“Chairman, That is Pronk-rageous”
Travis Hafner has a fantastic nickname. It’s not one of those silly abbreviation nicknames. No, no T-Haf here. No sir, Travis Hafner is Pronk. In the minors, Hafner had two nicknames: Project and Donkey. Project Donkey already being a successful reality show on Bravo, the two names were compounded to the sublime Pronk. I find […]
Travis Hafner has a fantastic nickname. It’s not one of those silly abbreviation nicknames. No, no T-Haf here. No sir, Travis Hafner is Pronk. In the minors, Hafner had two nicknames: Project and Donkey. Project Donkey already being a successful reality show on Bravo, the two names were compounded to the sublime Pronk. I find Pronk to be an especially entertaining nickname because it category of seems same a filthy verb. Pronking meet sounds same something one wouldn’t do in polite society.
To my delight, the always outrageous Onion News Network has examined the versatility of the word Pronk. It’s hilariously Pronk-surd.
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Moss Can Catch, BUT …
Image details: Super Bowl XLII served by picapp.com That’s right, folks, arguably the most talented Wide Receiver playing in the National Football League has definite to attain a field multi-million note business decision, and it’s got NASCAR cursive all over it. Randy Moss, star WR for the New England Patriots, announced this past Tuesday the official […]
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That’s right, folks, arguably the most talented Wide Receiver playing in the National Football League has definite to attain a field multi-million note business decision, and it’s got NASCAR cursive all over it. Randy Moss, star WR for the New England Patriots, announced this past Tuesday the official formation of Moss Motorsports, LLC and his aim for the team to race a partial schedule in the Craftsman Truck Series as early as in the second half of this year, with a full-time schedule on his radar for 2009.
With sponsorship and personnel to be announced at a after date, Moss admitted that it would probably attain more sense for the organization to attempt to find a utility with a veteran status that can intend them into Victory Lane as quickly as possible, rather than attempting to build a team from the connector up centered around an unproven talent as some other race teams have attempted. Moss does not currently have anyone in mind, though, but is already scouting the mart to see who module be available.
In terms of sponsorship, this is probable to be an area that Moss should find very lowercase resistance. Aside from being one of the most vendable athletes in professional sports, the single season receptions record holder has purchased several topical businesses, and has aligned himself with a slew of others. Though some of these companies may not necessarily serve as a full-time primary sponsor for his team, Moss does believe that these businesses module be delighted at any opportunities they may have to reach out to a new audience through this avenue. To help expedite matters, he has also shrunken out with Integrity Sports Marketing LLC, one of the directive marketing companies for NASCAR.
Something that some of you may not undergo already, is that this is not the first venture in the racing concern for Moss. He has been participating with sponsorship for topical soil track racing, and has also served as an ambassador for the Urban Youth Racing School. And, as we all know, he is certainly not the first person from the NFL to throw their hat into the NASCAR arena. A few eld ago, hall of fame Quarterbacks, Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach, teamed together to form Hall of Fame Racing which they after sold towards the end of 2007. Oh, and it’s rumored that a former head coach by the name of Joe chemist may have something to do with the sport as well.
Moss told the media on Tuesday, “I am by nature a very combative person and this is an outlet for me to contend at another level. There are some pretty awesome challenges in building a program same this from the connector up, but I am hunting forward to it.”
The addition of Randy Moss to NASCAR’s roster is certain to be viewed as a positive step for the sport as it continues to evolve and reach out in their heterogeneity programs. In the terminal few years, NASCAR has has already added drivers with Brobdingnagian planetary popularity, such as Juan Pablo Montoya and Dario Franchitti, and meet earlier this assemblage Chrissy insurrectionist signed a care in the truck series that is expected to entertainer a large female audience. This could prove valuable in their search for an untapped urban fanbase.
For more opinions and brainwave on this topic, please be sure to read Moss Motorsports to Hit NASCAR Tracks Running over at Full Throttle.
