CAMBRIDGE—A golf tournament in memory of Haley Harp of Cambridge was held Sunday, Aug. 15, at Valley View Country Club, Cambridge. The event was sponsored by the country club and Cerno’s Bar & Grill, Kewanee.
Juan Pablo Montoya beat a field of driving stars from nearly every driving discipline to run away with Sunday’s Heluva Good Sour Cream Dips at The Glen.
Kurt Busch earned his best Sprint Cup finish at Watkins Glen International Sunday.
After six years of never finishing worse than second, Tony Stewart showed he was human at Watkins Glen International.
When Jeff Gordon thought he might have to miss some seat time at Watkins Glen International this weekend due to the impending birth of his second child, it didn’t take the four-time champ long to pick out a potential replacement.
Since 2002, Tony Stewart has proven to be the driver to beat at Watkins Glen International.
CAMBRIDGE—The Cambridge Youth Sports League (CYSL) will host a mush ball tournament, 3-on-3 basketball tournament and volleyball tournament during the Cambridge Main Street Family Fest and Auto Show Saturday, August 21. Registration forms are available on the CYSL website. Deadline for entry is Monday, Aug. 9.
NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Justin Allgaier needs drive and stamina to keep up with his schedule -- and that's before he gets on the racetrack.
The Sprint Cup schedule has what I deem 19 uninteresting events – those 1.5- to 2.5-mile ovals, many of which appear twice. So the best way to diversify is to schedule more road races
ANDOVER—The Terrible Swedes ruled Andover from the 1920s into the 1940s, and for one day they ruled the village again in the 2000s. Feats of the famous baseball team were celebrated with a game against WQAD TV during Andover Colonial Days on Saturday, June 2, 2007.
Andover Lake Park hosted the slowpitch softball game on the Terrible Swedes Diamond.
CAMBRIDGE—Main Streets TEE-M Together Golf Classic will be on Saturday, June 5, at Valley View Country Club, Cambridge. Proceeds from the event will benefit both Cambridge Main Street and Main Street Orion. To sign up for the event, phone Main Street Orion at (309) 526-8299 or Cambridge Main Street at (309) 937-2633.
Can you blame Jeff Gordon for being a little testy with Jimmie Johnson these days? I’m not even talking about the on-track scrapes the two have gotten into lately.
Randy Bernard has the toughest job in sports. He’s the man picked to guide the Indy Racing League for the foreseeable future. Tiger Woods’ image consultants might have easier assignments than Bernard’s.
The media has NASCAR cornered, bloodied and trying to lift its weight on a chain-link fence at the end of a long dark alley. In this public relations bout, the press is Mike Tyson circa 1987, while NASCAR plays the role of Rocky – the squirrel, not Balboa.
After witnessing its television ratings drop, its grandstands fall embarrassingly short of full capacity and its fans get turned off by a boring, bland racing product on the track, NASCAR decided it was time to act. Carl Edwards was certainly listening.
Keselowski’s Atlanta tumble was just the latest in a series of skirmishes.
If you like to play golf, especially without injury, now is the time to begin your physical preparation. It is difficult to design specific developmental exercises for golf because the golf swing is one of the most complex and unnatural actions in sports. However, excellent results can be attained by strengthening and stretching all your muscle groups.
Golf can be a tough sport to master, but one entrepreneur is selling a device that can make it much easier for golfers to perfect their swings. The Thumb Caddy is a small device slipped over the grip of a golf club to help stabilize a golfer’s left hand.
A turbulent Speedweek produced everything from heavy rain to potholes to a typically stormy restrictor-plate finish in the Daytona 500. Now the Sprint Cup series heads for the mellower climes of Southern California and the Auto Club 500 at Fontana. This Sunday’s race, sans plates, should provide a better barometer of the 2010 season. Here’s what to look for over the next nine months.
