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Andy Roddick Doesn't Get NASCAR

Posted: Apr 11th 2008 5:45 PM ET by Geoffrey Miller (RSS feed)
Filed Under: NASCAR Fans, Tennis, Sprint Cup

55 COMMENTS
I always love it when I hear my friends or other people that aren't NASCAR fans put down all of racing with reasons that just don't have much merit. "It's not a sport" they say.

Andy Roddick, welcome to that list.

Roddick, to the best of my Wikipedia knowledge, is currently ranked as the 6th-best tennis player in the world and is competing in the Davis Cup in the heart of NASCAR country, Winston-Salem, N.C.

During an interview there, Roddick was asked about tennis not being as popular as football or NASCAR in the area.
"It's a little disappointing that we're behind a sport that you turn left for four hours," Roddick said. "But it's pretty easy to have American superstars in sports that only Americans play. We're not concerned. Around the world, it's probably just behind soccer as the biggest sport in the world."
So Roddick played the "oversimplification" card against NASCAR and racing in general.

Well, Andy, what exactly is tennis? Is it nothing more than two or four people hitting a little yellow ball back and forth for a few hours? Or would that be as ignorant as his view on NASCAR?

The last time I caught a NASCAR race, I'm pretty sure there was a little more involved than just "turning left for four hours", but I must not have been watching the same thing as Roddick.

Ah, roasting professional athletes for their views. It's a great fun.

Sports Aren't For The Birds

Posted: Apr 28th 2007 10:45 PM ET by tallglassofmilk (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Michael Waltrip, Blue Jays, Tigers, Golf, Tennis, Horse Racing, Toronto, Busch Series, Penguins, Capitals

3 COMMENTS
Sports are a very dangerous sport for birds.

ESPN Top 10 Bird Moments
ESPN has put together a few highlights from the infield, grid iron, racetrack and other sporting venues that give a whole new meaning to flipping the bird. Some of these birds didn't fare very well, including one that tried to play chicken with Michael Waltrip's car in a Busch Series practice session (#9):


Wrong Place Wrong Time
By far the most impressive encounter has got to be Randy Johnson's fastball. What could that bird possibly have done to deserve that fate?