It didn’t take last-minute heroics Wednesday night, just full-time concentration.Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 29 points to lead No. 1 Memphis to a 97-71 victory over Tulane on Wednesday night, giving coach John Calipari his 400th victory and a chance for a major sigh of relief. “I was scared to death,” Calipari said. “I had a pit in my [...]
Robby Gordon was docked 100 points and his crew chief was suspended for six races and fined $100,000 as NASCAR penalized 10 teams in its three different national series for infractions found at Daytona International Speedway. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was one of seven drivers penalized for Nationwide Series infractions, and six crew chiefs were suspended. [...]
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was tantalizingly close enough to the front of the field for most of the 50th running of the Daytona 500. Close enough for his legions of fans to feel the first spark of elation that would have accompanied a victory in the biggest race of NASCAR’s season.But it wasn’t to be. As [...]
Tony Stewart had the after-party all planned out, and it would start in the infield media center at the Daytona International Speedway. It seems Stewart had promised his crew if he won Sunday’s 50th running of the Daytona 500 he would cut his hair — right after the winning press conference. Those plans, as it [...]
Watching Penske Racing teammates Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch finish 1-2 in Sunday’s Daytona 500 was a bitter pill to swallow for Hendrick Motorsports. It’s not that any of the Hendrick drivers feel any ill will toward either race winner Newman or runner-up teammate Busch. It’s just when the story of how teammates helped one [...]
Another thriller, another heartbreak at the Daytona 500. For the second straight year, The Great American Race came down to the last lap. This time the drama rewarded Ryan Newman, who hadn’t won in 81 races over more than two years, and team owner Roger Penske, long the king at Indianapolis but never a winner [...]
New team. New number. New season. Back to the same old results for Dale Earnhardt Jr. Earnhardt won the exhibition Budweiser Shootout with a dominating run Saturday night in his new Hendrick Motorsports ride, powering past Tony Stewart with two laps to go and holding on for his first win against Cup drivers since early [...]
Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch were ordered to steer clear of each other Saturday in hopes of preventing a repeat of their high-octane confrontation during the first day of Speedweeks. NASCAR officials summoned Stewart and Busch for a follow-up meeting Saturday, a day after the two drivers tangled on the track — and possibly in the [...]
It has been less than three months since the final checkered flag flew on the 2007 NASCAR season. But ready or not, the new year is about to go green. Teams have converged on Daytona International Speedway and “Speedweeks 2008″ is set to kick off this weekend. And for most drivers, actual competition can’t come [...]
$37,500 - Amount that Patriots nosetackle Vince Wilfork has been fined by the NFL for on-field incidents this season; he was hit with his fourth sanction, $5,000, for unnecessary roughness during the AFC Championship Game. 12.88 – Seconds by which Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar shattered the world indoor two-mile record at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games; her [...]
