OXFORD — The days of 100 cars showing up to qualify for the Oxford 250 are long gone. The funny part is, nobody seems to much care. A decade ago, it was all anybody cared about, so much so that in 2006, Bill Ryan Jr. decided to drastically alter the landscape of the race at […]

Cam Newton hobbling to the locker room, the recipient of an unnecessary injury in an unnecessary game. A cash-grab in Canada, leading to what didn’t even qualify as a glorified scrimmage on an 80-yard field. The Falcons charging top dollar to cheer for a quarterback last seen trying to make the Patriots as a receiver. […]

On June 3, of last year, I wrote a column that appeared under the headline “Like Father, Like Son: Blue Jays’ farm system filled with legends’ kids.” In that article, I reported how Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., whose father had recently been elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, Bo Bichette, son of Dante […]

BOSTON — It’s settled: Tom Seaver is “Tom Terrific,” not Tom Brady. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejected Brady’s application to take control of the nickname on Thursday, ruling that it “points uniquely and unmistakably to Tom Seaver.” It adds that giving Brady a trademark for “Tom Terrific” might lead people to conclude the […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — This was not the return to the field that Cam Newton was hoping to make. The Carolina Panthers quarterback left Thursday night’s 10-3 exhibition loss to the New England Patriots in the first quarter with a foot injury that left him grimacing on the sideline. The 2015 MVP was playing for […]

This is why USA Basketball went to Melbourne. The Americans wanted trouble. They got some. Thursday’s 102-86 win over Australia was everything that U.S. coach Gregg Popovich could have wanted in a World Cup tuneup game for his squad. A few days removed from traveling halfway around the world, playing a road game in front of the […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady’s 40th birthday prior to the 2017 season was supposed to mark the start of decline for the NFL’s most-decorated quarterback. Instead, it ended with Brady becoming the oldest MVP in league history and coming eight points short of taking the Philadelphia Eagles to overtime in a Super Bowl thriller. The […]

NEW YORK — Tom Brady is an old man by NFL standards, and he has been for a few years. Yeah, whatever. The New England Patriots quarterback has defied age, logic and the annual naysayers who think this might just be the season when he’ll finally look like a guy whose playing days are coming […]

BOSTON — Brock Holt helped the Red Sox make quick work of the Kansas City Royals in a victory that was two weeks in the making. Holt hit an RBI single with one out in the 10th inning as Boston beat Kansas City 5-4 on Thursday to complete the weather-suspended game that began Aug. 7. […]

LACONIA, N.H. — New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung has been indicted in New Hampshire on a charge of cocaine possession, according to court paperwork released Thursday. A Belknap County grand jury indicted Chung, 32, on Aug. 8. Chung knowingly possessed cocaine on June 25 while in Meredith, authorities said. Chung’s arraignment is scheduled for […]