Re: USA Sports Writers Need to WAKE UP

Same with the LA Times...hell, they only gave Shumacher and Ferrari one tiny paragraph, followed by 8 friggin' pages of football and baseball tripe. -- don New GPL Programs for the Converted Tracks: http://www.ianparker1.plus.com/gpl/bapom/ You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you. "David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > FIM 500GP SPOILER > > S > > > P > > > O > > > I > > > L > > > E > > > R > > Geez. Kenny Roberts Jr. wins the FIM 500GP Championship for the good > ole USA which in my mind is the Formula One of bike racing, and there is > NOTHING in any of the papers about it today. USA Today in print or on > the web does not even mention it. > > SAD. > > --David Cook

FIM 500GP SPOILER S P O I L E R Geez. Kenny Roberts Jr. wins the FIM 500GP Championship for the good ole USA which in my mind is the Formula One of bike racing, and there is NOTHING in any of the papers about it today. USA Today in print or on the web does not even mention it. SAD. --David Cook

I would argue that these are the two sports (GP bike and car racing) with the most balls.... Stephen Who is reminded of the anecdote of Patrese coming into Mansell's motorhome after a particularly awe-inspiring qualifying performance, kneeling down in front of Mansell and joking that he wanted to see just how big Mansell's jewels were... Who is furthermore reminded of another little gem which came out when full telemetry came to F1. Around the old 6th gear final corner of Mexico (Peralta?) the telemetry from the Williams cars was showing that the active suspension of the 1991 FW12 (?) was doing particularly evil things mid-corner. Telemetry showed that Patrese backed out of the throttle each time to stabilize the car. Mansell planted his foot further into it and drove through the mess. Yessir, size XL underpants... James Pickard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:KlyE5.13920$[email hidden]...

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> Welcome to the good ole US of A... > > It it doesn't have a ball.. it's not worth mentioning :-( > > I feel sorry for you guys... Oh well.. at least you have decent > Internet... > > > James > > > > "don hodgdon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8rtkjp$2qq$[email hidden]... > > Same with the LA Times...hell, they only gave Shumacher and Ferrari one > tiny > > paragraph, followed by 8 friggin' pages of football and baseball tripe. > > > > -- > > don > > > > New GPL Programs for the Converted Tracks: > > http://www.ianparker1.plus.com/gpl/bapom/ > > > > You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be > > misquoted, then used against you. > > > > > > "David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > FIM 500GP SPOILER > > > > > > S > > > > > > > > > P > > > > > > > > > O > > > > > > > > > I > > > > > > > > > L > > > > > > > > > E > > > > > > > > > R > > > > > > Geez. Kenny Roberts Jr. wins the FIM 500GP Championship for the good > > > ole USA which in my mind is the Formula One of bike racing, and there

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> > > NOTHING in any of the papers about it today. USA Today in print or on > > > the web does not even mention it. > > > > > > SAD. > > > > > > --David Cook > > > > > >

Yes. I believe his accomplishment should have been recognized. He's an American and he won the World Championship for his sport. I don't believe that a spot on Kenny's Championship would have cut too deep into all the coverage that Football and Baseball got on Monday. There was plenty of room (at least in USA Today) for a picture and some coverage. I don't think they would have sold less papers if they would have done this... --David Cook "AndrewS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9QEE5.6510$[email hidden]... > If you think his win should have been covered only to recognize > his accomplishment, then you need to wake up and smell the coffee. > Newspapers exists to make money. Football and baseball make money andsell > papers, motorcycle racing does not.

Welcome to the good ole US of A... It it doesn't have a ball.. it's not worth mentioning :-( I feel sorry for you guys... Oh well.. at least you have decent Internet... James "don hodgdon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8rtkjp$2qq$[email hidden]... > Same with the LA Times...hell, they only gave Shumacher and Ferrari onetiny

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> paragraph, followed by 8 friggin' pages of football and baseball tripe. > > -- > don > > New GPL Programs for the Converted Tracks: > http://www.ianparker1.plus.com/gpl/bapom/ > > You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be > misquoted, then used against you. > > > "David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > FIM 500GP SPOILER > > > > S > > > > > > P > > > > > > O > > > > > > I > > > > > > L > > > > > > E > > > > > > R > > > > Geez. Kenny Roberts Jr. wins the FIM 500GP Championship for the good > > ole USA which in my mind is the Formula One of bike racing, and there is > > NOTHING in any of the papers about it today. USA Today in print or on > > the web does not even mention it. > > > > SAD. > > > > --David Cook > >

My opinion? Who gives a damn if the newspaper covers this or not? You obviously have internet access and coverage of this sort is one of it's strength. If you think his win should have been covered only to recognize his accomplishment, then you need to wake up and smell the coffee. Newspapers exists to make money. Football and baseball make money and sell papers, motorcycle racing does not. "David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> FIM 500GP SPOILER > > S > > > P > > > O > > > I > > > L > > > E > > > R > > Geez. Kenny Roberts Jr. wins the FIM 500GP Championship for the good > ole USA which in my mind is the Formula One of bike racing, and there is > NOTHING in any of the papers about it today. USA Today in print or on > the web does not even mention it. > > SAD. > > --David Cook

In article <[email hidden]>, "Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> writes: >I would argue that these are the two sports (GP bike and car racing) with >the most balls.... Yeah, I'd say those bike racers are f'ing NUTS... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +49.67 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

David, Did you see the interview with Kenny Sr. and Jr. after the race on Speedvision? I couldn't believe how cold Sr. was toward Jr's title. You would have thought that he had just been convicted of murder. I haven't really followed Jr's career except for the past 2 years and know that he wasn't with his Dad's team. Was there a split and some bad blood or is Sr. just an A.J. Foyt type> Jeff

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:52:48 -0500, Jeffrey Haas <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>David, > >Did you see the interview with Kenny Sr. and Jr. after the race on >Speedvision? I couldn't believe how cold Sr. was toward Jr's title. >You would have thought that he had just been convicted of murder. I >haven't really followed Jr's career except for the past 2 years and >know that he wasn't with his Dad's team. Was there a split and some >bad blood or is Sr. just an A.J. Foyt type> > >Jeff

This was supposed to go on the thread about Kenny Roberts Jr's win of the F1 500 World Motorcycle title. I guess I hit new thread rather than followup. Sorry Jeff