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Lamar Jackson challenging former NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. over No. 8 trademark

Two-time NFL MVP Lamar Jackson is taking on a new opponent this week: longtime NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt Jr.

The Baltimore Ravens star is challenging Earnhardt Jr.'s pending trademark claim to a stylized No. 8 used for his race team, JR Motorsports.

Jackson's legal team filed a notice of opposition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office Wednesday. The notice states "priority and likelihood of confusion" as well as "false suggestion of a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols" as the grounds for opposition.