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Kerry Madsen led all 25 laps en route to the Friday night Hard Knox victory at Knoxville Raceway. The win guarantees Madsen a starting spot in Saturday’s 59th Knoxville Nationals main event.

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LOS ANGELES -- Carson Kelly hit a tying two-run homer in the ninth inning and a tiebreaking solo shot in the 11th, propelling the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 3-2 comeback victory over the major league-leading Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.

Both benches cleared after the final out when Archie Bradley shouted and pointed at the Dodgers' dugout after completing his third save.

Bradley had thrown an inside pitch to A.J. Pollock that appeared to hit the slugger on the hand, but instead popped into the air and was caught for the first out of the 11th.

Video review confirmed the out, but Pollock and Bradley exchanged gestures as Pollock left the field. The hostilities resumed after the final out, with Dodgers manager Dave Roberts getting particularly upset with someone on the Diamondbacks' side, but no punches were thrown.

"Typically, I'm very political with umpiring. But they missed it," Roberts said. "I mean, that's just a fact. You have a system in place to get it right, and it was clearly wrong, and that impacted the game. And very rarely do I say that a play impacts the game. But first and second base, nobody out, versus first base with one out, changed the complexion of that inning, clearly. Anyone who knows the game understands that."

Pollock said he was surprised that the out was confirmed upon review.

"If we got replay, it's a pretty main part of the game," he said. "You should have some cameras on the guy at home. They didn't get it. I don't know how they don't get that, but they didn't."

Roberts also took exception to Bradley gesturing to Pollock both after the video review and after the final out.

"You got a pitcher shooing our guy off, where A.J. does nothing but play the game the right way," Roberts said. "If there's a player that takes more time than a pitcher thinks, A.J.'s not that guy. So our guys took offense to that. And after you get the save, you finish the game and then you look into our dugout and pop off. Unnecessary."

Andrew Chafin (2-2) pitched the 10th for the Diamondbacks, who ended the Dodgers' five-game winning streak and earned their fifth victory in six games thanks to Kelly's heroics.

After Kelly drove his tying shot to right off Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen, the catcher improbably added a solo shot to left against Julio Urias (4-3) for the first multi-homer game of his career.

Kelly had 14 previous career homers over four big league seasons, but he has been a scourge at Dodger Stadium this year.

He also hit a ninth-inning, go-ahead homer off Jansen on July 3 during an extra-inning win by the Dodgers. Kelly even delivered a pinch-hit RBI double in the 13th inning back on March 29.

Los Angeles managed no hits and one baserunner after the third inning while losing for just the second time in 10 games. Joc Pederson drew a leadoff walk in the 11th, but the Dodgers failed to mount a rally for a second straight walk-off victory.

Walker Buehler pitched six scoreless innings of four-hit ball and rookie Will Smith had an early RBI double for the Dodgers, who were clinging to a 2-0 lead until Jansen blew his fifth save of the season.

Robbie Ray recorded seven strikeouts during six mostly dominant innings of two-hit ball for Arizona, but his teammates couldn't score until the ninth.

Kelly hit his 15th homer after Nick Ahmed's leadoff single off Jansen, the Dodgers' up-and-down veteran reliever. Kelly's shot also extended the Diamondbacks' streak to 16 consecutive games with a homer at Dodger Stadium, the longest by an opponent in the building's history.

Other than the third, Ray was unhittable. The Dodgers went 0 for 15, struck out six times and only put six balls in play during their other five innings against him.

3 MILLION IN BLUE

The Dodgers topped 3 million fans at the earliest point in a season in franchise history when they drew 49,538 to their 62nd home game. The Dodgers have drawn 3 million fans in eight consecutive seasons.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Diamondbacks: RHP Luke Weaver threw 10 pitches in his first bullpen session since injuring his elbow in May.

Dodgers: OF Alex Verdugo is likely to be out for two weeks with a strained oblique muscle, Roberts said. ... Newly acquired infielder Jedd Gyorko will need a week of rehab at Triple-A Oklahoma City soon, but is likely to join the Dodgers this month.

