May 23, 2013

NASCAR: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon ‘fine’ after radio dust-up

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Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, leads Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet, during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 19, 2012 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (August 18, 2012 – Source: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA [...]

Argument erupts over Radcliffe’s marathon record

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(Reuters) – Marathon bodies opposed on Tuesday a move by the governing IAAF to reclassify Paula Radcliffe’s 2003 women’s world record and replace it with a slower time. The International Association of Athletics Federations agreed in Daegu, South Korea, last month to acknowledge as women’s world records only those times set in all-women competitions. Performances [...]