Categories: Sport, Auto Racing, American Open Wheel, Formula 1, NFL, Other, Tennis
Amidst the sadness and grief over the death of Barbaro
by Graham 
Others have written elonquently about the death of Barbaro, and the lessons that his breakdown and failed recovery teach everybody. However, this quote from the on-course veterinarian when Barbaro was injured neatly sums up the underlying challenge when… more »
02/01/07 01:38:57 pm, Cowboys vs. Saints
by Graham
...was about as one-sided a game as I have ever seen. The only reason that the winning margin was not at least 7 points bigger was that the Saints kneeled down and turned the ball over after arriving at the Cowboys 5 yard line with 3 minutes left. I thou… more »
Oh dear me....
by Graham
Following weeks of increasing unhappiness with the performance of Jake Plummer, the Denver Broncos decided to bench Plummer and insert Jay Cutler for last night's game against the Seattle Seahawks at Mile High stadium.
The Broncos lost the game. They l… more »
R.I.P. Susan Butcher
by Graham
Susan Butcher, a four-time winner of the Iditarod, who had been battling leukemia for over a year, lost her fight with the disease on Saturday in Seattle.
She had been battling graft-vs-host disease following a bone marrow transplant in May. More recen… more »
Latest news on Susan Butcher...
by Graham
...who underwent a bone marrow transplant in mid-May in Seattle for Leukemia, is that she has been battling an outbreak of GVHD (Graft vs. Host Disease) for the last 2 weeks. This is not uncommon in bone marrow transplants where the bone marrow came from… more »
Follow the progress of Susan Butcher
by Graham
Susan Butcher, a 4-time winner of the Iditarod, was diagnosed with leukemia last year. She underwent a bone marrow transplant last month in Seattle, and is currently in the early stages of recovery from that procedure. Her long-term plan is to join anoth… more »
In the aftermath of the tragic death of Paul Dana at Homestead
by Graham
...I wrote a posting on autoracing1.com where I picked up on Robby Gordon's weekend comment that most ovals are unsafe for OW race cars. He is right, and it is largely due to the pre-eminence of NASCAR. Here is what I posted:
In the spirit of trying to… more »
One of the dirty little economic secrets...
by Graham
....is that sports teams seldom bring economic benefits to a city sufficient to offset all of the obvious (and sometimes hidden) subsidies paid to the team owners. This report from the Boston Globe asks when this reality is known, why are cities still fa… more »
Just watched the Malaysian Grand Prix...
by Graham
...and it is clear that the new V8 engines are much more fragile compared to their V10 predecessors. We have seen a shoal of engine problems and failures in practice and qualifying (Felipe Massa changed 2 engines), and today there were at least two spect… more »
Jeff King wins the Iditarod!
by Graham
He arrived at the finish line in Nome just after 01.00 am Alaska Time. The next 3 mushers have also arrived in the order in which they left White Mountain - Doug Swingley was second, Paul Gebhardt third and Dee Dee Jonrowe fourth.
King, at age 50, is t… more »