http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com Preparations are beginning for the 50th running of the Daytona 500 on Feb. 17. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway catalogued as the most important and prestigious race on the NASCAR Calendar is around the... http://www.articlealley.com/article_472227_32.html 11th February 2008 After Super Tuesday neither the Democrats nor the Republicans have a clear winner and the battle goes on to the next round. Elections were held in 24 states to determine presidential nominees for the major political parties. The democratic presidentia... http://www.articlealley.com/article_472226_14.html 11th February 2008 After 24 exhausting hours, the North America’s most prestigious sport car race was won by the team for Chip Ganassi Racing team. Juan Pablo Montoya, Dario Franchitti, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas gave Ganassi’s owner an unprecedented third straight win... http://www.articlealley.com/article_468621_32.html 06th February 2008 Soccer's North and Central American as well as the Caribbean governing body was looking for something new to bring excitement to the region and apparently they finally found the solution. The CONCACAF worked for a whole year in a project to announce the n... http://www.articlealley.com/article_468620_32.html 06th February 2008 The first of 10 meetings of the Dubai Cup already kicked off this week with the opening rounds of the 2008 Dubai International Racing Carnival starting last Thursday with a record number of top rated horses set to compete in the world’s most internation... http://www.articlealley.com/article_459108_32.html 23rd January 2008 After two seasons in the Lokomotiv the centre back finally agreed to sign a contract with the Chelsea. The Premier League Club will spend around 20 million Pounds for the Serbian player. The talented player is moving from the Russian team to the Premie... http://www.articlealley.com/article_459106_32.html 23rd January 2008 Rick Neuheisel is returning to UCLA, the school where he achieved the best moments of his career as a quarterback. He began his playing career at UCLA in 1979 as a non scholarship player on special teams where few years later he was named the Most Value P... http://www.articlealley.com/article_250998_32.html 18th January 2008 After a month out of the roads due to the last doping scandal occurred during 2007 Tour de France in which Vinokourov tested positive in a blood doping control, the Swiss based team will resume Pro Tour calendar on September 2nd at the Grand Prix of Ploua... http://www.articlealley.com/article_210050_32.html 02nd September 2007 As a revenge for the FA Cup final, the Community Shield Cup played last Sunday at Wembley starring Edwin Van Der Sar as the celebrity; the goalkeeper saved three penalties in a row to give the Manchester City a victory 3-0 above Chelsea. It was their firs... http://www.articlealley.com/article_201004_32.html 14th August 2007 Once again, Justine Henin has showed her supremacy on the court. The Belgian has not lost a set at Roland Garros since 2005, and this Saturday she became the first person since Monica Seles in 1900-1992, to win three French Opens in a row. Henin was as... http://www.articlealley.com/article_177285_32.html 26th June 2007 Just a few days before the end of the Giro d’ Italia the “Operacion Puerto” doping scandal is entering a more revealing phase. The blood doping scandal started a year ago before the 2006 Tour of France with the arrest of Manolo Saiz and four other p... http://www.articlealley.com/article_169685_32.html 04th June 2007 After a goalless premiership match at Stamford Bridge last Wednesday, in which the Manchester United had the title secured even before the game started, the fans are expecting a better spectacle from the FA Cup Final, to be played on May 19th. The mat... http://www.articlealley.com/article_159190_32.html 13th May 2007 Once again Nadal bitted World Number One Roger Federer extending his Open Era in Monte Carlo Masters Series. The double French Open champion who has not lost on the slow surface since 2005 became the second player to win three straight titles in the princ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_153436_32.html 30th April 2007 The incident that occurred during the match between Manchester United and Roma the night of April 4th is not the first in European football history but it can not be just one more to be added to the list of football troubles. The violence on the fields... http://www.articlealley.com/article_147646_32.html 15th April 2007 While Sammy Sosa is making a come back with the Rangers where he is going to make $500,000 and incentives, Barry Bonds signed a big $16 million contract. They are two of the biggest contemporary hitters who show up on 2007 MLB scene to battle for the lead... http://www.articlealley.com/article_145120_32.html 07th April 2007 Only one week before the Big Dance officially gets under way, all the major conferences are having action. There are several teams from 38 Conferences willing to play hard to move from district to regional tournaments on the road to reach the Final Four o... http://www.articlealley.com/article_137456_32.html 12th March 2007 Jan Ulrich considered one of the best cyclists in the world, thanks to his brilliant participation in the well known Tour the France and his gold medal obtained in the 2000 Olympic Games, announced his retirement from professional cycling last Monday. ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_134946_32.html 05th March 2007 Everyone is expecting tonight’s tennis matches to see who will be going to the finals of the Australian Open at Melbourne. The female contenders are: Serena Williams and Nicole Vaidisova, this match will be played at 9pm eastern time, and on the other h... http://www.articlealley.com/article_123823_32.html 27th January 2007 Samantha Stosur, the Australian tennis player crushed the Russian Vera Zvonareva during the first round of the Medibank International. The Medibank International is a professional tennis tournament that takes place in Sydney, Australia. It has been hel... http://www.articlealley.com/article_119775_32.html 13th January 2007 Controversy comes back to the ring since Mike Tyson one of the best known boxers in the world could be sent to prison one more time. Tyson was found under the influence of drugs when he was driving his car in Scottsdale, Arizona. The policemen found a ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_116910_32.html 06th January 2007 Besides his skills to play golf and his fame now Tiger Woods, the great professional golfer, signed a new contract with Nike. This one is the third multi-year deal with this brand. The terms of the contract haven’t been disclosed yet but if we refer ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_112464_32.html 15th December 2006 Ian Thorpe, one of the most famous swimmers in the world has announced his retirement from the swimming pools and that will be effective starting November 21st. Even though the Australian has retired he might keep earning millions of dollars in endorsemen... http://www.articlealley.com/article_108179_32.html 24th November 2006 Matt Leinart agreed to sign a six-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals that could earn him a maximum of $51 million if he meets the terms of escalation clauses that would give him additional money the more he plays. The contract contains $14 million i... http://www.articlealley.com/article_83505_32.html 21st August 2006 Bellamy would be getting back to the field after a shoulder injury suffered during last season's third game that kept him away from football games. That hadn't happened to him since 1995. Bellamy has 13 years of experience at the National Football League ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_69552_32.html 04th July 2006 Fernando Alonso won last Sunday his 4th consecutive race giving him the conquest of the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix. For Alonso who runs for Renault was an easy victory since he started from the pole and only had a brief challenge from the Finn Kimi R... http://www.articlealley.com/article_67823_32.html 28th June 2006 The 10th annual Rookie Symposium in San Diego will be taking place on June 25th. This is a four day orientation that introduces the 2006 NFL Draft into the National Football League before the training camps start. The Symposium includes the participati... http://www.articlealley.com/article_65759_32.html 23rd June 2006 The whole world is spinning around the 2006 FIFA World Cup. You can see it everywhere: television, radio stations, newspapers, magazines. Everywhere you look, everybody is talking about it. The whole world is counting the days for the great FIFA World Cu... http://www.articlealley.com/article_61987_32.html 09th June 2006 On game 4 Phoenix Suns kept the pace with the Dallas Mavericks getting even on the Western Conference Finals. The final score of Tuesday night's game is 106-86. This was a necessary step for the Suns to take after a loss at home a couple nights ago on gam... http://www.articlealley.com/article_59708_32.html 04th June 2006 Brazil's soccer team arrived to Switzerland on Monday to begin its two-week preparation for the Soccer World Cup 2006. Brazil is looking forward to acquire its second World Championship in a row, sixth during Brazil's soccer history. Brazil's team will st... http://www.articlealley.com/article_57048_32.html 26th May 2006 For the first time Fernando Alonso won in his own land. Alonso won at Barcelona the Spain Grand Prix with 130,000 persons as witnesses last Sunday (May 14th). The Formula One Grand Prix hadn't been that popular in Spain until Alonso entered the competi... http://www.articlealley.com/article_54691_32.html 20th May 