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Jeff Gordon is returning to Sprint Cup racing. He will replace?Dale Earnhardt Jr.?for the next two races.Earnhardt, who has concussion-type symptoms, will sit out Sundays race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the following race at Pocono on July 31.Gordons return isnt just a four-time champion coming out of retirement to race. Gordon, who never ruled out an occasional return when he stepped out of the Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 car at the end of the 2015 season, returns this weekend to the track in Indianapolis where he has won five times, including the inaugural Brickyard 400 in 1994.Gordon, 44, competed in 797 consecutive races from the season finale in 1992 through the end of 2015. He won 93 races -- third on the all-time Sprint Cup list --- and championships in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2001.Gordon has attended all but a couple of races this year, having spent the first 16 points races of the 2016 season as part of the three-man booth for the Fox Sports telecasts of Sprint Cup practices, qualifying and races.I think Jeff will do well, team owner Rick Hendrick said Sunday when talking about the possibility of Gordons return. Hes won that race a lot of times.Hes been out of the car this year. I expect if he gets in the car, he might be a little bit rusty, but weve got a lot of practice time and I dont think itll take Gordon long to get back in the groove.Whether Gordon continues in the seat, if needed, has yet to be determined.?Jeffs a team player, Hendrick said in a news release Wednesday. I know hell be ready, and I know Dale has incredible trust in him. Its going to be an emotional weekend [at Indianapolis] with Dale not being there and seeing Jeff back behind the wheel.Gordons wife, Ingrid Vandebosch, tweeted her support.Earnhardt said, in a recording he made Sunday night for his weekly podcast released Monday, that he was battling balance and nausea. It is possible the concussion symptoms are the result of crashes June 12 at Michigan and July 2 at Daytona. His ImPACT test, a cognitive examination that among other things tests memory and reaction time, showed results equal to his most recent baseline test, Earnhardt said.Earnhardt missed two races in 2012 because of two concussions over a six-week span. [My doctors] can give me a lot of exercises that retrain my brain to handle what I need to handle -- its just going to take a lot of patience, Earnhardt said. I take my health and quality of life as a top priority. ... I am going to take this slow and strictly take the advice of my doctors.Earnhardt underwent further evaluation Tuesday at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Medicine Concussion Program. Hendrick Motorsports said he will not travel to Indianapolis or Pocono.Our focus is giving Dale all the time he needs to recover, Hendrick said in the Wednesday news release. Theres nothing we want more than to see him back in the race car, but well continue to listen to the doctors and follow their lead. Whats best for Dale is whats best for Hendrick Motorsports and everyone involved with the team. Were all proud of him and looking forward to having him racing soon.The return of Gordon, despite the circumstances, could give the Indianapolis race a boost. He moved to nearby Pittsboro at age 14 and is a favorite of the local fans.Thats going to be really cool ... if we get to race Jeff one more time, three-time Cup champion Tony Stewart, who will retire from Cup racing after this season, said Sunday.Gordons return to racing could impact his NASCAR Hall of Fame induction date. The current eligibility requirements for a driver under 55 or a driver with less than 30 years of competing in NASCAR is two years of retirement before being nominated. His tentative date was nomination for selection in 2018 for the 2019 class.A NASCAR spokesman said his eligibility status likely wont be reevaluated until it becomes clear how many races he will run in place of Earnhardt.All of Gordons previous starts have come in the No. 24 car, now driven by Chase Elliott. While Gordon will drive a No. 88 car at Indy, his longtime sponsor, Axalta, already was scheduled to be a sponsor of the Earnhardt car for Indianapolis. The company, formerly the DuPont paint division, has a long association with Gordon and already had agreed to sponsor four of the next five races for the No. 88 car.By missing Indianapolis, Earnhardt most likely will fall from 16th in the Chase qualifying standings to outside the bubble to make the 16-driver Chase. He currently has a 14-point edge on Trevor Bayne for the final playoff spot.There will be six regular-season races remaining after Indianapolis. If he returns during the regular-season portion of the schedule, Earnhardt would need a waiver from NASCAR (and its expected hed get one) to miss races and still be eligible for the Chase. The regular-season champion plus the next 15 drivers, based on wins with points as the tiebreaker, make the Chase as long as a driver who wins is in the top-30 in the point standings. Earnhardt is winless this year.Curtis Joseph Jersey . Here are his mid-season NBA awards. 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"I just love the fact I am in contention and have an opportunity in my first tournament of the year here in Abu Dhabi," Mickelson said.EUGENE, Ore. -- Devon Allen has seen only one real downside in his ongoing transition from track back to football: Hes just not used to the cleats yet.The hurdlers feet were a bit sore following his first game back from his summer trip to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Allen was a late arrival for the Ducks fall camp and surprisingly saw a bit of action in Saturdays 53-28 season-opening victory over UC Davis.Allen eased his way back with a catch for 6 yards.I was in pretty good shape other than my feet hurting from cleats and stuff like that Im not used to, Allen said. The games are a lot easier than practice so I didnt have a tough time. But obviously I want to be in better shape as the season goes on.Just two months ago, Allen won the 110-meter hurdles in the Olympic Trials -- held on campus at Hayward Field -- becoming the first collegian to win the event since Renaldo Nehemiah of Maryland in 1980. He was also the first to win both NCAA and trials titles in the same year since Lee Calhoun of N.C. Central in 1956.The victory sent him to Rio, where he placed fifth in the 110-meter final. He became just the fourth active college player in the modern era to compete in the Olympics, joining Florida A&Ms Bob Hayes (1964), West Virginias James Jett (1992) and Texas Marquise Goodwin (2012).Allen always planned to return to football following the Olympics, possibly jumping back in for Oregons Sept. 17 game at Nebraska. But he has progressed much faster than anyone expected. New quarterbacks coach David Yost has been impressed.Its fun to see him when he all of a sudden shows back up and hes running go routes, Yost told reporters in Eugene last week. Weve yet to find anyone that can run with him or even close to him.When he arrived back in ccamp, he was applauded by his teammates, who had gathered to watch him compete in Rio during team meetings at the schools Hatfield Dowlin complex.ddddddddddddIt felt pretty good, it means that the guys wanted me to be back. And if you do anything and somebodys clapping for you, it means you did something good, Allen said. Just being able to compete in Rio for Team USA and coming back and having all these guys cheering and rooting for me is pretty cool.Allen made a splash as a redshirt freshman, finishing as the teams third-best receiver with 41 catches for 684 yards and seven touchdowns -- including an 80-yard TD pass from then-quarterback Marcus Mariota against Washington State.But his season came to a sudden halt on the opening kickoff of the Rose Bowl victory over Florida State. He was tackled on about the 20-yard line and fell to the field clutching his right knee. He missed that seasons national championship game against Ohio State and required surgery.He spent much of last season trying to return to form on the football field and the track -- all while eyeing the ultimate prize of an Olympic bid. He appeared in 12 games, but caught just nine passes for 94 yards.Allen said overall hes had it easy. The main issues have been the heavier clears he wears for football, and some soreness from the different muscles hes using. Hes also getting used to a new quarterback in graduate transfer Dakota Prukop.Now Im back into it, he said. Luckily were on the quarter system so were not back in school yet, so it is a little bit easier when I can just focus on football and now worry about classes and stuff like that. ' ' '