NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin expects to race Saturday night at Richmond despite having a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
Hamlin suffered the injury while playing basketball Tuesday night. He will require surgery to repair the ACL following the season.
The Joe Gibbs Racing driver had an MRI on Wednesday morning and was given clearance to continue racing through the remainder of the season, which includes the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
Hamlin has one win this season and has reeled off three straight top-five finishes. He raced during the 2010 season following a torn ACL in his left knee.
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World Cup to return in 2016
The World Cup of Hockey is coming back in 2016, but NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman insists that doesn't necessarily mean the league will skip the 2018 Olympics.
"I don't think one has anything to do with the other," Bettman said Wednesday.
While Bettman didn't sound enthused about the idea of the league's players going to Pyeongchang, South Korea, he acknowledged being intrigued by the prospects of taking the sport to the other side of the world for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
"Not to diminish South Korea, but in terms of sheer magnitude, it's not the same as China," Bettman said.