Two weeks ago New England Sports Ventures (NESV) agreed to purchase the Premier League Football club, Liverpool. The deal was facilitated through a vote by the team’s board which ousted the team’s current ownership in a forced sale. The soccer club, one of the most successful in league history, has been mired in recent years [...]
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Well That’s Kind of Uncomfortable
October 19th, 2010 
Journo 2009 Predictions Revisited
December 20th, 2009 T.C. Following the 2008 season, Journo and myself wrote a series of posts that covered all the major teams in the Cup Series. We looked at where they had been in 2008 and where they were going in 2009. The posts contained some predictions for the 2009 season, with some being more specific then others. I [...]
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3 Comments »The NASCAR Week That Was: Jan. 4-Jan. 10
January 10th, 2009 T.C. For the race teams, this week was their first full week back to work after the holidays. And there was no shortage of news to go along with it. We finally got the official announcement about the Petty Enterprises/Gillett Evernham Motorsports merger on Thursday. The new team will run three full time Sprint Cup cars and possibly [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: Dec. 15-20
December 20th, 2008 T.C. We now are less then two months away from the start of the 2009 NASCAR season. Another busy week saw Gillett-Evernham lay off 65 employees, and rumors continued to swirl about the on again, off again merger with Petty Enterprises. Robby Gordon’s #7 will be a Toyota next season, and with that he has now driven [...]
Random Rumblings from Martinsville
October 20th, 2008 T.C. With Martinsville now in the books, we march ever closer to the end of the 2008 season. And although the picture is starting to become clear for next season, there are still a few unknowns to sort out. A.J. Allmendinger: Rumors continue to fly about Dinger’s future, but after a strong 15th place run following Martinsville, don’t be surprised if [...]
Is Toyota The Answer?
October 16th, 2008 Journo Since Toyota entered NASCAR a little less than 10 years ago (the Goody’s Dash Series), many teams have made the transition to the Japanese automaker. This season saw Joe Gibbs Racing (and Hall of Fame) jump the Chevrolet ship, joining Bill Davis Racing, Team Red Bull Racing and Michael Waltrip Racing as the only teams competing in NASCAR’s premier [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: Oct. 5-11
October 11th, 2008 Journo “There’s a fight in the garage!” The news of the scuffle between Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick led the news into Charlotte this weekend. The two reportedly came together after rising tensions following last weekends’ wreck by Edwards. This week also brought news of a new free agent, a sponsor shift and a death in [...]
Mergers, Mergers Everywhere
September 16th, 2008 Journo Mergers are the talk all over NASCAR as sponsorship money becomes tighter and the divide between competitive organizations becomes larger. These deals have come into focus in recent weeks, with Gillett Evernham Motorsports rumored to be acquiring at least part of Bill Davis Racing and the resurgance of the rumor that won’t seem to die, linking Michael Waltrip Racing with [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: August 24-30
August 30th, 2008 Journo Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards and Reed Sorenson led the headlines this week after making news at Bristol. Sorenson was confirmed to Gillett-Evernham Motorsports after three seasons with Chip Ganassi Racing, leaving Patrick Carpentier out of a ride and potentially out of luck. Busch’s and Edwards’ battle at the end of the Sharpie 500 opened up talks of [...]
Race Shop Fan Days
May 18th, 2008 Journo TC highlighted some of these earlier this week in a post about what to do in Charlotte but several area teams are having fan days where you can meet your favorite drivers and get free food and goodies. Here is the information for a few of them and if I come across more of them I [...]
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