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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 ...

F1 Review: Ferrari melts in Hungary’s cool temps

As Formula 1 (F1) drivers prepared for the first practice session in Budapest, Hungary, two drivers gave their seats to rookies. Each driver, over the course of the season, must give at least two practice sessions over to a rookie driver but the teams can choose when that happens. Nico ...

A’s find hope in Nick Kurtz and young stars as team eyes Las Vegas in 2028

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Even Athletics veterans walk around the clubhouse wearing "Nick Kurtz goes yard" T-shirts, and they know what he means for the franchise's future. Kurtz, who recently had one of the greatest individual performances in big-league history, is the odds-on ...

F1 Review: Second is best in Belgium

The pace of the Formula 1 (F1) weekend at the historic Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium was frenetic as it was the third of six sprint weekends. Instead of three practice sessions, qualifying, and then the race which is the normal F1 schedule, sprint weekends have only one practice session, ...

F1 Review: Formula 1’s Hulk finally transforms in the UK

Nico Hülkenberg, age 37, is the third oldest driver currently in Formula 1 (F1) behind only Fernando Alonso (43) and Lewis Hamilton (39). He’s a journeyman driver, of sorts, having driven for Williams, Force India, Sauber, Renault, Racing Point, Aston Martin, Haas, and now Kick Sauber (with ...