Auto Racing
Larson will make Sprint Cup debut Oct. 12 at Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Kyle Larson will make his Sprint Cup Series debut next week at Charlotte Motor Speedway driving for Phoenix Racing.
Larson will drive Oct. 12, and he also is scheduled to drive the No. 51 Chevrolet at Martinsville Speedway on Oct. 27.
The two races are a warm-up for Larson as he prepares to move full-time to the Sprint Cup Series next season for Chip Ganassi Racing. He’ll drive the No. 42 Chevrolet next season as Juan Pablo Montoya’s replacement.
Cycling
Broken ribs force Horner from the saddle for ’13
Spanish Vuelta winner Chris Horner is out for the rest of the year with broken ribs.
The American cyclist was injured in a high-speed pileup in the road race at the world championships in Italy on Sunday.
The Radioshack Leopard Trek team said Tuesday that Horner’s season is over, and he will miss the Giro di Lombardia in Italy and the Tour of Beijing.
Horner won the Vuelta two weeks ago at the age of 41 to become the oldest winner of a Grand Tour – the trio of races that also includes the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia.
Basketball
Amusement park giant buys the Harlem Globetrotters
PHOENIX – Georgia-based Herschend Family Entertainment Corp. acquired Harlem Globetrotters International Inc. from Shamrock Capital Advisors. Terms of the deal were not revealed.
Herschend, based in Norcross, Ga., is a family-owned company that owns and operates 26 theme parks, aquariums and other attractions nationwide.
The Phoenix-based Globetrotters have provided basketball hilarity to audiences since 1926, performing 25,000 “games” around the globe. Currently, the Globetrotters display their antics in about 400 games per year.
Shamrock Capital Advisors, a Los Angeles-based investment firm, purchased the Globetrotters in 2005. The Los Angeles Business Journal in June listed the proposed price as anywhere from $50 million to $100 million.
MLB
Royals and their manager agree to a two-year deal
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The vast rebuilding job that Ned Yost inherited as the manager of the Kansas City Royals strikingly was similar to the one he took on when he was hired by the Milwaukee Brewers.
The difference this time is that Yost will have a chance to stick around. The Royals and Yost agreed to a two-year contract extension Tuesday after wrapping up an 86-76 season, the best finish for the franchise in 24 years.
Cashman and the Yankees want their manager back
NEW YORK – The Yankees want Joe Girardi to return as manager next season.
Girardi was hired after the 2007 season, and his contract expires at the end of October. Crippled by injuries, New York had its poorest record since 1992 and finished tied for third in the AL East at 85-77.
Girardi replaced Joe Torre after the 2007 season and was given a $7.8-million, three-year contract. He is completing a $9-million, three-year deal. Cashman wouldn’t say whether he would give the Chicago Cubs permission to speak with Girardi about their manager’s job, which opened when Dale Sveum was fired Monday.
Tennis
Nalbandian, 31, retires from the ATP World Tour
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – David Nalbandian, a 2002 Wimbledon finalist who spent five consecutive years ranked in the top 10, retired Tuesday because of a shoulder injury.
The 31-year-old Argentine spent 13 years on the tour, reaching a No. 3 ranking in 2006. His current ranking is No. 231. He won 11 singles titles.
Associated Press