Tags: chrissy wallace, Craftsman Truck Series, Dario Franchitti, hall of fame racing, joe gibbs, Joe chemist Racing, Juan Pablo Montoya, moss motorsports, NASCAR, new england patriots, nfl, randy moss, roger staubach, troy aikman
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NBA Ads *Synchronized Blink* Haunt My Dreams *Synchronized Blink*
This weekend, the wildly anticipated NBA playoffs began. And patch there were some enthusiastic games, for me, the daylong ikon is half-Kobe-half-Shaq pedagogy me on fear. Though the commercials have been around for a patch now, they’ve received heavy rotation during the playoffs. I actually thought the commercials were pretty neat, if a bit unsettling. […]
This weekend, the wildly anticipated NBA playoffs began. And patch there were some enthusiastic games, for me, the daylong ikon is half-Kobe-half-Shaq pedagogy me on fear. Though the commercials have been around for a patch now, they’ve received heavy rotation during the playoffs. I actually thought the commercials were pretty neat, if a bit unsettling. I was especially impressed how they managed to sync up the speech from each player to create an odd stereo effect. I was noting this when my friend brought their eyes to my attention. They blink at the same time! Ahhhhhh! Don’t believe me, check for yourself.
Now, some unanswered questions. Firstly, ground didn’t you believe me? And were these blinks choreographed? Was there some sort of blinking coach on set, outcry “Blink,” at designated intervals? If these blinks weren’t scripted, then is there some sort of natural blink response during pauses?
The rest of the ads in the series feature more alarming synchronized blinking. Also, be on the countenance out for the amalgamated word “Bordan” in the LeBron/KG commercial.
Tags: Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, Jason Kidd, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, NBA Playoffs, Shaquille O’Neal, Steve Nash
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Mike Tyson’s House is Elaborate, Sparsely Furnished, Tacky
Yaowza! That is a fugly-ass rug, isn’t it? And what about those reddened fixtures? All that’s missing is the cork because this place is TACK CITY! Whoever lived here must’ve been blind and possibly insane. I mean, anyone who thinks this is a nice artefact to organisation a house must also think tattooing your face […]
Yaowza! That is a fugly-ass rug, isn’t it? And what about those reddened fixtures? All that’s missing is the cork because this place is TACK CITY! Whoever lived here must’ve been blind and possibly insane. I mean, anyone who thinks this is a nice artefact to organisation a house must also think tattooing your face is a beatific idea.
Oh. Of course.
These are the pictures of Mike Tyson’s former house. As you can see, it’s been abandoned for quite some time. So long, in fact, that I’d think twice about actuation in that pool. Strike that, I wouldn’t think twice about it. I would never once think about it. That ish is gross.
(Photo manner of Wacky Archives. Credit: illicitohio.com)
Tags: just as funny as MC Hammer’s old crib, mike tyson’s cards is ugly, was this guy punch-drunk when he fashioned it?
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Rating the Race: Richmond - Dan author 400
Image details: The Dan author 400 served by picapp.com Saturday night’s running of the Crown Royal Presents the Dan author 400 was one of dominance, heartbreak, surprise, and all-around pure excitement, and the Sprint Cup Series control to squeeze it all into meet 400 laps at Richmond International Raceway. In fact, there hasn’t been any […]
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Saturday night’s running of the Crown Royal Presents the Dan author 400 was one of dominance, heartbreak, surprise, and all-around pure excitement, and the Sprint Cup Series control to squeeze it all into meet 400 laps at Richmond International Raceway. In fact, there hasn’t been any official report published on it, but I’d be selection to bet that at small a handful of fans at Richmond suffered from anxiety attacks, and the rest of them were probably focusing their efforts on tracking downbound the utility of the no. 18 Joe chemist Racing car.
Denny Hamlin started the race from the pole position, set a track record for laps lead, and looked as though he was substantially on his artefact to becoming only the fifth utility to intend at Richmond from the pole since the track was reconfigured and only the third to ever sweep the weekend series at RIR, but it was Clint Bowyer standing in Victory Lane after the checkered flags waived.
