INDIANAPOLIS -- The president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is remembering actress Florence Henderson as a lovely lady who sang nearly two dozen times during Indianapolis 500 pre-race festivities.The Indiana-born actress best known as Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch died Thursday in Los Angeles at age 82. She was born in Dale, a small southwestern Indiana town near the Ohio River, the 10th child of a tobacco sharecropper.Speedway President Doug Boles said in a Friday statement that Henderson had a passion for the special moments leading up to the command for drivers to start their engines for the annual race, held each May.We thank her for her friendship and love for our sport and her friends and family will be in our prayers, he said. She was a lovely lady and she will be missed.Between 1991 and 2015, Henderson sang America the Beautiful, God Bless America or The Star-Spangled Banner 23 times during pre-race festivities. She served as grand marshal for this years pre-race parade, riding in a parade car at the front of the 33 competing drivers.Henderson said during a pre-race interview that she enjoyed the change of pace, of being freed from a singing commitment at the race.This year, I get to be out here and talk to everyone. Its great, Henderson told The Indianapolis Star. ... Just to hear the crowd at the parade was absolutely fantastic.Cheap Football NCAA Jerseys . -- Gus Malzahn finally had his day in Fayetteville. Fake NCAA Jerseys . Gerald Green and Miles Plumlee? Green had bounced around the NBA when he wasnt playing overseas. The Pacers gave up on Plumlee after just one season. Now Green and Plumlee are key cogs in the Suns surprising breakout season. https://www.chinajerseysncaa.us/ . -- Whether Jeremy Hill deserves a prominent role in LSUs offence this early in the season is a matter for debate. Cheap NCAA Jerseys . -- The Missouri Tigers might not have a roster full of superstars. NCAA Jerseys China . Badenhop was 2-3 with a 3.47 ERA in 63 relief appearances for Milwaukee this season. He is 18-20 in his career with three saves and a 3.SAN DIEGO -- Padres starter Paul Clemens left Sundays game against the Cincinnati Reds in the fifth inning because of tightness in his lower back.Clemens retired Homer Bailey on a grounder for the first out of the fifth.He then motiooned to the San Diego dugout, and he was removed after a short visit by manager Andy Green.dddddddddddd ' ' '