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The FIA wimps out over the Brazilian GP fuel issue...
by Graham 
..by announcing that McLaren's appeal is inadmissible. Conveniently, it waited to issue the news in order to reduce the media ripples.
This is pretty definitive proof that the FIA's judgement processes bear only a superficial resemblance to any judicial… more »
11/16/07 09:04:04 pm, The Shoulder of Alex Smith - weird stuff in 49'er land
by Graham
It appears that there is (at best) a mis-communication between Alex Smith, the 49'ers quarterback, and his coach Mike Nolan, and (at worst) some serious violation of the NFL Injury Reporting Guidelines.
Smith has essentially admitted that he is playing… more »
The 2007 championship and the FIA
by Graham
The 2007 Formula 1 drivers' World Championship was decided in dramatic fashion on Sunday in Interlagos, when Kimi Raikkonen won, with Fernando Alonso third and Lewis Hamilton in eighth. The result, improbably, left Raikkonen as the champion.
Or did it?… more »
The FIA Formula 1 Intellectual Property Mess..
by Graham
...continues to deepen, with Renault due to appear before the WMSC in December to answer charges that look like a cross between the passing of IP data from Ferrari to Toyota in 2002, and the passing of the now-infamous 780 page design dossier from Ferrar… more »
Now the Renault IP case has moved into the public arena
by Graham
...with the news that Renault F1 will face a FIA council meeting in mid-December. The issue that they have been investigated over concerns the appearance of engineering drawings and other information about the 2007 McLaren, brought to the team by a new e… more »
Running up the score - latest sin by the Patriots?
by Graham
Controversy followed the Patriots’ 52-7 demolition of the Redskins on Sunday. The Patriots continued to score deep into the fourth quarter (some of the starters, including Tom Brady, had been pulled from the field, but a number were still playing right u… more »
"Stepneygate", McLaren and the latest WCMS ruling
by Graham
Today's ruling that McLaren will lose all of their 2007 F1 World Championship points, and will be fined a large sum of money, will probably not mark the end of this long saga.
History may record that this was the least messy possible outcome to a thoro… more »
Tim Hardaway
by Graham
...who I have to confess I have never heard of until today, informed a TV channel that he hates gay people. (Hardaway is a retired NBA player). He stuck to his remarks even after being challenged on them by his interviewer. Strangely, he has since disavo… more »
The firing of Marty Schottenheimer...
by Graham
...is one of the biggest events of the off-season, and we're barely into February. However, I remain amazed that this did not happen sooner. By their own admissions, both Schottenheimer and Chargers GM A.J. Smith have not had a positive working relations… more »
Rumor is that the Cowboys...
by Graham
...will be installing Wade Phillips as their new head coach.
Bad move.
Phillips, lest we forget, was the head coach of the Bills for several seasons. During that period, he played a major part in creating a quarterback controversy that ruptured team… more »