UP NEXT

Kenta Maeda (7-8, 4.37 ERA) comes off his worst start of the season to take another shot at his first victory since May for the Dodgers. Arizona sends out rookie Alex Young (4-1, 2.60 ERA) for his seventh career start.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman says he was stopped in Connecticut and forced from his vehicle at gunpoint by as many as nine police officers as he was leaving a gas station Friday.

Cashman, 52, said in an interview with the New York Post that his white Jeep Wrangler had been stolen and returned to him but that the New York City police had not cleared the vehicle from its stolen-car database.

"I had a welcoming committee descend upon me as I pulled out of that gas station," Cashman said.

Cashman was complimentary of the Connecticut officers and said he wasn't completely surprised by the circumstances thanks to a call he got from the Westchester County police in New York about his stolen car.

"They're clearly very professional and trained and they asked me to turn my car off, exit the vehicle, walk backwards towards them ... they were executing their duty," Cashman told the Post.

Cashman was driving to Norwalk, Connecticut, so his car could be processed for evidence there when he was stopped in Darien, he said.

"They searched my car, asked for my ID," he said. "I explained what was going on."

DELEVAN, N.Y. – Freedom Motorsports Park returned to its regular racing program Friday night with Yorkshire Battery, Sahlen’s and Pepsi presenting the rescheduled Pete Loretto Memorial for the super late models, along with the regular racing divisions.

The Pete Loretto Memorial began with Dutch Davies grabbing the lead from Bryce Davis. Max Blair moved up to second and dodged a spinning Davies on lap 10 take the top spot with Chub Frank moving into second.

Dave Scott had been charging through the field and found himself in third at the halfway point.  On a lap 14 restart, Scott passed Frank for second and set sail after leader Blair.

Frank and Scott traded second back and forth as Blair continued to lead, holding off repeated challenges to take the win and the $2,500 payday.  Following Blair, Frank and Scott across the line were Mike Wonderling and Davis.

In the DIRTcar Sportsman Modified feature, Ray Bliss Jr. jumped into the lead at the start with Brad Rouse slotting into the second spot. The duo battled until Rouse took the top spot on lap nine.

Bliss fell into a battle with Josh Wicox in the second half of the race as Rouse pulled away.  At the checkers, Rouse scored another win, with Wicox making a pass on turn three of lap 18 to take second from Bliss.  Sam Hoxie and Dennis Cummings completed the top five.

The Street Stocks saw Ted Mascho take the early lead until a yellow for Jesse Qutermos bunched the field for a restart.  A near pileup on lap seven took Tom Kemp out of contention and put Kurt Stebbins into the lead with Bill Taylor behind him.

Stebbins held off Taylor over a number of restarts, the last coming on lap 18.  Stebbins held off Taylor’s last lap charge to take the win by a wheel. Mascho, Randy Taylor and Bill Demick rounded out the top five.

In the Mini Stock feature, a wild battle up front between Duane Powers, Brad Whiteside, and Matt Mowrey started things off, with Whiteisde able to take the lead a few laps in.

Powers and Whiteside battled hard over the final laps, with Powers getting to the inside of Whiteside coming off the final corner and taking the win by less than half a car length. Andy Shumaker, Matt Mowrey and D.J. Williams rounded out the top five.

FLAT ROCK, Mich. – A perfect evening of weather greeted fans for the Friday night special at Flat Rock Speedway.

The UAW Local 3000 Night saw three divisions in action, with Nick Shanks, Wilburn Parks, Jeremy Vanderhoof and Ethan Stadniczuk taking feature wins.

Shanks held on to win the 25-lap ARCA DTS Drive Train Specialists Street Stock feature. The event had outstanding competition as Scott Selmi, Greg Studt and Rob Randa ran under a blanket in a thrilling finish. David Liaeff was fifth, followed by Clarity Patton, Caleb Barron, Trevor Farmer, L.J. Farmer and Max Fair.

Wilburn Parks got by early leader Ian Jezylo and then had to hold off a hard-charging Aaron Greathouse to win the 15-lap ARCA DTS Drive Train Specialists Street Stock B Main.

Another great finish saw Jeremy Vanderhoof hold back Greg Studt and Jeremy Miller to win the 20-lap ARCA Victory Lane Quick Oil Change Figure 8 contest. Fourth was Billy Earley and fifth was Dennis Whisman Jr.

