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    Nascar 2009

    If you include Nationwide and trucks 18 wins is a solid over/under. Sprint Cup is a total crap shoot without testing (just look at all the engine failures) and I think the only chance for any driver to get more than 5 wins this season is to sweep the road courses. (Where Kyle Busch and Jeff...
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    Obama tax plan scaring some MLB free agents

    Because the team owner, league, merchandise licensees, etc. reap substantially more than $1 million from that player's efforts?
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    Poor little babies ban a kid from pitching because he is too good!

    I've read about this story in other forums and it doesn't seem like 40mph is atypical for a 9 year old to reach. The pitching machines are set up to 45mph at that age level in many leagues. This is a story about manipulating adults ruining a child's game for petty gain.
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    Hilariously Lopsided Sports Trades You Remember

    Dirk Nowitzki for Robert "Tractor" Traylor.
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    Which athlete has the hottest wife/girlfriend in sports?

    I nominate Kyle Busch's girlfriend, Samantha Sarcinella.
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    Tony Stewart released from Joe Gibbs Racing (and another "Silly Season" rumor)...

    The reason the Office Depot sponsorship is available is because AFLAC exercised their option to become the full-time sponsor of the #99.
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    Tony Stewart released from Joe Gibbs Racing (and another "Silly Season" rumor)...

    Probably way to go for keeping their employees in his home state of Indiana at work during "non-production" days of Toyota SUVs. Toyota trims production at Indiana plant If he had a serious problem with Toyota, yes, I'd really expect him to come out and say what he really thinks. Don't you...
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    Tony Stewart released from Joe Gibbs Racing (and another "Silly Season" rumor)...

    Darrell Waltrip was on Tony Stewart live today and asked Tony directly whether running Toyotas had anything to do with his decision. Tony had nothing but positive things to say about the support that he's got from TRD and specifically mentioned getting to know Lee White. I think that at the...
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    Tony Stewart released from Joe Gibbs Racing (and another "Silly Season" rumor)...

    ^^ Um, from 1999-2002, Tony drove (and won his first Championship) in a Pontiac. Also, 5 of his 7 Busch/Nationwide series wins came in a Toyota Camry.
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    Tony Stewart released from Joe Gibbs Racing (and another "Silly Season" rumor)...

    Fixed it for you. Chevy Impala's are made in Ontario, Canada. Toyota Camry's are made in Kentucky, USA. He'll definitely be in a Chevy next year since he'll be running Hendrick engines. Now as for 2010 and beyond...well If GM continues to pull resources out of NASCAR to survive their...
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    Has Anything Changed?

    IIRC, crabwalking was a Roush Cheatway innovation. Gibbs was the first to figure out how they did it and copy it, and it you could argue it ultimately restricted to 1 degree of yaw because a) when Hendrick finally figured out how to do it Jeff Gordon couldn't handle the car, or b) when Penske...
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    Has Anything Changed?

    Gibbs (and Roush Cheatway) are way ahead on CoT chassis design than the other teams. Their cars handle better so they go faster. The other Toyota teams aren't doing much better than last year. According to credible sources, Toyota engines don't have any consistent advantage on the dyno...
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    Has Anything Changed?

    Well NASCAR is a spec car series now... A decal for the Toyota Camry has been added to the hoods of some cars... And a different set of four teams account for something like 85% of the top 10 finishes week in and week out: Hendrick Joe Gibbs Roush Cheatway RCR So yeah, everythings changed and...
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    Ranking the 50 highest-earning athletes in the U.S.

    The list is total B.S. The WWE confirmed they didn't pay Floyd Mayweather Jr. $20,000,000 for Wrestlemania. The salaries for the NASCAR drivers are wrong, Forbes just listed their prize winnings. The actual compensation structure is a base salary + guaranteed prize money + % of prize winnings...
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    Which team has the most spoiled fans?

    And the last one came 75 races ago, which is about equivalent in NASCAR time to the last time the Yankees won the World Series...which reminds me that Jr. has 0 of the big trophies they hand out in New York. ( How many flames did I manage to pack into that paragraph? :D )
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    Which team has the most spoiled fans?

    If we're talking spoiled without wins... the Jr. Nation without question.
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    Nascar All Star Race

    It starts late because of the Indianapolis 500 of course.
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    Least favorite teams

    NFL - Oakland Raiders NBA - San Antonio Spurs MLB - NY Yankees NASCAR - #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. / #99 Carl Edwards College Sports - Duke
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    Jr got robbed..

    The next beer can target for the Jr. Nation? Lowe's Motor Speedway. Dale Jr. wrecked the #88 in the day 2 evening test session. Obviously the SAFER barrier turned right up into him.
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    Jr got robbed..

    If the Jr. Nation should blame anyone, it's Denny Hamlin for throwing a fit on track and bringing out an unnecessary caution. There's nothing wrong with Kyle Busch making an aggressive racing move for first position on the last laps of the race. (Now the truck series is a different matter. He...
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    LSU vs Ohio St.

    The better question is who will win the AP championship. The winner of the BCS bowl will probably end up with it, but expect USC to pull more than a couple #1 votes.
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    New Coach Allow A Penalty FREE Transfer

    Coaches don't want penalty free transfers. The "UNLV rule" (allowing graduate students to transfer without penalty, so-named because it allowed Kevin Kruger to play with his dad UNLV coach Lon Kruger) low in college basketball was rescinded after only one seaso.n (I'm sure UNLV making the Sweet...
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    How the Patriots (and their fans) can get back some level of respect

    Kicking field goals is "running up the score" and kneeling would be perceived as even more insulting. Where the pooch punt is vaguely reasonable, the Pats have given it up. BTW, the Pats are a team that goes for it on 4th in any quarter. As Gregg Easterbrook has consistently noted, the...
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    Ohio State does not want to play LSU in the BCS Championship...

    Play in the BCS championship. I guess you guys still have the Fail Bowl @ Michigan to look forward to.