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...Yost, author of The 200 MPH Billboard: The Inside Story of How Big Money Changed NASCAR, due out in August from Motorbooks International, says the presence of wine is just another sign that the already marginalized core beer drinking NASCAR fan has now been completely priced out of the sport. "NASCAR has 75 million fans and that's a lot, but those fans aren't what's driving the corporate army into the sport," he explains. "There's so much business-to-business networking going on that NASCAR events have become a fertile business environment. NASCAR is the new golf...
...kids for entrance exams for nearby selective high schools and then university; the duty of making kids practice their musical instruments or enrolling them in year-round learn-to-swim classes at places such as the Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre. At the weekend, it's ferrying the kids to sport and, possibly, attending one of the area's evangelical Christian churches...
...think I’m basing my own position on my own knowledge, and I don’t think people are as close to the sport or know as much about Reade,” Anderson said. “I’m not going to be discouraged from my own opinion because of the potential of [backlash]. I know what people think, but I know most of it’s uninformed...
...selected,” Sullivan said. “I thought getting into the preliminary round was terrific, then to see him picked for the Second Team was just unbelievable. I’m really proud of him and he deserves it. Being a two semester sport athlete is hard everywhere, but it is very hard in the Ivy League. It is hard to balance it for two consecutive semesters, given the demands of intercollegiate basketball...
...hardly pay any attention to John, a daily fixture in the Ginsberg Reading Room. Unlike most of the other scholars, John is not bent over stacks of books or Facebook stalking on his laptop: instead, he prefers to peruse Lamont’s extensive newspaper-on-a-stick collection. Sporting his signature sideburns, students know the enigmatic John as an off-beat campus celebrity. The 64-year-old Boston native, who did not give his last name, treks over to Cambridge from nearby Fresh Pond nearly seven days a week. Upon arrival, John makes himself at home and settles into...