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St. Petersburg, Fla. – Jimmie Johnson is looking forward to fans being able to see him race in his next adventure.Johnson is going back to his roots to race around, well, roots and all, in the Mint 400, a 400-mile off-road race March 6-7 in Nevada outside Las Vegas. The race weekend was once immortalized as being the backdrop for Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in […]

Meet the tough-shot maker who leads Maryland women's hoops: Oluchi Okananwa. The women's college basketball season is ramping up with high-stakes games every night and the NCAA Tournament just around the corner. In those key regular-season games, March Madness stars introduce themselves to the nation with magical moments and Cinderella runs. We're teaching you about them before they become national heroes. Ahead of No. 14 Maryland facing No. 8 Michigan […]

St. Petersburg, Fla. — Alex Palou thinks he could follow his eight-win 2025 with an eight-win 2026. Kind of. "Yes, it's possible," Palou told me Thursday prior to the INDYCAR opener this weekend in St. Petersburg. "It's very hard, very low chances. But it's possible. "It's possible to win 17 races. I'm not going to do it, but it would be possible." The Chip Ganassi Racing driver seeks his fifth […]

The smiles and sheepish grins began spreading wider and wider around the 9:13 mark of the second half, following back-to-back eye-popping buckets from Michigan center Aday Mara, the second of which extended the Wolverines’ lead to 13 points. He followed his skyscraping alley-oop dunk with a remarkable offensive rebound-turned-twisting-reverse layup that drew a foul and produced a traditional three-point play. Mara and frontcourt partner Morez Johnson Jr. beamed with glee. […]