Kenseth overcomes hurdles to win on JGR team

DARLINGTON, S.C. | Matt Kenseth has rarely been more pleased in victory than he was this weekend at Darlington Raceway. Maybe that's because of what he overcame to achieve the win.

Kenseth passes Busch for 1st Darlington victory

DARLINGTON, S.C. | Matt Kenseth passed his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch with 13 laps to go to win his first Southern 500 on Saturday night.

Gordon proud of NASCAR milestone

DARLINGTON, S.C. | Jeff Gordon is proud he has reached 700 straight Sprint Cup starts. He's even prouder he has accomplished the feat while still near the top of the sport.

McDowell wins in playoff at RBC Heritage

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. | For all the big moments in Graeme McDowell's career, his resume was short on PGA Tour victories.

Day, Leishman in contention at RBC Heritage

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. | Jason Day and Marc Leishman kept the Australian flag flying high at the RBC Heritage.

Byrd's 22 lead Purdue to victory over Clemson

CLEMSON, S.C. | D.J. Byrd 20 points and six 3-pointers in the first half as Purdue built a big lead and held on to defeat Clemson 73-61 in the ACC/Big 10 Challenge on Wednesday night.

Chad Morris: Clemson offense can, will be better

CLEMSON, S.C. | Clemson offensive coordinator Chad Morris liked just about everything he saw from the Tigers in their first game.

Stewart earns first career pole at Charlotte

CONCORD, N.C. | Tony Stewart took the pole at Charlotte Motor Speedway, outracing Matt Kenseth and points leader Carl Edwards on Thursday night.

Woods heads list of big-name golfers gone from PGA

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. | Tiger Woods heads a list of big name to miss the cut at the PGA Championship.

Smith takes first Sprint Cup victory

DARLINGTON, S.C. | Regan Smith moved in front on a caution nine laps from the end and survived a green-white-checker finish to win the Southern 500 for his first Sprint Cup victory Saturday night.

Montoya: Issues with Newman were settled on track

FLORENCE, S.C. | Juan Pablo Montoya says his issues with Ryan Newman were settled on the track at Richmond last week.

Sprint Cup star Kevin Harvick makes beer delivery

FLORENCE, S.C. | Kevin Harvick is tuning up for his next Sprint Cup race at Talladega in a different sort of vehicle.

Mark Martin still feeling 'the magic'

FLORENCE, S.C. | It was about a year ago that Mark Martin set off on a NASCAR ride like few others in his stellar career.

Booker ready for final NCAA chance

CLEMSON, S.C. | Devin Booker recalls the frustration of teammate and older brother, Trevor, last weekend after their highly regarded Clemson team was upset in its opening game at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

Illinois completes big comeback to beat No. 18 Clemson 76-74

CLEMSON, S.C. | Clemson coach Oliver Purnell was asked what he said to the 18th-ranked Tigers after they gave up a 23-point second-half lead at home in a loss to Illinois.

Ambrose seeking gold in NASCAR, elsewhere

DARLINGTON, S.C. | Marcos Ambrose is looking to strike gold in America -- and not only in NASCAR.

Burton's unconventional call at Daytona didn't work

DARLINGTON, S.C. | With three laps to go, Jeff Burton knew he needed something bold and unconventional to keep his lead at the Daytona 500.

Woods grows in areas off the course

PRO GOLF

Darlington begins construction work

COLUMBIA, S.C. | For Darlington Raceway president Chris Browning, about the only thing better than seeing Nextel Cup cars and NASCAR haulers at the track is watching cranes and construction trucks work on the superspeedway.

Bowyer takes first Nextel Cup pole

NASCAR | DODGE AVENGER 500 QUALIFYING

Earnhardt big topic in Darlington garage

DARLINGTON, S.C. | Dale Earnhardt Jr. was the talk of the NASCAR garage area Thursday. And he wasn't even at Darlington Raceway.

Masters champ returns to work

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. | Between chats with presidential contender Barack Obama and late-night talk show host David Letterman, Masters champion Zach Johnson barely has had time to swing a golf club since slipping on the green jacket.

Winthrop prepares for Notre Dame

NCAA TOURNAMENT

See you soon, Gators

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Curry passes physical, joins Knicks

PRO BASKETBALL

All in the family at Carolina

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

There's an 'eye' in this team

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Not your daddy's Darlington

DARLINGTON, S.C. | Dale Jarrett shrugs his shoulders when he looks at what has become of the old country track he used to visit when his daddy went racing.

Spurrier, South Carolina look to start fresh

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Whitehurst ready to lead No. 15 Clemson

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: CLEMSON PREVIEW

A long, hard fight for a gritty softball player

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

Darlington unlikely to lose race next year

AUTO RACING: NASCAR NOTES

Canady to break NCAA gender barrier

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- When Annice Canady first started officiating football games in 1991, some male colleagues didn't want to work with her.

Ocean Course gets World Cup in 2003

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The EMC World Cup will return to The Ocean Course on Kiawah Island next year.

Ball State routed in quarters

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The late Frank McGuire couldn't have come up with a better way to close his arena.

Lapped traffic leads to Darlington problems

NASCAR NOTES

Hoosiers like their chances with Duke

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Kent not satisfied with one win

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Trevor Huffman doesn't consider Kent State's victory over Oklahoma State an upset -- even if everyone else would.

History in the making

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- At a school where athletic success stares down from statues and trophy cases, Notre Dame coach Mike Brey is pleased to make a mark so quickly.

Bowden Bowl not the event it was

CLEMSON, S.C. -- The first father-and-son matchup in college football was a smash hit. The second, long-anticipated but disappointing. The third Bowden Bowl this week?