Imagine for a second that Butler beat Duke for the NCAA Championship. Imagine that Gordon Heyward DRILLED the last second half-court heave, and that there was complete joy & euphoria & widespread economic prosperity throughout all of America. But imagine that it was short-lived. Because for demonstrative purposes, imagine that the referee WAIVED OFF the final shot [...]

IndyCar’s VP of Marketing John Lewis resigned yesterday. His list of achievements & contributions over the past 16 years is profound, and far too extensive to cover now. League resignations & such things typically go uncovered here, for that is not our business. But this is different. Because at the absolute very BOTTOM of his list of contributions [...]

Thanks to a bevy of law school loans that never go away & my money-pit kids & my wife’s unfathomably expensive haircuts every two weeks, I have an approximate net worth of negative-$117,054. And yet, inexplicably, I employ the services of a Certified Financial Planner. Why? I’m not entirely sure, really. Other than the fact that I’m supposed to; it seems [...]

On this date in 1789, citizens of Paris became so fed up with the French royal authority that they took up arms and STORMED THE BASTILLE. That’s where the phrase “STORM THE BASTILLE!” comes from, I believe.

Hey there, IZOD IndyCar Series. You made a decision yet? Time’s running out, you know. I heard you might be going home with Lola. Or Swift. And let me just tell you, baby — that’d be a mistake. A BIG mistake. Let me tell you why.  [spins chair around, sits in it backwards]

{ABC/ESPN’s Final Pre-Production Meeting — July 3, 2010} EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Alright, folks. Time to get to it. Let’s really bear down now. We have TONS of details to iron out before tomorrow. This race won’t broadcast itself, you know. Let’s be sharp & get prepared. [room simultaneously erupts into laughter]  EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: HAHAHA!! Oh that’s rich!!! Seriously though — [...]