Michael Annett

Richard Lapchick had just moved to Central Florida in 1997 when he got a call from Brian France. He wanted to get together to chat. "My goal is to make NASCAR look like America," France told Lapchick when they met. It was a perfect fit: France was...

Michael Annett, a driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, will be out indefinitely after suffering a broken sternum in Saturday's race at Daytona International Speedway, his team said Tuesday. Annett, 26, was scheduled to have surgery after doctors in...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Auto Racing--NASCAR Sprint Cup, Daytona 500, 11 a.m. (FOX); Drag Racing, Arizona Nationals, same-day tape, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) Men’s College Basketball--Illinois at Michigan, Noon (ESPN); Cincinnati at Notre Dame, 1 p.m. (CBS);...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — With the start of the Daytona 500 just hours away, NASCAR officials still have some cleaning up to do amid growing questions about fan safety. The season opener will go off as planned Sunday less than 24 hours after at...

DAYTONA BEACH – At least five people in the stands were reportedly injured at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday when a multi-car accident sent wreckage into the safety fence in front of the grandstand. The accident came on the final lap...

Tony Stewart won Saturday's DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway, but the elation of his victory disappeared in the wake of a heart-stopping wreck that saw Kyle Larson's car demolished after flying into the crossover gate that provides...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NFL Football--Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals, Noon (CBS); Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks, 3 p.m. (FOX); Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants, 3:25 p.m. (CBS); Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons, 7:20 p.m. (NBC)...

|TODAY| |COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL|  Northern State vs. Dickinson State, Wachs Arena, 4 p.m. |COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL| |NSIC Tournament| |at Gangelhoff Center in St. Paul, Minn.|  Championship, 3 p.m. |SWIMMING|  Aberdeen Swim Club at...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Tennis--ATP World Tour Finals, 8 a.m., 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NFL Football--Denver Broncos at Carolina Panthers, Noon (CBS); Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings, Noon (FOX); Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles, 3:25 p.m. (FOX); Houston...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NFL Football--Baltimore Ravens at Houston Texans, Noon (CBS); Arizona Cardinals at Minnesota Vikings, Noon (FOX); New York Jets at New England Patriots, 3:25 p.m. (CBS); Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals, 7:20 p.m. (NBC)...

Richard Petty Motorsports and Ford Racing will partner for a fourth consecutive season in 2013.     RPM will also continue to lease its cars from Roush Fenway Racing and its engines from Roush Yates Engines.     The team said it will continue fielding a...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| College Football--Louisville at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. (ESPNU); Texas vs. Oklahoma, 11 a.m. (ABC); Iowa at Michigan State, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Northwestern at Minnesota, 11 a.m. (ESPN2); Alabama-Birmingham at Houston, 11 a.m. (FXSP);...