Story Highlights Repave at Charlotte Motor Speedway eight years ago has taken edge out of event Kasey Kahne, Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards also leading contenders for Coke 600 win Busch was last driver to sweep All-Star Race and Coke 600, in 2010 (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — CONCORD, N.C. — Once hailed [...]
Boston Marathon 2013: Talented international field in Boston marathon
April 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(Reuters) – A talented international field including last year’s champions Wesley Korir and Sharon Cherop assembled on Monday for the 11th Boston marathon with Kenyans and Ethiopians again expected to dominate. Korir battled record temperatures last year to win in two hours 12 minutes 40 seconds but conditions are expected to be much more conducive [...]
Horse Racing Recap: Oxbow, Overanalyze battle War Academy in Arkansas
April 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Will Take Charge, right, and Oxbow, center, both trained by D. Wayne Lukas, went head to head down the stretch during the Rebel Stakes last month at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark. Will Take Charge beat Oxbow in that race, but will not face him in Saturday’s Arkansas Derby.(Photo: Danny Johnston, AP) Story Highlights [...]
Racing: Fernando Alonso fastest on day three of second pre-season test
February 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / BBC Sports) — Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso set the pace in Barcelona on the penultimate day of the second pre-season testing event. At the Circuit de Catalunya, the Spanish double world champion posted one minute 21.875 seconds – 0.285 secs quicker than Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg. Lotus’s Romain Grosjean was third, 0.313 secs behind Alonso [...]
NASCAR: Don’t overlook Kasey Kahne for the 2013 Sprint Cup championship
January 31, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Kasey Kahne’s fourth-place finish in 2012 may give him the boost and experience he needs to contend for a championship. Kevin Liles/US Presswire (PhatzRadio / SI) — He’s not the favorite and shouldn’t be considered among the leading contenders to win the championship. Instead, he says, call him an underdog. Kasey Kahne’s reasoning for this [...]
NFL Playoff Scenarios, Week 17: Two spots left in NFC race
December 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots looks on during a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Field on December 23, 2012 in Jacksonville, Florida. (December 22, 2012 – Source: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / SI) — For all the scenarios that we’ve picked through over the past few weeks, the [...]
NASCAR: Busch wins pole, Keselowski outqualifies Johnson
November 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Toyota, sits in his car during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on November 9, 2012 in Avondale, Arizona. (November 8, 2012 – Source: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images North America) AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Brad Keselowski isn’t rolling over for Jimmie Johnson, [...]
College Football Top 25 AP / BCS: Notre Dame passes Oregon in BCS
October 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — OK, now I should be happy about this poll but I’m not. No matter how much I want Notre Dame to be No. 1, they are not the best team in the nation. Alabama is the best team. Period! – Now, we can debate No.2 through No.5 which should be Kansas [...]
Horse Racing Recap: Orfevre’s Arc bid may be hampered by bad draw
October 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
PARIS (AP) – Japanese thoroughbred Orfevre will have to overcome a bad draw to beat rival Camelot in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday. Orfevre, the Japanese Triple Crown winner, has been in good form after winning last month’s Prix Foy on the same turf at Longchamp. But Orfevre has been drawn in [...]
NASCAR: Keselowski conserves fuel to win at Dover, move into lead in Chase
October 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Dodge, pits during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway on September 30, 2012 in Dover, Delaware. (September 29, 2012 – Source: Chris Graythen/Getty Images North America) DOVER, Del. (AP) — Brad Keselowski had fuel to spare for a couple of victory burnouts. [...]
