Look out for Cliff Lee, Chase Utley and this New Red Machine. Lee outdueled CC Sabathia, Utley homered twice and the Philadelphia Phillies kept rolling through October, beating the New York Yankees 6-1 on a misty Wednesday night in the World Series opener. ...more

October 29, 2009

Quadriplegic To Make History Travis Tollett plans to make history July 19 at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb when he becomes the first quadriplegic to compete in the annual "Race to the Clouds." ...more

February 28, 2009

Tommy Milner and former American Le Mans Series class champion Dirk Müller will fill out the full-season lineup for BMW Rahal Letterman Racing team, Rahal Letterman and BMW of North America announced Wednesday. The pairing will join Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand as the drivers for the team's inaugural two-car effort with the new BMW M3 in the Series' GT2 class for 2009. ...more

December 22, 2008

To be sure, the 2008 American Le Mans Series was a season to remember for Farnbacher Loles Racing's Dirk Werner. The 27-year-old German was the lead driver for the team's first full season with a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in GT2, the deepest class in the Series. ...more

November 17, 2008

It was nearly 1 a.m. when B.J. Upton appeared at his locker Thursday. Most of his Rays' teammates had already been quizzed about the 3-2 loss to Philadelphia in Game 1 of the World Series, and the clubhouse was beginning to clear, but a large group of reporters waited to hear what Upton had to say because, as usual, he had been a focal point of the game. It wasn't the way he would have wanted to make his World Series debut, although he did have a nice throw from center field to cut down Shane Victorino at home, saving a run. At the plate though, it wasn't good. He went hitless in four at-bats. He hit into double plays his first two times up. And then there was that thing that follows Upton continually: the hustle issue. ...more

October 23, 2008

WHO'S HOT Carl Edwards has won half of the eight races run this year on 11/2- and 2-mile tracks, a show of championship strength given that half of the 10 Chase races are run on intermediate tracks. Two of Edwards' five Sprint Cup victories have come in the past three races. ...more

August 20, 2008

"Singularity" by Kathryn Casey (St. Martin's Minotaur, $25) ...more

July 13, 2008

When Zephyrhills' David Reutimann competed in the Craftsman Truck Series a few years ago, he drove for driving legend Darrell Waltrip's North Carolina-based team. ...more

June 28, 2008

Louisiana-Lafayette might be a bit off the beaten path in the college sports landscape. However, it felt like home to freshman Ashley Brignac. ...more

May 30, 2008

Joey Logano reached the legal age to race at NASCAR's national level just four days ago, and there's still only one way to describe his Nationwide Series debut this weekend at Dover: ...more

May 28, 2008