Carl Edwards won the Subway Fresh Fit 500 on Sunday moving up to 11th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings but it is Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson who maintains the series points lead heading into Las Vegas. Below are the point standings after the first of thirty-six events this season. NASCAR Sprint [...]
Carl Edwards won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. Jimmie Johnson was second followed by Denny Hamlin. It was the first win for Edwards in 70 races. Edwards’ last win came at Las Vegas in 2011. After winning the race Edwards did his customary back-flip and then took a moment to [...]
Clint Bowyer’s return to Phoenix did not result in a win but was able to manage a respectable sixth. Of course the day was not all easy for Bowyer. On an early pit stop Bowyer ran into one of his crewmen and made contact with another car. The team opted to go ahead and change [...]
Danica Patrick struggled with her car all weekend at Phoenix. After qualifying 40th, Patrick made little headway in her second Sprint Cup start of the season. Just past halfway Patrick cut a tire midway though turn three sending her No. 10 Chevrolet SS into the wall collecting the No. 34 Ford Fusion of David Ragan [...]
The family of Detroit Tigers reliever Bwas attacked by three armed robbers in Venezuela. The robbers threatened to return and kidnap Brayan Villarreal’s relatives in the future. Police were alerted by a neighbor of the situation. According to police reports the robbers assaulted Villarreal’s father and threatened to kill his mother and brother if they [...]
The Cleveland Browns may have told Colt McCoy that he was in the teams plans for 2013 but that is no guarantee. McCoy’s salary is scheduled to rise thanks to playing time escalators. McCoy’s base salary for 2013 was to be $575,000 but will now rise to $2.325 million. Since the Browns do not consider [...]
Jake Long is unlikely to return to the Miami Dolphins next season. Long is reportedly asking for $11 million a year in his next contract. Long’s demands are well short of what the Dolphins are said to be offering. Miami is said to be offering the tackle between $6 and $7 million, roughly $4 million [...]
The Subway Fresh Fit 500(k) will take place at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday. A field of 43 cars will take the green flag in the second race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The race is 312 laps, 312 miles (500k) around the 1 mile Phoenix track. Leading them to the green will [...]
Ichiro Suzuki was in a car crash Saturday night. Ichrio’s car collided with another vehicle. “He is fine,’’ Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. “His interpreter called to let us know.’’ Ichiro was headed south on a Tampa highway around 4 p.m. when he hit Linda Trange La. Trange Le had failed to yield the [...]
Mike Trout had a historic rookie campaign in 2012 so the Los Angeles Angels did what anyone would do in their position, they renewed his contract for $20,000 over the league minimum. The 20-year-old Trout has little say over his contract for the upcoming season even if he finished second in the AL MVP voting. [...]
