Jay Busbee
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Senior Writer, @YahooSports | Author, IRON IN THE BLOOD | TV Host, @NASCAR's "Home Turn" | 🔗: https://t.co/zovLC0KyRd Say hey: [email protected]
Joined January 2009
News! Proud to announce my next book: IRON IN THE BLOOD, on sale Aug. 26. It’s the story of the Iron Bowl rivalry, and also the Southern culture that created and grew from it: Bear, Nick, Bo, Cam, the Kick Six, Gravedigger, Toomer's Corner, 18 Rings and more. Ordering info ⬇️
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NASCAR: Newman’s injuries are non-life-threatening. That’s about as good news as you could possibly get after that horrific wreck.
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At gymnastics, Scottie Scheffler says he watched Suni Lee do a faceplant in warmups and then get right back up. “I don’t know how to compare that to golf. Like hitting a shank and then getting punched in the face.”.
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The ATL baggage claim is full of Team USA athletes, and many are posing for selfies and pics. Pretty fun way to return home.
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Gary Woodland on how he switched from basketball to golf: “That decision got forced on me. I had to guard Kirk Hinrich, and I realized, I’m going to have to do something else.”.
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At the ATL airport for a predawn flight and had to pay tribute to the greatest work of art in the Western canon
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Koepka, resigned, smiles: "He's just good, man. What else can I say?".
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Rory McIlroy leaving the clubhouse. He got into his car and drove off.
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Rickie Fowler looks like a former CIA assassin now living a quiet suburban life when his old boss comes knocking with one more mission
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So here's a badass story: talked to a skier whose father had ridden 10,000 miles, by BIKE, to come watch him compete in the Olympics. Set out in February 2017, arrived last week. Amazing.
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The ongoing @3YearLetterman - @LennyDykstra trench warfare now includes @Lane_Kiffin, this saga deserves its own Netflix series
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A reminder of what Dale Earnhardt thought of Days of Thunder filming during the Daytona 500.
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Refs should save some time and just leave the flags out on the field.
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This night is reminiscent of Ryan Newman’s catastrophic wreck at the end of the 2020 Daytona 500. So much paramedic activity, so much fear, no news. Newman eventually came through. Hopefully Hamlin has a similar outcome.
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I sincerely hope this sets off a cascade of Bruce Springsteen ad appearances. Like, I want to see him singing “Thunder Road” in a hemmorhoid cream ad. Let’s go all in.
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Not saying Phelps WILL become an intergalactic despot, I'm just saying we can't ignore the possibility
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Here’s Taylor Hawkins owning the transcendent Bowie verse of “Under Pressure.” What a loss.
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@RexChapman If I’m JFK and I’m coming back, I’ll tell you one place I’m damn sure NOT going to go.
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When my kid and his friends shoot anything at any hoop — basket, trash can, anything — they all shout “Kobe!” even though they have no meaningful memories of watching Bryant play. A tradition that ought to continue.
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A few words from Dale Earnhardts Senior and Junior on the Confederate flag, from a book I could recommend:
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Unacceptable behavior from both players. Come on. Children are watching.
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I was challenged and I don’t back down. Cheers, @Wendys! We want a cut when you roll out Baconator Paste in 2019!
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The first 240 seasons of America were pretty good, but now it's clear we're getting cancelled and so the writers have just said screw it.
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Found in my drive thru bag. Sharp difference from Popeyes, where the seasoning itself acts as a de facto disinfectant
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Quite a lot has happened at the PGA Championship this morning. Here's what you need to know right now:.-Constant rain this morning in Louisville.-Traffic accident outside Valhalla Golf Club that involved a pedestrian fatality.-Scottie Scheffler -- who was not involved in accident.
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Just a surreal scene here. Kaepernick and crew arriving at a high school field. We’re right next to the ticket booth ($7, no refunds) waiting to get in.
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Running back: Ball can graze the ineffable plane of the goal line like a delicate wisp of feather; touchdown. Receiver: Ball must be held, clutched, locked in an underground vault for two generations, still not a touchdown
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At @YahooSports: We all saw that cheating-fishermen video over the weekend. Here’s the full story, a tale of apex predators, lie detectors, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money at stake:
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Patriots shut out at home for the first time since 1993. Came as a shock to Pats fans, who were not aware the team existed before 2001.
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About 50-75 protesters outside CNN, chanting anti-Trump slogans. We’re about half a mile from MBS.
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Cool thing about being an Atlanta sports fan is that the scar tissue on your soul is so thick that an 11-run inning hurts about as much as a gentle rain shower.
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Green Bay singlehandedly keeping the Sports Hot Take Industrial Complex alive tomorrow with that FG decision.
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Dustin Johnson holes out from beyond the far edge of the green, and the CBS crew reacts like he just returned a library book on time.
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A reminder that the best way to dunk on opportunistic ghouls is to starve them of attention, not retweet their worthless garbage takes.
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Still flying from @JasonIsbell and @BrittNicx’s transcendent “Gimme Shelter”to close last night. Isbell remains the truth, and Spencer’s going to be a huge star. Just a perfect moment.
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Before you rush to condemn all of NASCAR, please note what its most popular figure tweeted just now.
All Americans R granted rights 2 peaceful protests.Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable-JFK.
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I’m watching a damn NASCAR race on a South Korean mountain half a planet away, don’t tell me the future ain’t awesome
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Augusta National is in the process of sending out lottery notifications for the 2020 Masters right now. It’s like sorority bid day for middle-aged white dudes.
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Waffle House reopened today. I went. I was alone as I had my first meal in a restaurant in six weeks. It was weird as hell. Story:
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There’s dudes doing death-defying feats atop the Big Air hill and every camera is pointed at Ivanka Trump.
