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HAIKU TUESDAY: Getting in the sushi mood
I always enjoy writing Haiku Tuesday the week before and after a race in Japan. Well, actually, I don't enjoy it so much as write it in total fear that some Japanese reader will chance upon it and tell me exactly how badly I'm perverting the form and ruining poetry for everyone. But hey,...
Logano pulls a Kyle Busch and steals one: The Subway Jalapeno 250 Review
It was Talladega all over again. Coming out of nowhere, a Joe Gibbs Toyota stole one from the rest of the field. Near the end of a crash filled race, it looked like either Elliott Sadler with Kevin Harvick or Danica Patrick with Aric Almirola were going to win. Speaking of Patrick, she showed...
Justin Allgaier wins on fumes: The STP 300 Nationwide Review
What a finish to an otherwise subpar race! With 35 to go, we had a great battle for first between Carl Edwards and Elliott Sadler. Sadler just would not give up the lead but everyone in the race, and I mean everyone, was low on fuel. While Edwards and Sadler were going at it, Justin Allgaier was...
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu...
She's gone, she's goneOh, whyOh, whyI better learn how to face itHall & Oates, "She's Gone" Danica Patrick is going to NASCAR full-time in 2012. The news was so electrifying for ESPN that they overlaid a bright GoDaddy.com green news banner trumpeting the news in prominent view during an...
WHAT WE LEARNED: Indy time trials deliver on centennial hype
Could there have been a crazier weekend of time trials at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway than what we were treated to this Saturday and Sunday? The centenary 500-Mile Race takes place in less than one week's time but folks are already buzzing, after a Cinderella pole win by Sam Schmidt...
INDY 500 QUALIFYING: A sleepless night at Andretti Autosport
While you are waking up and enjoying that first bit of morning coffee and Hobbsian wisdom from the Spanish F1 broadcast, take a moment to feel sorry for someone. Yes, I'm talking about that junior mechanic from Andretti Autosport, who probably spent the night jacked up on Red Bull - err, Venom...
HAIKU TUESDAY: Long Beach F-Bomb Edition
Look, I know that if you took the cuss words out of a driver's daily vocabulary, you'd be left with something that looks like a "Mad Libs" sheet, to wit: I __________ can't __________ believe that that _____________ guy _____________ _________ed the __________ with that ___________ ____________,...
Will Danica stay or go?
Danica Patrick's history-making fourth-place finish in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas this past weekend has fans of IndyCar wondering what the future holds for the Andretti Autosport driver. Will she continue to dabble in stock car racing - Saturday's race was the third of 13 NASCAR...
An unexpected story shows the value of unscripted narrative
Let me ask you a question. If you go to a movie theater and see a trailer for an upcoming film that essentially gives away every plot twist, every action set piece, and every bit of interesting dialogue... how likely would it be that you'd want to see the whole movie at full price? I pondered that...
Don't Bet On It!: 2010-2011 College Football Bowl Predictions (Part VII)
I have predicted nearly all the bowl games, and already I am well on my way to getting most of my forecasts wrong, so, as I prepare to offer my final five prognostications for this college football postseason, I feel honor-bound to remind you for the final time in the 2010 campaign that you simply...
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