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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Joey Logano isnt in the racing business to make friends. He wants to win trophies. Thats what his owner pays him to do.He says he didnt mean to turn Kurt Busch, when Busch was running third, on the final lap Saturday at Daytona International Speedway. But he did.And in doing so, hes not going to get any benefit of the doubt.He made an aggressive mistake, Busch said. You cant go from fifth to first. Theres just no shot at it. Its a shame that we ended up spun around and wrecked.Buschs crew chief Tony Gibson, typically one of the more reserved and easygoing crew chiefs in the garage, tweeted simply: Stupid is as stupid does!!! #22Logano said the accident was unintentional, just a product of restrictor-plate racing.The last thing I want to do is hit someone like that, Logano said. Unfortunately, it happened.As the social media anti-Logano craze continued, Loganos tweet about the crash also included congratulations to his teammate Brad Keselowski?for winning.Hate I got into @KurtBusch at the end, Logano tweeted. Got free turning under him & tried to catch it.Logano probably wont worry too much about it. His car owner, Roger Penske, has his back. Plus, his 12 victories since the start of 2014 is the most of any driver in the series.Still, he has had his share of beefs with other drivers throughout the years, from Matt Kenseth to Kevin Harvick to Tony Stewart.Joey has taken, I think, some undue criticism from my perspective based on some of the things that have happened, Penske said. Certainly you can go back, and I could name three or four things that certainly werent his fault.But quite honestly, I think hes one of the best drivers on the racetrack out there day in and day out, and sure, people make mistakes.What is strange to Penske is the fact that Logano doesnt get a pass for any of his mistakes. That probably comes from what other drivers feel is an aloof or unsympathetic attitude.That is what Matt Kenseth cited as a point of frustration in his retaliation of Logano at Martinsville last year.A lot of these drivers can knock somebody off the track, and they say, Hey, Im sorry, you follow me, and they move on, Penske said. They dont let Logano do that. ... Im behind him 300 percent.And Ill talk to Kurt, he didnt do it on purpose. It could have been a big mess down there tonight, too, and at the end of the day, thats racing as far as Im concerned.Xfinity Series: Aric Almirola gets that winAlmirola doesnt have any mementos of his first Xfinity Series win, the one in 2007 where he started the race at The Milwaukee Mile but the tardy Denny Hamlin got in the car after arriving from Sonoma and drove the car across the finish line in front of everyone else.By the time the race was over, Almirola wasnt even at the track. But he still got credit for the win.I have nothing, Almirola said. I didnt take anything from it. I didnt take the money. I didnt take the trophy. I didnt take any pictures in Victory Lane. I left before the race was over.That was not my race to win. I started the race, I qualified on the pole, I led however many laps at the start of the race when they called me down pit road but I was not in the car when it crossed the start-finish line. Denny Hamlin won that race.Almirola feels he won his first Xfinity race -- for real -- Friday at Daytona International Speedway.When they called me at the shop that week to tell me how thankful they were and Joe [Gibbs] and J.D. [Gibbs] gave me the trophy, I took it over to the [Xfinity] shop and gave it to [crew chief] Dave Rodgers, Almirola said. I felt he deserved it. He made the car good enough for me to qualify on pole and lead all those laps and then Denny to get in and win the race. Dave has that trophy I think. Adidas Ultra Boost Australia Mens . Both players have lower body injuries that will keep them out of the lineup until at least January 31, which is the first game they can be activated from IR. Cheap Ultra Boost Australia .ca look back at each of the Top 10 stories of 2013. Today, we look back at Boston Strong - a citys recovery from tragedy. http://www.wholesaleultraboostaustralia.com/ . 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Esa Lindell and Rasmus Ristolainen replied for Finland (1-1-0) Lindell opened the scoring for Finland just 41 seconds into the game, but the hosts quickly regained their composure and tied the score less than four minutes later on Wennbergs first of the game. