http://www.kokomotribune.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:21:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_316002233.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_316002233.html For the past few years DK Promo-tions has been conducting competition for several USAC midget divisions in the Midwest, but that will all change in 2010. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:44:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_306224452.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_306224452.html Now that we’ve officially landed feet-first into chilly November, the Bowl Championship Series debate, the same tired conversational retread that forces college football fans to shake their heads and others their fists, soon will rage. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:32:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_300233328.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_300233328.html One sure sign you may be getting old is that you begin boring your children with the notion that life was so much better when you were a kid. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:37:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_287234051.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_287234051.html Every year there are certain races that I consider must-sees. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:32:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_285233256.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_285233256.html Penn State hosts Minnesota in college football on Saturday, a matchup in which the winner earns no less than an additional seven-day stay near the top of the Big Ten standings with the likes of league unbeatens Ohio State and Iowa.And no one will care. Why? Because Joe Paterno is old. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:28:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_279212925.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_279212925.html Shortly after the Baltimore Colts packed the Mayflowers and tippy-toed across not one, but three state lines in the middle of the night, I remember thinking how cool it would be if the team altered the uniforms and helmets. Nothing overwhelmingly drastic. A black horseshoe on the helmet instead of blue; black home jerseys with the same striping and numbers. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:47:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_275194950.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_275194950.html For children with physical or emotional challenges the great outdoors might be nothing more than a patch of asphalt or slab of concrete. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:23:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_273222419.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_273222419.html When the going gets tough, the tough get going — that seems to describe Jimmie Johnson’s Sprint Cup team.Since NASCAR changed the method by which a champion is crowned, the California-born driver and the Lowe’s Chevrolet racing team out of the Hendrick Motorsports stable has excelled in the 10-race Chase. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:07:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_272230847.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_272230847.html Lincoln’s Dave Darland turned in a huge weekend at the Eldora Speedway, which possibly could parlay into his second USAC National Sprint Car Series title and sixth overall national title. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:11:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_271231154.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_271231154.html Some men are born to be college football coaches. Head college football coaches. Others because of their personality and/or coaching strengths and weaknesses are better suited to remain the outstanding assistant they were prior to getting an opportunity to sit in the big office. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:23:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_266232554.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_266232554.html America’s Team backed the shiny new Rolls-Royce out of its seven-car garage the other night so that a football-watching universe could squeeze in one collective ooh when it wasn’t busy aah-ing. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:51:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_265225223.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_265225223.html While the 2009 season is slowly winding down across the Midwest, Kokomo’s Jimmy Nutter seems to be hitting his stride.Friday night at the Gas City I-69 Speedway, the popular driver piloted his No. 1N Street Stock to the feature win over the always-tough Brandon Roundtree. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:47:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_265225046.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_265225046.html Australian driver Ryan Briscoe is not out of the running for the IndyCar Series championship, but if he loses the title to either Scott Dixon or Dario Franchitti, he will look back at the race in Japan. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:20:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_258232133.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_258232133.html After eight months of preliminary racing, the field for the Chase to the Sprint Cup title has been set and as in past years the team to watch is Hendrick Motorsports. Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:12:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_255171355.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/sportscolumns/local_story_255171355.html The idea first came to Jim Schumacher 20 years ago while fishing with his kids. “The bobbers I bought weren’t worth a darn for casting in the wind and they broke when the kids banged them off seawalls and rocks,” he recalled.