Daytona 500: A Crazy Race

After the race being pushed back to Monday at 1pm the race was again pushed back due to rain. The rain covered the track until it was finally cleaned and dried off and the race began around 7pm. When the race began the drivers didn't wait to get the bumping and drafting till later in fact a wreak on lap 2 caused Danica Patrick and Jimmie Johnson to receive serious damage. The Race went on normally after that with wreaks, lead changes, pit stops until an unexpected thing happened. On a caution lap Juan Montoya had car troubles and couldn't control his car from smashing into a safety truck with a jet dryer on the back carrying 200 gallons of kerosene. The jet dryer exploded right away causing a burst of flames. Everyone was okay but it caused the race to be red flagged for almost 2 and a half hours. Finally when the race finished Matt Kenseth won, Dale Earnhardt Jr finished 2nd, Greg Biffle got 3rd, Denny Hamlin placed 4th, and Jeff Burton placed in the 5th position. The race was a crazy one and the first Daytona 500 to be rain delayed in the history of the race so maybe that was a sign for the events to come. All I know is that the next race is going to a good one.

Manny Ramirez back in the MLB

Manny Ramirez is back out of retirement and with the Oakland Athletics. The deal is worth about $500,000. Before Manny can play a single game he has to sit out 50 of them for violating the leagues drug policy. If all goes according to plan and Ramirez is fit and healthy and drug free he can play on June 2nd vs Kansas City.

Collaboration New Technology Project

Dan Sullivan, and I will be collaborating on the New Technology Project. We will be interviewing an individual in the sport marketing field. We will decide what technology we will look up at a later time.

Hines Ward soon to be an ex-steeler ?

With Hines Wards having a roster bonus soon approaching on March 1st the Pittsburgh Steelers are highly unlikely to keep the veteran receiver on the team. Ward is scheduled to make 4 million dollars in the last two years of his contract and with him no longer having a starting role on the team it'd make little sense to keep him, even though he contributed so much to the franchise over the years. If Ward leaves the team they would be letting go of a player with 1000 career receptions in which only 8 other people have accomplished this. So there are pros and cons of keeping him but only time will tell if the Steelers will be Ward-less.

Murray State suffers first lose

In NCAA D1 basketball there was only one undefeated team left, Murray State. Murray State Racers came into the match up against Tennessee State Tigers having a flawless record of 22-0 and 11-0 in conference record, that is until they faced Tennessee State. The #7 ranked team in the nation was leading the whole first half out scoring the Tigers 40-33. Going into half time they had all the confidence they needed to go 23-0 but that wasn't the case when they came out. The Tigers came to win and knock off Murray State and did that by out scoring them 39-28 in the second half. This made the ending score 72-68, a two possession game. Those two possessions are going to cost Murray state a top 10 ranking in the polls and potentially a ranking at all. An unfortunate end to their winning streak but not to their season. The Racers will have a great shot in getting a spot in the NCAA tournament at the end of the year and then they can make another winning steak again and potentially going on to win the national championship.