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Paul Harraka, the first Drive for Diversity driver to win a race in a NASCAR regional touring division, was one of 10 finalists to emerge Tuesday from two days of tryouts for the 2010 class.

Michael Sim had eight straight birdies and finished with a course-record 8-under 64 on Thursday to take a three-stroke lead in ...

The 2010 Amgen Tour of California will venture high up into the Sierra Nevada Mountains, dispense with the traditional prologue, include a time trial in Los Angeles and feature the first mountaintop finish in the racea s four-year history at Big Bear.

Victoria Azarenka is one of the hardest hitters and most promising young players on the women's tour. Here, in outstanding photos, is how she delivers all of that power. Photo Study of Victoria Azarenka's Strokes originally appeared on About.com Tennis on Friday, October 23rd, 2009 at 20:57:28.Permalink | Comment | Email this

Armstrong outsprints some wrestlers in the 2009 edition. Photo: Casey B.Gibson The 2010 Amgen Tour of California will venture high up into the Sierra Nevada Mountains, dispense with the traditional prologue, include a time trial in Los Angeles and feature the first mountaintop finish in the race's history at Big Bear.

Resting of England captain Andrew Strauss emphasises rotation may be the only way to keep players fresh.

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Australia's Michael Sim has been breaking records and separating himself from the field all year, so a run of eight consecutive birdies during the opening round of the $1 million Nationwide Tour Championship shouldn't have come as much of a surprise to anyone.

Top seed Vera Zvonareva's bid for the last remaining berth in the season-ending WTA championship in Doha was scuppered as she fell to Bulgarian qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova at the Kremlin Cup.

Every year, hotshots from the ranks of collegiate golf turn pro about halfway through the PGA Tour season, seek out sponsor invitations to get into tour events, and try to win their way onto the tour - avoiding Q-School. Some of those golfers may have some modest success in the events they get into; rarely does one make a big splash. Tiger Woods earned his PGA Tour card by winning late in 1996, but, well, he's Tiger Woods. (In recent memory there were also two amateurs, Phil Mickelson and Scott Verplank, to win tour events as amateurs.) Now it's Rickie Fowler's turn to give it a shot. And he's making a pretty good attempt at it - on Saturday he moved into a tie for the lead after two rounds the Frys.com Open. His round included an eagle after driving a 345-yard par-4. And this comes a week after he finished tied for seventh in his first PGA Tour event as a pro, the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. If Fowler can somehow pull off the victory, he won't have to bo

Michael Sim had eight straight birdies and finished with a course-record 8-under 64 on Thursday to take a three-stroke lead in the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island.