6 out of 20 Formula One Cars Race
Monday, June 20th, 2005 Posted in Sporting | 1 Comment »Formula One is supposed to be the world's most popular racing series. But when the elite worldwide series came to Indianapolis Motor Speedway they weren't so popular. 14 cars pulled out of the U.S. Grand Prix on Sunday, leaving a ...
Chick Places Fourth at Indy
Tuesday, May 31st, 2005 Posted in Sporting | No Comments »All the buzz at Indy this year was the fact that Danica Patrick became the first woman to lead a lap of the Indy 500 and her fourth place finish is the highest a woman has ever placed. All of ...
FOX Kills NASCAR
Sunday, February 13th, 2005 Posted in Sporting | 3 Comments »Disclaimer: I doubt many of my readers are NASCAR fans, so I'll try to keep this short. Last night I watched the opening event of the NASCAR year, the Bud Shootout. It's basically a short race (70 laps) with 20 of ...
Super Bowl Math
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2005 Posted in Sporting | No Comments »$49.27 - Average amount Super Bowl watchers spend on snacks for the game. $2.4 million - Cost of a 30 second Super Bowl commercial. 25% of young adults (18-24) watch for the commercials. (you mean I'm not a young adult anymore?!) 20% of ...
Hockey Time
Sunday, January 16th, 2005 Posted in Sporting | 1 Comment »I played hockey yesterday. Assuming you can call skating around by yourself and slapping the puck around hockey. Someone asked the other day if a hockey season didn't happen would anyone notice. In the culture at large the answer seems to ...
Silent Victory
Sunday, October 31st, 2004 Posted in Sporting | 1 Comment »Those who say NASCAR racing is boring don't watch it. Today's race was incredibly dramatic. After today's race there were only three races left in the season, with the championship up for grabs. Championship contenders were dropping like flies, leaving ...
NASCAR: It’s Not Just for Good Ol’ Boys
Sunday, September 12th, 2004 Posted in Sporting | 5 Comments »The past few weeks I've been watching a lot of NASCAR. Now I've been a racing fan for a while, but it's been a long time since I've consistently planted myself on the couch and watched entire races. Lately I've ...
Twin Cities Go Mini-Golfing
Wednesday, July 14th, 2004 Posted in Art, Sporting, Twin Cities | No Comments »Mini-golf has been elevated to an art and a science in Minneapolis and St. Paul, respectively. Both the Walker Art Center and the Science Museum of Minnesota are offering mini-golf courses for the summer. The Science Museum's nine-hole course teaches ...
Formula One Not so Hoity-Toity
Tuesday, July 13th, 2004 Posted in Sporting | No Comments »Slate sits trackside at the French Grand Prix, revealing that the international Formula One racing series isn't as hoity-toity as you might think. Except for the multiple languages, the fans would fit in at any NASCAR event. Though there are ...
Where Are They Now
Monday, July 12th, 2004 Posted in Sporting | No Comments »Sports Illustrated's Pete McEntegard writes about the process of tracking down retired pros for the magazine's annual Where Are They Now issue, including William "Refrigerator" Perry. Now a bricklayer, Perry enjoyed being back in the spotlight so much he even ...
