(CNN) — The driver of a truck that crashed into a crowd of spectators, killing eight, said in a Facebook message that he was devastated by the incident.
The California Highway Patrol identified the driver as Brett Sloppy. Authorities said Sloppy is not facing any charges in the crash that took place Saturday at an off-road [...]
Jimmie JohnsonSunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 some drivers flourished while others faltered.
The unique shape of Phoenix International Raceway is always a challenge. When weird weekend weather is added to the mix it makes for an even more interesting race track.
Some drivers handled the changing track conditions better than others and [...]
According to race officials, three men died of what is believed to be cardiac arrest during today’s 32nd Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon.
Two of the men, whose names, ages and hometowns were not being released, collapsed at the finish line. One man collapsed around the 12 mile mark at a fluid station, said Rich Harshbarger, vice [...]
LONDON — Moving swiftly to limit the damage from the worst scandal in the history of Formula One motor racing while saving the participation of one of its most powerful and wealthy sponsors, the sport’s ruling body confirmed on Monday that France’s Renault racing team had fixed a grand prix in Singapore last year by [...]
PARIS – Lance Armstrong’s children were dressed in yellow. He was not.
When the seven-time Tour de France champion returned to the Tour podium Sunday, his family was there. His fans were there. And so was rival and teammate Alberto Contador — wearing the coveted and hard-won yellow jersey.
Four years after his seventh Tour win, Armstrong [...]
MONTELIMAR, France — Tour de France riders are off on the last crucial stage, heading for a finish on the dreaded Mont Ventoux as winds swept wildly across its peak.
Alberto Contador has a firm grip on the yellow jersey. The main question is whether seven-time champion Lance Armstrong can hold on to third place.
Saturday’s 103.8-mile [...]
It would take something very unusual — crash, illness — for wraithlike Alberto Contador to lose the Tour de France now.
But that doesn’t mean the next three days will be boring.
Expect Lance Armstrong to fight extra hard in today’s 25-mile time trial in Annecy, France, and even more so on Saturday when the tour takes [...]
LE GRAND BORNAND, France (Reuters) – Lance Armstrong had another hard day on the saddle on Wednesday yet the American was convinced he could still snatch the runner-up spot on the Tour de France.
The seven-time Tour champion could not follow the Schleck brothers or Astana team mate Alberto Contador in the demanding ascent to the [...]
VERBIER, Switzerland — Alberto Contador won a showdown with Lance Armstrong on Sunday, capturing the yellow jersey with a dominating victory in the first Alpine stage of the Tour de France.
Armstrong moved up to second place in the standings after the 15th stage, but lost time to his Astana teammate, who took control of the [...]
After a series of flat stages that belonged to sprinters and kept the overall leaders in a holding pattern, it was back to the business of climbing Friday in the Tour de France.
The rainy Stage 13 took riders on slickened roads from Vittel through the Vosges to Colmar, a tricky route of 124.3 miles, or [...]
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Water Professionals Week declared in county
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