Latest by Jim Vertuno

Published on March 25, 2024 - Page 9
AUSTIN, Texas -- William Byron won the Daytona 500 with an agonizing final lap under a caution flag. He took the checkered flag on Sunday at the...
Published on March 24, 2024 - Page 11
AUSTIN, Texas -- Five races into NASCAR's 2024 season and Ford is in a funk. Make no mistake, the Ford cars have been fast, just not quite fast...
Published on October 19, 2023 - Page 11
AUSTIN, Texas -- Patrick Mahomes "jumped" at the chance to invest in a Formula One team when he was asked to join a group of celebrity backers behind...
Published on July 1, 2023 - Page 11
The rapidly expanding landscape of nonprofit, donor-backed collectives paying college athletes to promote charities has been hit with a potentially...
Published on March 27, 2023 - Page 11
AUSTIN, Texas -- Tyler Reddick had the lead and the fastest car on the track when calamity nearly struck. Caution. Restart. Caution. Restart....
Published on May 17, 2022 - Page 11
AUSTIN, Texas — The NCAA waited nearly a year to issue a warning that there are still rules to follow now that college athletes can earn money off...
Published on February 5, 2022 - Page 11
With millions of dollars pouring into endorsements for college athletes, the latest battleground in the recruiting wars is the statehouse: A handful...
Published on March 15, 2019 - Page 11
AUSTIN, Texas — Coach Gordie Ernst’s Georgetown University tennis teams didn’t win any Big East championships. At Wake Forest, Bill Ferguson’s...
Published on June 17, 2014 - Page 7
NATAL, Brazil — Clint Dempsey scored in the first minute and rookie substitute John Brooks scored a late game winner as the U.S. defeated Ghana, 2-1...
Published on May 3, 2013 - Page 5
AUSTIN, Texas — The National Rifle Association has spent much of the past year under siege, ardently defending gun rights following mass shootings in...