Dayne Barron can still recall the lanky photojournalist from the Topeka Capital-Journal newspaper dropping in at his childhood home in Topeka, Kan. “He came over to our house as part of a series on homemakers and their favorite recipes” – said Barron, now manager of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s Medford District. “I remember […]
Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel started his 2011 Formula One defense in emphatic style on Sunday – leading the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne from start to finish. McLaren’s 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton did well to finish second after damaging his car on the first corner while Lotus Renault’s Russian driver Vitaly Petrov […]
Missouri Tigers AD Mike Alden flanked by Marcus Denmon, Laurence Bowers and Kim English announced at a Wednesday night press conference that the rumors were true – head coach Mike Anderson is headed to Arkansas to become the head coach of the Razorbacks. The rumors had been out there for over a week although the […]
Los Angeles. Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers dug down deep when it mattered on Tuesday night to remain the hottest team in the NBA. Bryant scored 42 points, including a floater with 14 seconds left in the third overtime, as the two-time defending NBA Champions outlasted the pesky Phoenix Suns for a thrilling […]
Chicago. Keisha Hampton has been to the NCAA tournament and has come home a first-round loser along with the rest of her DePaul teammates the past two years. She’s tired of it. “The first two tournament games (2009 and 2010) we lost because we didn’t defend anybody and we didn’t rebound” – said Hampton, who […]
The NFL lockout inched closer to reality as the players and team owners failed to agree on a new collective bargaining agreement to save the 2011 season. The NFL Players Association decertified as a union and said that it will become a professional trade association. That allowed the players to file an antitrust suit against […]
Before filling out the March Madness brackets, the conference tournaments have to get underway. There may not be any conference in college basketball that is as talented as the Big East. When championship week gets underway, the Big East tournament will take center stage. 1 – The Big East has the potential to send 11 […]
Daytona Beach, Fla. As the temperatures climbed this week at Daytona International Speedway and the NASCAR Sprint Cup rulebook was altered almost daily, the hottest word around the garage prior to the Daytona 500 was cooling. In the new Daytona era of two-car packs, keeping the engine of the trailing ‘pusher’ car properly cooled will […]
Cricket fever has already began all over the world and now the hype hits Indian markets. World Cup Cricket 2011 is starting today at Dhaka, Bangladesh today. Two co hosts India and Bangladesh is playing in the opener. Cricket is the most favorite game for the asian countries like India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. […]
The eyes of the golfing world will be on Tiger Woods from today as he tees up for this week’s Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates Golf Club. The former world number one has never finished outside the top five in five starts in Dubai. But, after finishing just 44th at Torrey Pines two weeks […]