Look What Showed Up on IndyCar.com Today
After Steve Jones asked ESPN’s Vince Welch about Tony Kanaan’s career at the Brickyard yesterday on SJS, today this story popped up on IndyCar.com: By Dave Lewandowski for IndyCar.com 5, 4, 3, 2 – among the finishing positions for Tony Kanaan in 11 consecutive Indianapolis 500 Mile Race starts. Maybe this year he’ll complete the straight flush with a victory in his 201st consecutive Indy car race. But as he and other drivers through the years have said that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway picks you, you don’t pick it. “I don’t feel this place owes me anything,” said Kanaan, who…
Henry Hynoski to undergo surgery on MCL
By Josh Katzowitz |CBSSports.com NFL Writer Giants fullback Henry Hynoski injured himself at the team’s first OTA practice Wednesday after banging knees with running back Andre Brown, and on Thursday, the team announced he’ll have to undergo surgery on his leg. Which means Hynoski likely will miss all of the team’s offseason workouts. From the team’s release: “The exam and tests showed that Hynoski suffered an injury to his medial collateral ligament and a chip fracture to the lateral plateau. Hynoski will undergo surgery on Friday to repair the ligament and the fracture.” Hynoski, though, is interested in returning by…
Vince Welch from Wednesday’s SJS
Wednesday Steve talked with Vince Welch from ESPN’s coverage of the Indy 500. If you missed the expert discussion (and Kevin’s thoughts too), just click on the Podcast link above.
Brian Urlacher Retires
By Ryan Wilson | CBSSports.com The Bears and Brian Urlacher parted ways in March and now, two months later, the 13-year veteran has announced his retirement. “After spending a lot time this spring thinking about my NFL future, I have made the decision to retire,” Urlacher wrote Wednesday. “Although I could continue playing, I’m not sure I would bring a level of performance or passion that’s up to my standards. When considering this, along with the fact that I could retire after 13-year career wearing only one jersey for such a storied franchise, my decision became pretty clear. Storm clouds…
Super Bowl L in San Francisco
By Gregg Rosenthal NFL.com The Super Bowl is headed back to the Bay Area for the first time since 1985. Houston didn’t have to wait so long. NFL owners voted Tuesday at the NFL Spring Meeting to award Super Bowl L in 2016 to San Francisco. The game will be played in the 49ers’ new Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The result came as no surprise. San Francisco beat out South Florida for the honor of hosting the 50th championship game since the NFL-AFL merger. A vote was then taken by the owners to award Super Bowl LI to…
Oxbow Wins Preakness
FollowHorseRacing.com/CBSSports.com – D. Wayne Lukas didn’t waste any time returning his Preakness Stakes winner to Churchill Downs after winning the race Saturday afternoon. Before dawn on Sunday, Oxbow was on a van with eight other Lukas horses back to the Kentucky track. Lukas was also aboard the van, preferring to ride with his horses on their road trips. “I’ve always rode with the horses all my career,” said Lukas “I used to go on the airplanes and stand there with them all the time. We don’t fly much anymore.” Yesterday’s win was Lukas’ record breaking 14th U.S. classic win and…
Indy 500 Lineup
There are two Americans and a rookie on the front row of the 97th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, which will be televised on ABC at 11 a.m. Sunday. One of those is Indiana native and owner/driver Ed Carpenter. Carpenter and his single car team beat out the IndyCar power teams Andretti Motorsports and Penski for the pole on Saturday. Thirty-three starters will take the green flag for 200 exciting laps on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. Helio Castroneves and Dario Franchitti will be seeking their fourth victories in the race, which would put them in elite company (A.J. Foyt,…
Senators Wins Game 3 in 2 OTs
By Brian Stubits, CBS Sports.com Hockey writer – It’s amazing how thin the line can be between the edge of extinction in the Stanley Cup playoffs and being in the thick of a series. The Senators toed that line on Sunday night before Colin Greening’s winner in double overtime kept them on the right side. Unable to beat Penguins goalie Tomas Vokoun for the first 59:30 of the game, it wasn’t until the captain, Daniel Alfredsson, redirected a puck past Vokoun and in, forcing overtime in Game 3. So close to being down 3-0 in the series yet there was…
EJ Viso A Tick Under 230 MPH Before Rain
By Dave Lewandowski for IndyCar.com Before the wind-whipped precipitation, before the spectator exodus of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway just pat 3 p.m. (ET), IZOD IndyCar Series drivers were putting on a speed show on the 2.5-mile oval in preparation for Pole Day qualifications. E.J. Viso’s quest for a 230 mph lap fell just short — 229.537 mph — and the rainstorm curtailed another attempt to crest the lap speed marker. Still, there’s track time available in the morning preceding the noon (ET) start of qualifications. Twenty-four positions will be filled until 4 p.m., when the top nine entries that posted…
NASCAR Driver Dick Trickle Dies of Self-inflicted Gunshot
CBSSports.com – NASCAR driver Dick Trickle has died of a self-inflicted gunshot, according to the Lincoln County (N.C.) Sheriff. According to a press release from the sheriff’s department, Trickle called the Lincoln County Communications Center and said that “there would be a dead body and it would be his,” at the Forest Lawn Cemetery. Office members tried to call the retired driver back, but no one picked up. Workers found Trickle near his pickup truck shortly after. Click here to read more from CBSSports.com.
