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Danica Patrick Wins IndyCar Race in Japan Danica Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history Sunday, taking the Indy Japan 300 when leader Helio Castroneves was forced to pit for fuel in the final laps. The 26-year-old driver won in her 50th IndyCar start. "She's rocketed herself to the top end of the roll call for most successful female racing drivers ever," writes Gemma Briggs. "The last significant victory was probably Michele Mouton's World Rally Championship win ... way back in 1981."
posted to Auto Racing at 8:59 AM CDT
After almost 30 years, Thurman Munson still has a place in Yankee history. His widow, Diane Munson, wonders what will happen to his locker when the Yankees move to a new stadium. His locker is kept empty in his honor.
posted to Baseball at 4:01 PM CDT
I took the tour of Yankee Stadium a couple of years ago while on vacation. By far the best part of the tour is being able to go in the clubhouse. (when the team is on the road, which they were on the day I visited) There are no photographs allowed on that part of the tour, and you really feel like you're on hallowed ground. As incredible as it is to see the lockers of all the current Yankees, and then be told which of the same lockers belonged to all the legendary Yankees of the past, the most emotional moment for me was when the guide explained that the empty locker in the clubhouse was Munson's. A great tribute. I'm sure they won't forget him at the new ballpark.
posted at 4:58 AM CDT on February 16
Two Lovers in Sports: Chris Evert and Greg Norman Engaged. Former tennis champion Chris Evert and ex-golf number one Greg Norman announced their engagement on Friday, during the South African Open golf tournament in the South-Western Cape. I didn't know where to put this: Tennis? Golf? Culture? Extreme?
posted to Other at 6:47 PM CDT
Wow, didn't see that one coming. The Shark and the Ice Princess. He had to give his ex $100m?? I guess it pays to be Mrs. Shark.
posted at 7:11 PM CDT on December 14
Race car driver taxi driver to catch flight Michael Schumacher can add the unofficial title of Germany's fastest taxi driver to his other achievements after taking over behind the wheel to get his family to the airport on time.
posted to Auto Racing at 1:04 AM CDT
What a moron. How many people did he put in danger trying to catch a flight?
It's one thing to have an F1 driver take you for a ride in a road car on a closed course, that would be the thrill of a lifetime. But to do it in a taxi on public roads is just plain stupid. The only thing he had control over was his own car, but what about everyone else on the road, pedestrians. etc. How many traffic laws did he manage to break in an attempt to get to the airport on time?
The guy is one of the richest athletes in the world and could have just taken his own private jet. If I had that much money you'd never see me race to catch a commercial flight ever again. Just have my plane waiting for me, please. He's nothing more than an arrogant, self-centered jerk who feels he can get away with stuff like that because of who he is (or should I say, WAS.)
posted at 6:39 PM CDT on December 14
--Does anyone have the goods on the terrible scandal commited?
If he was so late for the flight that he felt the need to take the wheel himself, then you can safely assume traffic laws were broken. F1 drivers don't drive their cars like the rest of us, I'm sure. Like many other pro athletes and celebrities, they feel they are above the law. The only thing bigger than Schumi's wallet is his ego, and he knew damn well this story would get circulated.
posted at 7:26 PM CDT on December 14
Kobe Booed on Home Court, Lakers Win Opener For Houston Los Angeles loses by two points, the margin provided when the Lakers' Kwame Brown and Luke Walton teamed up to tip a rebound into their own basket. The Jazz and the defending NBA Champion Spurs open with wins on Opening Night.
posted to Basketball at 8:24 AM CDT
Kind of makes him the A-Rod of the NBA. Nothing like your own fans booing (one of) the best players in your league.
More like the A-Hole of the NBA. He deserved to get booed at home, and it sounded like all 19,000 were doing just that. I don't care what he was promised by the team, or who lied to him, or any of his complaints. He's being paid something like $30 mil a year, and he has complaints?? He told a reporter at halftime that the fans don't understand what's going on. Really?? Fans aren't stupid. If you don't want to play here, so be it. It's a .500 team even with Kobe, and I think most Laker fans have already moved on. See ya, Kobe. What really sucks is, we lose one A-Hole, and are probably getting another, only this one swings a bat.
posted at 12:30 PM CDT on October 31
Report: Dodgers hire Torre as manager; Little fired It seems pretty certain now that it is true. Don Mattingly, Tony Pena, Rob Thomson and Kevin Long will be coaches. The 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers look a whole more interesting now than they did this morning.
posted to Baseball at 11:06 PM CDT
The Dodgers still need a big bat. Makes you wonder what the McCourts promised Torre beyond just his contract. Hmmmm.......could it be that A-Rod winds up playing in L.A., just not with the Angels? Mattingly is going to be the bench coach. His son is in the Dodgers farm system.
posted at 1:28 AM CDT on October 30
Raikkonen wins improbable F1 title. All the hype was surrounding Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. Kimi Raikkonen however, all but discounted from winning the title, quietly went about his job and won the race and the F1 World Championship by a solitary point. There have been eleven three way battles going into the final race in the history of the sport. This is the first one since 1986, and the first time the third place driver going in has won the title since Farina won in 1950. In the end in 2007, the top three were separated by just one point.
posted to Auto Racing at 2:24 PM CDT
--Of course since posting this, it's been announced BMW and Williams are under investigation for failing the post race scrutineering. If the drivers were DQ'ed, that'd hand Lewis the championship.
