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St. Petersburg, Fla — The more things change, the more they stay the same. While several organizations had changes in the offseason as far as their driver lineup, the driver who has dominated the series over the last year continued to blister the competition. Alex Palou, who won eight races in 2025 on the way to his third consecutive INDYCAR title (and fourth overall), won the 2026 season-opening St. Petersburg […]

Jameis Winston quarterbacked the mic during the pre-race festivities at INDYCAR's Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on Sunday. And yes, he also had a pre-race speech for one of the drivers. Winston gave Dennis Hauger a pep talk ahead of the rookie's first INDYCAR race at St. Pete. He also gave him a nickname, calling Hauger the "Norwegian Nightmare." "Age ain't nothing but a number," Winston told the 22-year-old […]

INDIANAPOLIS – There are countless stories about players who showed up at the NFL scouting combine and wowed scouts enough to send their draft stock soaring. Sometimes it was the beginning of their journey to stardom. Sometimes they proved to be "workout warriors" who didn’t actually work out.But every year, some player gets the NFL talking, either with a record-breaking performance or one that unexpectedly comes close. Here’s a look […]

Tyler Reddick is having one of the hottest starts to the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, opening with back-to-back wins in the Daytona 500 and then last weekend at Atlanta. Next up is the DuraMax Texas Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, and Reddick had the fastest car in qualifying, delivering him the pole for Sunday's race. The DuraMax Texas Grand Prix at COTA is set for […]

St. Petersburg, Fla. — Dario Franchitti was glad he had hard contact with James Hinchcliffe in the opening laps of the truck race Saturday on the streets of St. Petersburg. Well, sort of. Franchitti just didn’t want to ruin the day for a driver who was running for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series title. With the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers never having competed on a street course, the prevailing […]

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. […]