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• Nadal, Serena secure Italian Open titles

  May 20, 2013 in Sports on Page B2 Tennis: After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from the start and …

• Nadal wins eighth Barcelona Open title

  April 29, 2013 in Sports on Page B2 Tennis: Despite the drizzle, Rafael Nadal won the Barcelona Open in Barcelona, Spain, for the eighth time Sunday, defeating Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-3 for his fourth title of the year. …

• Foyt misses Sato victory at Long Beach

  April 22, 2013 in Sports on Page B6 Takuma Sato became the first Japanese driver to win an IndyCar race on Sunday in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in California. The win came in Sato’s 52nd …

• Johnson dominates start to finish

  April 8, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 No matter the changes to the car, the tires, or the weather, Martinsville (Va.) Speedway is Jimmie Johnson’s kind of place. Johnson led a career-best 346 laps Sunday and pulled …

• Bristol breakout

  March 18, 2013 in Sports on Page B3 Kasey Kahne’s bumper-banging battle with Brad Keselowski was just the warm-up act in an action-packed race on Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn. Former teammates Denny Hamlin and …

• Keselowski on brink of title after ugly race at Phoenix

  November 12, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 When the fighting stopped, the oil had dried and the last of the wrecked cars had been towed away, Brad Keselowski found himself on the brink of a first Sprint …

• Win at Martinsville puts Johnson in points lead

  October 29, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Jimmie Johnson’s expectations are high at Martinsville Speedway, and his results keep showing why. The five-time series champion raced to his seventh career victory on NASCAR’s trickiest oval Sunday in …

• Fever even WNBA series in final second

  October 9, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 WNBA: Shavonte Zellous’ jumper with 0.5 seconds remaining lifted the Indiana Fever over the Connecticut Sun 78-76 in Game 2 of the WNBA Eastern Conference Finals on Monday night in …

• Talladega crash boosts Kenseth

  October 8, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 The championship contenders said Talladega Superspeedway would be the wild-card race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. That was an understatement.

• On top of Chase

  October 1, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 Brad Keselowski had fuel to spare for a couple of victory burnouts. Those few splashes of gas left down the stretch were just enough for a checkered flag — and …

• Hamlin’s prediction happens

  September 24, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 Denny Hamlin stepped out of his car, pointed into the air and took a mighty swing of an invisible baseball bat. Like Babe Ruth did before him (or so the …

• Chase off and running

  September 17, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 Brad Keselowski raced to an impressive victory in the opening race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, outdueling five-time champion Jimmie Johnson at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., on …

• UCLA challenges reports

  September 4, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 NCAA basketball: UCLA says two of its freshmen basketball recruits have not yet received final amateurism certification from the NCAA and is disputing what it calls “misleading and inaccurate public …

• Win at Michigan gives Biffle points lead

  August 20, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 Jimmie Johnson looked as if he had already finished the hardest work. After starting at the back of the pack, he had moved up quickly, and when he passed Brad …

• Montoya takes pole at Pocono

  August 5, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 Juan Pablo Montoya’s contribution to the NASCAR highlight reel so far this season was his crash into a jet dryer in the season-opening Daytona 500. Montoya finally had a bright …

• Dragsters battle weather, each other

  June 25, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Drag racing is all about getting a pass down the quarter-mile in the fastest possible moment to best the opponent in the opposite lane. This weekend fans and teams enjoyed … 4

• Junior ends winless streak

  June 18, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 After four years and 143 races – the agonizing near-misses and all those questions about when he might finally win again – Dale Earnhardt Jr. was alone in his car, …

• Johnson takes 7th victory at Dover

  June 4, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 Jimmie Johnson was the mane man at Dover. Wearing an afro clown wig – tufts of green, red, yellow and blue could be spotted from the stands – Johnson had …

• Keselowski holds off Busch

  May 7, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 TALLADEGA, Ala. – Brad Keselowski got a huge push from Kyle Busch to take the lead with a lap to go Sunday, then used a calculated move to prevent Busch …

• IndyCar driver wins third straight Sao Paulo 300

  April 30, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 Will Power loves racing in Brazil. Power won IndyCar’s Sao Paulo 300 for the third straight time on Sunday, finishing ahead of Ryan Hunter Reay on the 2.5-mile, 11-turn Anhembi …

• Newman wins

  April 2, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 Ryan Newman needed help and was running out of time. Finally, Clint Bowyer provided an opening with two laps to go at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va. Bowyer’s aggressive move …

• Stewart earns third victory in seven Chase races

  October 31, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Tony Stewart hadn’t won a race all season and didn’t list himself as a championship contender when asked to handicap the field before NASCAR’s 10-race playoffs got going. Now, his …

• Keselowski takes Sprint Cup’s checkered flag

  August 8, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Brad Keselowski raced all 500 miles of Sunday’s Sprint Cup stop at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond., Pa., with a broken left ankle. As if that wasn’t enough, he somehow …

• Busch wins on road for first time

  June 27, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 The turnaround for Kurt Busch continued Sunday at Sonoma, Calif., with a dominating run at Infineon Raceway that led to his first career road course victory. Busch led a race-high …

• Hamlin picks up first NASCAR Sprint Cup win of 2011

  June 20, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 Two days after facing questions about unauthorized auto parts and possible penalties, Denny Hamlin enjoyed a happier kind of scrutiny. Hamlin raced to his first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory of …

• Keselowski stretches gas for NASCAR win

  June 6, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. was charging again, hoping that this time he’d be on top of a frantic late fuel-mileage battle. Leader Brad Keselowski stretched his fuel perfectly, dashing Earnhardt’s hopes …

• Audible in pits leads to Kenseth victory at Dover

  May 16, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Matt Kenseth’s first idea was to skip pit road, take a chance he could start first on a restart and hang on for a victory. Then, he had another thought. …

• Earnhardt gives teammate Johnson push to victory at Talladega

  April 18, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Jimmie Johnson won a Talladega two-step Sunday, edging Clint Bowyer by about a foot with a big push from Dale Earnhardt Jr. The official margin was 0.002 seconds, tied for …

• Late pass at Martinsville gives Harvick 2nd straight victory

  April 4, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 MARTINSVILLE, Va. – It was supposed to be a showdown between Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson, the only two drivers able to win at tricky Martinsville Speedway of late. Instead, …

• Worsham tops in top fuel

  March 14, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 Del Worsham defeated seven-time Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher in the final round Sunday of the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway to become the 15th driver to …

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