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HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Carl Edwards latest championship loss might have been even more painful than his first.Leading the NASCAR season finale with 10 laps to go and closing in on his first title, Edwards wrecked while blocking fellow contender Joey Logano on a restart Sunday night.Logano turned Edwards sideways and sent him sliding across traffic at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Kasey Kahne slammed into Edwards rear bumper, lifting the No. 19 Toyota off the ground. Edwards spun, hit the outside wall and came to a stop on the track. Edwards climbed out, stood on the banking -- not too far from his wrecked race car -- and watched a replay on a big screen.Edwards shook his head and muttered damn as he realized he essentially caused the melee.I couldnt go to bed tonight and think that I gave him that lane, Edwards said.The move cost Edwards and Logano.I dont blame him, Logano said. He had to throw the block. Its the only move I had. Im not going to look back at it and second guess that move. I had to do that. Thats the only play I had. ... I understand why he had to throw the block and he understands why I had to make the move because that was for the win.That was the only shot that I had. That was for the race win. Its 10 to go. What do you expect? Its for a championship.Jimmie Johnson ended up winning the race, tying a NASCAR record by claiming his seventh championship. Logano finished fourth, two spots ahead of Kyle Busch. Edwards was 34th. Johnson, Logano, Busch and Edwards were the only title contenders in the finale.We had a few moments there throughout the day that we thought we were kind of on the outside looking in and didnt really see a very good shot of winning it, said Busch, who battled back from a lap down to have a shot down the stretch. And then all of a sudden it seemed like we had a really good shot to win the thing. We were up front and kind of driving away from those guys behind us ... and then we were out of it again.Edwards handled the loss with so much class that several colleagues celebrated him for it.Edwards brushed off a request to take an ambulance ride to the infield care center, instead making the trip on foot. He stopped by Loganos pit stall, climbed up on the box, chatted with crew chief Todd Gordon and shook hands with everyone up there.Yeah, no apology, Edwards said. I just wanted to say, `Hey, thats just racing and good luck to you guys. Theres so much on the line. I dont want to be anything extra to mess with Joey.Edwards got checked out in the care center and then gave a pep talk to family and friends, high-fiving each of them. It was a show of sportsmanship rarely seen in defeat in NASCAR, especially with so much on the line. He was even more supportive of his team, including crew chief Dave Rogers.They put it in my hands, Edwards said. Thats all you can ask for. ... It didnt work out. This is life. We performed well. We did our best. I just risked too much and Dave told me before this race its a pretty big reward and remember risk gets reward and I just had to push it.Edwards led 47 laps before finishing 34th in the race and fourth in the final standings.But his season will be remembered for another oh-so-close ending.Five years ago, Edwards and Tony Stewart had a head-to-head showdown at Homestead for the title. Edwards, then driving for Jack Roush, started the finale with a three-point lead in the standings and did everything he could from the minute he arrived in Florida. His Roush Fenway Racing team put his Ford on the pole, he led a race-high 119 of the 267 laps and still finished second to Stewart.Stewart and Edwards finished tied in the final Sprint Cup Series points standings -- a first in NASCAR history -- and Stewart took the tiebreaker based on his five victories to Edwards one.Edwards started watching a replay of that 2011 race earlier this week, but ended up turning it off in disgust.He surely wont want to watch this one, which left him still without a championship in 12 full seasons at the Cup level. And as much as the restart ended Edwards night, a late caution caused by little-known driver Dylan Lupton caused as much frustration.I just hated to see that caution, Edwards said. That was very, very frustrating. I felt like that was our race and our championship, but hey this is how racing goes.---More AP auto racing: www.racing.ap.org Hydro Flaske . 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OMAHA, Neb. -- The U.S. Olympic swim team has a history of improving its times from the trials to the games.The Americans are counting on it happening again next month in Rio after not setting a single world record during the eight-day selection meet.Led by Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky, the U.S. still boasts the most powerful swim team in the world.But other countries have improved since four years ago in London and Phelps knows hes got to be much better by the time the Rio Games begin.Clearly, theres cause for concern.Many of the times swum in Omaha were slower than the 2012 trials, where no world records were set. Ryan Lochte and Missy Franklin struggled this time around and theyll be joined by 29 rookies on the team, one more than in London.Were going to have to improve for sure, David Marsh, head coach of the U.S. womens team, said Sunday.Phelps has said he wants to swim another personal best at least once before he retires after Rio. He was faster at last years summer nationals where he swam times that would have won medals at the world championships in Russia.Its been 2009 since Ive done a best time, he said. Its frustrating to not be able to go the same time or faster than I did last year, especially because I think Im in better shape than I was last year.Phelps joked that if Bowman doesnt have a plan to make him faster hell have to fire the only coach hes had his entire career.His times this week were mediocre, and Im crystal clear on what to do, said Bowman, who will guide the U.S. men in Rio.Phelps qualified in three individual events, Ledecky and newcomer Maya DiRado made it in three each, and Franklin will swim two.Ledecky carries huge expectations into her seconnd Olympics.dddddddddddd In January, she lowered her own world mark in the 800-meter freestyle at a meet in Austin, Texas, where she set world-leading times in the 200 and 400 freestyles. Shell try to become the first woman since American Debbie Meyers at the 1968 Mexico City Games to sweep the 200, 400 and 800 free.Im just going to focus on my racing and what my goals are, and anybody elses expectations dont really mean that much to me, Ledecky said.The average age of the mens team is 23.9 years, with Anthony Ervin the oldest at 35. The womens team averages 22.3 years, with Ledecky the youngest at 19 just as she was in 2012.Several stalwarts of the U.S. team failed to punch tickets to Rio, including Natalie Coughlin, Tyler Clary, Matt Grevers, Cullen Jones and Jessica Hardy. All of them medaled in London, where the team won a leading 31 medals, including 18 golds.Its challenging being at trials and being able to make the transition from here to the games, Phelps said. You got to be ready when the lights come on and if youre not, you could fall short by a hundredth or a few hundredths, and thats the tough part.Heading to his fifth and last Olympics at 31, Phelps appears more willing than he has in the past to share his experience and expertise with his younger teammates. He certainly has more time, with eight events no longer on his schedule.If I can do anything to help the rookies, Im all for it, he said. Just being able to help them just kind of stay in their relaxed zone, not get worked up because it is the Olympics. Its just another meet, you know? Cheap Jerseys [url=http://ww experience and expertise with his younger teammates.l Jerseys[/url] Wholesale Baseball Jerseys ' ' '