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Tom Brady said Friday he will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block his four-game Deflategate suspension, ending his fight in a scandal that tested the power of the NFL commissioner and tarnished the reputation of one of the sports greatest players.It has been a challenging 18 months and I have made the difficult decision to no longer proceed with the legal process, the New England Patriots quarterback said in a Facebook post . Im going to work hard to be the best player I can be for the New England Patriots and I look forward to having the opportunity to return to the field this fall.The decision by the four-time Super Bowl champion comes two days after his case was turned aside by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Bradys only remaining hope to take the field when the Patriots open the season against Arizona on Sept. 11 had been a stay from the nations highest court, which accepts about 1 percent of the appeals submitted.More worrisome for Brady and the Patriots, though, was the chance that he would receive a stay -- which would require only the blessing of a single Supreme Court justice, in this case Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- only to have the whole court later refuse to hear the case. That could allow the suspension to fall at a more inconvenient time in the season, perhaps including the playoffs.This decision was made in the interest of certainty and planning for Tom prior to the New England Patriots season, the NFL Players Association said in a statement Friday.The union said it was still considering whether to seek on its own a Supreme Court ruling that would limit Commissioner Roger Goodells authority to punish players. Dropping the case now would leave in place what the union called this week a broken system that must be fixed.But even if the union fights on, Brady would still sit out the first four games of the season, when the Patriots face the Cardinals, Dolphins, Texans and Bills. Backup Jimmy Garoppolo, who has spent the last two years as the backup, is expected to start for New England instead.Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who has split with longtime league allies over the punishment, renewed his complaint that the suspension was unprecedented, unjust and unreasonable.Unfortunately, this stopped being about air pressure a long time ago, he said in a statement . This entire process has indelibly taken a toll on our organization, our fans and most importantly, Tom Brady. His reluctant decision to stop pursuing further action and to put this situation behind him is what he feels is best for the team in preparation for this season and is fully supported by me and our entire organization.Brady is eligible to return in Week 5, when New England visits the Cleveland Browns. Despite the suspension, the Patriots remain overwhelming favorites to win the AFC East for the 13th time in 14 seasons, and the gambling website Bovada lissted them as the top choice to win the Super Bowl.ddddddddddddAn NFL spokesman said the league would have no comment.Originally suspended four games after the league concluded the Patriots intentionally underinflated the footballs used in the AFC Championship game on Jan. 18, 2015, Brady embarked on an odyssey to clear his name that has now stretched into its third season. A federal judge overturned the suspension, allowing Brady to play last season, but the 2nd Circuit reinstated it this spring.Along the way, prominent scientist have questioned the leagues conclusions and legal scholars have doubted whether Goodell abused his power by punishing Brady a hefty four games merely for being at least generally aware of the deflation scheme. Organized labor argued that the commissioners actions threatened workers everywhere.But the appeals court panel found that the commissioner was acting with the wide-ranging authority granted to him by the collective bargaining agreement.Local fans stood by their quarterback, lashing out at the league and chanting Free Tom Brady not just at Patriots games but also when watching the Red Sox, Bruins and Celtics. Kraft, who was instrumental in forging the labor deal that included the process upheld by the courts, took the nearly unprecedented step of opposing the league in court.What Tom has had to endure throughout this 18-month ordeal has been, in my opinion, as far removed from due process as you could ever expect in this country, he said. From day one, I have believed in Tom and given him my unwavering support in his pursuit to rightfully clear his name of any wrongdoing.A two-time NFL MVP who has led New England to the Super Bowl six times, Brady will be allowed to practice with the team when it reports to training camp on July 27 and play in any exhibition games.His suspension will take effect on 4 p.m. on Sept. 3, when rosters are trimmed to 53 players. Brady will not be allowed to have any contact with the team until the suspension ends on Oct. 3, a day after Game 4 against the Buffalo Bills.Garoppolo relieved Brady six times as a rookie and completed 19 of 27 passes for 182 yards, including a 13-yard touchdown to Rob Gronkowski on his fourth career pass attempt. Although he spent last year on the cusp of replacing Brady while the Deflategate appeals wended their way through the courts, he did not throw a pass in 2015.Whether youre a starter (or) backup, youve got to have a starter mentality, Garoppolo said on the eve of the season. You never know when your numbers going to get called.---Jimmy Golen covers sports and the law for The Associated Press. Follow him at http://www.twitter.com/jgolen . Read more about the Patriots on the AP NFL website at: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '