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F1 Review: Hot times in Singapore

SINGAPORE — When the Formula 1 (F1) cars passed by the checkered flag at the end of the race on the streets of Singapore on Sunday, Oct. 5, McLaren clenched their second consecutive Constructor’s Title with six races remaining in the season. The last time the team was able to win ...

F1 Review: McLaren defying expectations

AZERBAIJAN — Baku makes for a very interesting street circuit on the Formula 1 (F1) calendar as it is the only racing venue where the cars could literally crash into a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The 12th-century defensive walls have so far managed to stave off any errant F1 cars, but judging ...

F1 Review: McLaren makes things weird … again

ITALY — For anyone that tuned in after the first six laps of the Formula 1 (F1) race in Monza, Italy on Sunday, Sept. 7, the top five drivers were all in the same order they started. Viewers would probably then assume nothing much had or would happen in the race. Past seasons of F1 would ...

Thoughts from the penalty box

With 13 freshmen and five transfers, the Michigan Tech Huskies hockey team looks more like a professional team having been ravaged by free agency that scrambled to find players to field a full roster than a college sports team. The reality is this will be a version of how college team athletics ...

F1 Review: Reliability fails Norris

NETHERLANDS — As the Formula 1 (F1) cars took to the winding Zandvoort track with tricky banked corners and unpredictable wind gusts, many drivers were caught out and crashed during the practice sessions. This is one of several courses on the F1 calendar where teams consider a safety car ...

Thoughts from the penalty box

Considering how much fun we had last year going to see Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever play against the Minnesota Lynx, my mother and I decided before this WNBA season began that we needed to do it again this season. That was before Clark injured herself and has missed a large chunk of ...