The athletes trained almost from birth to compete in the 350-mile race from Nebraska’s Panhandle to Omaha. These racers ...

STERLING (AP) -- These aren't your garden-variety pigeons. Let these birds go, and they'll fly 300 miles straight home in a half-day. Norbert Padilla has been breeding and racing homing pigeons for ...

Chronicle chief reporter Jack Tolson takes a look back to the archives of October 1996WHY PIGEONS FLY SHY OF WAR MEMORIA...

Homing pigeons have been prized for their navigational abilities for thousands of years. They’ve served as messengers during ...

The New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean’s latest book—her 12th, the memoir Joyride—was inspired by “a combination of a few ...

Fergus Wilson, once named Britain’s most controversial landlord, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The 77-year-old has had four spells in hospital, each for two weeks, over the last eight ...

A KEIGHLEY author has had two new children's books published. My Wacky Witchy Hum Mum, and Gaelia the Racing Pigeon and the Big Big Race, are the latest titles from Hilary Roper. Hilary, who is also ...

The beady-eyed athletes scan an unfamiliar wind-swept prairie from behind the starting gate. They’ve prepared for this day ...

Vlad Mazanko is a list writer from Ukraine, and a passionate gaming enthusiast. One who enjoys not-so-great games like Anthem, Mafia 3, Mass Effect Andromeda, Marvel's Avengers, The Callisto Protocol, ...

Jayson Werth started Icon Racing with a goal of bringing more owners into a sport that he has fallen in love with. The fellas break down what it means to be a partner in ICON racing, the latest from ...

The world of kart racers is colorful and silly, with a variety of beloved franchises having their own spin on the game format. Two of the biggest titles right now are Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and ...