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INDIANAPOLIS _ Pat Patrick was in his cushy office Thursday. The one with the big desk back at his business base in Jackson. Not the one with the big toolboxes […]

INDIANAPOLIS _ Gil de Ferran recalls with vivid detail every second of his only Indianapolis 500 _ the whole half-mile or so. De Ferran, the reigning CART FedEx series champ, […]

INDIANAPOLIS _ It was a Friday in February at Daytona International Speedway. Eddie Cheever, by his own repeated admission, made a mistake during the all-star International Race of Champions. Before […]

INDIANAPOLIS _ Tony Stewart is glad to be back home again in Indiana. Stewart, a full-time driver on the NASCAR circuit, will attempt to qualify for the May 27 Indianapolis […]

DETROIT _ NASCAR continues to grapple with safety issues in the wake of Dale Earnhardt's death. CART postponed last Sunday's Texas race because of driver disorientation at high speeds. But […]

DETROIT _ An Unser. An Andretti. About a month to get ready. It's beginning to look a lot like the Indianapolis 500 _ before the greatest spectacle in motor sports […]

DETROIt _ On a few Sundays since his most recent boxing triumph, Damon McCreary has been verbally nudged at church about handling the attention. "Let's just say some fellow churchgoers […]

Almost universally, reviewers have deemed "Driven" to be drivel. One wrote that the pet project of Sylvester Stallone, who stars and wrote the screenplay, is less "Days of Thunder" than […]

Crowe DETROIT _ Vito LoPiccolo, 75, says he's 75 percent certain his long-running "Motor City Motor Sports" will be permanently parked this fall. His friends and associates are 100 percent […]

Crowe DETROIT _ Unlike Lennox Lewis, Chris Byrd has landed on his very fast feet. Even before Lewis' stunning fifth-round knockout loss to 20-1 underdog Hasim Rahman in South Africa, […]

DETROIT _ It could pass as a large, mostly unfinished basement, except the concrete floors hold enough equipment to make it clear it's a place of serious boxing business. This […]

DETROIT _ Yes, the Detroit Grand Prix appears to be off the respirator. But the CART FedEx race remains in intensive care. Almost daily, Grand Prix president Bud Stanner talks […]

DETROIT _ Too many times last year, even Elliott Sadler feared that he always would be known as the younger brother of Busch Grand National veteran Hermie Sadler, and little […]

DETROIT _ The last time I wrote at length about Prince Naseem Hamed, I received several threats that make Mike Tyson's vow to eat Evander Holyfield's children appear measured. Obviously, […]

DETROIT _ The pattern is a little, well, odd. In odd-numbered years, 1997 and '99, Dale Jarrett has finished second at Texas Motor Speedway near Ft. Worth. So the odds […]

DETROIT _ At the MotorCity Casino, James Toney of Ann Arbor, left, and Saul Montana show they're ready to face off in the headline bout of tonight's Fight Night at […]

DETROIT _ Shortly before a brief showcase workout this week at Motor City Casino, James Toney was asked whether he could whip actor Will Smith. "I do it every day," […]

He could not have stepped into bigger racing shoes. And Kevin Harvick could not have filled them with more class. NASCAR team owner Richard Childress turned to Harvick, 25, after […]

It's the talk of the pound. Don versus dog. And the way Allie, a Labrador mix, is kicking Don Shane's human bootie, she might as well be named Ali. Allie […]

DETROIT _ Strategy? Derrick Jefferson of Detroit don't need no stinkin' strategy when he fights Saturday night for Wladimir Klitschko's WBO heavyweight title. "I mean, this guy listens to Mozart […]

Crowe DETROIT _ Home for the hockey holidays. Top-ranked Michigan State and Michigan have landed in the West Regional of the 12-team NCAA hockey tournament. And if the teams began […]

DETROIT _ No, he's not Hutch because of the old "Starsky & Hutch" show. Andrew (Hutch) Hutchinson isn't even a fan. "I'm a little too young for that," said Hutchinson, […]

She wasn't bragging or otherwise being brash. But as Shawna Robinson said this week: "This is a big deal." Robinson, 36, confirmed that she will attempt to race in more […]

