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Sports columns

• USAC ends sprint pavement racing

  It wasn’t very long ago that racing fans huddled around television sets tuned to “Thursday Night Thunder” to watch the USAC sprint cars compete on paved ovals in Indiana.

  February 2, 2012

• Coyotes part of our natural landscape

  This winter’s weather has been different, to say the least. The majority of the hunting seasons are now history and fluctuating temperature swings have made local ice fishing opportunities sketchy at best.

  January 29, 2012

• Will Stewart have to buy Patrick’s way into Daytona 500?

  With the Daytona 500 less than a month away, one of the big unknowns is if Danica Patrick will be able to race her way into the starting field or if car owner Tony Stewart will buy her way in.

  January 25, 2012

• MARTINO: It’s hard to put a leash on this ‘dog’

  “Good morning pooch,” I said to myself early one morning several weeks back. I wasn’t talking to my own dog, but rather a rare sight taking place in the eastern sky. There appeared to be two suns, although one was a bit smaller and not as bright.

  January 21, 2012 2 Photos

• Young Swindell takes home another Golden Driller trophy

  For the third year in a row, second-generation open wheel driver Kevin Swindell claimed the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals at the Tulsa (Okla.) Expo Raceway.

  January 16, 2012

• Sometimes it’s best to just roll with it

  I am used to getting up early and most of my friends know it. So it wasn’t a surprise when the phone rang well before the first wisps of daylight.

  January 15, 2012

• Waites carries on great grandfather’s legacy

  Growing up, Kaleb Waites loved sitting around the table with his extended family as they gathered for holidays and special events. To him, those were special times. At the head of the table usually sat his great grandfather James L. Waites. He enjoyed listening to stories of hunts gone by.

  January 8, 2012

• de la BASTIDE: IndyCar schedule is lacking ovals

  When Tony George started the Indy Racing League in the 1990s, the intent was to conduct all the racing on oval tracks.

  January 3, 2012

• Indianapolis 500 ranks as top race of 2011

  There should be little doubt that the 100th anniversary race of the Indianapolis 500 was the best event of 2011.

  January 1, 2012

• Some memories last forever

  It was 1969 and at the tender age of 12, I was young and impressionable. Like any kid, I just couldn’t wait to wake up on Christmas day. The exact details of that very special morning are emblazoned in my memory forever, which says a lot for someone who at times can’t remember the previous week’s events.

  December 24, 2011

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