A back and forth battle for the lead kept things exciting in The Vault ARCA Enduro 250-lap feature. The nightcap saw Ed Case lead the first 105 circuits. Ethan Stadniczuk took the point on lap 106 until lap 132 when Derrick Sheppard steamed by for the lead.

That pair swapped the lead several times until Stadniczuk took charge on lap 204 and built a sizable lead on his way to the win. Sheppard came home second, Case third, Jacob Thomas fourth and Frank Trupiano fifth.

MALTA, N.Y. – Neil Stratton won his first DIRTcar modified feature at Albany-Saratoga Speedway Friday night, joining his father, Hector, as a winner at the three-eighths-mile oval.

A slew of yellows early on gave his pursuers a chance to battle for the lead, but only Peter Britten could get close and he never made a serious challenge.

“We’ve had a fast car but horrible luck,” said Stratton.  This is a tough crowd to beat.  I thought I kept hearing someone coming but nobody got there.”

Marc Johnson was third, topping a tremendous battle behind the two leaders that saw cars three wide and positions changing constantly. He was followed by polesitter and early leader Elmo Reckner, 10th starting Mike Mahaney, Brett Hearn, Rocky Warner, Matt DeLorenzo, Rich Ronca and Keith Flach.

Stratton, who lined up fifth, stood third on a lap three restart.  He got by Ronca off turn two, then shadowed Reckner through lap seven, when he shot under the leader and drove off.

With the race for the win effectively over, the fans turned to the fierce battle behind the leaders.  Contact sent Kenny Tremont Jr. over the turn one banking on lap 12, but everyone settled down somewhat after that and while the battle continued, the race went to the checkers with no more yellows.

Jeff Trombley, who spent many seasons at Albany-Saratoga in a modified, claimed the feature for the visiting CRSA 305 sprints.  He advanced steadily from ninth, showing fifth on a lap five restart and second on lap eight when the next caution came.

When green returned, he went right to the top, drawing even with leader Dalton Herrick for two lap before changing lanes and diving under him as they hit turn one on lap nine.

From there it was clear sailing for Trombley, who led Brandyn Griffin, Mike Kiser, Alysha Bay, Justin Mills and Gerald Sehn to the checkers.

Division kingpin Tim Hartman prevailed over Connor Cleveland and Pat Jones in the Sportsman feature with old pro Kim Deuel notching a $1,000 score in the Pro Stocks.  He was trailed by Brandon Emigh, Nick Arnold and Josh Coonradt.

UNION, Ky. – Friday night’s portion of the Sunoco Race Fuels North/South – Presented by Lucas Oil kicked off at Florence Speedway with 53 of the nation’s top dirt late model drivers battling in 12 heat races for passing points.

In the first round, heat one was won by Mike Marlar. He led all the way to pick up the victory. Marlar stayed in front of a fantastic battle for second that lasted for the entire distance. Ultimately, he was followed to the line by Michael Norris and Ricky Weiss.

In the second heat, Zak Blackwood led all the way to win. Dale McDowell charged from the fourth starting position to take the runner-up spot. Scott Bloomquist took the third spot.

In heat three, Frank Heckenast Jr. passed Billy Moyer Jr. on the white flag lap to win an exciting battle between the two. Moyer Jr. would cross the line in second over seventh-starting Stormy Scott.

Hudson O’Neal made a daring move early in heat four as the 18-year-old went on to win the heat after starting in eighth, collecting the most passing points in round one with his winning effort. Duane Chamberlain would finish in second followed by Florence first-timer Chris Garnes.

The fifth heat race saw a torrid battle between the top three finishers. Jimmy Owens, Jonathan Davenport and Bobby Pierce ran away from the rest of the field over the last half of the race. Jonathan Davenport, who started seventh and Bobby Pierce, who started eighth rocketed through the field to finish second and third.

The sixth and final heat race of round one saw Kyle Bronson use his outside front-row starting spot to take the win as a hotly contested battle for second took place, with Nick Hoffman finally edging Brandon Overton for the second spot.

In the second round, heat one turned out to have a battle of number 8 cars as Mike Benedum took the lead at the start and stretched it out from the other number 8, Kyle Stickler. Strickler trailed at the line in second position, and eighth-place starter Devin Gilpin finished in third.

