Article Archives: Sports Voice

The Perils of Being a Spectator

February 28, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

As you may have heard, there was a dramatic 12 car crash on the last lap of the Nationwide 300 at the Dayton Speedway. This is not unusual. There is generally some kind of multiple car pileup in every race However, 28 spectators were injured, several seriously, as bits and … Read More

Sports Pot-Pour-Ree: Danica, Dwight, and St. Elmo’s

February 21, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

Danica Patrick has won the pole position for the Daytona 500. She becomes the first woman to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup pole, although admittedly there have been very few women participating in the series on a regular basis. She credits having bacon for breakfast at Cracker Barrel with her … Read More

Lance, Say It Ain’t So

February 14, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

Lance Armstrong seemed to be a true American hero. He was the greatest road racing cyclist the U.S. ever produced. As a youngster in Texas he was a competitive swimmer and a triathlon champion before age 19. As a result of his triathlon success, he joined the Motorola Racing team … Read More

Fishing: It’s All Wet . . . and That’s Good

February 7, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

Humans are the only primates who fish. Monkeys, chimps, gorillas, baboons, orangutans They don’t fish… and that’s their loss. We humans have been spearing, casting nets, throwing in lines, and grabbing fish with our hands since back in the Paleolithic Age and that’s at least 40,000 years  ago. I often … Read More

A Wrap Up for the 2012 NFL Season

January 31, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

It’s Super Bowl week for the NFL and things in New Orleans are hopping. It’s the first Super Bowl in the Big Easy since Katrina and the city is really putting its best foot forward. It seems hard to believe that it was a year ago that Indianapolis was the … Read More