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  1. NASCAR brought this on themselves, it's desperation time.... either it works and he's got a shot at the title or his season effectively ends there.  Best thing is not only did it work, but he did it and didn't dump anyone unlike the POS in the junior series the day before.

     

    I've got no issue with it, it's in the rules, and fair play for trying it.  Wouldn't be surprised if it's subject to some future rule change, but NASCAR right now think it's the best thing ever, the positive news around it rolls right into their Championship weekend.

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  2. Manchester United are delighted to announce a new sponsor for the coming season, they've signed a deal with V I A G R A as they can't get past a semi.

     

    Thanks to LFN for the SPAM alert ;)


  3. Isn't he fighting shortly?

     

    One good doing could easily see him off.

     

    He's beyond 'punchy'.

     

     

    Got to laugh at the suggestion of Roy Jones Jr, he isn't remotely on the radar for his health and won't get a punishing KO either so little chance of a Michael Watson blood clot, more likely for a quick end would be Tyson Fury cos his mouth is going to get him shot by some rival pikey sooner or later.

     

     

    Oops.... He got KTFO on Saturday. Watch from about 11:30 onwards, Only missing someone editing "Finish Him!" over it

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  4. Got to laugh at the suggestion of Roy Jones Jr, he isn't remotely on the radar for his health and won't get a punishing KO either so little chance of a Michael Watson blood clot, more likely for a quick end would be Tyson Fury cos his mouth is going to get him shot by some rival pikey sooner or later.


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    I'm not sure if he'd obit in the UK, but American boxer Howard Davis Jr is suffering from stage IV lung cancer. Before turning pro, he won a gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

    October article on his website:

     

    "Everybody dies, but few have the opportunity to accomplish a greater good through their death. Davis fights every day with spirit and tenacity, not just to hold death back longer but to inspire the lives of others."

     

    Now I'm reading into it but who talks about impending death unless there is .... An impending death? Will he make 2016? I bet it's close.

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    http://www.howarddavisjrfoundation.org/the-indomitable-fight-inside-howard-davis-jr/

     

     

    Boxing news in June had him as terminally ill. Only thing keeping him off my DDP team at the moment is the concern about a UK obit. He's had no coverage whatsoever so far.

     

     

    Just want to add that a recent HBO boxing telecast had them making a very long comment relating to Howard Davis, sounded like they knew he hadn't long till the final 10 count.


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    He has now rejected further chemotherapy. From a deadpooling point of view, one more dose would have been the considerate thing for him to do.

     

    Read an article from Martin Crowe on ESPN cricket app and it rather read like an announcement that he's counting down the days. "Death is something I have contemplated lately, only because the medical experts say it's nearly time" & ".... turbocharged to apparently give me very little time to live (only 5% of patients live up to 12 months)....." are two of the more obvious reasons to very definitely pencil him in on my list 2015.

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  7. Glyn Leach, highly respected editor of Boxing Monthly has passed away at the age of 52. A big loss for the sport in the UK, he gave several inexperienced writers advice & opportunities and to his credit remained above the cesspool that is boxing.

     

    http://news.boxrec.com/2014/glyn-leach-obituary

     

    He did write an out of place editorial a few issues back where he mentioned the strain of running the magazine was getting to him, but 52 is way too young.

     

    RIP.


  8. Utterly terrible news - I met the boy a few times and he was a very nice lad, remembered his racing roots when it was a struggle.

     

    Something like this has been brewing, but to take the reigning Indy 500 champion is a huge shock.

     

    RIP Dan.

     

     

    *note to MPFC* - I know you're a fan of ill family members - Dan Wheldon's mum has early-onset dementia so may be one to consider. I think she's still in her 50's.

     

    Just to tie this up. It was announced that DW's mum lost her battle yesterday.


  9. I'm going to speculate with a reasonable level of confidence that I'm correct that they actually meant the former presenter of World of Sport.... Dickie Davies.

     

    Spelling is everything I guess.


  10. Dario Franchitti has had a very poor season, it nearly ended the same way as his friends Wheldon & Moore today. Lucky enough it seems he's got (relatively) minor back injuries plus a small ankle fracture.

     

    Best news is that the 13 fans have been reported to be only suffering from superficial injuries, and having seen the fence and a wheel go flying into the grandstand that's a minor miracle.

     

    Yet another example of cheese-grater fences doing the basics of the job of keeping the car out of the crowd, but surely there's got to be something better.

     

    From another website:

     

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  11. Well the most recent deaths I can think of in the top level classes have been when the rider fell and was wiped out by a closely following rider - this crash today has some "trackside crowd video" which show in pretty clear detail what happened to the unfortunate Antonelli.

     

    Sadly if a guy falls in the opening laps of a race he does have a chance of being right in the path of disaster. I can't really think how much they could improve the safety in that regard.

     

    It does seem like the sport is going through a bad spell though of these kind of incidents. In fact it's been a bad couple of months for motor sport fatalities it appears.


  12. Just like the opening of The Last Boy Scout!

     

    I'd not shed any tears if it was any of the NY Jets getting blown away, but fortunately it's so easy to slap them down we can probably rely on a Dallas player going postal on a Redskin/Giant.

     

    Plenty of NFL related fighting the law since the super bowl, 28 players have been arrested for various crimes since Feb 3rd.

     

    Given the Jovan Belcher murder/suicide, the Cowboys DUI car death and now this, being friends/connected to a NFL player seems to be becoming a high risk strategy.

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