Blog April 2008

Blog April 2008

  • Danica’s Moment
    • Apr 22, 2008
    • Blog

    Let’s cut through the crap. The public holds Danica Patrick to a baffling double standard. If a man gets angry after he’s punted into the wall at 180 mph, he’s justified. If Patrick gets angry, she’s vilified. If a man gets into it with his crew chief over strategy, he’s fighting for his cause. If Danica does it, she’s b*tchy. If a man uses sex appeal to promote himself, he’s a stud. If she does it, well…

    SPEEDtv.com.

  • In Case You Missed It
    • Apr 15, 2008
    • Blog

    In case you missed it, the Red Sox beat the Yankees 4-3 on Saturday night. We provide this public service announcement because Fox left the game for the start of the Subway Fresh Fit 500 just as Yankee second baseman Robinson Cano was battling Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the top of the ninth. Needless to say, Fox has gotten killed in baseball-crazy New York and Boston as well as NASCAR-happy locals. “The net result was not what we wanted to happen,” says Fox Sports spokesman Dan Bell, who said his network received 20 complaints.
    What happened? Fox is contractually obligated to show NASCAR races from start to finish on its broadcast network. They asked NASCAR to push the race back, and the auto racing body agreed to move the race from 8:45 p.m. to 8:53 p.m. Both worlds collided at that point and Fox was cooked. (The conclusion of the baseball game aired on FX.)

    SI.com.

  • “They drive fast in NASCAR, so test them for drug use”
    • Apr 15, 2008
    • Blog

    In the migration from dirt tracks to Madison Avenue, the executives failed to make a pit stop for something it needs more than any other league. If Aaron Fike didn’t tell us this when he was arrested last summer, he surely did when he told ESPN The Magazine last week that he had competed in the NASCAR truck series while on heroin

    News Record – Greensboro, North Carolina.

  • Congressional Report Chides NFL and Union on Injuries
    • Apr 09, 2008
    • Blog

    The CRS also found that NFL players are eight times more likely to get hurt than their counterparts in “any other commercial sports league, including ice hockey and auto racing.”

    washingtonpost.com.

  • PHILLIPS: Helio Got It Right
    • Apr 09, 2008
    • Blog

    In some respects, Saturday’s qualifying session was the highlight of the weekend, in that it gave a tantalizing preview of what may lie ahead for the IndyCar Series. It may have been on a 1.8-mile circuit where lap times were barely more than a minute long, but the fact that the top 15 drivers qualified within a second of one another bodes well for the unified series. Imagine the intensity and, with the proper promotion, attention that sort of competition will generate if it becomes par for the course in the coming months.

    SPEEDtv.com.

  • This Week’s Fantasy League Advice
    • Apr 04, 2008
    • Blog

    This week’s sage advice: Don’t panic, there’s plenty of time left to fix early-season mistakes, account for instances it was impossible to foresee, and still emerge at the top of your fantasy league.

    After all, no one had F1’s boss, Max Mosley, in the top slot of their Auto-Racing-Executive/Nazi-Orgy fantasy league preseason draft lists. Sure, it’s easy in retrospect to realize his father was Oswald Mosley, founder of the British Union of Fascists, who was married in the home of Joseph Goebbels with Adolf Hitler present as a guest, but Teresa Earnhardt was still clearly the top draft pick.

    Mosley’s daring use of five prostitutes does give his owners a seemingly insurmountable early lead, but that just means everyone else has to work harder to identify the next superstar.

    Worcester Telegram & Gazette News.

  • When the Tag Cloud says more than the story itself
    • Apr 02, 2008
    • Blog

    Max Mosely fired a shot across the bow today when he issued a formal statement saying “I shall now devote some time to those responsible for putting this into the public domain.” So I guess that means the guys at Autosport.com, who cherish their FIA issued F1 press credential and have no problem with self-censorship, are safe. Likewise, the guy at Jalopnik responsible for writing the “tags” for articles shouldn’t expect his newly minted F1 credential to be arriving in the mail anytime soon. The collection of words below are from the ‘tag cloud’ associated with the Jalopnik.com story regarding Formula 1 President Mosely’s…well, just read the tag cloud.

    CLIPS, DEADSPIN, F1, F1 HOOKERS, F1 SEX HOOKERS, F1 SEX SCANDAL, FIA FIA BOSS SEX, FORMULA 1 SEX SCANDAL, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA ONE OSS HOOKERS, MAX, MAX MOSELEY, MAX MOSELY SEX, MAX MOSLEY, MAX MOSLEY NAZI ORGY SCANDAL, MAX MOSLEY NAZI SEX VIDEO, MAX OSLEY SEX SCANDAL, MAX MOSLEY SEX VIDEO, MAX MOSLEY VIDEO, MAX MOSLY, MOSLEY, NAZI, NAZI SEX VIDEO, ORGY, RACING NEWS, SCANDAL, SEX

  • From the gas pump, rising prices trickle down
    • Apr 02, 2008
    • Blog

    Walker, a cab driver with Blue and White Express in Chesapeake, estimates he’s spending $100 a week more for gas since last year. “Every time gas prices go up, I get a demotion,” he said.
    He’s compensating for it by working more - 10 to 12 hours a day versus eight hours a day a year ago - and cutting personal expenses. Normally, Walker would have been in Martinsville last weekend watching the NASCAR race. This year, he saw it on TV.

    PilotOnline.com.


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