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Damon, Johnson celebrate titles

Associated Press

Johnny Damon knows how difficult it can be to win a championship. That's why even he marvels at Jimmie Johnson, who wrapped up an unprecedented fourth consecutive Cup championship.

Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Crunching numbers after Homestead

Matt Willis

...Red Auerbach's Boston Celtics to find the last team to win four in a row. In baseball, Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra were the stars of the day when the New York Yankees were...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Want Air Johnsons? You're outta luck

David Newton, ESPN.com

He has the looks. He's articulate. He has three Sprint Cup titles and is closing in on a fourth. So why aren't the advertisers beating down Jimmie Johnson's door?

Story | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Missing the Mark (Martin)

Ryan McGee

There is no one -- and I am including Jimmie Johnson here -- that doesn't want to see Mark Martin win a Sprint Cup Series championship. At 50, he now ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009

Cup regulars hogging the spotlight

Terry Blount, ESPN.com

Kyle Busch likely will lock up the Nationwide Series championship Saturday night at Phoenix International Raceway. Let's hope he's the last full-time Cup racer to do it.

Story | Conversation | November 13, 2009

NASCAR revamps its diversity program

Ryan McGee

...return in a couple of weeks to compete for four NASCAR Camping World East (think Double-A baseball) rides. The remaining six will get to race one level lower, in NASCAR's Whelen All-American...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009

So, who gets left out next year?

Ed Hinton, ESPN.com

Filtering in NASCAR's Hall of Fame electees to five per year means 2010 is likely to be as controversial as the inaugural class. Who's next? Let's say Pearson, Allison and Yarborough are locks, but that hardly scratches the surface of who's deserving.

Story | Conversation | October 15, 2009

Crunching numbers after California

Matt Willis

It's getting close to the end of the season, in both NASCAR and Major League Baseball, and you know what that means. Time to program the numbers for the local pizza place into...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009

And the inaugural HOF class is ...

Ryan McGee

...least the ones who are already retired. Need some perspective? Well, take a gander at the National Baseball Hall of Fame's first class, in 1936: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner and...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009

Hall of Fame: Locks and long shots

Terry Blount, ESPN.com

If Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt and Bill France Sr. aren't included in the NASCAR Hall of Fame's inaugural class, there should be an investigation.

Story | Conversation | October 12, 2009

Cup luck pays rent

Jay Cronley, Special to ESPN.com

Clearly, crazier things are happening than horses running for world championships on fake dirt.

Story | Conversation | October 12, 2009

The next generation of NASCAR stars

Ryan McGee

...ceremonies in SoCal (including Jesse McCartney's edited-on-the-fly national anthem), ARCA (think Double-A baseball) was in the midst of its American 200 season finale at the Rockingham Speedway in eastern North...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 12, 2009

In Case You Missed It

...t in the postseason field. Neither are Felix Hernandex, Johan Santana, Roy Halladay and a number of baseball's best pitchers. But the playoff field does include its share of aces. John Lackey, left, proved...

Blog Entry | October 09, 2009

Crunching numbers for California

Matt Willis

...long film and then some World Series of Poker (special thanks to my DVR during this, the baseball postseason, or when the research department and I light up the town on a Tuesday night), I...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 08, 2009

The NASCAR show again trumps sport

Ed Hinton, ESPN.com

NASCAR doesn't like dominance lest it stink up the show. And one thing The Strange Case of the 5 and the 48 clearly demonstrates: The show still trumps sport.

Story | Conversation | October 08, 2009