The second heat went to outside front row starter Bobby Pierce as he had to contend with youngster Billy Green for the first half of the race. Robby Hensley, the two-time Florence Speedway track champion finished in third.

Earl Pearson Jr. fought off the field for the win in the third heat, followed to the checkers by Ricky Weiss and Jonathan Davenport.

The fourth heat saw Scott Bloomquist come from the seventh starting spot to take the win. Devin Moran edged out Donald McIntosh at the stripe for second.

The fifth heat in round two saw Stormy Scott take the victory over Chris Madden and Tim McCreadie.

The sixth and final heat saw Jimmy Owens advance from the sixth starting position to take the win. With the victory, he earns the pole position for Saturday night’s Sunoco Race Fuels North-South 100. Zack Dohm came from the same row as Owens to finish in second. Tyler Erb was third.

Joining Owens on the front row for the North/South 100 is Bloomquist. They are followed by Pierce, Scott, O’Neal and Weiss.

India A 201 (Saha 62, Vihari 55, Chemar Holder 3-55, Frazer 3-53) and 365 for 4 declared (Gill 204*, Vihari 118*) drew with West Indies A (Solozano 69, Ambris 43, Gowtham 6-67) and 314 for 6 (Solozano 92, King 77, Ambris 69, Nadeem 5-103)

West Indies A batted out an entire day to secure a creditable draw in the third four-day fixture in Tarouba to bring an end to an exhaustive month-long tour. India A took the one-day series 4-1, and the unofficial Tests 2-0.

Set a target of 373, the hosts defied the bowlers courtesy half-centuries from Jeremy Solozano (92), Brandon King (77) and Sunil Ambris (69). They were 59 adrift at 314 for 6 when play ended, even as India A made a late dash to prise out the remaining wickets.

Shahbaz Nadeem, the left-arm spinner, picked up five of the six wickets to fall as he continued to remind the national selectors of his effectiveness. Two days shy of turning 30, the Jharkhand bowler finished the series with 15 wickets (three five-fors) in four innings. K Gowtham, the offspinner who picked up a hat-trick in the first innings en route 6 for 67, was India A's next best with 12 wickets.

India A got into a winning position from the dumps. Having taken a seven-run lead, their top order was blown away by fast bowler Chemar Holder as they slumped to 14 for 3, and later 50 for 4 in the second innings. Shubman Gill, out for a golden duck in the first innings, stood tall and salvaged a floundering innings along with first-innings half-centurion Hanuma Vihari.

Gill became the youngest India A batsman to score a double century overseas, his 204 not out coming during the course of a 315-run fifth-wicket stand with Vihari, the captain. After a string of inconsistent scores that included a sequence of 31,9, 0 and 1, Vihari, who will return to the West Indies with the Test squad, dug in to make his 18th first-class century as India A declared on 365 for 4.

There were also sprightly batting contributions right through the series from comeback man Wriddhiman Saha, who is also part of the Indian Test squad for the two-Test series. After announcing himself with 66 in the second match, Saha struck 62 crucial runs in the first innings here to give India's total a lift after they were tottering 48 for 4 on the first morning.

For West Indies A, Holder's pace and swing was among their biggest gains. With 15 wickets, he finished the series as the joint-highest wicket-taker along with Nadeem. While none of their batsmen managed three figures, Solozano impressed in the final game with two half-centuries and was their highest run-scorer in the series (181 in four innings at 60.33).

Rahkeem Cornwall has finally made it to the West Indies Test squad. The 26-year old hard-hitting offspinning allrounder was among the 13 men picked to play the two-match series against India starting on August 22.

There was another highly-rated young player on the fringes, but fitness issues ruled him out. Alzarri Joseph, who was part of the team that beat England earlier this year and also made a splash in the IPL, is still recovering from injury.

Cornwall made his first-class debut in 2014 and has since become a regular for Leewards Islands, even captaining them earlier this year. He has 260 wickets from 55 first-class matches and finished as the leading bowler in the most recent regional four-day tournament.

"Rahkeem has been performing consistently over a long period of time and has proven to be a match-winner, so we believe his elevation to the Test squad is merited at this time," Robert Haynes, the head of CWI's interim selection panel, said.

