Kyle Smith

The race started with a familiar routine: Earplugs before climbing into the car, helmet before belts, and gloves last. Right as I was reaching for the ignition a cheery face popped in front of me, where the windshield should have been, and asked, “Are ya nervous?”

**EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is being published late after it was submitted due a backup within the sports desk. This story may contain information that is outdated.** The transfer portal has exploded as the landscape of college athletics has continued to change in recent years. In terms of volleyball, some teams such as Texas have...

No. 14 Kentucky volleyball (16-7, 9-2 SEC) continued its hot streak with a 3-0 sweep over LSU (13-10, 5-7 SEC). The win marked the Wildcats’ seventh-straight win, which has also included 20 consecutive set wins. The first set started off in a fierce back-and-forth between both teams, as a 3-0 run by the Wildcats gave...

Kathryn Ferguson’s detailed documentary reveals the wit and soul of the classic American actor, with a focus on his relationships with his mother and four wives.

Few muscle cars punch like the COPO and dealer-built Chevys from names like Yenko and Baldwin Motion Hear them here.

In its earliest stages, motorsports existed to prove that the automobile was a viable object. Now, it has evolved into an endless quest to answer questions that do not necessarily need to be answered, though we are all the better for knowing the answers. Case in point, this ridiculous supercharged V-8 rail dragster with twin snowmobile tracks instead of big slicks. What reason could this thing have to exist?

K in g Lear typically runs three and a half hours or so, and as Dr. Johnson said of Milton’s Paradise Lost, none ever wished it longer than it is. The latest production (at the Griffin Theater at The Shed through December 15), starring Kenneth Branagh and directed by him, Rob Ashford, and Lucy Skilbeck, has been pruned down so much it amounts to an abridgement. Running about an hour and fifty minutes with no intermission, it retains the usual story beats, but speeches have been whittled down to remarks. This is a drive-by Lear.

Motorsport is not for the faint of heart, mind, or wallet. Even at the lower tiers, it is easy (if not incredibly difficult) to watch thousands of dollars vaporize in an instant. Recovery time from such events does not get easier when you add more people, more money, and more speed. Case in point: the Williams Racing Formula 1 team recently documented the process of getting its two massively wrecked cars ready for the track again after the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal star in Ridley Scott’s halfhearted sequel to his Oscar-winning epic from 2000.

The Jim's Automotive Machine Shop channel on YouTube just put the finishing touches on this stroked Mopar engine. What would you put it in?