2011 Tour de France: Cavendish Pulls Closer to History
Victory in a wild Stage 5 sprint finish launched a young sprinter closer to all-time greatness… Zach breaks down the numbers in this look at Mark Cavendish. [READ MORE →]
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2011 Tour de France: Pre-Race Reconnaissance
Cycling is unique in that the climax of its season comes not at the end of the season but dead center in the heart of the calendar. It isn’t the Tour Down Under in January or the Giro di Lombardia in October that the top riders of the road dream …
2011 Tour de France: Nagging Pre-Race Questions
Cycling is unique in that the climax of its season comes not at the end of the season but dead center in the heart of the calendar. It isn’t the Tour Down Under in January or the Giro di Lombardia in October that the top riders of the road dream …
NTSF 127: A Fresh Start for Spring…
Sporting a new look in a new residence, Zach tackles topics ranging from Djokovic’s early-season dominance and an unexpected positive outcome from a positive drug test to a look forward at another season opener in the sports world…
NTSF 108: Uncrowded Commonwealth cause for concern, international competition galore and more…
By the time this goes up on the site, I’ll be somewhere en route to California to the Bioneers conference in San Rafael. The coffee company my wife’s family owns and operates needed a few extra bodies to man their trio of locations at the event, and so I was conscripted for active duty. It’s [...]
NTSF 107: Thoughts on losing versus failing, the Contador saga and more…
My voice is still hoarse five days after the fact. Saturday saw the eyes of the nation turn toward Eugene, and I had the pleasure of being amongst a crowd that numbered just under 60,000 to witness the Oregon Ducks take on Stanford in a matchup with more than just Pac-10 implications. Perched 14 rows [...]
NTSF 105: Diversifying your sports portfolio with the Vuelta finale, aging legends and more…
What is the greatest benefit in having as diverse a range of sporting interests as possible from a fan’s standpoint? There is never an offseason… something is always right in line to take the place of a departing season with a fresh dose of varied live action. It is often said that there really [...]
2010 Vuelta a España – Final Weekend News and Notes (Stages 20-21)
So I’ve been sitting here reflecting on this final weekend of the Vuelta a España and stalling on getting down my thoughts. Maybe it is that I was camping during the final weekend of both the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France and had some forced time to reflect on the race – rather than busting through a [...]