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To the tune of "Hava Nagila": Za-Za-Pachula, Za-Za-Pachula, Za-Za-Pachula, you dirty schmuck. Everyone! Za-Za-Pachula......

Brought it with him. He was dubbed "Magic" by a reporter as a high school sophomore after a 36 point, 18 rebound, 16 assist triple double.

Infinite. They just add an additional ring on the bottom.

Ok, I like Pagenaud a little more today. First to ever have his dog in the official winner's photo.

I've never seen the tiny house hotels before but that is an awesome setup. A little pricey, but given that it includes 4 relatively decent race tickets.... Staying in the infield, but having running water, A/C, a hot shower and an alternative to a fiberglass crapwagon? Hell yes.

Driving style, fair comparison. And equal (if not legendary) success as a rookie, absolutely. Harvick is way more likely to shoot his mouth off in the media than Rossi (or 99% of the known world...lol). He's actually pretty low key. He took some criticism for not seeming excited enough in victory circle after the 500 () , but he really is just one of those cool, calculating personality types.

Rossi reminds me of Mears (and I don't make that comparison lightly). Cool headed, analytic, won't get bold until the end, but won't hesitate if the moment calls for it. I started following him after 2016, just out of curiosity, and realized....wow, this kid can drive.

Shows what the hell I know. Hell of a finish though. I will say this, if you want a lesson in persistence, John Menard has been fielding/sponsoring cars at Indy since the late 70s. This is the first time a Menards sponsored car has won the 500. Stat of the day: Rossi has an average finish of 3.5 in the 500 (1,7,4,2)

Phone with wifi off?

My picks, in order of expected odds: Newgarden Rossi Power Dixon And my dark horse: Helio Why not Pagenaud? Historically, never a good oval performer.

I'm torn. Do I call him ZaZa Pikachu now, or keep calling him Zaza Pachouli?

As opposed to Rico, who came out of the womb with a beer in one hand and a fishing pole in the other.

Yep, nearly the same story here. I joke that it was God's way of saying "Please don't run those bastardized abominations you're calling cars."

This is another area where the development of a young LeBron and Giannis are similar: they've both got good size, and were/are ridiculous athletes, but they haven't figured out how to consistently leverage that size into an advantage. G is 6'11", Kawhi is 6'7". Seems like putting him down low and forcing Toronto into either the size mismatch or putting someone else on him would be obvious. At this stage though, I wouldn't bet against Kawhi being savvy enough to keep him in check.

Used to be anyway. Aside from the 500, IndyCar lost my interest after the split, and NASCAR lost my interest after instituting the *retch* Chase/Playoffs/whatever the hell they're calling it. Although my interest in IndyCar has picked up over the last few years.

Let's hope it's more '95 Brickyard vs' 97 500. Avoiding a repeat of the '97 500 is advisable all around, but particularly the weather.

You're taking me back to the days when the race was blacked out across most of Indiana. Had to find someone who had access to a satellite decoder of *ahem* questionable legality.

But, credit to de Ferran for not pursuing it. God knows McLaren has the cash. But, he's still a driver at heart. He wouldn't want to take a spot like that, and he knows Alonso wouldn't either.

For the rest of one season? I'd hedge towards no, but it'd be close to 50/50. For the rest of this season and next season? Yep.

Penske missed the field in 1995. 1996 was the year of the split. No CART teams ran the 500. Not making the field the previous year didn't have anything to do with it.

Agree This BS about "series regulars need to make sure they keep their sponsors happy, so they get guaranteed spots" is....well....BS. Rahal didn't lose Miller after 93, Penske didn't lose Marlboro after 95. That said, Andretti Autosport must be looking over at McLaren saying "Not so easy, is it boys?" They had Alonso at the front 2 years ago, and this year he misses the field.

I was thinking about Barkley going to Houston, but that was also a trade, and a pretty fair one at that: Barkley and a 2nd for Cassell, Horry, Mark Bryant and Chucky Brown. Nash to the Lakers fit the model a little more, but that was also equally on the Lakers. They offered 2 1sts and 2 2nds for a 36 year old point guard with a reputation for playing hard. Why would they turn that down? Malone to the Lakers, guilty as charged, but he was at the end of his career, which is a little more understandable. A player at the end of his career, I don't have a problem with them chasing a ring if they don't have one. Different sport, but one of my favorite moments in hockey was watching Ray Bourque hoist the Stanley Cup for the first time after 22 seasons (and that was after they beat my Blues in the conference finals no less). He was Boston's captain for over a decade, played for them for 20 years. During that 20th season, he respectfully asked to be traded to a contender, since the Bruins weren't going to be in the playoffs. They didn't win it that year, but the following season, Colorado won the Cup. It's hockey tradition for the team captain to be the first to hoist the cup after its presented. That year, Colorado's captain didn't hoist it, but picked it up, and handed it to Bourque, saying "This one's yours."

And Columbian chalk dust is probably towards the top of the NBAs list. Having a repeat of Len Bias would not be good.

Correct. ABC/ESPN picked up the bulk of the schedule around 1986/87-ish. One clarification: I do recall a handful of ESPN tape delay broadcasts, but there may have been maybe 4 in 5 years. Always in their entirety, same day, and it wasn't buried as late-night filler. Maybe 7-8PM broadcasts.

I don't have full stats to back this up, but from what I've read, NASCAR and CART ratings were pretty much neck and neck through 1992-1993. Both were still relatively niche, but one wasn't head and shoulders above the other. The CART/IRL split helped the growth of NASCAR, by diminishing/almost eliminating the only other high level racing series in the US. NASCAR's growth was steady to that point, but took off exponentially around 1995-1996.