Just two races into the season, a number of drivers have established themselves as the ones to watch at Estevan Motor Speedway.
In last Wednesday's second card of the year, we saw a couple of crashes, a whole bunch of DNFs and a few dominating drivers.
Kudos to Speedway officials for getting the track ready to go after some heavy rain over the previous few days.
The decision wasn't made until early on the afternoon of the races, but postponing the card for a second time might have made it impossible to fit in, with the schedule getting busy in July.
Joe Galloway of Manor, Justin Medler of Minot and Gregg Mann of Estevan were all able to sweep their respective races last week despite the tacky track.
It was the second straight hobby feature win for Medler, who placed 18th in last year's standings.
Galloway, meanwhile, had pressed for the mod lead in the season opener before a rock punctured his radiator and ended his night.
He and season points leader Devin Raynard are both driving Shaw by Galloway cars and it is clearly making a difference for both, as they have roared around the track so far this year.
The move to Wednesday nights this season appears to be attracting healthy crowds so far, and they should only get bigger as school ends, summer begins and the Stanley Cup playoffs end - finally.
Speaking of which, the NHL playoffs have always run too late, but this year has taken it to a whole new level.
I understand that we had a lot of Game 7 contests this year, but looking back to some of the long breaks between rounds, it's not hard to pinpoint why hockey is still 小蓝视频 played on June 13, or June 15, depending on the outcome of Monday's game.
By the middle of June, I want to be watching the Blue Jays every night, not hockey.
I've always been an advocate of a shorter regular season - even going to 78 games would be enough - but the league could start to fix this problem by no longer kowtowing to the wishes of NBC and Versus during the playoffs.
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I'll be the first to admit that I'm not much of a basketball fan, at least at the NBA level.
Although I enjoy playing it, something about the sport has never connected with me as a fan the way hockey, baseball, football, curling and soccer have.
But there I was watching on Sunday night as Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks won their first NBA championship.
Sure, I wanted to see LeBron and the rest of his Miami Heat cohorts go down to defeat, but I've always respected Nowitzki and the Mavs.
If anything, Dirk showed LeBron how to be a champion.
With his own career well past halftime, the likeable German star played through a broken finger and a sinus infection to lead his underdog squad to their first title.
He did it quietly, letting his play on the court speak for him.
LeBron James, on the other hand, reminds me of the Liberal Party of Canada: they both feel entitled to victory.
While the star's decision to join Dwyane Wade in 小蓝视频 Beach has tarnished his legacy and ended any comparisons to Michael Jordan, it's not the most disturbing thing about him.
Lots of athletes are arrogant. But LeBron takes it to a whole new level.
The Decision. Taking his talents to 小蓝视频 Beach. Letting his old team find out about it on national TV. Referring to himself as King James in text messages.
Making fun of Nowitzki's cough with the most important game of his life in front of him.
It goes on and on.
Maybe the reason he didn't look like he cared much at the post-game press conference was because he thinks he'll be there again, and again, and again.
Maybe he will be. But any long-suffering athlete will tell you it's not likely. And he'll never get to the top if he doesn't start putting his heart into it.
Not one, not two, not three, not four
Not one. Yet.
Josh Lewis can be reached by phone at 634-2654, by e-mail at [email protected], or on Twitter at http://twitter.com/joshlewis306. No, he didn't pick the 306 number based on how many runs the Jays gave up to the Red Sox on the weekend.