"We believe he can provide an attacking option to our bowling attack with his sharp turn and extra bounce. He can also lend a bit of depth to the batting, so we are looking forward to him coming into the squad and making a valuable contribution."

Cornwall has also been part of several West Indies A teams, including the one that played against India's last month. Batting in the lower-middle order, he scored two half-centuries and picked up four wickets. He is a striking presence, standing over six feet tall, capable of hitting effortless sixes.

Joseph, meanwhile, was last seen in the IPL where he picked up a record-breaking 6 for 12 on debut for Mumbai Indians but played only three matches before suffering a tear to his right arm.

"Alzarri is undergoing remedial work and we are monitoring his recovery," Haynes said. "But we do not think he is ready yet to last five days of a gruelling Test match. He represents a key part of West Indies future and we do not want to rush him back. We have two important series coming up later in the year in India and we want to be very careful how his recovery is managed."

The only other player missing out from the squad that beat England in the last Test series they played was left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican.

This series will mark both India and West Indies' debut in the World Test championship. At the World Cup, Chris Gayle mentioned that he might possibly want to play one more Test match before retiring but he has not been selected in this squad.

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Oakland Raiders receiver Antonio Brown is threatening to leave football forever, reports ESPN's Adam Schefter, because his helmet of choice is prohibited for use in the NFL.

Yes, that's a real sentence about a real thing that's happening right now. Let's dive in.

This can't be real.

Oh, but it is. Brown participated in a two-hour conference call on Friday, Schefter reported, as part of a grievance that he hopes will provide an exception to wear his old helmet. That model is a Schutt Air Advantage, according to a league source, and it was discontinued by the manufacturer earlier this decade.

Why won't the NFL allow him to wear it?

The NFL has a longstanding policy that requires all players to wear helmets that have been certified by the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE). And NOCSAE won't certify the helmet because it is more than 10 years old, according to the league source. Like all products and technology, helmets are frequently updated over time. Every player is made aware of the policy, so Brown should not have been surprised that it would be disallowed in 2019.

What is he supposed to wear instead?

In April, the NFL and NFL Players Association released an updated evaluation of 40 helmet models, 34 of which are approved for use in 2019. Half of the approved models are manufactured by Schutt. The Air Advantage is not among those listed.

Who cares? Helmets are helmets, right?

Many players are attached to particular helmet models. Some feel they have been well-protected and don't want to try something different. Others make decisions based on aesthetics. And some try new models and can't get used to them. According to Schefter, Brown believes that his best alternative protrudes and interferes with his vision.

But to never play again because of it?

Yes, that's an extreme reaction -- even for a player of Brown's history. There's no sense trying to explain that one.

What would happen if he wears the old one anyway?

In April, the NFL announced a related but separate policy that banned certain helmets that performed poorly in laboratory testing. The onus was put on teams to ensure that no player had access to or wore a banned helmet. If a team was found to have known about a player wearing a banned helmet, or to have facilitated the use of one, it would be subject to league discipline, an NFL executive said at the time.

Is that why Tom Brady changed helmets this season?

Yes. Brady was able to wear his old helmet for one extra season in 2018, as part of a grandfathered NFL policy, but he has moved to an approved model for this season.

Would Brown be disciplined?

Not by the NFL, it appears. But the Raiders could address it through team discipline if they chose. And because the NFL policy prevents Brown from practicing or playing in the old helmet, he would be in breach of his contract and be subject to losing that week's game check.

Does Brown have any chance of winning the grievance?

It's difficult to see how, as long as the NFL policy is to allow only NOCSAE-approved helmets and NOCSAE won't certify Brown's helmet. Allowing a player to use an uncertified helmet, one that presumably protects him less effectively than more updated models, would strike against the NFL's decision to make helmet choice a primary tenet of its health and safety platform.

What would happen if Brown actually retired?

From a financial standpoint, Brown would walk away from at least $30.125 million that is fully guaranteed in his contract for the next two seasons. The Raiders would absorb about the same in a dead money charge. But it's possible the Raiders could simply place him on a reserve list that would absolve them from having to pay out his contract, while maintaining his $14.9 million cap charge for 2019.