2006 American Idol is getting stronger and this season has got to its most serious part. There are only four contestants left trying to achieve a goal that will change their lives. Fame and money will come along with the chance of developing what they like to ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_52412_48.html 11th May 2006 The total purses for the Breeders' Cup World Championship have been raised to $20 million, $6 million more than last year. Seven of the eight Breeders' Cup races have increased their purses. The Breeders' Cup Classic which is powered by Dodge has incre... http://www.articlealley.com/article_50809_32.html 07th May 2006 The Indy Japan 300 has a new champion. After Dan Wheldon monopolized the championship for the last two years, a new winner has raised: Helio Castroneves. The pilot claimed his second straight win of the season on the IndyCar Series. The first one was the ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_47916_32.html 27th April 2006 Florida Gators received on Monday their first NCAA Championship title after a basketball game played against UCLA Bruins which final score was 73 � 57. UCLA has already won 11 NCAA titles. More than 43,000 fans were at the limit of their emotions cheer... http://www.articlealley.com/article_42120_32.html 06th April 2006 A tragic crash took away Paul Dana's life during the Indy Race opening day at the Homestead-Miami Speedway last Sunday. Ed Carpenter lost control and crashed his car against the wall and after some spinning ended up in the middle of the race track. Mos... http://www.articlealley.com/article_40167_32.html 01st April 2006 From March 14th and for the next three weeks until April 3rd, 64 NCAA College Basketball teams will be performing after one common goal: to win the National Championship in Indianapolis. The top four seeds in the NCAA tournament are Duke University in ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_36733_32.html 16th March 2006 2006 Formula One drivers will experience new rules for the 2006 season opening race in Bahrain next weekend. The F1 season will start on Sunday with the Grand Prix in Bahrain which will have different rules compared to previous competitions. The F�d�ra... http://www.articlealley.com/article_34790_32.html 11th March 2006 By Julie Smith Formula One governing body: Federation Internationale de L'Automobile accepted on Thursday the eleventh team to be part of the 2006 Formula One World Championship for the first time since 2002. FIA gave the green light to the Japan's Sup... http://www.articlealley.com/article_29836_32.html 16th February 2006 During the Winter Olympics tournament, the Canadian alpine ski team lost a second racer to injury. Allison Forsyth of Nanaimo, British Columbia, who is one of the country's top medal threats in long-track speed skating failed to live up to expectations. ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_29518_32.html 16th February 2006 By Julie Smith Carolina Panthers' Steve Smith is considered the Michael Jordan of the NFL after he decided to take the last game against Chicago Bears in his own hands and surprised everyone taking the breath out of the crowd. The NFL player caught ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_24487_32.html 19th January 2006 Baseball Team Detroit Tigers and The Italian National Baseball Team will play an exhibition game at Lakeland, Florida on March 4th. The Italians are preparing for the World Baseball Classic, for this reason, they will train in the Tigers' spring training... http://www.articlealley.com/article_23613_32.html 14th January 2006 By Julie Smith In College Football the Fiesta Bowl is saying good bye to the Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona after 35 years since Arizona State beat Florida State 45-38 in the inaugural Fiesta Bowl on December 27th, 1971. Next year, the Colleg... http://www.articlealley.com/article_22345_32.html 05th January 2006 By Julie Smith Shaun Alexander from the Seattle Seahawks tied a NFL single season record for touchdowns (TD) on Saturday, after scoring three times against the NFL Indianapolis Colts. Alexander scored in the first, third and fourth quarters of the game... http://www.articlealley.com/article_21953_32.html 01st January 2006 By Julie Smith Kentucky University Randolph Morris' suspension was reduced to 14 games this Thursday after he tried to enter the NBA draft. According to the NCAA some of the new information that helped to soften Morris' punishment was the fact that ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_19787_32.html 16th December 2005 By Julie Smith On the NBA round, Seattle Supersonics won again last night on a basketball game played against Indiana Pacers. For the third time in a row, the Sonics have shown their fans they are full of energy and they are improving their scoring tec... http://www.articlealley.com/article_18304_32.html 05th December 2005