DETROIT _ It will take plenty of stern stuff for Jose Celaya to step into Kenito Drake's backyard later this month. But it might take more on Drake's part to […]

DETROIT _ For much of the past two seasons, I bemoaned the fact that CART's breath of foreign fresh air _ 1997-98 champ Alex Zanardi _ had been replaced by […]

DETROIT _ Hilmer Kenty was a junior-welter champ with a 29-2 record. A proud confession up front: Hilmer Kenty is my favorite fighter ever. Nice right. Nice left. Nice speed. […]

DETROIT _ In a perfect world, none of us would die. And in a near-perfect world, the rest of us could deal with death in a day. But as Dale […]

DETROIT _ It still makes you feel good about baseball. Good about the Tigers. Good about turtles. Good about life. The Tigers moved de facto from WJR-AM to WXYT-AM with […]

DETROIT _ Don't count on John Ruiz-Evander Holyfield being lovelier the second time around. Saturday night, for the second time in eight months, the two men will meet for the […]

It rained on The Rock. Often. And hard. Make what you want of that. Fox did, making the most of a soggy situation as NASCAR tried to roll on Sunday […]

DETROIT _ Soft walls. Head-and-neck support devices. No restrictor plates. Or even more restrictive restrictor plates. Car-making materials that better absorb the kind of horrific impact that took Dale Earnhardt's […]

DETROIT _ It might not seem possible to those whose roots aren't in Alabama. But Brett Shelton, new president of Michigan International Speedway, is no stranger to this kind of […]

DETROIT _ Without looking it up _ like some of us say "John F. Kennedy _ Nov. 22, 1963" _ Ernie Harwell almost instantly recalled that Babe Ruth died of […]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. _ At one point in Sunday's Daytona 500, after Dale Earnhardt finally succeeded in passing a particular competitor, he responded with what was expected from The Intimidator: […]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. _ For a brief time, Michael Waltrip was elated Sunday. He won the Daytona 500, his first victory in 463 NASCAR Winston Cup starts. But Waltrip's joy […]

Crowe DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. _ As Eddie Cheever's Pontiac Firebird limped from the Daytona International Speedway infield back to pit road Friday, it was the target of tossed debris from […]

Crowe DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. _ Most drivers seem to expect the excitement in Sunday's Daytona 500 to approach the classic chariot scene in "Ben Hur." But not everyone handling the […]

Crowe DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. _ After finishing Thursday's first 125-mile qualifying race for Sunday's Daytona 500, Jerry Nadeau made a colorful prediction. "This is just a taste of what the […]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. _ It was perhaps the most inspired performance in Thursday's twin 125-mile qualifying races for the Daytona 500. Kyle Petty, trying to overcome a tragic year for […]

DETROIT _ It will be homecoming for James Toney and Jackie Kallen, a coming-out party for Rickey Womack and another serious statement from MotorCity Casino about its involvement in the […]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. _ Two years ago, when Ronald McDonald took his big feet elsewhere, it was about as low as Bill Elliott thought he could go. "I don't know […]

Crowe DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. _ In the dictionary under "humble," there should be a picture of Kevin Hamlin _ getting screamed at by Dale Earnhardt. It also might make a […]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. _ Following last year's Daytona 500 _ one of the most boring in memory _ seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt suggested that NASCAR founder Bill France […]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. _ Who let the Dodges out? NASCAR did Friday at Daytona International Speedway, where the first practice for the Daytona 500 was a downright Dodge day. Three […]

It was akin to having a horse in the Kentucky Derby, but being stuck in the stall on race day. Except that it was last Aug. 5 during the Brickyard […]

DETROIT _ Daring to be big at the box office, but vulnerable enough to tempt the title-holder, Derrick Jefferson has landed a March 24 bout against WBO heavyweight champ Wladimir […]

DETROIT _ It's not your father's football league. That will be clear from the start this weekend, when the most recent indirect challenge to the mighty NFL kicks off without […]

DETROIT _ No doubt about it: The man behind the new XFL is World Wrestling Federation founder Vince McMahon. But the man behind the man is a Michigan man. It's […]

STATESVILLE, N.C. _ Ray Evernham could have pretty much named his price, picked his NASCAR position, or gone on a lengthy vacation with William Shatner. Instead, Evernham has happily landed […]