Hamlin started the race off in noble fashion by quickly establishing himself as the class of the field right off the bat en route to directive 381 of the first 382 laps at his hometown track, with the other being led by AJ Allmendinger on travel 207 under caution.
Hamlin held onto the advance until there were only 18 laps mitt in the race when he felt a tire feat down, and he not only gave up the lead, but dropped unfathomable into the field. The grandstands went disturbed as the no. 88 of Dale Earnhardt Jr. passed him for the advance with Kyle Busch right next to him. Hamlin finally stopped his car on the track to entertainer the caution flag with 10 laps to go, but NASCAR threw the rulebook at him and parked him for two laps for designedly bringing out a caution.
The race restarted, and Earnhardt and Kyle Busch battled for the lead. Earnhardt - who hadn’t won a race in two eld - took the high side of the track, patch Busch drove around the bottom. The two cars were running virtually neck and neck, and meet when Earnhardt Nation thought their hopes were about to become true - the heartbreak kicked in. The two cars meet sort of met in the middle of the track, and Busch sent Junior spinning with only 3 laps mitt to bring out the final caution of the race. The surprise was that as all of this was feat on, Clint Bowyer snuck right past both cars to take the lead, and eventually the checkered flags. Kyle Busch would eventually finish 2nd.
Mark Martin started the race in second and ran exclusive the top-five the entire evening to finish in third. Tony Stewart had a solid period exclusive the top-ten, and was eventually rewarded with a fourth place effort. Martin Truex Jr. had a pretty quiet evening, but finished fifth. Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon, and Kasey Kahne rank the top-ten. Junior went onto finish 15th.
The first real bit of excitement occurred on travel 231 when JJ Yeley got tapped by Dave Blaney and Carl Edwards to set off a huge multi-car accident that participating thirteen drivers to bring out the 6th caution of the evening. Blaney and Edwards escaped the melee, but it forced Yeley downbound the track into Patrick Carpentier who took a spin around the track, running into several cars. The ruin included the cars of Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth, David Gilliland, Juan Pablo Montoya, Johnny Sauter, Regan Smith, Michael McDowell, and Jeff Burton, though Burton was able to escape with minor alteration and stay on the advance lap.
With 48 laps remaining, Casey Mears slid up the track and pinched Michael Waltrip, who had meet pitted for four tires and gas. The pinch harm up demolition both cars, and out of frustration, Waltrip meet sort of clung to the back of Mears’ car, pushing him downbound the track. The incident warranted a call from NASCAR ordering Waltrip to park his car for the rest of the night.
Jeff Burton - after salvaging his racecar from the earlier accident - managed an 11th place finish, and continues to be the only utility in the series to successfully rank every travel this season, but surrendered the points advance to Kyle Busch. Burton now trails Busch by 18 points. Dave Blaney replaced JJ Yeley in the 35th points position.
For Bowyer, it is only the second Cup Series conclusion of his career, and the first since success in New Hampshire from the pole position terminal September. He started Saturday’s race from 31st, making him only the eighth utility in series history to intend a race at Richmond after starting from outside the top-20. The intend moves Bowyer up three spots to fourth overall.
For a transcript of the race as it unfolded, please check out Richmond: “Live” on Type Delay over at Reverend Jim’s Rants ‘n’ Raves.
