UPDATE: One of the two people critically injured is a child, according to Daytona Beach public information officer Jimmie Flynt. UPDATE: At a Saturday evening press conference, officials from NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway said at least 28 fans were injured
On Thursday, former CBS News anchor Dan Rather appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” to rebuke new media outlets for, in his view, tarnishing American journalism. Rather said good reporting was in decline, and with the “new Internet,” “traditional journalism”
Danica Patrick, who will be the first female to start a NASCAR in the pole position in Sunday’s running of the Daytona 500, is leading in merchandise sales going into the Great American Race. When Patrick won the pole last
San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh said he finally reached out to his brother to talk after the Baltimore Ravens, the team his brother John coaches, beat his San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3. “Talked
The NCAA has decided to let Texas A&M quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel keep all financial earnings that come from successful lawsuits against those who infringe upon his “Johnny Football” trademark. This decision could, in the future, potentially
Texas A&M quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel will be taking all online classes next fall at the school because his newfound celebrity makes it more difficult for him to physically show up to class. “It just happened to
Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R) told an influential Republican audience in Ohio that President Barack Obama’s lasting legacy will be a new generation of Republican leaders. “We got clobbered the last time around, but we are continuing to see a
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) requested Friday that Chuck Hagel, the former Nebraska Senator nominated for Secretary of Defense, give Congress access to his archives at the University of Nebraska and past speeches from the Washington Speakers Bureau, the agency that
Representing the “spirit” of the Bay Area, the Golden State Warriors on Friday became the first NBA team in history to wear uniforms with sleeves when they defeated the San Antonio Spurs at home in overtime 107-101. The jerseys, designed by
To aid the confirmation of counterterrorism chief John Brennan as the next director of the CIA, the White House will release more emails and documents related to the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. According to Politico,
The Chicago Blackhawks broke the NHL record for the most consecutive games without a regulation loss to start a season when they defeated the San Jose Sharks 2-1 at home on Friday. Chicago forward Brandon Saad scored a short-handed goal
The U.S. Justice Department has joined Floyd Landis’s whistle-blower lawsuit against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong. According to Armstrong’s lawyers, the “lawsuit alleges the former Tour de France champion concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs for over a decade and defrauded
Palestinians rejected an offer to team with Israelis in a soccer match against world powerhouse Barcelona in an exhibition match designed to promote peace. According to the Associated Press, Palestinian Football Association President Jibril Rajoub met with Barcelona President Sandro
On Thursday, No Labels co-leader Jon Huntsman urged Republicans to lead the fight to legalize gay marriage in states that do not recognize it. Writing in The American Conservative, the former Ambassador to China for President Barack Obama, Utah governor,
When President Barack Obama and Congress agreed to increase the federal payroll tax by two percent to temporarily avert the so-called fiscal cliff in January, Americans were left with less money to spend. Now, some of the country’s largest companies
On Friday, the judge in Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial granted the South African double below-the-knee amputee Olympian bail after determining Pistorius was not a dangerous person, did not pose a flight risk, and would not try to intimidate potential witnesses.
President Barack Obama’s reverse Midas touch is at work again. After playing a round of golf with Obama last weekend at the exclusive Floridian golf club, Tiger Woods promptly lost to Charles Howell III, 2 and 1, for the first
When President Barack Obama banished the White House Press Corps from his golf outing with Tiger Woods at the exclusive Floridian golf course last week, White House reporters threw a fit not because they were unable to ask him the
On Wednesday, NBC News deliberately twisted a quote from Tiger Woods’s Tuesday press conference to give viewers the impression that President Barack Obama was a much better golfer than Woods actually claimed he was. In a fawning TODAY Show segment about
On Thursday, NFL quarterback Tim Tebow canceled his appearance to speak at First Baptist Church of Dallas next month after Tebow came under pressure from the sports media to do so. On his Twitter account, Tebow stated, in a series of
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama spoke for the first time about his golfing vacation with Tiger Woods last weekend. Interestingly, he commented about Woods to a reporter who is not a part of the White House press pool. In an
ESPN host Colin Cowherd suggested on his nationally syndicated radio show on Tuesday that the Indiana Pacers have low attendance at their home games because Indiana fans are racist. “You’re holding an organization to a standard that happens because of
Before playing their first game since the death of their iconic and legendary owner Dr. Jerry Buss, who died on Monday at the age of 80 after battling cancer, the Los Angeles Lakers honored Buss with a moving tribute before
In an evening that even the master showman Dr. Jerry Buss, who passed away on Monday, may not have been able to script, the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Boston Celtics 113-99 in their first game since the Buss’s death.
On Wednesday, the lead police detective that testified for the prosecution in Oscar Pistorius’s bail hearing in Pretoria, South Africa gave inconsistent – and confusing – testimony that may convince the South African judge presiding over the case to allow
