Indianapolis 500 on ABC

95th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled to be run on May 29, 2011 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It will be the premier event of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season.

2011 Indianapolis 500 will start at 12:00 p.m./ET on Sunday, May 29 and 100 years of Indianapolis history will come to a head as 33 of the best drivers in the world race to take the checkered flag in "The Most Important Race in History." The racing machines that will tour the 2.5-mile rounded rectangle located at the crossroads of 16th Street and Georgetown Road in Speedway, Indiana during this year's Indianapolis 500 are a long way removed from the Marmon Wasp that Ray Harroun drove to victory in the first Indy 500 at a whopping 74.602 mph average speed.

Missouri Tornado kills 117 - Obama to travel to Missouri

Tornado killed 117 people in Missouri was the single deadliest twister in the past 60 years, according to National Weather Service.

President Obama will travel to Missouri on Sunday to assess the damage of a devastating tornado that killed at least 116 people in the town of Joplin. "We are here for you. We're going to stay by you," Obama said. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon told NPR that the searches were being conducted "house by house, car by car, block by block" after Sunday's twister cut a swath of destruction through the town of 50,000 at the edge of the Ozark Mountains.Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate has already traveled to Missouri with other federal officials to coordinate federal, state and local recovery efforts.

A twister in Flint, Michigan, in 1953 killed 116 people, according to the National Weather Service. By Monday night, officials found 17 people alive. But many, including Will Norton, remain missing.

French Open 2011- Rafa Nadal vs John Isner Preview

Rafael Nadal takes on American giant John Isner for a place in the second round of the 2011 French Open being played at Roland Garros in Paris, France.

Rafael Nadal is the best defender ever,because of that only those who possess a powerful attack have much good chances. Isner is ranked 39th on the ATP World Tour, beat Nicolas Mahut of France in a first-round match at Wimbledon that took more than 11 hours and ended 70-68 in the fifth set.

Isner has one ATP singles title to his name and his best Grand Slam showing has been on hardcourts at the 2009 US Open and 2010 Australian Open where he reached the fourth round. For the world No. 1,Rafael Nadal this is not the easiest of opening-round matchups. Nadal won both Monte-Carlo and Barcelona and he always has his incredible Roland Garros record on which to fall back.

“His style of game is dangerous,” Nadal said of Isner at a pre-tournament news conference. “His serve is unbelievable.”

Carl Edwards wins All-Star Race

Carl Edwards claimed the $1 million Saturday night with a perfect run in the Sprint All-Star Race. Edwards won three of the four segments in the 100-lap race, but still had one last pit stop and a 10-lap sprint to the finish before he could claim his first All-Star victory. Edwards finished second, followed by Busch, Kasey Kahne and Stewart.

“That’s a million dollars. We just won a million dollars, I feel so bad about tearing up the car. But I’m sure Bob’s got a better one” said Carl Edwards. Greg Biffle was fifth, Matt Kenseth was sixth and RFR teammate David Ragan was eighth to put all four of the team’s car inside the top eight. Ragan won the Sprint Showdown qualifier earlier Saturday to earn his spot in the field.

“I want to thank not only my fans but all the fans who voted,” Earnhardt said. “I knew my fans were working really hard.”

Carl Michael Edwards, II is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver for Roush Fenway Racing. In the Sprint Cup Series, Edwards drives the #99 Aflac/Subway/Scotts/Miracle-Gro/Kellogg's Ford Fusion and the #60 Fastenal Ford Mustang in the Nationwide Series.

2011 Preakness Stakes Preview

2011 Preakness Stakes is the 136th running of the Preakness Stakes. The race will take place on May 21, 2011, and will be televised in the United States on the NBC television network. The post time is 6:18 p.m. EDT (10:18 p.m. UTC)

A full field of 14 was drawn for the race. Predating the Kentucky Derby by two years, the Preakness Stakes was first run in 1873. It got its name from then Maryland Governor Oden Bowie, who dubbed it ‘The Preakness’ in honor of a horse of the same name that won the Dinner Party Stakes on the opening day of the Pimlico track in 1870.

Pimlico Race Course will be offering special ‘Sunrise At Old Hilltop” tours all week long beginning on Wednesday. Also on Wednesday, the starting positions for the race will be set at the Post Position Draw. The Preakness is limited to 14 starters and there’s a good chance for a full field this year—14 of the last 18 races have had a double digit sized field.

Kentucky Derby 2011 Horse Racing preview

2011 Kentucky Derby will be held on May 7, with a post time of 6:24 p.m. The Kentucky Derby is a stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged yearly in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival.


There are 14 to 16 horses in this field that I wouldn't be surprised if they came out on top this Saturday, which makes this one of the toughest fields in the history of the Kentucky Derby to try to handicap.


May 7 11:00-4:00pm ESPN Coverage of the Kentucky Derby Undercard Churchill Downs Versus
4:00-5:00pm Access at the Kentucky Derby / Kentucky Derby Red Carpet Special Churchill Downs NBC
5:00-7:00pm Kentucky Derby 137 Churchill Downs NBC

kentucky derby 2011 Derby Post Position Draw

Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival.


The 2011 Kentucky Derby is scheduled for 6:24 pm ET on May 7 in Louisville, Kentucky's Churchill Downs, as always. ESPN will have covereage prior to and after the race, running "classic" Derbies in the morning and delivering updates from Louisville, but NBC Sports will lead the way.

TV schedule

Wednesday, May 4

Derby Post Position Draw, 5, Versus

Friday, May 6

Kentucky Oaks coverage, 3, Versus

Kentucky Oaks, 5, Versus

Saturday, May 7

Kentucky Derby Undercard, 11 am, Versus

Kentucky Red Carpet Special, 4, NBC

The 137th Kentucky Derby, 5, NBC

Osama bin Laden dead - Osama bin Laden killed by US forces in Pakistan

Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family and the founder of the jihadist terrorist organization al-Qaeda, responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets.

Osama bin Laden was killed on Sunday in a firefight with U.S. forces in Pakistan, ending a years-long hunt for the mastermind of the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.U.S. President Barack Obama declared that "justice has been done" as he disclosed that American military and C.I.A. operatives had finally cornered the Al Qaeda leader who had eluded them for nearly a decade and shot him to death at a compound in Pakistan.

Obama said he gave the order for the operation after receiving intelligence information that he did not further describe. After years of rumors that the world's most-wanted man was hiding in the caves and rugged redoubts of the Pakistan- Afghanistan border region, the CIA ultimately found him hiding in what officials described as a comfortable mansion surrounded by a high wall in a small town near Islamabad, Pakistan's capital.