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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The odds are once again stacked for Joe Gibbs Racing, the team with all four of its drivers in NASCARs playoffs.Throw in Martin Truex Jr., who is aligned with the team, and the numbers point to a Toyota winning the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship for a second consecutive year.Kyle Busch gave Toyota its first Cup title last season, and the first championship for team owner Joe Gibbs in a decade. His bid to repeat begins Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway, where the 10-race Chase begins.His top competition could again come from within his own organization.Including Truex, who drives for Furniture Row Racing in an alliance with JGR, the five Toyota drivers have combined for 13 wins through the first 26 races. Theyve led over 4,000 laps and again routed the field in the regular-season finale at Richmond by leading 385 of 407 laps in a Denny Hamlin win.So can anyone beat their effort?Well, Gibbs isnt preparing any championship speeches just yet.Theres so many, I think, well prepared cars. This is going to be a battle, Gibbs said. Theres no way that you can pick a favorite right now. Everybody thats in there is going to have a shot.I think its the greatest reality show going.So who can beat the Toyota contingent?- KEVIN HARVICK: Although he has only two wins this year, Harvick should have been in victory lane a few more times.The 2014 champion has been plagued by recurring pit crew problems, and Stewart-Haas Racing last week made two changes to his team after a slow final stop at Darlington cost him the win.He doesnt have the finishes to show for how good hes been, but Harvicks 1,211 laps led this year trails only Busch (1,244) and Truex (1,234). He also leads the series in top-five finishes (13) and top-10s (21).Theres nothing at all to suggest Harvick wont be in the final four at the Nov. 20 finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He made it last year, only to finish second to Busch in his bid to repeat his title.Few are as hell-bent on winning as Harvick, who takes no prisoners and spares no feelings in his pursuit of a title.- BRAD KESELOWSKI and JOEY LOGANO: Theres no doubt that Team Penske was deeply disappointed not to win the title the last two years.Keselowski had six wins in 2014 and a strong Chase until a mechanical failure in the first race of the third round put him against the ropes. A pair of top-four finishes wasnt enough to get him into the finale, and he settled for fifth in the final standings.Last year was Loganos year and he seemed unbeatable, particularly when the Chase began. Like Keselowski the year before, he too won six races, including three straight in the Chase.But a feud with Matt Kenseth that wouldnt go away blew up badly at Martinsville Speedway (same place as Keselowskis problem a year earlier) and Kenseth intentionally wrecked Logano in a race Logano seemed poised to win.Logano didnt recover and failed to make the finale as Penske was denied in yet another season it had dominated.- KYLE LARSON: So, Larson may be a stretch, and definitely not a favorite. But its hard to count him out considering the way hes running.Larson has hit a groove this year, especially since winning his Chase-clinching race at Michigan last month. The third-year driver followed it with a third-place finish at Darlington, then hustled from 12th to second on a two-lap overtime sprint Saturday night at Richmond.Its Larsons first appearance in the Chase, but he raced like a participant during his 2014 rookie year. He wasnt eligible that season, but reeled off five consecutive top-six finishes in the first half of the Chase.He hasnt hit career numbers this year in many categories, but his 241 laps led is his best to date.Larsons biggest fight will be advancing through the first three rounds, but should he somehow make it to the final four, he considers Homestead one of his favorite race tracks. Hes not finished lower than 15th there, and was a career-best fifth last season.Cheap NFL Jerseys China .ca! Hi Kerry, Its another day and here we are looking at another dubious hit to the head. In this case Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky elbowed Saku Koivu in the head about a second after he dished off the puck to a teammate, knocking him unconscious. Wholesale Authentic NFL Jerseys . A lawyer for MLB, Matthew Menchel, confirmed Wednesday the league dropped its case against Biogenesis of America, its owner Anthony Bosch and several other individuals. 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NFL Jerseys Cheap Authentic . - Oakland Raiders running back Rashad Jennings was speaking to a group of local high school students earlier this week when the conversation turned to the importance of being prepared when opportunities in life arise.Anthony Joshua insists a shelved fight with Wladimir Klitschko has not dampened his motivation to defend his IBF world heavyweight title against Eric Molina.The 2012 Olympic gold medallist makes a second defence of his IBF strap against stand-in opponent Molina at the Manchester Arena on Dec. 10, after a fight against Klitschko fell through.After the Klitschko fight was put back until at least spring 2017, Joshua was linked to a clash with fellow Briton David Price. While that bout may have been more popular in the UK, Joshua said he was not being distracted by future fights or that he underestimated his American opponent.Nothing has changed, I always knew I would have someone who is game and everyone is going to up their levels by 50 or 60 percent when there is a championship belt on the table, Joshua said.I have to put Wladimir Klitschko or David Price or whoever is in pecking order to the back of mind. If I was sparring for Klitschko or Molina you have the same ambition, and thats to win.Former world heavyweight No.1 Klitschko, who was champion for over nine years until losing on points to Briton Tyson Fury nearly a year ago, lies in wait for Joshua so long as he beats Molina. Joshua-Klitschko is being lined up for March or April and possibly at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.Joshua was due to face Klitschko until the Ukrainian suffered a slight calf injury in training and it was also decided there was not enough time to promote the fight.Joshua, though, is not the first world champion Molina has faced. Thee 34-year-old was knocked out in the ninth round when he challenged fellow American Deontay Wilder for the WBC strap last year.ddddddddddddt took massive courage to step in that ring with Deontay Wilder who is known as a one-punch knockout artists and he stood up to a lot of his punches so that shows what he is made of, Joshua said.You can expect the usual: combinations and a good night of boxing. This a gladiatorial sport, we put our lives on the line.Molina has registered two stoppage wins since losing to Wilder, including a 10th round knockout of former world cruiserweight and light-heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek in April. The Texan insists he deserves his shot at Joshuas world title as he aims to become the first professional opponent to avoid getting knocked out by the Londoner.Hes going to have the toughest fight of his career -- thats a guarantee, Molina said.This is the heavyweight division and what makes it so exciting is that any one punch can change the fight and I bring that to the table. If you slip up you end up on your back and hes a clever guy and I think he appreciates that.The experience that Ive got, I just dont see him running over me. In this game when you lose, everyone leaves your side, but Ive had to do it the hard way and Ive earned my ticket here.We had a lot of momentum heading in to the Adamek fight and Im thankful for this opportunity and Im ready to go. ' ' '