Dario Franchitti has won the Indianapolis 500, beating Dan Wheldon to help Chip Ganassi become the first car owner to win at Indy and the Daytona 500 in the same year.
Franchitti’s victory Sunday was his second at the Indy 500 in four years and denied Helio Castroneves a chance to become the fourth driver to win a record four times at the Brickyard … Details
In a vibrating, cavernous warehouse with graffiti-scrawled walls, a neon-pink helmet slashes through a chaos of movement.
Perched on a black skateboard, a young woman flows around a bowl traced with scuff marks left by previous riders. Up a curve; down again; coasting to one side; then the other; tracing a lip; catching a turn.
Among those onlookers taking their first look at Pembroke teenager Nora Vasconcellos riding a board, there’s a permeating shock and awe.
Taig Khris, an extreme in-line skating champion, jumped off the Eiffel Tower and onto a ramp to set the new world record for longest freefall on Saturday. The Frenchman launched himself from a platform off the first floor of the landmark, which sits over 131 feet above the ground, and onto a quarterpipe. Khris fell 41 feet before hitting wood …Â Details