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It’s just kinda boring: “Go, Ryan!” “Win it, Martin!” “Yay, William!” I know I’m accused – rightly – of preferring[…]
Read moreIt’s just kinda boring: “Go, Ryan!” “Win it, Martin!” “Yay, William!” I know I’m accused – rightly – of preferring[…]
Read moreWho doesn’t like to cheer for the underdog? If the answer to that question wasn’t “just about everybody,” why would[…]
Read moreI have to keep reminding myself: the season is about to start. Yet when I start surfing online, my sports“clicks”[…]
Read moreEverybody remembers the trains, and I do, too. There was just something about watching a really good stock car race[…]
Read moreMy mind can take me down some pretty twisty rabbit holes, given half the chance. Here’s how one of them[…]
Read more(Eventually, I’m going to work some history in here. It’s way down below.) Now that we’re done with two consecutive[…]
Read moreWe all know that institutional/corporate histories focus on the good stuff, maintaining/enhancing the “brand,” as it were. Most people who[…]
Read moreI’m stepping way out of my comfort zone for this one. I grew up more than 500 miles from Atlanta,[…]
Read moreIn Dave Fulton’s recent article about Richmond’s Junie Donlavey and the first Southern 500 (1950), he quotes Donlavey explaining the[…]
Read moreNow that the Talladega circus is over, it’s time for the old grump to knock NASCAR’s longest track and argue[…]
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