With all of the sports world focused on March Madness, NFL quarterback Drew Brees picked an odd time to announce his retirement after a twenty-year career in the NFL, which followed a successful stint at Purdue. Mixed in with all of the talk of brackets on Monday, my morning sports radio station was discussing Brees and his retirement. The talking heads said that when the Saints signed Brees away from the Chargers, it may have been the biggest free-agent signing in league history. Peyton Manning and the Broncos may have something to say about that, but on the week of the Brees retirement, we’ll let that one go undisputed – for this week anyway.
Significant IndyCar Free-Agent Signings
Posted in IndyCar on March 17, 2021 by OilpressureReal IndyCar Fans Actually Pay Attention
Posted in IndyCar on March 15, 2021 by Oilpressure
From time to time, I have mentioned some of the Facebook groups I belong to that are devoted to the NTT IndyCar Series and/or the Indianapolis 500. For the most part, I enjoy all of them. I have learned a lot from them and many of the groups offer rare photographs I have never seen before.
Is He Really All That?
Posted in IndyCar on March 12, 2021 by Oilpressure
No media over-hypes things, like sports media. They have the power to make or break events and careers, by over-promoting a sporting event or a potential career to the point that neither can ever lived up to the lofty and unrealistic expectations that have been forced upon the public.
The Golden Age of IndyCar?
Posted in IndyCar on March 10, 2021 by Oilpressure
When it comes to the time when I was growing up as a racing fan, I consider myself very lucky. From 1965 through 1972, I missed only one Indianapolis 500 – and that was in 1966, when my father took my uncle and grandfather instead of us kids.
A Closer Look at NBC’s IndyCar TV Schedule
Posted in IndyCar on March 8, 2021 by Oilpressure
NBC released the 2021 TV schedule for the NTT IndyCar Series this past week. There were a few surprises, most of them positive. There was one that prompted questions from a few fans and a glaring omission.
Smile! We’d All Love to Have Your Job
Posted in IndyCar on March 5, 2021 by Oilpressure
This is a slight revisit to a topic I dwelled on years ago. I don’t think I wrote an entire post about it, but I probably devoted a couple of paragraphs to it. I’ll admit that I have a lot of pet-peeves, but this is one that had always bothered me. The NTT IndyCar Series was one of the worst offenders of this topic and I was complaining about them whenever it was I last rambled on about it. I don’t claim that they listened to me and reversed course, but they are no longer an offender as some sporting leagues are.
Admitting I was Wrong…Again
Posted in IndyCar on March 3, 2021 by Oilpressure
It’s never fun to admit when you are wrong. If you were to talk to my wife, she would go so far as to say I have an insatiable desire to be right all of the time. While I think that may be an exaggeration, I do find it hard to eat crow and admit I was wrong. Then again, I think most people are that way. It seems I’ve been proven wrong a lot lately – at least more than I care for.
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