0 Sports It's a bad night for Takuma Sato, the Grand Prix of Long Beach winner. Helio Castroneves is unable to overtake Scott Dixon for the championship in the season finale at Fontana. Martin Henderson Posted Reply By Martin Henderson Will Power won the most satisfying race of his life, but Scott Dixon won the IZOD IndyCar Series championship after a grueling 500 miles at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana on Saturday night. Power finished 1.48 seconds ahead of last year's race winner, Ed Carpenter, and Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan, to seize his third win of the season, the 21st of his career. But the attention of the night race—delayed 20 minutes because of the glare of the setting sun facing Turn 3—around the 2-mile D-shaped oval built by Roger Penske belonged to Dixon and Helio Castroneves. Castroneves, winner of three Indy 500s and one Mirror Ball … [Read more...]

By Matthew Geagan, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — Leading up to the start of training camp, we’ll be breaking down each position on the Patriots roster. Here’s a look at New England’s tight end group, which should be one of the team’s most improved units in 2021. That really shouldn’t be too hard to accomplish, considering the Patriots got next to nothing out of the position in 2020. Most of that was because the group was comprised of Ryan Izzo and a pair of rookies. There were high hopes for those two rooks — Devin Asiasi and Dalton Keene — but they didn’t have a real training camp or preseason to acclimate to the NFL. So it really should be no surprise that 2020 was essentially a lost season for both. The duo combined for just eight receptions, 254 yards and a touchdown. Izzo made just 13 catches for 133 yards. Add it all up and you have one of the most unproductive tight end units in all of football. That should change in 2021 thanks to the Patriots heavily investing in the … [Read more...]

There's a phenomenon that happens every time Simone Biles appears on a screen inside Power Moves Gymnastics & Fitness. As if flipping a switch, the young women of color on the gym's competitive team spring to life, fueled by the jolt of adrenaline that comes watching the reigning Olympic champion test the limits of their sport. "They just get this motivation that’s just unreal,” said DeLissa Walker, who co-owns the gym just outside New York City with her sister Candice. “And we’re like, ‘Wow, they’re really inspired.’ ... They’re like ‘This can be me.’” Maybe because more and more, it is. The face of gymnastics in the United States is changing. There are more athletes of color starting — and sticking — in a sport long dominated by white athletes at the highest levels. Half of the U.S. women's Olympic delegation that will walk onto the floor — Biles, Jordan Chiles and Sunisa Lee — at Ariake Gymnastics Center for Olympic qualifying on Sunday are minorities. Biles and Chiles … [Read more...]

When engaged in criminal activity, one would usually try to flee the scene shortly after. Accused Capitol rioter Andrew Taake, however, apparently tried to score a hot date first. A criminal complaint filed Friday against Taake alleges that the Houston native attacked police officers on Jan. 6 with a metal whip and pepper spray—then bragged about it on the dating app Bumble. He now faces six charges related to the attack. The allegations were first reported by HuffPost. The FBI said they received a tip on Jan. 9 from a Bumble user who shared screenshots of their exchange. In it, Taake said he was “pepper sprayed, tear gassed, and hit with batons for peacefully standing there.” That’s despite social media posts and body-cam footage showing him using a metal whip to attack officers before pepper-spraying them, authorities say. The criminal complaint alleges Taake eventually made his way inside the Capitol, with surveillance footage showing the whip held to his side. The FBI … [Read more...]