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Nope I'm not lying. After being hospitalized earlier Thursday, Kyle Busch has passed away in the hospital due to severe illness/unknown reasons. In the NASCAR Cup Series, he accumulated 35 pole positions, 63 wins and 395 Top 10 finishes along with 2 championships. In the NASCAR XFinity/O'Reilly Series, he accumulated 70 pole positions, 102 wins and 267 Top 10 finishes along with one championship. And in the NASCAR Truck Series, he accumulated 24 pole positions, 69 wins and 148 Top 10 finishes. Rest in peace to a legend. Gone but never forgotten, Kyle Busch. 1985-2026.
(This has nothing to do with international hockey. Just a vessel) Trigger warning: Dan Wheldon was involved in a horrific and fatal crash during the 2011 IndyCar season finale. If you wish to not read this, I don't blame you. Now, a lot of you have probably watched the Indy 500. Even if you're not racing fans. But we focus on the 2012 version. Before the race, the entire city of Indianapolis watching this race took 77 seconds (1 minute, 17 seconds) of silence. That was Dan Wheldon's car number at the 2011 Indy 500. It would turn out to be his last. It was a brisk October morning on the 16th in 2011. Everywhere except for Las Vegas. Engines were firing up. Before the race, Dan Wheldon had signed a contract in which he would earn 2.5 million dollars if he won the season finale starting from the back of the grid. 11 laps had been completed at the season finale in Las Vegas. Dan Wheldon was complaining that his car was too slow. Last thing to complain about, buddy. A pileup had occured at turns 1 and 2 involving 14 cars before Dan got there. Dan Wheldon clipped Kimball's left rear tire at approximately 165 miles per hour and sent his car airborne. His IndyCar rotated towards the right side (outside) catch fence and above the concrete barriers. (Wikipedia:) "He collided with a fencepost along his car's right-hand side, creating a deep defect in the chassis that went from the upper pedal bulkhead and through the cockpit. That deformed its roll hoop and the top of the chassis above the fuel cell compartment, which were sheared from the car. The post penetrated the cockpit and struck the lower portion of the right-hand side of Wheldon's helmet in an impact measured at −30 g lateral, 47 g longitudinal, and −25 g vertical to the chassis as he sustained "two distinct impacts" to his head." That. Is bad. The race was red flagged after 1 lap under caution. He was airlifted to a hospital just south of Las Vegas. He was pronounced dead on arrival. About 30 minutes after this, a 5 lap, 3 wide salute behind a pace car was put in honor of Dan Wheldon. He passed away due to blunt trauma to his head. Rest in peace Dan Wheldon. Gone but never forgotten. And written into thr history books forever for the wrong reason.
The United States became the first country to win the gold medal game in men’s and women’s hockey by the exact same score in Winter Olympics history. Both games ended 2-1 in OT.
February 18, 2026, at the Milan Winter Olympics. Three men’s hockey quarterfinal games went to overtime on the same day. That is the FIRST TIME that has happened in the Winter Olympic history since the games started in 1924.
