Category Archives: Sports

NASCAR Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon ready to partner with Tom Cruise on 'Days of Thunder' sequel
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Help him, Tom Cruise! NASCAR Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon wants a "Days of Thunder" sequel and said at Daytona International Speedway that he's been in touch with the Hollywood...
Justin Cowart Feb 18, 2025 FILE - Jeff Gordon, left, and Tom Cruise listen on stage during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto racing awards, Dec. 4, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, file)

NBA All-Star Weekend Recap
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Global Stars 41 Young Stars 32 Final OGs 42 Rising Stars 35 Final OGs 41 Global Stars 25 Mac McClung will leave it up to others to decide where he ranks among the...
Justin Cowart Feb 17, 2025 Members of Shaq's OGs hold the winners' trophy after the NBA All-Star basketball game Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

NCAAW Top 25; How they fared
No. 1 UCLA (24-1) lost to No. 6 Southern Cal 71-60; beat No. 22 Michigan St. 75-69. No. 2 Notre Dame (22-2) beat Pittsburgh 88-57. No. 3 Texas (26-2) beat No. 8 Kentucky 67-49; beat No. 5 LSU 65-58. N...
Justin Cowart Feb 17, 2025 Iowa State guard Lexi Donarski drives to the basket during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Kansas State, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

NHL saves All-Star week with 4 Nations Face Off; Here's the upcoming schedule
The NHL might have figured it out. The All-Star breaks from the NFL, NBA and MLB the last couple years have been lackluster at best. No effort, guys just clearly not wanting to participate, the fun an...
Justin Cowart Feb 17, 2025 karych / Depositphotos.com

William Byron avoids late wrecks to win 2nd straight Daytona 500 for Hendrick Motorsports
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla (AP) - William Byron fortuitously missed the ferocious wrecks down the stretch at the Daytona 500 that knocked out contenders racing for the checkered flag and left him with a repea...
Justin Cowart Feb 17, 2025 William Byron leaps from the top of his car into the arms of crew members after winning the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

US beats Canada 3-1 at the 4 Nations Face-Off to wrap up a spot in the tournament final
MONTREAL (AP) - Starting with three fights in the first nine seconds and ending with a celebration and a spot in the 4 Nations Face-Off final, the United States delivered exactly what Matthew Tkachuk ...
Justin Cowart Feb 16, 2025

College Basketball Top-25 Scoreboard
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Final (1)Auburn 94 (2)Alabama 85 Final (3)Duke 106 Stanford 70 Final (3)Florida 88 South Carolina 67 Final (5)Tennessee 81 Vanderbilt 76 Final (6)Houston 62 (13)Arizona 58 Fi...
Justin Cowart Feb 16, 2025 yobro10 / Depositphotos.com

Trump to attend today's Daytona 500
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Donald Trump is planning to attend Sunday's Daytona 500 for the second time as president and help further burnish his image as a sports fan. He was at the race in 2020 whi...
Justin Cowart Feb 16, 2025 FILE - President Donald Trump speaks before the start of the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

NBA All-Star Game Update; Mac McClung wins third straight Dunk Contest
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Mac McClung will leave it up to others to decide where he ranks among the best dunkers ever. When it comes to the dunk contest, there is no doubt. The G League star and dunk maven...
Justin Cowart Feb 16, 2025 FILE - An NBA logo is seen at center court prior to an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers, Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The NBA has agreed to terms on its new media deal, an 11-year agreement worth $76 billion that assures player salaries will continue rising for the foreseeable future and one that will surely change how some viewers access the game for years to come. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images via AP, Pool, File)

CBB Top-25 Schedule
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (1)Auburn at (2)Alabama 3 p.m. Stanford at (3)Duke 3 p.m. South Carolina at (3)Florida 7:30 p.m. Vanderbilt at (5)Tennessee 12 p.m. (6)Houston at (13)Arizona 1 p.m. (16)Wisco...
Justin Cowart Feb 15, 2025 Ben Hershey / Unsplash





