Television ratings for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals are up from the first game. The NBC telecast drew a 3.4 rating and a 6 share. That's up from the 2.6 rating and 5 share of Saturday's Game 1. Detroit beat Pittsburgh 3-1 in Sunday night's game to take a 2-0 lead in the series. ...more

June 1, 2009

The president was so interested he took time out from saving the country from economic ruin to fill out his bracket. Television ratings have been up even though Billy Packer is working this NCAA tournament from a Las Vegas sports book and, thanks to Villanova, we don't have to see Mike Krzyzewski's smiling face for another year. ...more

March 30, 2009

Quite appropriately, the American Le Mans Series 100th race generated record-breaking performances both on and off the track. The 57th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida saw the fastest race ever recorded in event history. But it also featured exponential gains in other areas including Web site traffic, ticket sales and television ratings. ...more

March 27, 2009

Television ratings for the first and second round of the NCAA Tournament are up 6 percent from last year. ...more

March 24, 2009

NBC recently renewed its television contract with Notre Dame football through the 2015 season, betting the bank that the Irish, who have not won a national championship since 1988 or a bowl game since 1993, can consistently deliver television ratings that keep corporate sponsors happy and revenue streams flowing. ...more

July 29, 2008

What is your top memory of Yankee Stadium? I really have a lot of them, but none will surpass July 30, 1949. It was my 15th birthday. I was a huge Yankees fan, and they were playing the Chicago White Sox. We were sitting in the upper deck. Before the game started, they brought a huge birthday card onto the field. I turned to my mother and said, "How could you do this to me, embarrass me like this?" Well, it turned out that it was Casey Stengel's birthday, too. That's who the card was for. ...more

July 16, 2008

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig on Tuesday repeated his oft-made assertion that the Rays, Florida Marlins and Oakland Athletics can't compete unless they get new ballparks. ...more

July 16, 2008

First, there is Lorena Ochoa, now the world's most dominant golfer on two legs. Following closely is the retiring Annika Sorenstam, ready to end her LPGA Hall of Fame career at the end of this season but still No. 2 in the world. After that two-fisted punch comes a wave of angles and story lines that could be built on readiness and resurgence. ...more

June 25, 2008

Wayne Jefferson recently performed an amazing racing feat. Jefferson, known to local racing fans as "The Rocketman," won all four Open-Wheel Modified races he entered in May. His streak began with a victory at USA Speedway in the final event of the FASCAR Extreme Series on May 3. ...more

June 19, 2008

The NBA commissioner dismissed as "baseless" allegations from a former referee at the center of a gambling scandal that the 2002 playoff series was rigged by league referees and officials. ...more

June 11, 2008