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AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Its tense at Joe Gibbs Racing, regardless of what the drivers want you to believe as they head into a showdown with their seasons at stake.Theres only two spots left in NASCARs title-deciding final race, and three Gibbs drivers want them. Carl Edwards, their teammate, is already in the final four and it had been the hope inside the organization that the finale would be Gibbs vs. Gibbs vs. Gibbs vs. Gibbs.Jimmie Johnsons win in the opening race of the round of eight took a Gibbs sweep off the board, and now its every man for himself Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway. The trio of Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin are separated by a whisper-thin two points in the standings but no matter what happens Sunday, only two of them can advance to the championship.One will definitely be eliminated.They all understand the math, and that teamwork only goes so far.What each is willing to do to advance their season one more week remains to be seen.Hamlin made no apologies for his intent to move another car out of his way on the last lap Sunday if it means he will advance. But what if that car is a teammate?No, I would not, he said. Hamlin then gave a mischievous smirk: Thats my answer today.Busch would barely entertain the question.Absolutely, Busch said, stone-faced.JGR as an organization has mastered teamwork and sharing, despite expanding into a four-car team last year then adding Martin Truex Jr. as a de facto fifth car via a Toyota-engineered alliance. The approach led to Buschs title last year, a Daytona 500 win for Hamlin this year and four of the spots in the round of eight of NASCARs playoffs.For all the success earned through JGRs model, its not been without bumps. Hamlin and Busch seem to tangle in one way or the other at least once a year, and Busch was openly unhappy with Hamlin two weeks ago after Johnson won the race at Martinsville.Busch felt Hamlin had been the slowest Gibbs car that day, but refused to give up track position and that allowed Johnson to win without a challenge from Busch or Kenseth. Busch had angry words about Hamlin after the race.But the drivers have learned to not hold a grudge, to let things go for the benefit of the organization.I think that we work better together as a group, Kenseth said. I wouldnt think that it would change this weekend and I wouldnt think it would change next weekend. Certainly, once the race starts, obviously were all trying to get the best finishes we can for our respective teams. But I think during the weekend we all share everything we learn throughout practice, bounce ideas off of each other and try to as a group come up with the best setups that we can for Sunday.There have been times, Hamlin admitted, that team owner Joe Gibbs has had to intervene in internal disputes. But theyve learned that communication is key to keeping the peace.You cant keep feelings bottled up for years and years, and all of the sudden it all explodes, Hamlin said. I think I have a great working relationship with all my teammates and if one of them wrecks me this weekend, Ill be mad for a couple days, and Ill get over it.I respect them all enough to understand that were all competitors. But were also teammates, so its a fine line. 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The image has the Olympic rings with the words Rio and London, and she added Au, which stands for gold on the periodic table, after defending her middleweight title in Rio.The 21-year-old Shields will decide in the coming years if she wants to add Tokyo for the 2020 Games.Im back in the gym, trying to figure out whats the best move next, Shields said. Im taking my time with that. I have a couple of different options. I can go pro or stay amateur for 2020.Johnson earned the award in the team competition. She had 51 saves in Rio, including nine in the final against Italy, as the Americans won their second consecutive Olympic gold medal.It was definitely a perfect ending to all the work and effort and sacrifices we made in the past 1? years, Johnson said. It was a big thing to carry on the legacy.A senior at Princeton, Johnson hopes to lead the Tigers to the NCAA tournament next spring. The water polo team just missed the tournament while the 6-foot-1 goalie was training for Rio.Big East commissioner Val Ackerman won the Billie Jean King Contribution Award. King, who won 39 Grand Slam titles in her tennis career, created the Womens Sports Foundation in 1974. The foundation provides travel and training grants and community-based sports opportunities.Pakistani pro squash player Maria Toorpakai Wazir, who moved to Canada after receiving death threats from tthe Taliban, earned the Wilma Rudolph Courage Award.ddddddddddddShields became the first U.S. boxer to win consecutive gold medals in an Olympic sport that added women in 2012.Shes training and getting acclimated in her new place in Boynton Beach, Florida. The native of Flint, Michigan, spent the year before Rio at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She moved to Florida three weeks ago.I love it here, just got my furniture, she said. I like the vibe and the people down here. Theyre very family-oriented and this place just makes me happy.In the gold-medal match in Rio, Shields was faster and stronger than her taller Dutch opponent Nouchka Fontijn. Shields, who wore Superman knee socks, encouraged Fontijn in the fourth round to put up a better fight.I didnt mean to taunt her in the last round, Shields said. When I fight with my hands down, its more letting her think she has opportunities and a shot when she doesnt.Shields owns a 77-1 record, won two world championship titles and spars mostly against men.If you want to get the best out of me, you have to let me fully perform, she said. The guys cant hold back on me, so you end up going 100 percent. Theres a bunch of guys who wanted to prove a point, and they couldnt.Shields, who threw out the first pitch at a Detroit Tigers game last month, has a film about her life in the works through Universal Pictures. Barry Jenkins, the director of Moonlight, recently signed on to write the script.Im not done yet, Shields said. I have this hunger to do more and be bigger and be more known and get womens boxing on the course of being respected by everybody. ' ' '