When the rain came down at the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix, Brad Binder took a chance and won his second MotoGP race, but things could have gone very differently. Because slick tyres have no tread, they can’t grip the road when it’s wet, right? Wrong. In the rain, completely bald slick tyres grip exceptionally effectively, […]
Monthly Archives: August 2021
At the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix, who was going up and down the mountain? All of this is disclosed farther down. So maybe Max Verstappen did tour his way to victory – a grand prix with a rock band as the opening act was always going to be unique. The 2021 Austrian Grand Prix is […]
At the present, the climate catastrophe is generating a lot of news. Some argue that it is too late to turn the planet around as it hurtles towards the cliff’s edge – rainforests burning, glaciers melting – but surely it’s worth a shot? For a variety of reasons, motorsport must contribute to this endeavor. Would […]
SRT began racing in Moto3 in 2015, progressing to Moto2 by 2018, and finally reaching MotoGP as a Yamaha satellite team in 2019. SRT formed tighter relations with Yamaha than the previous Tech3 squad in terms of works assistance, with factory support for Franco Morbidelli in 2019, Fabio Quartararo in 2020, and Valentino Rossi in […]
For the first time, Ray Caldwell dons a Cleveland uniform. The weather is scorching hot but clear for the time being, and none of the 20,000 or so fans at League Park have any idea what they’re about to witness. Caldwell will tell a narrative of desperation, terror, survival, and redemption over the following two […]
On the cover of TIME Magazine this week, the 46th President of the United States arrives for his first day of work to discover the quickly departed Oval Office in shambles: looted papers litter the floor, and smoke billows from the windows, in scenes reminiscent of the Capitol building attacks. A landline phone is knocked […]
The Red Sox and Alex Cora may be asking themselves the same question in the near future. In Tuesday, they beat the Twins 11-9, but Cora had to yank his closer, Matt Barnes, after Barnes came on with a three-run lead and gave up a home run to Josh Donaldson and two walks. The New […]
Shohei Ohtani’s high-end pitching and high-impact hitting, as well as his control over two days of All-Star events and marketability, have all been unique this summer. He’ll win the American League Most Valuable Player Award with a season résumé unlike any other, having totally stretched the imaginations of the Los Angeles Angels’ staff — and […]
Given their stature as contenders with tremendous resources, the Boston Red Sox had a relatively quiet trade deadline. That’s partly due to ownership’s current refusal to invest in the product at the levels that it deserves, but it’s also a reaction to the fact that ace lefty Chris Sale was set to return from Tommy […]
Despite producing outstanding work between 2019 and 2020, Greene spent the entire offseason as a free agent. That was unexpected, but it might be explained by the right-lower hander’s run prevention figures and peripherals. Between those two seasons, Greene pitched to a 2.39 ERA in 90 1/3 innings, albeit with a slightly below-average 23.5 percent […]