Movie critics around the globe are announcing their 10-top best movies of the year, and I can't believe what I'm reading.With rare exception, No Country For Old Men, the methodical tale of a psychopat...

Forget about more horsepower, gadgetry, weird names and odd-colored paint. If one of the automobile manufacturers wants to immediately catapult its sales, hire Charlize Theron.The South-African bor...

The recent announcement of Scott Moninger's retirement at age 40 was handled superbly by race organizers at the Tour of Missouri. Moninger's career highlights were detailed and the veteran cyclist was...

I've just finished reporting on the Tour of Missouri, my last cycling event of the season.For the first time in a decade, I didn't attend the Tour de France this summer. But I still needed my cycling ...

For the first time in a decade, I won't be attending the Tour de France The race hasn't even begun and I miss it already. I don't miss the competition. It's everything else.I arrived at my first Tou...

For years, whenever I visited Monterey, I always stopped for at least one meal Koto on Tyler Street.The sushi was fresh and reasonably priced, and owner remembered me as "SacramentoGuy." There was no ...

I realized a few years ago that the main reason I volunteer at the Devil's Thumb aid station at the Western States 100 is that it feels good.It's nice to see friends and acquainstances (some of whom I...

Nice news this morning to read that Mike Sayers of Sacramento, the elderstatesman of the domestic pro peloton, won the Reno Criterium on Saturday night.Sayers, 37, nearly retired last season. But he w...

My friend Bruce Aldrich traveled with me last year to the Tour de France. I already knew he was an accomplishment athlete, but I also quickly realized he's an accomplished photographer and videographe...

I've been reviewing cars for about five years. And if I've learned anything after driving more than 200 vehicles, it's that every manufacturer has a terminology "spin" for what it believes is its revo...