Talk about thin-skinned. All the NASCAR types, media members included, were off base earlier this week with their reaction to comments by Tony Kornheiser.
Then again, maybe Kornheiser was correct -- or correctly doing his job.
First and foremost, the "Pardon the Interruption" co-host who has his own radio program in Washington, D.C., was generating discussion and reaction (something most sports-talk types invariably attempt) when he said Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s pole-qualifying time for the Daytona 500 might have somehow been arranged.
After all, it was certainly serendipitous.
Racing types invariably bristle at any hint of anything being fixed in the sport, and those close to the action cannot fathom that those not around racing regularly would even entertain such thoughts. Still, media members who deal with the sport on an irregular basis and even some fans often make the leap in logic that things on the track can be controlled.
That reaction to Kornheiser bubbled up as it did was surprising, though. It's a sign that we're in the midst of a slow time of the sports season because it was a non-story -- just a guy doing his job (even if some would question how well he's informed), that should have gone unmentioned.
Fixing, schmixing. That's just silly.
Until, of course, some NASCAR driver in the midst of a big losing streak and in danger of losing his sponsorship somehow finds a little bit of on-track magic later this season and wins a race at just the right time.
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