Win puts Junior in points lead
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TALLADEGA, Ala. - Dale Earnhardt Jr. was nearly perfect on the racetrack. His only slipup Sunday came during a postrace television interview.
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A last-gasp goal that stole victory in regulation, a wide-open shot that bounced off the goal post. Then, the only teen-ager on the team came to the rescue.
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Last week at Kentucky Speedway, 41-year-old Adrian Fernandez became just the second driver older than 30 to win a race this season.
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Freshman O.J. Mayo scored 13 of his 20 points in the second half to help No. 24 Southern California take control on the way to a 70-57 victory over UC Riverside on Saturday.
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Ibrahim Jaaber scores 18 points to lead five players in double figures as Pennsylvania leads from start to finish in defeating Navy, 79-58.
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Juan Pablo Montoya spun teammate Scott Pruett to take the lead with eight laps left, then held off Denny Hamlin to win the Busch Series race on Sunday for his first NASCAR victory.
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ANCASTER, Ontario  - Young Colombian Camilo   Villegas fired a 64 to share the second-round lead at the   Canadian Open on Friday and move into contention for his first   PGA Tour win.
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The five drivers locked in the closest championship race in NASCAR&#39;s history have a single, simple goal in today&#39;s Southern 500: win.
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Junior Katie Weatherston had a hat trick and junior Cherie Piper collected 6 points as the No. 2 Dartmouth women won their showdown with No. 1 Minnesota yesterday, topping the Golden Gophers, 7-5, at Hanover, N.H.
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GRAND FORKS, ND -- Anthony Stewart felt the weight of the world junior hockey championship lifted off his shoulders last night. Stewart, relegated to the role of 13th forward the previous night against Sweden
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Sweden beat the three-time defending champions in the world junior hockey championship at 20o on Saturday with a last-second goal.
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CROMWELL, Connecticut  - Rookie Zach Johnson  produced the day's joint best score, a five-under-par 65, to  join Fred Funk at the top of the leaderboard after the second  round of the $4.2 million Buick Championship Friday.
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A post-race slip of the tongue has cost driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. the lead in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Chase for the Championship. Earnhardt used an obscenity during his post-race, televised interview
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Kurt Busch claimed a stake in the points lead in the NASCAR Chase for the Nextel Cup yesterday, winning the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway.
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Ryan Newman ran away from the field, while four-time series champion Jeff Gordon took the NASCAR Nextel Cup points lead yesterday at the MBNA America 400 at Dover (Del.) International Speedway.
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Josh Duncan's first shot was a dead-center 3-pointer. For his next shot, the junior center darted inside to get a three-point play.
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If Jamie McMurray were in the Chase for the Nextel Cup, he&#39;d be second in the standings. Under last year&#39;s points system, McMurray would be sixth.