CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Denny Hamlin wasn't cleared to race at his home track in Richmond.

Hamlin sustained a compression fracture of a vertebra in his lower back in a last-lap accident at California on March 24. Doctors said he'd miss at least five races, but Hamlin hoped to return early to race at Richmond, where he's a two-time winner.

NEW YORK — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he met with Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam on Tuesday about the federal investigation into his family's truck stop chain.The FBI alleges widespread fraud of customers at Pilot Flying J, the country's largest diesel retailer.Asked at a pre-draft event Wednesday if he was concerned, Goodell said “of course when you have that type of thing.”

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Russ Smith is staying at Louisville to chase another NCAA championship and a degree.The 6-foot-1 guard is passing on the NBA draft to return for his senior season.