NASCAR star feeling “little sore”
Reigning Nextel Cup champion Tony Stewart injured his right arm after he flipped his car during a qualifying race for the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in Tulsa, Okla. Stewart, a two-time Cup champion, complained of pain in his arm after Friday night’s race at the Tulsa Expo Raceway. He was examined and treated at a local hospital. A spokesman for Stewart said X-rays and a CT scan were negative, but Stewart was fitted with a cast until an evaluation can be made by his own doctors. “I’m a little sore,” Stewart said after leaving the hospital. “It looks a lot worse than it is.”
Wie making her mark
When Chris Couch finished two shots behind Michelle Wie in the 2004 Sony Open, his friends made him wear a T-shirt that implored him to practice “a Wie bit harder.” Couch tied Wie’s mark of 7-over-par 147 this year, but Wie outscored 18 players, including the major champions Shaun Micheel (150) and Todd Hamilton (152). Wie will almost certainly play in all four majors on the LPGA Tour this year. She will play in the Casio World Open in Japan in November and may also again play in the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic.
Reflecting on Bode
“Bode is saying things that bring a lot of attention to the sport. Now there’s this guy in Dallas, Texas, who knows there’s a Winter Olympics.”
– Daron Rahlves, on U.S. Ski Team teammate Bode Miller