Grades:
the Race: 94%
the Drama: 98%
Coverage: 91%
Pre-Race: 86%
Overall Grade: 93.4%
Complete Results (from nascar.com):
| FIN |
ST |
CAR |
DRIVER |
MAKE |
SPONSOR |
PTS/BNS |
LAPS |
STATUS |
| 1 |
31 |
07 |
Clint Bowyer |
Chevrolet |
BB&T |
190/5 |
410 |
Running |
| 2 |
7 |
18 |
Kyle Busch |
Toyota |
Pedigree |
170/0 |
410 |
Running |
| 3 |
2 |
8 |
Mark histrion |
Chevrolet |
U.S. Army |
165/0 |
410 |
Running |
| 4 |
15 |
20 |
Tony Stewart |
Toyota |
The Home Depot |
160/0 |
410 |
Running |
| 5 |
3 |
1 |
Martin Truex Jr. |
Chevrolet |
Bass Pro Shops / Tracker |
155/0 |
410 |
Running |
| 6 |
10 |
12 |
Ryan Newman |
Dodge |
Alltel |
150/0 |
410 |
Running |
| 7 |
19 |
99 |
Carl Edwards |
Ford |
Office Depot |
146/0 |
410 |
Running |
| 8 |
11 |
29 |
Kevin Harvick |
Chevrolet |
Shell / Pennzoil |
142/0 |
410 |
Running |
| 9 |
28 |
24 |
Jeff Gordon |
Chevrolet |
DuPont |
138/0 |
410 |
Running |
| 10 |
9 |
9 |
Kasey Kahne |
Dodge |
Budweiser |
134/0 |
410 |
Running |
| 11 |
33 |
31 |
Jeff Burton |
Chevrolet |
AT&T Mobility |
130/0 |
410 |
Running |
| 12 |
5 |
41 |
Reed Sorenson |
Dodge |
Target |
127/0 |
410 |
Running |
| 13 |
39 |
43 |
Bobby Labonte |
Dodge |
Speed Racer / Cheerios |
124/0 |
410 |
Running |
| 14 |
23 |
16 |
Greg Biffle |
Ford |
DISH Network / DishDVRs |
121/0 |
410 |
Running |
| 15 |
22 |
88 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
Chevrolet |
National Guard / AMP Energy |
123/5 |
410 |
Running |
| 16 |
34 |
28 |
Travis Kvapil |
Ford |
Discount Tire |
115/0 |
410 |
Running |
| 17 |
13 |
6 |
David Ragan |
Ford |
AAA Insurance |
112/0 |
409 |
Running |
| 18 |
17 |
22 |
Dave Blaney |
Toyota |
Caterpillar |
109/0 |
408 |
Running |
| 19 |
30 |
66 |
Scott Riggs |
Chevrolet |
Haas Automation |
106/0 |
408 |
Running |
| 20 |
8 |
19 |
Elliott Sadler |
Dodge |
Stanley Tools |
103/0 |
408 |
Running |
| 21 |
26 |
01 |
Regan Smith * |
Chevrolet |
Steak-umm Burgers |
100/0 |
408 |
Running |
| 22 |
14 |
44 |
David Reutimann |
Toyota |
UPS |
97/0 |
407 |
Running |
| 23 |
35 |
77 |
Sam Hornish Jr. * |
Dodge |
Mobil 1 |
94/0 |
407 |
Running |
| 24 |
1 |
11 |
Denny Hamlin |
Toyota |
FedEx Express |
101/10 |
407 |
Running |
| 25 |
41 |
109 |
Sterling Marlin |
Chevrolet |
Miccosukee Resort & Gaming |
88/0 |
407 |
Running |
| 26 |
38 |
7 |
Robby Gordon |
Dodge |
Charter Comm. |
85/0 |
406 |
Running |
| 27 |
42 |
45 |
Kyle Petty |
Dodge |
Paralyzed Veterans of America |
82/0 |
406 |
Running |
| 28 |
32 |
83 |
Brian Vickers |
Toyota |
Red Bull |
79/0 |
406 |
Running |
| 29 |
36 |
78 |
Joe Nemechek |
Chevrolet |
Furniture Row / DenverMattress.com |
76/0 |
406 |
Running |
| 30 |
12 |
48 |
Jimmie President |
Chevrolet |
Lowe’s |
73/0 |
400 |
Running |
| 31 |
25 |
15 |
Paul Menard |
Chevrolet |
Moen / Menards |
70/0 |
397 |
Running |
| 32 |
6 |
42 |
Juan Montoya |
Dodge |
Texaco / Havoline |
67/0 |
389 |
Running |
| 33 |
37 |
70 |