Stephen Leicht

When was the last time winning the Rookie of the year in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series actually meant something? Think about it...Stephen Leicht, Andy Lally, Kevin Conway? But this season's rookie of the year competition promises, at least on paper to be...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NFL Football--Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals, Noon (CBS); Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks, 3 p.m. (FOX); Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants, 3:25 p.m. (CBS); Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons, 7:20 p.m. (NBC)...

|TODAY| |COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL|  Northern State vs. Dickinson State, Wachs Arena, 4 p.m. |COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL| |NSIC Tournament| |at Gangelhoff Center in St. Paul, Minn.|  Championship, 3 p.m. |SWIMMING|  Aberdeen Swim Club at...

|TODAY|  No events listed.   |TV SPORTS| Tennis—ATP World Tour Finals, Championship Match, 2 p.m. (ESPN2) NFL Football—Kansas City Chiefs at Pittsburgh Steelers, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) NBA Basketball—Minnesota Timberwolves at Dallas...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, 8:55 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS Playoffs, Eastern Conference Championship, First Leg, 2:30 p.m. (NBC) College Football--Arkansas at South Carolina, 11 a.m. (CBS); Iowa State at Texas, 11 a.m. (ABC); Northwestern...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Tennis--ATP World Tour Finals, 8 a.m., 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NFL Football--Denver Broncos at Carolina Panthers, Noon (CBS); Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings, Noon (FOX); Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles, 3:25 p.m. (FOX); Houston...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NFL Football--Kansas City Chiefs at New Orleans Saints, Noon (CBS); San Francisco 49ers at Minnesota Vikings, Noon (FOX); Houston Texans at Denver Broncos, 3:25 p.m. (CBS); New England Patriots at Baltimore Ravens, 7:20 p.m. (NBC)...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL|  Rosholt vs. Fairmount-Campbell-Tintah at Fairmount, N.D. |HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ GOLF|  Region 1A at Sioux Valley |COLLEGE MEN’S GOLF|  Northern State at Jimmie Open in Jamestown, N.D. |HIGH SCHOOL CROSS...

Clint Bowyer had a gulp of gas just big enough to win the race. Rick Hendrick had Kasey Kahne and Jeff Gordon as a pair of Chasers. In a rain-interrupted race of accumulating tension, Bowyer made it to the finish line 1.198 seconds ahead of Gordon, who...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL| South Dakota|  Great Plains Lutheran at Waubay  Hitchcock-Tulare at Warner  Ipswich vs. Redfield-Doland at Redfield  Mobridge-Pollock vs. Herreid-Selby Area at Selby |HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ GOLF|  Aberdeen...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Tennis--U.S. Open, Men’s Semifinals, 10 a.m. (CBS), Women’s Championship, 7 p.m. (CBS) PGA Golf--BMW Championship, 11 a.m. (NBC) College Football--Penn State at Virginia, 11 a.m. (ABC); Auburn at Mississippi State,...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer—Premier League, Fulham at West Ham, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); Women’s National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. Costa Rica, 1:30 p.m. (NBC) College Football—Notre Dame vs. Navy, 8 a.m. (CBS); Ohio at Penn...