Sam Hornish, Jr.

When it comes to determining the IZOD IndyCar Series champion, who needs a Chase? For the seventh-straight year the series championship has come down to the final race of the season without being aided by a contrived championship format such as NASCAR'...

Clint Bowyer had a gulp of gas just big enough to win the race. Rick Hendrick had Kasey Kahne and Jeff Gordon as a pair of Chasers. In a rain-interrupted race of accumulating tension, Bowyer made it to the finish line 1.198 seconds ahead of Gordon, who...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL| South Dakota|  Great Plains Lutheran at Waubay  Hitchcock-Tulare at Warner  Ipswich vs. Redfield-Doland at Redfield  Mobridge-Pollock vs. Herreid-Selby Area at Selby |HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ GOLF|  Aberdeen...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Tennis--U.S. Open, Men’s Semifinals, 10 a.m. (CBS), Women’s Championship, 7 p.m. (CBS) PGA Golf--BMW Championship, 11 a.m. (NBC) College Football--Penn State at Virginia, 11 a.m. (ABC); Auburn at Mississippi State,...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Tennis--U.S. Open, Men’s Semifinal Match, 11 a.m. (ESPN2); Women’s Championship Match, 3:30 p.m. (CBS) NFL Football--Jacksonville Jaguars at Minnesota Vikings, Noon (CBS); Washington Redskins at New Orleans Saints, Noon...

TV SPORTS SUNDAY College Baseball--NCAA Division I Playoffs, Regionals, 11 a.m. (ESPN2) Auto Racing--NASCAR Sprint Cup, FedEx 400, 11:30 a.m. (FOX); Indy Racing League, IndyCar Series, Belle Isle Grand Prix, 2:30 p.m. (ABC); Drag Racing, NHRA...

Penske Racing says it is trying to put together a Sprint Cup Series schedule for Sam Hornish Jr. next season. For now, the plan is for Hornish to run another full season of the Nationwide Series in 2013. Hornish was passed over for the open No. 22...

As he clung to his championship chances, Ryan Hunter-Reay was able to see past his selfish motives to the bigger picture.  He knew if he didn’t close the gap on points leader Will Power, there would be no title race in the IndyCar season finale....

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. used a late push from runner-up Brad Keselowski to pass Kevin Harvick and win the Nationwide race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday night.     After a restart with three laps to go, Harvick lost the lead on the final lap as his...

TODAY HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL South Dakota Aberdeen Christian at Yellowstone Trail Conference Tournament at Gettysburg, 10 a.m. Brandon Valley at Harrisburg Brookings at Rapid City Central Chamberlain at Mobridge-Pollock Estelline Tournament...

TODAY GOLF 82nd Dakota Open at Lee Park and Moccasin Creek Country Club SDGA Men's Senior Championship at Willow Run in Sioux Falls TODAY Little League Baseball-World Series, Third Place Game, 10 a.m. (ESPN); World Series, Championship Game, 2...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Soccer-Premier League, Sunderland vs. Arsenal, 8:50 a.m. (ESPN) Baseball-Junior League, Championship Game, 10 a.m. (ESPN2) Little League Baseball-World Series, Elimination Games, 11 a.m., 5 and 7 p.m. (ESPN), 2 p.m. (ABC)...