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1BillsFan and I have been waiting a long time for Tyrod to take his rightful place as Bills starting QB http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/127807-is-it-racist-to-say/?p=2120539

Hang in there, MadCap...you're in my thoughts and prayers, brother.

Comments like this are the biggest reason why I, and a lot of others, choose to spend our time elsewhere these days. In this thread alone there have been quite a few comments that involved name calling and/or complete disrespect for other people.

Feels like I lost a childhood friend. Really sad.

There's a difference between having an opinion and discussing something on a message board and "assuming they know the whole story". And there's nothing asinine about the idea that a guy with a history of losing his temper and saying/doing stupid things likely isn't going to get the benefit of the doubt when something like this happens. Further, comments like "have you ever driven a sprint car?" are just straw man arguments. If people could only have opinions about things they've actually experienced first hand, you'd have a message board full of crickets.

Definitely a misleading and sensationalistic headline to grab viewers attention, but that's just a small part of the article.

http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2014/08/11/tony-stewart-threatened-to-run-over-driver-2-years-ago-following-wreck/

That's what another driver said. Someone who knows both parties and was right there in that part of the track when it happened. I agree. There was a reason why he accelerated. Whether or not it was to avoid him, or scare him, or whatever...only TS knows. "I know Tony could see him. I know how you can see out of these cars. When Tony got close to him, he hit the throttle. When you hit a throttle on a sprint car, the car sets sideways. It set sideways, the right rear tire hit Kevin, Kevin was sucked underneath and was stuck under it for a second or two and then it threw him about 50 yards." http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2014-08-10/tony-stewart-sprint-car-hits-driver-fight-incident-trouble-investigation-new-york-watkins-glen-kevin-ward

I understand what you're saying. That's just what the other racer who witnessed the incident said. As far as Im concerned, Tony Stewart knows what he did or didn't do. I don't think anyone believes for a second he intended to kill or even harm anyone, but that doesn't mean he didn't do something foolish fueled by his temper - the history of which is obviously well-established - that resulted in the unfortunate death of this kid.

I share your viewpoint, as well. I've been researching this since last night and it's apparently very common for drivers to exit their vehicle and walk out on the track after crashing, especially once the yellow flag comes out. It also appears that one of the rules when they are under yellow is that they are not allowed to accelerate. Further, two of the eyewitnesses who were situated near that turn and stated they saw everything - at least one of which was a fellow racer - stated that there's no way Stewart didn't see him, and that while Tony likely never meant to intentionally harm the kid, he clearly gunned his engine and attepted to scare him, and in this case things went terribly wrong and Ward ended up killed. The driver (Graves is his last name, I believe) also said that he feels Stewart should end up in jail. I watched the video before I knew he had passed and before I knew any of the details from witnesses, and the first thing I tweeted was how he clearly accelerated once the kid was near his vehicle.

This would be a great inspiration for the Redskins name change. In honor of the state of our political system, I give you...the Washington Stink. Put this thing in the endzone and just fire it off randomly during games.

That one got two laughs out of me...not bad.

That's so cool...you can tell that this was far more than just a gig for them...it was just as special to them as it is to all of us. As much as I miss the show and am still in mourning, at the same time it was just so damn satisfying. It must be similar to what it's like to retire after winning the Super Bowl...you're sad once it's all over, but you went out on such a high and accomplished so much that there was an overarching sense of satisfaction, which makes it feel "complete".

I turned the damn thing off when Denver went up 24-0...wtf!!

It was done right around 1992, if memory serves. My buddy went into the service in '93, so it had to be the year before. I was asking her if the Bills would win it all in my lifetime, and she said no...and that's when she mentioned the Toronto thing. So this was long before there was any actual talk of moving, and she was clueless about football in general.