Stage 5 – Guadix to Lorca – 198.8 km (123.3 mi) Wednesday/01 September 2010

So it’s been a crazy journey over the past couple years. When I sat down at FanNation in March 2008 — prodded by a friend on the site to write a weekly article for one of his groups — and penned the first edition of A Non-Traditional Sports Fan in America, I was simply setting [...]

Last year, young American sprinter Tyler Farrar was starting to break out on the European cycling scene after a junior career that was solid if largely unspectacular. But talent at the amateur level is hardly an indicator of the success a rider will have once integrating into the professional ranks; just as in any sport, [...]

I am a Non-Traditional Sports Fan by instinct, a writer by trade… and a cook to pay the bills. Unfortunately, working a job in catering has a tendency to throw off my cadence. The summer doldrums — you know, the ones that fans who remain attuned solely to the rhythms of American sport often decry [...]