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Quick break from basketball
Time for a one-day shift from the Basketball Blog only because readers keep asking why I never wrote anything about last Sunday's Super Bowl. Take Dan...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 09, 2007The Fall of Al Unser Jr.
Ryan McGee...his Indy Car sponsor Valvoline accepted the invitation of Rick Hendrick and went racing in the Daytona 500. The fit was a natural. The defending Indy 500 champ was a fast-driving, hard-partying...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 15, 2008Return of the King
Ryan McGee...racing again. Here's a man who won three Cups, 83 races, 69 poles and four Daytona 500's. He's also survived a parachute that wouldn't open, a gunshot wound, a lightning...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 08, 2008Cale passes the torch to Jimmie
Marty SmithNEW YORK -- NASCAR legend Cale Yarborough has provided three-time defending champ Jimmie Johnson some surprising moments through the years. There wa...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 05, 2008Nigel Marlin No More
Ryan McGee...their home track. In four seasons, Irvan won nine poles and seven races, including the 1991 Daytona 500. Then came the golden era for the Kodak Gold car, when lovable loser Sterling Marlin took...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2008How Red Sox could still win ALCS
...which is easy to do when you're circling the bases like Jimmie Johnson at the Daytona 500. The obstacles that are in front of the Red Sox are enormous, after the Rays' 13...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2008
THE NASCAR VOTE
Ryan McGee...by. Long before Cindy appeared in her jeans, Dubyah strolled down pit road at the 2004 Daytona 500, Governor Ah-Nuld worked the California Speedway to simultaneously improve his poll numbers and pimp Terminator...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2008RYAN MCGEE'S BLOG: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
Ryan McGeeInvasion of privacy isn't fair and it isn't fun. But it's also a big chunk of the price one must pay for admission into the big room of the sports w...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2008R.I.P. POLE POSITION
Ryan McGeeLadies and gentleman, we have gathered here today to say goodbye to an old friend whose time here on earth has passed. Farewell to you, Mr. Pole Posi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 02, 2008REPORTING FROM ... THE DARLINGTON HISTORIC RACING FESTIVAL
Ryan Mcgee...about it." There were 125 classic racecars on display at NASCAR's oldest speedway, including three Indy 500 winners and the wildest collection of old sprint cars this side of Indianapolis. More than twenty living...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 02, 2008WHAT'S YOUR SIGN?
Ryan McGeeWhen NASCAR gathers this week in Michigan, unbeknownst to most in the paddock, the numbers that determine their collective worth are being compiled in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 14, 2008RYAN MCGEE'S BLOG: NO SMILES AT THE SALE OF PETTY ENTERPRISES
Ryan McGee...s loved the Pettys since watching Richard and David Pearson duke it out in the 1976 Daytona 500. Boston Ventures managing director Andrew Davis grinned incessantly through the entire proceeding, repeatedly exclaiming his excitement...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 17, 2008Sex and the Spencer fan
David Newton...N.C. -- "Hey. Where y'all from?" the gray-haired man in blue-jean shorts, a Daytona 500 cap and black shirt with a NASCAR logo on it said. "Just down the street," I...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 02, 2008CHARLOTTE'S SPRING CLEANING
Ryan McGee...of those trophies—the six Winston, Nextel and Sprint Cups, as well as the four Daytona 500 trophies shared by Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson—were out of their usual skybox-like...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 14, 2008REPORTING FROM ... WACHOVIA CHAMPIONSHIP, ROUND THREE
Ryan McGee...183;Doug Flutie is a 6th rounder instead of an 11th rounder. ·Mark Martin, 2007 Daytona 500 champion ·Patrick Ewing, 1995 Eastern Conference Finals MVP ·Steve Bartman is some dude you...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 05, 2008
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