orlandosentinel.com - 2/17/2009
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DAYTONA BEACH The most deserving driver did not win the Daytona 500 Sunday. Sadly and immaturely, Dale Earnhardt Jr. made sure of it. The most popular athlete in the sport turned into the most irresponsible driver on the track Sunday when a frazzled and frustrated Earnhardt caused a wreck that ...
nascar.fanhouse.com - 2/21/2009
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This is what Dale Earnhardt Jr. means to
NASCAR. On a weekend which could be considered the...
most irrelevant on the schedule, Earnhardt has given us something to talk about beyond the doom-and-gloom economy, the empty seats expected at Sunday's stop in Fontana, Calif.
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Junior Gives NASCAR Needed Surge
outsidetheboxscore.blogspot.com - 2/16/2009
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Today's moment of Zen comes from NASCAR as
the Daytona 500 ended in rain-shortened victory for Matt...
Kenseth. However, a crash caused by Dale Earnhardt Jr stole the show. We also love Michael Waltrip's commentary, "That ain't going to work boys."
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Today's Moment of Zen: Daytona 500 crash caused by Dale ...
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The Big Lead —
... he knew not everyone would take the buyout? (SBJ)
Natalie Gulbis is posting non-risque photos of herself on Twitter. (East Coast Bias)
Greg Oden’s latest knee injury: “not serious.” (Oregonian)
No arbitration for Ludwick - 1 year, $3.7 million. (Cardinal Beat)
Former teammate Jamie Moyer doesn’t see how A-Rod can get into the HOF. (Graney and the Pig)
Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Spoiled brat. (Orlando Sentinel)
Is Kentucky’s Billy Gillispie giving ESPN’s ...
Tuesday Dump
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... legion of talking heads made a good point-why the hell did NASCAR call the Daytona 500 due to rain, when it could have finished the race on a national holiday in front of a huge (and bored) TV audience. NASCAR is in pretty dire financial straits, so any sort of positive buzz and excitement would have been useful. Instead, we got a boring, confusing, rain shortened debacle that included a meltdown from the sports’ biggest star.
More on Dale Jr. here, and here. Pretty clear that Junior was the biggest loser of that race.
NBA All-Star weekend ...
The Week in Sports Columns, Vol. VII
RealClearSports - Blog —
... to Help Cause – Jay Mariotti, FanHouse
2. He Must Think We're All Fools - Mike Vaccaro, New York Post
3. Why hate A-Rod? Because He’s a Phony - Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe
4. Myth of Black Athlete Superiority Fueled Steroids - Jason Whitlock, FoxSports
5. Giving Old MVP’s to Non-Steroid Users - Rick Reilly, ESPN
6. A-Rod's Nightmare May be Just Beginning - John Harper, New York Daily News
7. Spoiled Brat Earnhardt Ruins Great Race - Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel
8. How ...
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