Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck will start training camp on the physically unable to perform list, but the Colts expect him to be ready for the start of the NFL regular season. Luck had surgery on his throwing shoulder in January to address the effects of an injury he first suffered back in 2015. In May, … Read more
Graham Rahal completed a sweep of IndyCar’s Detroit double-header on Sunday winning his second race in as many days with another dominant performance. Rahal was leading when a breakdown for Spencer Pigot spewed oil and prompted organizers to red-flag the race. It resumed with three laps to go and Rahal survived the dash to the … Read more
Graham Rahal led 55 of 70 laps en route to a dominant victory Saturday in the first race of IndyCar’s Detroit double-header this weekend. Rahal, driving for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, notched the fifth win of his 11-year IndyCar career and his first since he won a thriller at Texas Motor Speedway last August. The … Read more
Takuma Sato says a little sleep deprivation is a small price to pay for the thrill of becoming Japan’s first winner of the Indianapolis 500. The one-time Formula One misfit etched his name in history on Sunday, when he passed Helio Castroneves with five laps to go the held off the three-time winner to capture … Read more
Formula One misfit Takuma Sato was the toast of Japan on Monday after becoming the first driver from his country to win the storied Indianapolis 500. The 40-year-old, once the butt of jokes in Formula One after several high-speed crashes, roared to victory Sunday to claim one of motor racing’s biggest prizes, holding off Brazil’s … Read more
When the moment came, Takuma Sato seized it, and was rewarded with one of auto racing’s grandest prizes. Sato became the first Japanese driver to win the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, holding off three-time winner Helio Castroneves of Brazil to do it. Sato had toiled for two weeks at Indianapolis in the shadow of temporary … Read more
Japanese driver Takuma Sato (C) is greeted on the starting grid of the 101st Indy 500 by former US driver Johnny Rutherford, who won the race three times Takuma Sato won the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, becoming the first Japanese driver to triumph in America’s iconic race. Sato passed three-time winner … Read more
Pole sitter Scott Dixon of New Zealand was able to climb from his crippled car Sunday after a spectacular crash that brought the 101st Indianapolis 500 to a temporary halt. Britain’s Jay Howard bounced off the outside wall near turn one at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and slid into Dixon’s vehicle, sending it careening into … Read more
New Zealand’s Scott Dixon captured pole position for the 101st Indianapolis 500 with a dramatic four-lap qualifying run Sunday while Formula One racer Fernando Alonso booked a second-row start. Dixon, who won his only Indy 500 crown in 2008 from pole, drove his Honda-powered car around the 2.5-mile (4km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval at 232.164 … Read more
French driver Sebastien Bourdais underwent successful surgery for pelvic injuries he suffered in a fiery crash while trying to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, IndyCar officials said Sunday. Bourdais suffered multiple fractures to his pelvis and a fractured right hip Saturday when his car slammed into the outer wall of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2.5-mile … Read more
Defending champion Alexander Rossi and three-time winner Helio Castroneves are among seven former winners named Sunday as drivers of the 33 cars entered for the 101st Indianapolis 500. The IndyCar namesake classic, 200 laps around the 2.5-mile (4km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, will be staged May 28 with qualifying next weekend. US racer Rossi took … Read more
Defending champion Alexander Rossi and three-time winner Helio Castroneves are among seven former winners named Sunday as drivers of the 33 cars entered for the 101st Indianapolis 500. The IndyCar namesake classic, 200 laps around the 2.5-mile (4km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, will be staged May 28 with qualifying next weekend. US racer Rossi took … Read more
Australia’s Will Power captured his 30th career IndyCar victory on Saturday, winning the Grand Prix of Indianapolis by 5.2 seconds over New Zealand’s Scott Dixon for his first 2017 triumph. Pole-sitter Power led 61 of the 85 laps over the 14-turn, 2.439-mile (3.925km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in the final tuneup for the Indianapolis … Read more
The Indianapolis Colts announced Tuesday they planned to retire Peyton Manning’s No.18 jersey and unveil a statue of the legendary quarterback outside the team’s stadium in October. Manning, who retired from the National Football League after leading the Denver Broncos to an upset Super Bowl victory over the Carolina Panthers last year, spent 13 seasons … Read more
Donald Trump Jr. took an Indiana victory lap Monday, speaking at the state Republican party’s spring dinner just more than one year after the state’s primary propelled his father toward the presidential nomination. The President’s eldest son issued a call to action to the Indiana Republicans, noting that recent victories like his father’s 2016 win, … Read more
Gift Ngoepe, who became the first African player to appear in a Major League Baseball game Wednesday, marked the occasion by getting a single in his first at-hat for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ngoepe, from Polokwane, South Africa, entered the game playing second base in the fourth inning of the Pirates 6-5 win over the Chicago … Read more
US actress Erin Moran, who played mischievous kid sister Joanie on the sitcom “Happy Days” and its spin-off “Joanie Loves Chachi,” has died. She was 56. The Harrison County Sheriff’s department in Indiana said Moran was found “unresponsive” following a 911 call to the authorities at 4:07 pm (2007 GMT) on Saturday. “Upon the arrival … Read more
Mexican immigrant Roberto Beristain’s own American wife voted for Donald Trump as US president because he promised to expel crooks from the country. Now, after 20 years living and working in the United States, it is Beristain himself, a 43-year-old father of three, who has been deported. “My wife is not very happy, because she … Read more
LeBron James just missed a triple-double, pouring in 32 points with 11 assists and nine rebounds in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 112-105 NBA victory over the Hornets in Charlotte. Kyrie Irving added 26 points and Kevin Love chipped in 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Cavs, who connected on 55.4 percent of their shots from … Read more
Jason Pierre-Paul, the defensive end who lost a finger and damaged his right hand in a 2015 fireworks accident, signed a four-year NFL contract Friday with the New York Giants. The deal for the star pass rusher is reportedly worth $62 million with $40 million of it guaranteed and another $4 million possible through incentive … Read more