NASCAR Recap:
The 2008 NASCAR season ended last night with the Ford 400 in Homestead – Martin led the way with a 10th place finish, Kyle was in 19th, and Dale Jr. had problems late to end him in 41st. Kyle ended the year in 10th, Dale Jr. in 12th, and Martin in 15th.

Continue Reading

Interesting profile in USA Today of Guy Kawasaki. He’s currently the managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, was previously responsible for marketing the Macintosh while at Apple in the 80’s, and has written nine business books. His most recent book, “Reality Check”, aims to help entrepreneurs by looking at the lessons learned from his failures.

The article also features five tips from Guy for would-be entrepreneurs, including: “You can’t let the bozos grind you down. Most of the time, seemingly smart and rich people are gonna tell you it can’t be done. If you listen to them, you’ll never try.”

Chase Update:
Dale Jr. and Kyle had good runs yesterday at Phoenix finishing in 6th and 8th place.  Martin had an engine problem and went out in 43rd. The season wraps up next weekend in Homestead-Miami. Kyle had two other runs over the weekend coming in 2nd in the Truck Series race on Friday, and 5th in the Nationwide series race on Saturday.

Blue Devils:
Duke beat Lenoir-Rhyne 95-42 last Wednesday night in an exhibition game at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The season starts tonight with a 7:00PM(EST) tip vs. Presbyterian at Cameron.

Duke Preseason Ranking:
The preseason basketball rankings are out and Duke was #5 in the coaches USA Today/ESPN poll, and #8 in the writers AP poll. They won their first exhibition game over Virginia Union 114-50, and play another exhibition game this Wednesday vs. Lenoir-Rhyne.  The season officially kicks off on Nov. 10th at home vs. Presbyterian. For more: www.DukeBluePlanet.com

Continue Reading

IndyCar Finishes in Surfers Paradise:
IndyCar finished off their 2008 season with a non-points race on Saturday in the Nikon Indy 300 held at Surfers Paradise street course in Australia. Scott, the 2008 Series Champion, made it back-to-back photo finishes coming in 2nd by 0.5019 seconds. Danica was got collected in another driver’s accident early and finished in 18th place. The series is back in action next year beginning at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on April 5th.

Continue Reading

In March, Dr Pepper issued a challenge to Axl that if he finally released “Chinese Democracy” before the end of 2008, that they would give a free Dr. Pepper to everyone.  In production for 15-17 years (depending on what you read) it seemed like a good bet for the Dr to make, but alas Axl is going to fill the Dr’s prescription for free pop by officially announcing the album will be out November 23rd via Best Buy.

Continue Reading