Just a few weeks back we all weren’t sure if the season would ever happen, but on Thursday the NFL kicked off the start of the 2011 Preseason with five games. Preseason Week 1 Scoreboard Thursday, Aug 11 Final Baltimore… Read More ›
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Menard wins at the Brickyard
Paul Menard’s victory Sunday at Indianapolis (The Brickyard) continued the trend of first-time winners this season in NASCAR’s crown jewel events. Trevor Bayne won the Daytona 500, Regan Smith won at Darlington Raceway and David Ragan won earlier this month… Read More ›
NFL and Players Going back to work!
NFL players voted to OK a final deal Monday. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said “This is a long time coming, and football’s back and that’s the great news for everybody.” The sides worked through the weekend and wrapped up the… Read More ›
NFL Labor Talks
According to NFL Network insider Jason La Canfora, an NFLPA source believes that if progress continues, the players could vote on an agreement Tuesday. Owners would have to sign off on the new CBA language, too. Sources involved in the… Read More ›
NASCAR at New Hampshire
Ryan Newman held off his teammate and owner, Tony Stewart, by 0.773 seconds at the line in the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Stewart pitted nine laps later and had plenty of fuel to go to… Read More ›
David Ragan’s First Career Win
Matt Kenseth pushed David Ragan for the final two laps as Ragan cruised to his first career Sprint Cup win in 163 starts. It helped Ragan atone for the Daytona 500, when he was black-flagged for passing too early on the… Read More ›
Hamlin wins at Michigan
Denny Hamlin being the defending race winner had his weekend start by NASCAR confiscating the teams’s unapproved oil pan. Hamlin started the race in the 10th position and a caution on lap 191 brought out by Dale Earnhardt Jr. when… Read More ›
Childress fined $150,000
Richard Childress was fined $150,000 on Monday for assaulting Kyle Busch. Childress was also placed on probation through the end of the year. NASCAR found the 65-year old team owner solely at fault for the incident on Saturday at the… Read More ›
Keselowski wins at Kansas
Stretching his fuel mileage at Kansas Speedway, Brad Keselowski ended a 60-race winless streak and made his second trip to Victory Lane in the Cup Series. “It’s not always the fastest car that seems to be winning these races;” Said… Read More ›
Former KC Royal has Died
The winningest pitcher and broadcaster for the Kansas City Royals, died Wednesday at the age of 64. Just 10 days after it was announced that Paul Splittorff was battling melanoma and oral cancer, the KC Royals said that Mr. Splittorff passed… Read More ›
Carl’s Million Dollar Victory
Saturday night Carl Edwards in a stellar performance wins the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Using brilliant pit strategy and winning multiple segments Carl brought home the million dollar prize money. His only mistake of the… Read More ›
Kenseth wins Dover
Matt Kenseth wins at Dover on Sunday beating out Mark Martin and Marcos Ambrose. This now gives Kenseth two wins this season, his first coming earlier at Texas. Ambrose posted his best finish of the season. Edwards led 117 laps and has… Read More ›
Showtime for Smith
Regan Smith finally made it to Victory Lane at Darlington in the Showtime Southern 500, Saturday night. Smith who hadn’t won in 105 starts, started 23rd Saturday night. Carl Edwards finished second, Brad Keselowski 3rd, Kasey Kahne 4th and… Read More ›
Opening Day 2011
Major League Baseball 2011 opening day is Thursday March 31. There are only a total of six games being played. I’m glad to see that they are not officially starting the season with a Sunday night game like they have in years… Read More ›
Harvick wins at Fontana
The #29 Chevy of Kevin Harvick bumped Jimmie Johnson out of the way on the final lap on Sunday to win the Auto Club 400. Kyle Busch’s 3rd place finish kept the #18 from wining both the Nation Wide and Sprint Cup races on… Read More ›
Edwards, Biffle…1,2
Roush Fenway Racing on Friday swept the front row for the Bristol race on Sunday (3/20/11). Carl Edwards posted a lap of 128.014 to claim the pole from his team-mate Greg Biffle, who ran a lap of 127.622 and will start second… Read More ›