Crunching numbers after Homestead
Matt Willis...had ever won four consecutive championships until Mr. Johnson came along. Not Petty, not Earnhardt, not Waltrip, Gordon or Yarborough. And since I'm an all-sports researcher out at ESPN, let's put it...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009Post-Chase odds and ends
Ryan McGee...67, 71-72, 74-75, 79 Dale Earnhardt 7 1979, 86-87, 90-91, 93-94 Jeff Gordon 4 1995, 97-98, 2001 Jimmie Johnson 4 2006-09 Darrell Waltrip 3 1981-82, 85...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009
From "The Rundown" : Fifth Is First Is Fourth
SportsCenter...bottle of bubbly) for the fourth straight year. Besides Jimmie, only Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, and Jeff Gordon have won at least four championships. Besides Jimmie, none of them ever did it in a...
Blog | November 23, 2009Jimmie Johnson Racing Towards 4th Straight Championship
SportsCenterJimmie johnson is in position to lock up his 4th consecutive Sprint Cup Championship. As he approaches the finish line, his fellow drivers and th...
Blog | November 21, 2009Will you be able to say you saw history?
Terry Blount...you had a good day." No one has more respect for Johnson's accomplishment than teammate Jeff Gordon, who recognized Johnson's talent eight years ago and helped convince Rick Hendrick to hire him...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 21, 2009Homestead Chase Chances
Ryan McGee...6 15th 87.2 Mark Martin (2) 9 0 5 12.0 N/A*** 91.6 Jeff Gordon (3) 10 0 8 9.9 4th 92.6 Kurt Busch (4) 8 1 3 21...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009
Around the NFC West: Cardinals recover
Mike Sando, NFC West...team may wait until next week to fill Ah You's spot on the active roster." Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch explains Warner's appeal in St. Louis this way: "One...
Blog | November 20, 2009Digging into Cy balloting
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Aside from Carroll and Law, every ballot was filled with only three names.* *St. Louis writer Jeff Gordon argues that Wainwright got "jobbed." And further, "Carpenter was left off two ballots, with Javier Vasquez...
Blog | November 19, 2009The Jimmie Johnson story, again
Ryan McGee...Leader for a couple of opinions. "The Johnson backlash in the grandstand has made it even tougher," Jeff Gluck, NASCAR Scene associate editor and well-respected beat writer, told me. "I am a big believer...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009
Crunching numbers for Homestead
Matt Willis...Stewart in fifth. I had Johnson and Martin flip-flopped, and was one position off on Jeff Gordon, Greg Biffle and Brian Vickers. Close ain't good enough here, though. However, my past success...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009The Chicken Bone Section
Ryan McGee...drive.") • Dale Earnhardt ("He might want to get his head back in the window.") • Jeff Gordon ("Listen Chachi ...") • Ricky Craven and the Charlotte Hornets ("Well, we're kind of winning!") •...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009
Around the NFC West: Seahawks owner ill
Mike Sando, NFC WestBrier Dudley of the Seattle Times says Seahawks owner and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Dudley: "The...
Blog | November 17, 2009NASCAR'S version of the tax code
SportscenterSo it comes down to one race for the Chase. Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, and Jeff Gordon are the only drivers still mathematically eligible to win the Cup. Gordon will be eliminated as...
Blog | November 16, 2009Missing the Mark (Martin)
Ryan McGee...of his ride. "I have lost them to the best," he said with a shrug. "Earnhardt, Stewart, Gordon, and now maybe Jimmie. And yes, he has to be in any conversation about the best." That...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009
Around the NFC West: Rams improve
Mike Sando, NFC West...just think the character in that locker room is what allows what happened today to happen." Jeff Gordon of stltoday.com thinks the Rams should wait until the middle rounds before drafting a quarterback...
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