The drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will hit Michigan International Speedway on Sunday afternoon for this year’s 3M Performance 400. Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup . . .

Event of the day . . .

Standings leader Kyle Busch is the 6/1 Vegas favorite to take the checkered flag at Michigan on Sunday. Busch visited victory lane yet again last weekend, holding off all challengers in the Centurion Boats at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. That road course win was Busch’s series-leading eighth checkered flag of the season.

And Busch holds a 242-point lead on Carl Edwards for top spot in the series driver standings as the Chase for the Sprint Cup grows closer. Jimmie Johnson is sitting two points back of Edwards in third place in those standings. Edwards and Johnson are both pegged at 7/1 odds to get the win in the 3M Performance 400.

Kurt Busch won the 3M Performance 400 last year, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the checkered flag in the LifeLock 400 at Michigan back in June. Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, and Ryan Newman all have a pair of Cup wins at Michigan in their careers, while Tony Stewart, Edwards, and Kasey Kahne have each won there once.

Non-event of the day . . .

The Rockies and Nationals will finish off their battle of also-rans on Sunday afternoon, with Washington’s Odalis Perez (5-8, 4.12 ERA) expected to take on the Rockies’ Aaron Cook (14-8, 3.87 ERA). Righthander Cook has a nice stats line right now, but he’s given up 11 earned runs on 21 hits over his last two outings (11 1-3 innings), and he had to miss his last scheduled start because of a sore back.

Betting events of the day…

As you knew would be the case, yesterday was a banner day for the world’s best sports handicappers. The power of 620 sports services behind every selection, the MasterLockLine, goes 9-0. GodsTips goes 4-1 in the NFL to improve to a typical 13-6 so far. And Stevie Vincent hits the Preseason Game of the Year on the Chargers continuing a brilliant run of 52-16 with Level 5 plays.

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Also on the schedule . . .

Ryan Dempster (13-5, 2.92 ERA) was supposed to start for the Cubs on Saturday, but instead his start was moved to Sunday – when he’ll face the Marlins and Chris Volstad (4-2, 3.03 ERA). Other NL games on the Sunday schedule: St. Louis at Cincinnati, the Mets at Pittsburgh, San Francisco at Atlanta, Arizona at Houston, Milwaukee at the Dodgers, and Philadelphia at San Diego.

Over in the American League Mike Mussina (15-7, 3.30 ERA) will be gunning for his 16^th victory of the season when the Yankees host the Royals and Brian Bannister (7-11, 5.36 ERA) on Sunday. The rest of the AL schedule for Sunday: the Angels at Cleveland, Baltimore at Detroit, Toronto at Boston, Seattle at Minnesota, the White Sox at Oakland, and Tampa Bay at Texas.

Finally, there are two NFL preseason games on the schedule for Sunday. Detroit and Cincinnati will do battle at Paul Brown Stadium at 7:35pm ET, with the Bengals pegged as 3.5-point home favorites (the total is sitting at 36 points). New England and Tampa Bay will meet at Raymond James Stadium at 8:00pm ET, with the Patriots listed as 1.5-point road favorites (the total is sitting at 34.5 points).

News from the wire . . .

Angels shortstop Maicer Izturis will miss the rest of the season because of a torn thumb ligament . . . Kevin Millwood returned from the disabled list for the Rangers on Friday night, giving up five earned runs on 10 hits over 4 2-3 innings of work . . . Ravens tight end Todd Heap is struggling to return from a calf injury . . . there’s a chance Buccaneers running back Cadillac Williams could return to the team by midseason.

Peek at the future . . .

CC Sabathia (7-0, 1.55 ERA in the NL) will take on Randy Wolf (8-10, 4.56 ERA) in the Brewers/Astros matchup on Monday night . . . the Browns will play the defending Super Bowl champs at Giants Stadium on Monday night . . . Team USA will play Team Germany in men’s Olympic basketball action at 8:00am ET on Monday morning, with the tournament’s playoff rounds getting underway late on Tuesday night.