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…
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…
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…
INDIANAPOLIS — At the NFL Combine, it’s customary for prospects to get bombarded with questions about which teams they’ve met with. Have you talked to the Buccaneers? Have you met with the Jets? And so on. But at his combine press conference on Friday, Fernando Mendoza didn’t have to field a single one of those…
As the calendar flips toward March, the NCAA Tournament picture has started to crystallize. For weeks, the prevailing belief across men’s college basketball has been simple: A trio of No. 1 seeds are essentially spoken for. Duke, Michigan and Arizona have looked like clear-cut top seeds. That left one final No. 1 seed dangling —…
St. Petersburg, Fla. — INDYCAR is officially back! Drivers get on track Friday for the first time in the 2026 INDYCAR season as they prepare for the season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Sunday’s race (Noon ET on FOX) will be the first time Will Power drives for Andretti Global after 17 years at Team…
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…
Rowdy fans, superstars, late-inning drama and a competitive vibe that feels more like October than March. The 2026 World Baseball Classic will have it all. Played across two continents and composed of 20 nations, the WBC begins on March 3 and culminates with the Championship Game on March 17 in Miami. Will we see Team…
Nearly five decades into a Hall of Fame career, there aren’t many nights that qualify as unfamiliar territory for Rick Pitino. His résumé includes seven Final Fours and two national titles. Now at St. John’s, he’s far more accustomed to making history than enduring it. But a 72-40 loss to UConn on Wednesday night was…
St. Petersburg, Fla. — Mick Schumacher has the experience and the last name that has created a buzz going into the 2026 season. Just look at some of the odds. Bookmakers have Schumacher, who has never made an INDYCAR start and has no experience of any kind on an oval, as having a better chance…
