Search

Today in Sports - Julius Erving becomes only player to win MVP award in NBA and ABA 05/26/2024 10:00am • May 27 1823 ��� A $20,000 match race between American Eclipse (representing The North) and Henry (representing The South) is held at Union Course, Long Island, N.Y. American Eclipse wins in two-of-three heats, after his original jockey, William Crafts, is replaced by Samuel Purdy before the second h Josef Newgarden was on top of the world after winning the Indy 500. This year feels much different 05/26/2024 08:20am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� A social media post designed to introduce drivers in the Indianapolis 500 to the general public put Josef Newgarden in an awkward light when the reigning race winner was asked a simple question. ���Which IndyCar driver would you take on a road trip?��� asked the questionnaire. Zimbabwe authorities mix charm with force in an attempt to shore up the world���s newest currency 05/26/2024 01:25am • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ��� The introduction of the world's newest currency in April inspired a reggae artist to record a song praising the ZiG, or Zimbabwe Gold. The catchy tune, titled ���Zig Mari,��� received generous play on state television and radio. The musician, Ras Caleb, received a car and Va. Attorney General Miyares challenging heavy truck emissions rule and other federal proposals 05/25/2024 11:48pm • Joining 23 conservative-led states��� efforts, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has signed on to legal challenges to new federal rules designed to advance emission reductions and address what scientists say is causing extreme weather events. Miyares has challenged several rules, including Kyle Larson qualifies 10th for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte after another busy travel day 05/25/2024 07:44pm • CONCORD, N.C. (AP) ��� Kyle Larson qualified 10th for the Coca-Cola 600 following yet another busy day of travel between Indiana and North Carolina. Larson is attempting to join Tony Stewart on Sunday as the only drivers to complete all 1,100 miles on the same day as part of running the Indianapolis California teenager arrested after crowd pounded and kicked a deputy's car 05/25/2024 07:35pm • HIGHLAND, Calif. (AP) ��� A teenager was taken into custody after a crowd of young people swarmed a deputy's patrol car earlier this month, kicking and punching the vehicle before the deputy could drive away, a California sheriff's office said this week. The 15-year-old male allegedly opened the dr Ricky Stenhouse Jr vows not to retaliate, wreck Kyle Busch at Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte 05/25/2024 07:23pm • CONCORD, N.C. (AP) ��� Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has cooled off and no longer plans to wreck Kyle Busch at the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. But that doesn���t mean he and Busch are back on speaking terms. Stenhouse said he spoke to Busch���s team owner Richard Childress ��� who had Chase Elliott wins first NASCAR Xfinity Series race since 2016 at Charlotte Motor Speedway 05/25/2024 04:50pm • CONCORD, N.C. (AP) ��� Chase Elliott proved he still knows how to win an Xfinity Series race. Running on fresh tires, Elliott held off Brandon Jones on Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway to win his first race on the NASCAR's lower circuit since 2016 and his sixth overall. It was a rare cameo for E Verstappen endures a rare bad day in F1 but it's worse for Red Bull teammate Perez 05/25/2024 02:26pm • MONACO (AP) ��� Red Bull driver Max Verstappen endured a rare bad day in Formula 1 on Saturday, qualifying only sixth for the Monaco Grand Prix on a track notoriously hard to overtake on. A day after saying his car was ���jumping like a kangaroo��� during practice, the three-time world champion was Leclerc takes pole position for Monaco GP and ends Verstappen's bid for F1 record 05/25/2024 01:09pm • MONACO (AP) ��� Charles Leclerc took pole position for Ferrari at the Monaco Grand Prix and ended Max Verstappen's bid for a record-extending ninth straight pole on Saturday. Verstappen, who shares the Formula 1 record with the late Ayrton Senna, starts Sunday's race from sixth place for Red Bull on What you can do to try to stay safe when a tornado hits, and also well beforehand 05/25/2024 12:32pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Record warmth this winter fueled a deadly tornado outbreak across parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas in March. Then tornadoes killed multiple people and injured at least 35 others in Iowa. Recent twisters have even struck in places unaccustomed to them, such as one near L Millions vote in India's grueling election with Prime Minister Modi's party likely to win third term 05/25/2024 09:44am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Millions of Indians voted Saturday in the next-to-last round of a grueling national election with a combined opposition trying to rattle Prime Minister Narendra Modi���s campaign for a third-consecutive term for himself and his Hindu nationalist party. Many people lined polling st Drivers who try the Indy 500-NASCAR 600 double have had mixed results. Kyle Larson is next 05/25/2024 08:44am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Only four drivers have attempted one of the most grueling days in motorsports: the 1,100-mile Memorial Day weekend double. Kyle Larson is trying to become the fifth to race in both the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 on the same day and the 31-year-old Californian Reopened bridge in Silver Spring marks milestone for Purple Line 05/25/2024 08:30am • After six years of closure, the Talbot Avenue Bridge in Montgomery County, Maryland, has reopened for pedestrian and vehicle traffic, marking what officials deemed progress in the yearslong Purple Line light rail project. Officials thanked the community for its patience while construction was und What's open and closed on Memorial Day 05/25/2024 08:15am • In what had long been celebrated every May 30 to honor America's fallen soldiers, Memorial Day officially became a federal holiday in 1971, observed on the last Monday in May. Businesses increasingly have chosen to stay open on the holiday, leading to what is now one of the biggest retail sales and