When the Chicago Cubs visited Tampa Bay for the firs time, they found a boisterous atmosphere that was new for them and their hosts, the surprising second-place Rays.
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BROOKLYN, Mich. -- While the crowd at Michigan International Speedway roared their approval at the winner of Sunday's LifeLock 400, Sam Hornish Jr . stood next to his hauler and wondered how on earth he finished 22nd.
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Mets GM Omar Minaya staged his own Midnight Massacre last night. In a bizarrely timed housecleaning, Minaya fired Willie Randolph, pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base coach Tom Nieto shortly before midnight West Coast
Wood Brothers co-owner Len Wood fully understands a family operation such as Petty Enterprises taking on an outside investor as it did this week when it sold controlling interest to Boston Ventures.
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Kasey Kahne is hot again -- and not just with moms and daughters. Earlier this year, Kahne, NASCAR's No. 1 sex symbol, ran ice-cold in his No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger for a two-month stretch that began in Atlanta in March and continued agonizingly through Darlington in May.