CATAWBA, N.C. -- Jeremy Mayfield sat in the back of his large barn Friday morning about 800 miles from where NASCAR's season-ending weekend was kicking off. Several hundred people surrounded him, listening intently as a fast-speaking auctioneer sold dozens of items.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- What they say about Omri Casspi in his native Israel is true. He will drive miles for a good plate of hummus.

LAS VEGAS -- The Aldo siblings played rough when they were growing up in the Amazon region of Brazil, and WEC featherweight contender Jose Aldo still has the scars to prove it.