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Barnhart ouster treats symptom, but illness remains
It's not like this wasn't coming for months. Still, that didn't keep Robin Miller from virtually tripping over his moustache and "paddock paunch" to be first out the door with the news. The Daily Prophet could hardly have been more enthusiastic about Lord Voldemort's demise than Miller was to make...
Crisis of faith: A cry for help from an IndyCar die-hard
I'm getting as tired of writing these articles as you are of reading them. And to be fair, I spent a somewhat sleepless night trying to talk myself out of doing so because I have been starting to think that my "howling" (as one driver calls it) is becoming knee-jerk rather than the constructive...
Enforcement inconsistency betrays trust between series and drivers
It took a lot for you to not lose your faith in this worldI can't offer you proofBut you're going to face a moment of truthIt's hard when you're always afraidYou just recover when another belief is betrayed Billy Joel, A Matter of Trust To understand why the events at Loudon, New Hampshire two...
WHAT WE LEARNED: "Baghdad Brian" thinks we're all pretty stupid
I'd like to say that watching someone flat-out lie on national television is a rarity. Unfortunately, when Brian Barnhart bald-facedly "shaded the truth" at the end of the MoveThatBlock.com 225 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, he was just following a tradition of a long line of spin doctors,...
Why do we have a Left Back controversy?!
The last thing that the Rapids need after that huge injury spat and a string of mediocre results including seven draws and a loss in their last 10 games is a controversy at any positions on the pitch. Unfortunately, coach Gary Smith seems to have decided that he has no idea who he wants to play at...
Michael's mulligan mars majesty of May mystique
Someone told me today that, hey, there's no Santa Claus either. They missed the point. My crushing disappointment about the reality of Michael Andretti and A.J. Foyt ripping the heart out of what was one of the most thrilling Bump Days in decades at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has nothing to do...
Guillen Quits: Don't Worry, It's Only Oney
By now you're aware that Ozzie Guillen has a Twitter account that he launched as pitchers and catchers reported about a month ago. Around the same time he also launched a Facebook fan page. At the time, I was both excited by the opportunity to get snippets of Guillen truly unfiltered and confused...
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