[ad_1] What do the 98th Academy Awards have in common with sports? Well, as it turns out, a lot. Like the Super Bowl, March Madness, the Daytona 500 and other huge events whose appeal crosses over into pop culture, the Oscars attracts fans from all walks — including folks who like to place a few wagers on the action. And this year's Academy Awards features a handful of cinematographic works
[ad_1] Alex Bowman will remain sidelined for a second consecutive week as the Hendrick Motorsports driver continues to battle vertigo. Bowman will be replaced by JR Motorsports driver Justin Allgaier for this weekend’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Allgaier, a JR Motorsports driver in the O’Reilly Series (formerly Xfinity) who has 84 career Cup starts and does frequent at-track data-gathering testing for Chevrolet, won the O’Reilly race last March
[ad_1] When Ryan Blaney got into Victory Lane last week at Phoenix, he broke Tyler Reddick's three-win hot streak, while getting manufacturer Ford across the finish line for the first time this NASCAR season. Now, the Cup Series heads to Vegas for the Pennzoil 400, where neither is favored. Instead, Kyle Larson opened as the early favorite at +500. He's trailed closely by Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell, who are
[ad_1] Here's what's happening this week Inside The Garage: Phoenix Raceway (Avondale, Ariz.) — The Team Penske drivers talked about how they felt pressure to perform when INDYCAR and NASCAR got together for a weekend of racing in the valley of the Arizona mountains. It made for a nice storyline. Ryan Blaney won the Cup race Sunday, the day after Penske teammate Josef Newgarden won the INDYCAR event. And he
[ad_1] Michael Jordan's 23XI has been the belle of the ball this year, as the team has won the first three races of the NASCAR season. More specifically, Tyler Reddick — the driver of the No. 45 car — has won the first three races, getting into Victory Lane at the Daytona 500, at EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta and at Circuit of the Americas. Not only has that winning streak
[ad_1] Phoenix Raceway (Avondale, Ariz.) — As Joey Logano stood on pit road during the final INDYCAR practice Friday, he marveled at what he was seeing ... and hearing. "They're going really fast, number one," Logano told me. "They're a little quieter than what our race cars are like. "The biggest things you notice is just the culture difference. The way they have things set up, the way they prepare
[ad_1] Phoenix Raceway (Avondale, Ariz.) — The venue is kind of new but it’s the same old INDYCAR question heading into the second race of the season. How are teams going to beat Alex Palou? "We need to improve and be better — but I think the whole field needs to try and do that for sure," said Marcus Ericsson, who finished sixth in the season opener last Sunday at
[ad_1] Pato O’Ward loves him some INDYCAR. So it is understandable that he's slightly frustrated ahead of the INDYCAR-NASCAR Cup weekend at Phoenix. "I'm sick and tired of INDYCAR being, like, the support race," O’Ward told me and other INDYCAR beat reporters during his media session last Friday morning in St. Petersburg. In the same conversation, O’Ward said, "It is a good thing" and "I’m neutral," on the opinion of
[ad_1] After the next couple of weeks, the power rankings will have a more complete view of what the 2026 season will look like because on the horizon are races at a short track (1-mile Phoenix) and an intermediate track (1.5-mile Las Vegas). Here’s a look at where my rankings stand after Daytona, Atlanta and the most recent race, the road course at Circuit of the Americas. Of course, there
[ad_1] Here's what's happening this week Inside The Garage: Tyler Reddick knows how difficult it is to win one race, let alone three in a season. But three in a row? That's hard for even him to fathom. And he just accomplished it. "What I see out of our competitors, it's really hard to, week in and week out, be in contention to win," Reddick said in the news conference
