By Bob Priddy, Missourinet Contributing Editor
We have time just for a few headlines;
Missouri Tigers get Drake in the first round of the NCAA tournament, in Wichita. Thursday night, we’ll see how they do against a 30-win team.
The Kansas City Chiefs revolving door continues to turn with some free agents leaving and others coming in.
The Cardinals and the Royals are running out of time in the sun and they continue to home whatever skills they will have to make the 2025 season live to expectations, which are low for one, higher for the other.
In racing—NASCAR has a first time winner at Las Vegas, Josh Berry, who drives for one of the oldest teams in the sport, the Wood Brothers, that is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year.
INDYCAR won’t race again until next month but that doesn’t mean its drivers are twiddling their thumbs. Some of them ran the Sebring 12-Hours this weekend but none went to the winners circle.
The Porsche Penske team did, however, and with another Penske Porsche finishing just 2.2 seconds behind after a half-day of racing. Brazilian Felipe Nasr, Belgium’s Laurens Vanthoor, and Britain’s Nick Tandy combined to get the win, with Frenchman Mattieu, Australia’s Mat Campbell and Kevin Estre of France right behind them.
Formula 1 began its season in rainy Australia with McLaren’s Lando Norris staying on track while others slid around and got the first win of the new season. Defending F1 champion Max Verstappen threatened but couldn’t get the upper hand. Former F1 champion, Lewis Hamilton, was tenth in his first drive for Ferrari.
Your speedy correspondent hoped to have a more complete report next week after he and his wife have finished their move to a new zip code in Jefferson City. Things have reached the frantic shoveling stage this week.