INDIANAPOLIS — Houston coach Lovie Smith kept insisting his team would play for the win Sunday. Then after throwing two incompletions and taking a 10-yard sack, Mills somehow threaded the pass through the hands of Colts safety Rodney Thomas II and into the hands of Akins, giving Houston its second win in three weeks and its fourth-ever win in Indy …
DETROIT — The milk has barely been washed out of Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson’s firesuit and the IndyCar season has gone wild. Slow down, warned Pato O’Ward, who is also back at the Detroit Grand Prix looking to defend his first IndyCar win and take the championship lead from Ericsson. I think that was going to be a huge …
MONTEREY, Calif. — Alex Palou strolled confidently through the Laguna Seca paddock, his focus firmly honed on closing out his first IndyCar championship. Palou took a 25-point lead in the standings with his third win of the season last weekend, with only the Laguna Seca road course and next week’s finale on the street course in Long Beach remaining. “I …