Pocono planning improvements, safety upgrades

After spending ample time addressing the issue of drivers being fined for comments detrimental to NASCAR, the second-most-asked question in the media center at Pocono focused on the safety of the track hosting Sunday’s Cup Series race.
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Childress, Stewart add insight on owners’ meeting

Team owner Richard Childress this weekend at Pocono Raceway said last week’s mass-meeting of NASCAR owners at Hendrick Motorsports was a concerted discussion on cutting costs and improving the sport — not the preliminary step to forming an owners’ group.
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Logano fast in Happy Hour but needs a bit more

Joey Logano was laughing Saturday at Pocono Raceway when he admitted his second-fastest lap of Happy Hour was a one-shot deal, on his first lap on the track.
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Riders giving receiver a chance

Adarius Bowman’s first opportunity in pro football is actually a second chance. Bowman — who is poised to participate in the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ rookie camp — was a virtual lock to be selected in the 2008 NFL draft until he was convicted of misdemeanour possession of marijuana in April.

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Report: OU’s McCoy reaches deal with Tampa Bay

He’s the third Sooner in two days to reach an agreement.
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Cliff Corcoran: Hopeful Dodgers solidify starting rotation by grabbing Lilly

The Dodgers may be in third place in the National League West, seven games out, and 4 1/2 games out of the wild card hunt entering Saturday’s action, but they still see themselves as contenders. Their acquisition of Scott Podsednik from the Royals on Thursday may not have been convincing, but their Saturday afternoon deal [...]

Tim Marchman: Padres striking right balance between aggression and reality

No team in the National League has won more games than the San Diego Padres this year, or outscored other teams by more runs. Just one team has a lower payroll. Credit them for trying to improve at the trade deadline, and credit them more for doing it.
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Cliff Corcoran: Best players remaining on market

With just hours left before this afternoon’s 4 p.m. EDT non-waiver trading deadline, here’s a quick look at some of the players widely rumored to be on the market who have yet to switch teams.
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Georgina Turner: Man City has early edge in EPL’s race for fourth

The last six Premier League titles have been won by Chelsea or Manchester United, so it is hardly surprising that last season’s shoulder-to-shoulder race for fourth place between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City captured the imagination. Fingernails in the north and the south were gnawed short as the two clubs exchanged the lead several times [...]

Ben Lyttleton: Charlie Davies back but not at full speed

Charlie Davies had three days off last week so he went to Rome with his girlfriend. They ate pizza and ice cream, and did what tourists normally do in the Italian capital: a trip to the Vatican, walking up the Spanish steps and then, at the Trevi fountain, throwing in a coin and making a [...]

Jim Trotter: Smith’s ego runs counter to Chargers’ goals

SAN DIEGO — A.J. Smith’s second-floor office at the Chargers’ training facility has wall-to-wall glass windows, tropical plants and colored M&Ms in a large glass jar on his desk. There are practice tapes and a playback machine on the shelving along one wall, and a large magnetic white board hanging from another.
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Nebraska Cornhuskers’ In For Breakout Year Says Football Handicapping Guru

It’s safe to say most of the Big 12 was happy to see Colt McCoy leave for the NFL.

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Ross Tucker: Conditioning hits center stage with Haynesworth, Cody; plus your mail

The NFL really is amazing. Seemingly without fail, every couple weeks a new incident crops up that opens the eyes of the fans to a facet of the NFL that they don’t know very much about. I consider it my job, in part, to fill in the blanks when such a situation arises, and this [...]

New Kansas Jayhawks football coach Turner Gill looks forward, not back

Kansas football coach Turner Gill has yet to coach a game for the Jayhawks, but already, he’s been through a lifetime of stress.

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OU single-game tickets go on sale Monday

OU single-game tickets go on sale Monday A limited number of single-game tickets for each of OU’s six home football games will go on sale Monday.
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