David Gilliland

— Excuse David Ragan if he had to ask how to get to Victory Lane. He was, after all, a 100-1 underdog to win at Talladega Sunday afternoon. But he was the last man standing on a grueling afternoon when he squeezed past a number of NASCAR...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Auto Racing--Indy Racing League, IndyCar Sao Paulo Indy 300, 10 a.m. (NBCSN); NASCAR Sprint Cup, Aaron’s 499, 11:30 a.m. (FOX); Drag Racing, NHRA Southern Nationals, same-day tape, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) NHL Hockey--Playoffs,...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Golf--Champions Tour, Legends of Golf, Noon (CBS); PGA Tour, Zurich Classic, 2 p.m. (CBS) NBA Basketball--Playoffs, New York Knicks at Boston Celtics, Noon (ABC); Miami Heat at Milwaukee Bucks, 2:30 p.m. (ABC); San Antonio Spurs...

RICHMOND — Matt Kenseth got back a little of what NASCAR took away from him this week by qualifying on the pole for the Toyota Owners 400. He can get back some more on Saturday by winning the 400-lap, 300-mile Sprint Cup race on the three-quarter-...

Danica Patrick said Friday she's not bothered by the admonition from fellow NASCAR driver David Gilliland to "shut up and race." In fact, Patrick said she's still irked at Gilliland for, in her view, driving too aggressively when she's near him in the...

The phrase "NASCAR qualifying" may be the next best thing to Ambien. It's a snoozefest. Important, of course, to the pole-setter who gets some nice publicity out of the deal and a little bonus cash. Beyond that, it's a mostly boring exercise of taking a...

It appears that not every driver on the NASCAR circuit is a fan of Danica Patrick, the media darling who joined the Sprint Cup series full-time this year. One driver who isn't a fan: David Gilliland. During the STP 400 on Sunday in Kansas City,...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD| Sisseton-NSU Indoor Track Meet, Barnett Center at 5 p.m. |JUNIOR HOCKEY| |NAHL Central Division Playoffs| |Best-of-5 Series| Game 5, if needed, No. 3 Brookings at No. 2 Bismarck, 7:15 p.m.   |TV...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Auto Racing--Formula One, Bahrain Grand Prix, 6:30 a.m. (NBCSN); NASCAR Sprint Cup, STP 400, 11:30 a.m. (FOX); American Le Mans Series, Long Beach Grand Prix, Noon (ABC); Indy Racing League, Indy Lights Grand Prix of Long Beach,...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Auto Racing--Formula One, Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying, 6 a.m. (NBCSN); Drag Racing, NHRA Four-Wide Nationals qualifying, same-day tape, 4 p.m. (ESPN2); Indy Racing League, IndyCar Grand Prix of Long Beach pole qualifying,...

|TODAY| |COLLEGE SOFTBALL| Northern State at Winona, 1 p.m. doubleheader   |TV SPORTS| Major League Baseball—Philadelphia Phillies at Cincinnati Reds, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Minnesota Twins, 7 p.m. (FXSP) WNBA...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NHL Hockey--Chicago Blackhawks at St. Louis Blues, 11:30 a.m. (NBC); Detroit Red Wings at Nashville Predators, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Soccer--Mexican Primera Division, Chiapas at Puebla, 11:55 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS, San Jose at Portland,...