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38 results for "nascar"
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About Last Weekend: The Bracket Stops Here
Spike FriedmanIn case you were busy writing a sports recap column in which you carefully embedded subtle Game of Thrones spoilers, here's what you missed in sports this weekend: It wasn't easy, but the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals will be playing for the N...
Blog | April 08, 2013 -
About Last Weekend: Here Comes the Madness
Spike FriedmanIn case you were murdered on the steps of some forum or another Friday, here's what you missed in sports this weekend: The NCAA tournament field is set with Kansas, Indiana, Louisville, and Gonzaga your four top seeds for March Madness. Expect u...
Blog | March 18, 2013 -
About Last Weekend: Big East Memories
Spike FriedmanIn case you were busy celebrating your big Oscars win by drunk-dialing Matt Damon and yelling, "How ’bout dem apples!" here's what you missed in sports last weekend. Georgetown and Syracuse played their penultimate rivalry game as members ...
Blog | February 25, 2013 -
NASCAR Goes Biking
Noah DavisAric Almirola earned more than $4.7 million during the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, winning the pole at the Coca-Cola 600 and driving the no. 43 Ford car to top-10 finishes in two of the year's final four races. The 28-year-old, who was born at Egl...
Blog | February 22, 2013 -
About Last Night: D'Antoni Gets His Groove Back
Shane RyanIn case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Tuesday. Dwight Howard scored 23 points and grabbed 15 boards as the Lakers beat the Nets 95-90 in Mike D'Antoni's first game on the L.A. bench. It was a virtuoso...
Blog | November 21, 2012 -
About Last Weekend: Oregon Quacks Themselves Out of the Title Gam...
Shane RyanIn case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. No. 13 Stanford stymied no. 2 Oregon's vaunted offense and all but ended the Ducks' national title hopes with a 17-14 overtime upset. In what can o...
Blog | November 19, 2012 -
About Last Night: K.C. Can't Stop Steelers
Shane RyanIn case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Monday. Steelers linebacker Lawrence Timmons intercepted Chiefs QB Matt Cassel in overtime to set up a game-winning field goal in a 16-13 win, but Pittsburgh lost...
Blog | November 13, 2012 -
About Last Weekend: D'Lakers Pick D'Antoni
Shane RyanIn case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. The L.A. Lakers hired former Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni to replace Mike Brown. In his basement, Dwight Howard took down...
Blog | November 12, 2012 -
About Last Weekend: You Don't Mess With Bama
Shane RyanIn case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. Facing a hostile road crowd, AJ McCarron led no. 1 Alabama on a game-winning drive, completing the winning touchdown pass with 51 seconds remaining...
Blog | November 05, 2012 -
About Last Weekend: San Francisco's Treat
Shane RyanIn case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. The San Francisco Giants are World Series champions. Marco Scutaro hit the go-ahead single with two outs in the 10th inning as the Giants beat the ...
Blog | October 29, 2012 -
About Last Weekend: Giants Give Cards the Bird
Shane RyanIn case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. Ryan Vogelsong struck out a career-high nine batters through seven dominant innings as the Giants beat the Cardinals 6-1 to force a deciding Game 7...
Blog | October 22, 2012 -
About Last Weekend: Down Goes the Captain
Shane RyanIn case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. The Detroit Tigers took a 2-0 lead on the Yankees in the ALCS with a 3-0 win on Sunday after Derek Jeter suffered a season-ending ankle fracture du...
Blog | October 15, 2012 -
About Last Night: NASCAR's Crash Course
Shane RyanIn case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. Matt Kenseth managed to avoid a 25-car pileup on his way to earning a Sprint Cup victory at Talladega Superspeedway. Kyle Busch, car No. 25 in the ...
Blog | October 08, 2012 -
About Last Weekend: Saints Still Searching for a Win
Shane RyanIn case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. The Kansas City Chiefs overcame an 18-point deficit to stun the Saints 27-24 on Ryan Succop's 31-yard overtime field goal. "You did such a great jo...
Blog | September 24, 2012 -
About Last Weekend: Cam Goes Marching In
Shane RyanIn case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. A referee was pulled from the Panthers-Saints game when his Facebook profile revealed that he was a Saints fan, and Cam Newton's 324 yards of total...
Blog | September 17, 2012 -
About Last Weekend: Mile-High Manning
Shane RyanIn case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. Peyton Manning threw his first two touchdowns as a Bronco, and the 400th and 401st of his career, in a 31-19 victory over the Steelers. After the g...
Blog | September 10, 2012