Denver Post (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Western Collegiate Hockey Association coaches picked Colorado College to repeat as regular-season champion in the annual WCHA preseason poll conducted by the Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald.
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
CLERMONT, Ind. -- Two icons of drag racing went into Sunday's final two rounds of qualifying with their spots in today's finals of the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals not yet secured.
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
Of all the Paramount bluesmen, perhaps only BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON's life is more full of colorful myth than Tommy Johnson's. He was born on a Terry Mississippi plantation in 1896, one of a large family. He learnt to play the guitar from an older brother. Around 1911, he left home, and soon fell with CHARLEY PATTON and WILLIE BROWN, from whom he is assumed to have learned musical and stage technique....
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
The name of Ishman Bracey is often linked with Charlie McCoy and Tommy Johnson with whom he often worked. Like Johnson, Bracey was Mississippi born. Although not raised there he will forever be associated with the Delta group of bluesmen. Bracey is one of the legions who claimed to have been BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON's lead boy (others included Leadbelly and T-Bone Walker) and, though it is customary to...
Motorsports Blog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
NHRA READING , Pa. Drivers in the NHRA POWERade Series will compete against each other in the NHRA Softball Classic, a special softball game that will benefit the Drag Racing Association of Women (DRAW), on Aug. 14 .
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
1. Tony Schumacher. 2. Brandon Bernstein. 3. Rod Fuller. 4. Doug Herbert. 5. Morgan Lucas. 6. David Grubnic. 7. Bob Vandergriff. 8. Cory McClenathan. 9. Troy Buff. 10. J.R. Todd. 11. Doug Kalitta. 12. Larry Dixon. 13. Hillary Will. 14. Antron Brown. 15. Steve Torrence. 16. Steven Chrisman.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
WHEN YOU LOOK at the NHRA Funny Car point standings, Melanie Troxel is 14th and Tommy Johnson Jr. is 18th. Nothing suggests a connection. They merely look like two drivers trying to make the top 10 and qualify for the season-ending championship playoffs.
Paradise Web - News (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
I had the pleasure to catch up with at the Masters football at the weekend where the Geordie Genius was the top Celt.TJ finished up as joint top scorer but once again Celtic lost out in the final, this time to Rangers with goalkeeper Kevin McKeown hardly covering himself in glory.As ever it was good to see some old faces, Mark McNally, Darren Jackson, Regi Blinker and a real blast from the past with...
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Tim Wilkerson, Chevy Impala, 4.905, 299.26, def. Tommy Johnson Jr., Dodge Charger, 6.978, 132.46. Tony Pedregon, Impala, 5.485, 255.97, def. Jim Head, Toyota Solara, 9.190, 84.25. Bob Tasca III, Ford Mustang, 5.023, 296.63, def. Tony Bartone, Chevy Monte Carlo, 7.677, 111.80. Robert Hight, Mustang, 4.929, 290.57, def. Mike Neff, Mustang, 5.294, 209.49. Ron Capps, Charger, 5.688, 241.41, def. Jerry...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Dragster's original artwork combines 'Hispanic flavor' and passion for racing KENOSHA, Wis., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Some like it caliente, but even those who don't are sure to appreciate what NHRA racers Tony and Cruz Pedregon have done with their exhilarating original artwork and designs to create unique, limited-edition tool storage units with Snap-on Tools. The Pedregons are brothers and teammates...
Sportnetwork (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Lincoln City could be set to miss out on the signature of Matt Hamshaw. The midfielder has told the Nottingham Post that Notts County are now the favourites to secure his signature and it's now unlikely that he will be in the red and white of Lincoln next season.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
A themed compilation like this is revealing not only of the highs, but also the lows in arguably the most important decade in the history of popular music. As defined here it reveals also that the U.S. underground of that time was as open to cynical opportunists as it was to fervent idealists. Thus for every MC5 there's a Tiny Tim...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
HILO, Hawaii -- Nearly 100 female inmates from Hawaii being held at a private prison in Kentucky say the don't want to come home.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
With his 93rd birthday a month away, David "Honeyboy" Edwards admits it's getting hard to walk long distances.
SI.com (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
SI.com's Tim Tuttle caught up with Melanie Troxel and Tommy Johnson Jr., the married couple currently racing Funny Cars on NHRA's Powerade Series.
