return (and despite McCarthy's roller coaster performance) and the Pittsburgh Steelers defense coming back from the dead to shutdown the unstoppable Indianapolis Colts. The low side of Sunday included an absolute mess of a win by the Chicago Bears, the Green Bay Packers unable to stop the Carolina Panthers and a stone age rock fight in Houston as the Denver Broncos come away with an ugly win. The duo also give Extra Credit to Drake London for his unbelievable day for the Atlanta Falcons.

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Jaguars' Cam Little sets an NFL record with a 68yard field goal Frank Schwab November 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM 11 NFL kicking has reached the point in which 60yard fieldgoal attempts aren't that big of a deal. Even a 68yard try wasn't too much for the Jacksonville Jaguars and their kicker, Cam Little. Near the end of the first half at the Las Vegas Raiders, Trevor Lawrence completed a pass over the middle and spiked the ball to stop the clock with four seconds left. The fieldgoal attempt would be 68 yards. There had never been a field goal longer than 66 made in an NFL game.

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NFL kicking has reached the point in which 60-yard field-goal attempts aren't that big of a deal.

Even a 68-yard try wasn't too much for the Jacksonville Jaguars and their kicker, Cam Little.

Near the end of the first half at the Las Vegas Raiders, Trevor Lawrence completed a pass over the middle and spiked the ball to stop the clock with four seconds left. The field-goal attempt would be 68 yards. There had never been a field goal longer than 66 made in an NFL game. Jaguars head coach Liam Coen wasn't fazed.

Little came on for the kick and not only did he make the 68-yarder, setting a new NFL record, but he had plenty of space to spare. It would have been good from 70 or maybe a little longer.

It was a huge play in the outcome of the game. The Jaguars won 30-29 in overtime — Little hit a 48-yard field goal in the final seconds of regulation to sent it to overtime — and they might not have been able to pull it out without Little's three-point bomb at the end of the first half.

Baltimore's Justin Tucker held the record with a 66-yard field goal to beat Detroit in 2021. Now there's a new standard.

One of the reasons the Jaguars were comfortable with Little trying a 68-yarder is they had seen him hit a longer one in a game situation. This preseason, Little nailed a 70-yarder. That didn't count for an official record, but it gave the Jaguars confidence that if they had a similar situation it wouldn't be crazy to let Little try it.

Little was a sixth-round draft pick in 2024 by the Jaguars, and he hit 93.1% of his field goals as a rookie. Now he has a piece of NFL history.

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ACC issues public reprimand of Dabo Swinney for criticizing refs in Clemson's loss to Duke John Leuzzi, USA TODAY November 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM 0 ACC issues public reprimand of Dabo Swinney for criticizing refs in Clemson's loss to Duke The Atlantic Coast Conference has issued a public reprimand of Dabo Swinney for his postgame comments on the officiating in Clemson football's loss to Duke on Saturday, Nov. 1. The Tigers were additionally given a $10,000 fine by the ACC for Swinney's comments in "direct violation" of the ACC Sportsmanship policy, according to the conference's news release.

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The Atlantic Coast Conference has issued a public reprimand of Dabo Swinney for his postgame comments on the officiating in Clemson football's loss to Duke on Saturday, Nov. 1.

The Tigers were additionally given a $10,000 fine by the ACC for Swinney's comments in "direct violation" of the ACC Sportsmanship policy, according to the conference's news release. The fine is to be paid to the ACC's Weaver-James-Corrigan-Swofford Postgraduate Scholarship account.

The punishment comes less than 24 hours after Swinney called out the officials in his postgame conference for giving Clemson a defensive pass interference penalty on fourth-and-10 on Duke's final drive of the game that led to an eventual game-winning touchdown and two-point conversion.

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The penalty was assessed to Avieon Terrell on an incomplete pass from Duke quarterback Darian Mensah to wide receiver Que'Sean Brown with 49 seconds remaining in the game. As noted by the Greenville News' Derrian Carter, Swinney believed a flag should've been thrown for offensive pass interference on Duke instead of defensive pass interference on Clemson.

"It shouldn't come down to that. We had plenty of opportunity to win the game, but that's one of the worst calls I've ever seen in my entire coaching career. Ever," Swinney said of the penalty on Nov. 1.

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This pass interference call cost Clemson the game. Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/gw3qvo3yxF

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In its news release, the ACC mentioned Swinney's comments violated the conference's sportsmanship policy, which states: "Public criticism of officials or public comments evaluating the officiating of particular contests is not in the best interest of intercollegiate athletics. Individuals associated with the athletics program are prohibited, therefore, from commenting while acting in an official capacity on officiating other than directly to the Conference office."

As noted by the Greenville News, part of the USA TODAY Network, Clemson has now lost six consecutive home games against Power conference teams for the first time since the 1970-71 seasons and will finish with its worst home record and ACC record since 1999.

Up next for Swinney and Clemson will be a Week 11 home game against Florida State at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 8 at Memorial Stadium, where the Tigers will look to win back-to-back games against the Seminoles.

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Daya Betty's roast of Ross Mathews might've landed with lukewarm reception from the *RuPaul's Drag Race* judges, but that doesn't mean she didn't at least *try* to turn up the heat with her originally planned set of jokes.

Appearing on the latest episode of EW's BINGE podcast, Daya reveals that she cut a few jokes from her routine during the comedy challenge, but promises that some of them remain too controversial to tell.

"I had a whole list of 'Ross Mathews is so gay' jokes. One I had that didn't make the cut was: Ross Mathews is so gay, his favorite moisturizer was Astroglide," Daya recalls, adding with a laugh that others didn't make it past the initial screening process for far more hilarious reasons. "The people in the room that were ok'ing [the jokes] were like, 'Nope, you can't stay that!' I'm not even going to say it here because it's probably way too inappropriate. There was plenty [of] crazier, more inappropriate jokes. I'll just say it was severely inappropriate and there was a reason it was not aired."

She says the challenge also wrapped with an impromptu set from Michelle Visage, which she says the queens thoroughly enjoyed. But, for most of them — including eliminated queen DeJa Skye, who left alongside Jorgeous after they lost a three-way lip-sync against Daya — the roast actually began in the Werk Room as the queens workshopped their material among the sisterhood.

"We kind of used each other as practice dummies. Especially DeJa. DeJa was the best at it. She'd sit down in her little corner and she'd yell out a joke randomly, and we'd all be like, thumbs up, thumbs down, and, let's be honest, they were pretty much all thumbs down," Daya remembers. "You saw the episode, I had some thumbs down myself. It turned into a collaborative effort. I personally was working on my jokes even after makeup. I was still finessing jokes."

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Listen to Daya's full interview above, in which she also touches on discovering that nearly half of the cast brought similar wigs for various challenges, why she purposely walked super slow down the runway in her "giant 11-inch heels," and why she stands by the comments — *not* their delivery — that landed her in hot water throughout *Untucked*. Tune in to the next live episode of* Quick Drag *Friday at 10:05 p.m. ET on the @EW Twitter handle.

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