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Ricky Stenhouse's dad apparently climbed the fence in the backstretch to come hug his boy & got picked up by cops. I'm loving this family.
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Joey Logano on his kid: "He'll probably be a good race car driver, because he cries a lot. He'll fit right in here.".
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The so-called 'worst rule in football' -- fumbling through the end zone and losing the ball -- isn't really wrong at all. I explain here, in a short 28-word version and a long 2,000-word version:.
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Tom Lehman’s words to his son as they walked down the 18th fairway for Lehman’s last Open Championship. Golf will get you, man.
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When your shot track looks like a halfback option, that's not good.
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Good lord, Usain Bolt could run the opposite direction around the track and still win gold.
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You think of yourself as a decent person, then you see pics of sad Cowboy fans and remember there’s always space in your soul for schadenfreude.
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When someone wants to talk to you about how Simone Biles quit and let down America. (Pic: Getty)
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The only real tragedy about the Great Baker Mayfield Schlumpy Detective Outfit is that it showed up three days too late for every Cleveland fan to use as a Halloween costume
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So @BKoepka told @eamonlynch he wants the media to come up with more creative questions. Fair enough. Challenge accepted. Full story:
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Straight up, I’ll offer an apology here. I wondered how in the world NASCAR could have mistaken a pull loop for a noose. This photo shows they didn’t…and all you need to is take one look at this to realize why it was taken seriously. The noose doesn’t have “tied in 2019” on it.
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Doing my annual speech to high schoolers showing how fast a stupid thing you post on the internet can spread far and wide. Reply with the city where you’re reading this.
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Joe Burrow and the Bengals aren’t the NFL’s next great villains yet … but they’re heading that way, and it’s glorious:
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@notthefakeSVP College of William & Mary went on an unprecedented run, defeating Alabama, Georgia & Ohio State, under my leadership. Time to saddle up once again.
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You put your political ad on during the World Series, I will vote against you even if your opponent is a cannibal.
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Imagine being so fragile that @jeff_gluck's 140-character expression of equality makes you run & hide behind "it's not NASCAR reporting"
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Met some members of the large COOK N’ BACON contingent outside the Aquatic Center. All smiles after they captured the US’s first medal of the #OlympicGames, a silver in diving.
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CK talking to the media: “we’re waiting for the owners and Commissioner Goodell to stop running from the truth.”
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Sad news. Shane Caldwell, who met Tiger Woods during this year’s Masters thanks to Shane’s devoted stepdaughter, passed away Monday.
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This is a damn Italian Renaissance painting. Mankind’s powerlessness and woe in the face of an angry god.
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I’d bet the mortgage that this @jasonisbell poster for his Monday night Athens show smells like glorious onion ring grease
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Any driver who dares pass -- or, heaven forbid, spin -- the Dolly Parton @RCRracing car is going straight to hell
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My foursome: Nice easy swing, it's all you, you got this.Me:.
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This is a hell of a tweet. A Dale Jr-Carl Edwards sitdown would be a fine way to begin E's tenure at NBC.
Last year at Homestead a questionable late yellow cost a driver the championship. Same driver announced his retirement a few months later. 😳
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A baby born at the start of the Anderson-Isner match has just arrived at the match with his grandchildren.
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Memphis's Nike City uniforms are a subtle, powerful callback to the 1968 sanitation strike, one of the key moments of the Civil Rights era.
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Bubbles seem to work a whole lot better than “now don’t go catching the ‘rona, y'all”.
MLB has had preliminary discussions about holding its postseason in a bubble-type format after the coronavirus outbreaks wreaked havoc on the regular-season schedule, sources told @JeffPassan:
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Why Falcons fans deserve this team, and why Atlanta > Boston. Come at me, you chowder-slurping Brady lovers:
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Falcons fans looking for any shred of hope: at the same point in his career, Elway still had zero Super Bowl wins too.
Matt Ryan passes John Elway in all-time passing yardage
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The wave of criticism of @GretaVanFleet as Lite Zeppelin to me misses the fundamental point: it's not music for us olds. My son worships LZ and is thrilled to hear someone new is making the kind of music he loves.
It used to be that the chief goal of rock ’n’ roll was to piss off parents. Now, if @GretaVanFleet are any indication, its greatest purpose is to pay them homage. @lindsayzoladz:
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It wasn't an overhand loop. It wasn't a garage pull. It wasn't a fishing knot. It was a noose. You know it was, and you know what it represents. Don't believe anyone trying to talk you out of what you know is the truth. Column:
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BREAKING: Bills bringing in tauntauns to expand running game. Adjust your fantasy rosters accordingly. http://t.co/4ZoVExATGE.
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I mean, come on. You hate this guy, it says more about you than him.
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I want to recommend the president consider pardoning four veterans sent to prison under dubious circumstances. They remain on the loose following an escape. It's time to bring them in from the cold.
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If a bear was chasing you and Usain Bolt, he'd turn around and run backwards just to watch the bear catch you.
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Gurley accepted $3k over the last two years, suspended 4 games. UGa head coach Mark Richt ($3m/yr) has made $3k in salary since midnight.
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Per White House pool report, President Trump has left Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which means that as far as he knows, Georgia is the national champion.
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Tiger Woods on the many changes to the FedEx Cup: “NASCAR didn’t get it right the first time, they’ve made changes.". Tiger’s coming for your job, @NickBromberg.
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Carolina Panthers need an owner. @DaleJr is hanging around the house. I think you see where I'm going with this one, folks.
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It's the middle of the night in America, so let's all confess our secret sins to one another while the motherland sleeps. Me: I never got what the big deal was about Radiohead.
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No, no, that’s just a garage pull rope, everybody told me that this summer.
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