26 Results for americas cup

Bring Back Double Duty

Ryan McGee

...picture, no one will have the chance to see if they have what it takes to complete America's two most grueling races in a single day. The Indianapolis 500 by day and the Coca...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 19, 2009

Starting Five

Ryan McGee

...the statement that would be made when its first class was announced. The Baseball Writers Association of America voted five men into that first class, and their credentials were, and still are, indisputable. Ty Cobb...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 18, 2009

Racy Ryan's NASCAR Advice Column

Ryan McGee

...and end up standing next to Tom Bergeron on America's Funniest Home Videos. Dear Racy Ryan, The recent rash of blown engines in Sprint Cup races has me on edge and is causing me...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 03, 2009

End of the Road

Ryan McGee

The announcement came in the form of one simple sentence last week, buried in the middle paragraphs of yet another robotic recession-produced press re...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 24, 2009

Best and Worst of NASCAR So Far

Ryan McGee

As any Cup Series racer will tell you, it's time to start thinking about Fontana and getting on with...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 18, 2009

The Magazine Editor's Blog: Economics Briefing

Gary Belsky, ESPN The Magazine Editor-in-Chief

...JB and Ryan. All of which brings me to … me! Well, really, the United States of America, but also me, in that I have a particular thought about the United States of America that...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 17, 2009

A Racing Drag

Ryan McGee

...a shame. You would have loved him. While America celebrated the holidays, the family of Phillip Sylvester...Bobby Allison, a man who won two Winston Cup races on the quarter-mile oval. "And if...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 29, 2008

Ryan McGee's Blog: 'Twas the Weekend Before Christmas

Ryan McGee

...my eye was the one of Jimmie. The Cup championship driver, so lively and quick, Likes to...on the isle, The place that ends with America's last mile. "The ship that moors here...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2008

Door To Door

David D. Mccall

Morty Buckles and Terance Mathis have a dream to compete against Nascar's best. But first they have to sell it

Story | Conversation | November 15, 2008

Hot out of the Box

Allison Glock

Carl Edwards has just what Nascar wants: looks, smarts and charm. It doesn't hurt that he can also drive

Story | Conversation | November 15, 2008

Can't Let Go

Ryan Mcgee

Mark Martin has been trying to retire for two years, but one guy keeps standing in his way: Mark Martin

Story | Conversation | October 14, 2008

THE NASCAR VOTE

Ryan McGee

...A new development in the Chase for the Cup? Nope. Cindy McCain was wearing blue jeans. The...show up?" "If you want to reach mainstream America, the racetrack is the place to do it...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2008

Import/Export

Luke Cyphers

Nascar's global ambitions got a boost with the arrival of Juan Pablo Montoya. But the league's hottest rookie ever has more modest goals: he just wants to win

Story | Conversation | October 09, 2008

Tour De Champ

Marty Smith

A broken wrist kept Jimmie Johnson from racing, but it didn't stop him from waving Nascar's flag at the Race of Champions in Paris.

Story | Conversation | October 09, 2008

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KHALID EL-AMIN Before Khalid El-Amin, the Connecticut Huskies were a mere basketball team, a regional novelty, trusting in mere mortals. Now they're ...

Story | Conversation | October 09, 2008