Never been a big Kimi fan, but I really hope they don't hand the title to Lewis that way.
Not an Alonso fan either, but the Spaniard played that opening lap perfectly. He knew Hamilton wouldn't risk a crash and took the challenge to him. Lewis finally showed some rookie nerves, he'll learn from it and no doubt be a WC for many years to come. What a season!
posted at 6:50 PM CDT on October 21
No penalty for BMW or Williams, Kimi Raikkonen is officially the world champion............
posted at 6:55 PM CDT on October 21
I imagine McLaren don't have many friends in the FIA these days....
posted at 6:01 PM CDT on October 22
Hope Solo Kicked Off Team for Consolation Game In response to Hope Solo's comments after the Brazil loss, Coach Greg Ryan said the benched goalkeeper won't play in Sunday's third-place World Cup game and won't even be on the bench, in spite of her apologies to the public and her teammates. "We have moved forward with 20 players who have stood by each other, who have battled for each other," said Ryan. "And when the hard times came -- and the Brazil game was a hard time -- they stood strong. Now it's the 20 who have stuck together who will be ready to go out and compete against Norway."
posted to Soccer at 8:02 AM CDT
Ryan had to be thrilled when Solo mouthed off. It just deflected all the criticism away from him. They weren't prepared properly, and used the wrong strategy against Brazil, a team they normally can beat. His fault, nobody elses'. Solo is the #1 keeper, she shouldn't be benched for a world cup game, any game for that matter. Ryan will be a former coach within a few weeks, and hopefully the US team can put this whole thing behind them.
posted at 3:22 AM CDT on October 2
McLaren lose 2007 points, fined $100m but Alonso and Hamilton keep their driver's points. They are, however, barred from appearing on the podium the rest of the season. More news here.
posted to Auto Racing at 2:04 PM CDT
Kind of makes NASCAR's penalties look pretty lame, doesn't it? 100 million??? Damn, that's a lot of money. Dr. Z's going to have to go back to driving his Chrysler Sebring for awhile. The FIA is truly corrupt. To show my disgust, I'm never going to buy a Ferrari.
posted at 9:15 PM CDT on September 13
Yes, Sebrings are nice cars. They just don't quite match up to the good doctor's S63 AMG, though. So is Mercedes expected to pay this fine? If so, do it's shareholders have a right to file a claim against the FIA? They can just pull a number out of their ass? How can they possibly justify $100 million if they can't prove McLaren even benefitted from the intel?
posted at 12:53 AM CDT on September 14
Down Goes Kobayashi! Down Goes Kobayashi! American Joey Chestnut ate 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes, three more than six-time champ Takeru Kobayashi, to win the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, N.Y., and return the Mustard Belt to the U.S. In an event broadcast live on ESPN, Chestnut's total broke his own competitive eating world record by 6.5 hot dogs.
posted to Other at 12:25 PM CDT
All I know is that f-ing moron ESPN had sitting alongside Paul Page told us that we were witnessing the greatest moment in American sports history. Seriously. He reminded me of ESPN 8's (The Ocho!) Pepper Brooks in the movie Dodgeball. Actually, that's where the hot dog eating contest belongs.....ESPN 8.
posted at 8:14 AM CDT on July 5
Earnhardt Jr. to Hendrick, Kyle Busch out of #5 Kellogg's car? Press conference at 11AM Eastern tomorrow.
posted to Auto Racing at 9:59 PM CDT
Dale Jr. has no interest in escaping Bud's claws......he's done very well by them, and vice versa. Budweiser will probably be a sponsor wherever he ends up, which will be Hendrick. I read Kyle Busch may have asked out of his contract, so it was a no-brainer. He'll now be able to challenge for race wins, which is what he wanted, and Hendrick has the COT sorted out better than the rest. Super team, lots of egos, it'll be interesting to see if it all works out.
posted at 2:13 AM CDT on June 13
Sadly, I've already read a couple of stories where the reporter seems to discount her win because it came as a result of fuel strategy. As Drood said earlier, it's a part of racing. How many of Team Penske's wins over the years resulted from correctly calculating how much fuel was needed to make it to the finish? And a few of those races were Indy 500 wins, too.
The only thing that bugged me about ESPN's coverage was Jack Arute having the balls to ask her when she'd get another win. I know he was joking, but she didn't deserve to hear that question again while standing in victory lane.
Congrats Danica, hopefully the first of many. The girl is a flat-out racer. She made it back to the States in time to get to Long Beach to see the last laps of the LBGP, and she looked so happy, nothing like your first race win to take all that pressure away.