Jimmie Johnson overpowered the field Sunday night in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway, grabbing his third victory of the season. The two-time reigning Cup champion was easily the class of the field in the Pepsi 500, leading 228 of the 250 laps on the 2-mile oval. He won the race at [...]
The 53-man roster for the season opener isn’t quite set yet, but General Manager Ted Thompson addressed the roster as it stood on Sunday to a group of reporters in Lambeau Field’s media auditorium. The long and short of it is the Packers have a somewhat surprise inclusion at running back, a void for the [...]
Helio Castroneves surely had another fence-climbing celebration running through his mind as he raced toward victory Sunday at the Detroit Indy Grand Prix. Then came a caution flag that cut his lead over rookie Justin Wilson to less than a second. With Wilson breathing down his neck, Castroneves moved his race car into Wilson’s path [...]
John Lynch, the nine-time Pro Bowl safety signed by the New England Patriots two weeks ago, was released Sunday. “It goes without saying but John is an all-time great safety, one of the league’s classiest professionals and his elite play speaks for itself,” coach Bill Belichick said of Lynch, who turns 37 on Sept. 25. [...]
Jayson Werth hit another home run against the Chicago Cubs and 45-year-old Jamie Moyer got his 12th win, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-3 victory that salvaged a split of their four-game series at Wrigley Field. Werth hit a two-run double in the first and a solo drive in the fifth for his 21st [...]
To the Milwaukee Brewers, CC Sabathia pitched the no-hitter that wasn’t. Even if Sabathia may have been the only player in their clubhouse who wasn’t upset that the best-pitched game of his career will go down as a one-hitter. Sabathia limited the Pirates to Andy LaRoche’s infield single leading off the fifth inning, on a [...]
No. 13 Wisconsin’s game plan couldn’t have been much more straightforward going into Saturday’s season opener against Akron: A heaping helping of P.J. Hill, P.J. Hill and more P.J. Hill. And it certainly worked early on. The Badgers’ bulldozing running back rambled for 108 yards and a touchdown in the first quarter, on his way [...]
Chicago Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano was scratched from his start Sunday against the Philadelphia Phillies to give him some time to rest his tired arm. Zambrano, a 13-game winner this season, is 1-1 over his past five starts and twice failed to get out of the fifth inning. He has seen a drop-off at times [...]
Experience beat out potential in the fight for starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals. Coach Ken Whisenhunt said Saturday that Kurt Warner would be the starter over Matt Leinart when Arizona opens its season Sept. 7 at San Francisco. “It was a fair evaluation of that position but it was also tough because both guys [...]
Patience paid off for the Colorado Avalanche, who signed Joe Sakic to a one-year, $6 million contract on Wednesday after he decided to play a 20th season in the NHL rather than call it a career. “Ultimately it came down to the fact that I still enjoy playing and competing,” the 39-year-old captain said in [...]
