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The New Intimidator?

Ryan McGee

...week, race fans and motorsports analysts around the world were obsessed with one question: who could replace...anyway, a more consistent and thus better Cup Series driver than his predecessor's own flesh and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 09, 2009

The Fall of Al Unser Jr.

Ryan McGee

I've always wondered what would have happened if Al Unser Junior's career had zigged instead of zagged. How is that he could have fallen so far? Let'...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 15, 2008

Green Means Go

Ryan McGee

Each throw is an act of defiance. What happens when a Nascar juggernaut joins forces with a baseball superpower? If Roush Fenway racing has its way, it will transform how both sports do business

Story | Conversation | October 02, 2008

THE SHOW CARS ARE OUT OF CONTROL

Ryan McGee

Before we go any further, please let me file this disclaimer: I love racing. I really do. I have since I was a kid and it has paid my bil...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 18, 2008

REPORTING FROM ... THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES, CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Ryan McGee

As Fresno State recorded the final three outs of the 2008 College World Series, nearly 20,000 fans watched every pitch, foul, and catch as they waited to see the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 26, 2008

REPORTING FROM … THE CWS

Ryan McGee

...a crucial part in the team's fourth straight come-from-behind win of the College World Series. Now the team sits just one game away from the school's second baseball title. There...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 24, 2008

REPORTING FROM ... THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

Ryan McGee

...time to give out a few superlatives from the first seven days of the 2008 College World Series: Best Freebie Free bottles of water inscribed with a little bit of scripture given out by...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 20, 2008

REPORTING FROM ... THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

Ryan McGee

If you've never been to the College World Series (and if you haven't that's a shame), let me let you in on a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 18, 2008

REPORTING FROM ... FATHER'S DAY AT THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

Ryan McGee

...one rolled out along the banks of Missouri River on Sunday. Day 2 of the College World Series felt like a living, breathing Hallmark card from the dugouts to the grandstands to a tiny...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 16, 2008

SECOND LOOK … JON LESTER, A YEAR LATER

Ryan McGee

...over the winter, including Christmas. When Lester came off the mound during what would become the World Series-clinching win vs. Colorado, Francona later admitted that he'd wanted to hug Lester right then...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 20, 2008

MEET THE NEW BOSS

Ryan McGee

Hank Steinbrenner learned the value of patience and good breeding on the family's horse farm. But if the Yankees falter, will he be able to go to the whip?

Story | Conversation | February 25, 2008

Crash, Burn...Learn?

Ryan McGee

...was racing again. But I was at Daytona in 2000 for the inaugural NASCAR Truck Series event at the World Center of Racing. All day long we marveled at how the big chunky pickups were...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 28, 2009

The Track that Ate the Heroes

Ryan McGee

...looking for it. His father, three-time Cup Series champion Lee Petty, won at Langhorne in 1952...Philadelphia Speedway" clocked in at 94 mph, a world record for a one-mile circuit. Two months...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 07, 2009

Hairpocalypse Now

Ryan McGee

...three-time defending Cup champ finished 31st in the Daytona 500, 24th at Vegas and a bizarre series of pit miscues have kept him bogged down at 13th in the point standings. "No, the beard...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 10, 2009

Racy Ryan's NASCAR Advice Column

Ryan McGee

In today's world, racing and otherwise, we all seem like little lambs lost in the emotional and economical woods. Well...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 03, 2009