Barely halfway through his second year in Formula One, Lewis Hamilton faces what may be the most critical test of his career Sunday at the British Grand Prix.

With few artifacts remaining at the site of the Angkor temples, a Thai company’s new museum there is being criticized for everything from politics to its displays.

The United States Olympic track and field trials turned disastrous for Tyson Gay as he sustained what he called a severe cramp in his left hamstring.

Those familiar with the plaintive falsetto of Delta blues great Skip James will surely hear Skip's influence in the much lesser-known Johnny Temple 's Evil Devil Blues , recorded in 1935, which features some delightfully unexpected melodic twists. And though Johnny Temple "never achieved stardom", he does have a Wikipedia page . The Johnny Temple YT clip is from PreWarMusic , who's posted several clips well worth your time and attention from early American music figures who aren't exactly household names. I really like this one, for example: Bed Spring Poker . Skip James, of course, has been featured in a number of previous MeFi posts .

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Mike Mussina stifled the Boston Red Sox for six shutout innings Saturday, giving the Yankees their first win in three games in this series.

Many expected Janet Evans’s 800-meter freestyle world record to be broken on Saturday. Instead it was the only one of the women’s events contested Saturday in which no record fell.

Forrest Griffin upset light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson on Saturday night, winning a five-round unanimous decision at UFC 86.

While the Darwin awards look away ... cluster ballooning is taking off. More and more people are taking to the sky with a cluster of helium balloons and a lawn chair .

For Busch, the Sprint Cup series points leader, it was his sixth Cup victory of the year.

Shameka Christon scored 18 of her 25 points in the first half Saturday as the Liberty ended the Phoenix Mercury’s four-game winning streak.

Gunning for an eighth Olympic berth in seven days, Michael Phelps ran his consecutive victory streak against Ian Crocker to four by winning the final of the 100 fly.

Andy Sonnanstine gave up five hits in seven innings to win his fourth consecutive decision and Ben Zobrist homered again as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the visiting Kansas City Royals, 3-0.