You chill at the beach for a week or so, and you never know what's gonna go down while you're away . . .
The Indy Car boys (and girl) manage to turn RIR into a crash-filled, no-passing zone and consume 102 of 300 laps under (yawn) caution. Yep, looks like the IRL is following that ol' NASCAR blueprint.
Queen Harrison books passage to Beijing. By finishing second at the trials in Oregon in the 400 hurdles, the former Hermitage High ace by way of Virginia Tech lands a berth on our Olympic squad. As near as I can figure, she's the first Richmond high school product to reach the Olympics since Manchester swimmer Rada Owen in 2000. A big hip-hip-hooray, please.
Rays sweep Red Sox, for the second time this year, and open up a nice lead in the AL East. Who says Mr. Applegate only hexes those damn Yankees?
Spain rules Europe's soccer championships and Mallorca's own Rafael Nadal rules Wimbledon. Methinks there may be a sangria shortage these days from Pamplona to Seville.
Brett Favre, who announced his retirement from the Packers on March 4, is said by friends and family members (mama Bonita being particularly blabby) to have the itch to keep playing. This news reportedly prompts Aaron Rodgers to ship Favre a vat of calamine lotion.
Chip Ganassi folds his No. 40 car, thereby ending (for now, at least) the NASCAR career of open-wheel expatriate Dario Franchitti. Ashley, we're gonna miss ya.
World and American records fall like bowling pins at Omaha's swimming trials, thanks in part to the revolutionary and buoyant LZR Racer suit. Italy's swim coach has called the new suit "technological doping." I don't know if I'd go that far, but there's something a mite disturbing about a record coming as easily as jumping in the pool.
Chipper Jones loses his grip on .400, and his A-Braves dip several rungs below .500 and toss another three players on an already bloated disabled list. Oh, and the lame-duck R-Braves ain't doing so hot, either. There are memorable curtain-closers. And then there is this . . . grim . . . march . . . to . . . the . . . finish . . . line.
Rick Hendrick lines up Mark Martin as a driver for the 2009 season. What, Fred Lorenzen was booked?
Nationals closer Chad Cordero is shut down for the year with a shredded right shoulder. And so it goes. Star third baseman Ryan Zimmerman went on the DL five weeks ago. The Nats have the worst record in baseball. Attendance at their spiffy new ballpark, while up from 2006 and 2007, lags 4,000 per game behind their 2005 Washington debut at RFK Stadium. And the third time's supposed to be the charm.
Floyd Landis loses another appeal, and another Tour de France (minus known druggies) begins. Please, someone put this sport out of its misery.
Virginia Tech receiver Brandon Dillard ruptures his right Achilles tendon and is lost for the 2008 campaign. Dillard is a junior walk-on, so ordinarily, this sort of development would be viewed as unfortunate but not damaging. But these aren't ordinary times in Blacksburg. Four seniors who accounted for 146 of 151 catches by wideouts last season are preparing for the opening of NFL camps. And Dillard emerged in the spring as the team's best replacement part, which says something about him and something about Tech's recruiting in that area. Now Dillard's done. Unless Queen Harrison can run routes as well as hurdles, the Hokies are in some trouble here.
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