News: Opinion -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
By Greg Moore, The Kansas City Star Kenyans are God-fearing people. And though I haven’t been to church since coming to Nairobi more than a month ago, I did ride the bus last week. read more
The Hankster (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Continued wrap-up commentary of November elections with the addition of some of those wonderful non-partisan independent voices from New Hampshire. Up-tick in self-financed campaigns. Rhode Island has a serious independent candidate and a new third party for 2010. New York's fusion election shows media ignoring NYC Independence Party's 142,817 votes (double the 2005 vote) -- in an election where Dem...
News: Opinion -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
By Greg Moore, The Kansas City Star NAIROBI, Kenya | The long rains failed again in East Africa this year. And thanks to El Nino the short rains are heavier than normal. You might think this would even out, but instead it’s exacerbating a crisis. And staring squarely into the face of calamity are the Maasai people, perhaps the most famous ethnic group in the region. read more
E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
In an unprecedented move, T he Denver Post announced Monday that its sports journalists would no longer be making predictions as to the outcome of sporting events, reports Denver Westword . According to Editor Greg Moore , it is unreasonable to expect sports writers to remain fair and balanced while being forced to give predictions of final scores. This, according to Moore, is especially true if they...
Ask the Expert: IRL (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Question: I am glad to see IZOD is coming on board and anticipate the announcement on Thurs. Is there any truth to the rumor that the deal will include helping Ryan Hunter-Reay find a ride and if so, where do you think he will land? Is there a possibility that we will see Rahal Letterman back on the grid again with Hunter-Reay as the driver? (Justin, Bourbonnais, Ill.) Answer: I guess we'll have more...
Ask the Expert: IRL (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Question: On your radio program last week there were many comments related to "sponsor activation." Please enlighten us non-marketing types on what you mean by activation. (Paul, Frontenac, Kansas) Answer: That's an industry term used to describe what a sponsor does with its investment. For example, Izod, which will be confirmed as the IndyCar Series' new title sponsor on Thursday, ideally...
FreeColorado.com (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
At last month's media panel, somebody (I believe Adrienne Russell) mentioned the idea of micropayments for online media content. Such payments might help save the newspaper industry as well as help fund better bloggers. The idea is that readers would pay a small fee -- say a quarter or fifty cents -- to read an article online. A popular story that drew a hundred thousand readers could do quite well...
Sharkspage (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
The Worcester Sharks used another great performance by rookie netminder Alex Stalock and a total team effort in beating the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2-1 at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts Friday night in front of 2,181 fans. With the WorSharks missing Logan Couture, Jamie McGinn, and captain Ryan Vesce due to recalls to San Jose, the Worcester faithful were wondering who would step up to...
SPEED (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
10 years after he lost his life at Fontana and before he got a chance to drive for Penske, Greg’s old posse can only marvel of what he might have accomplished.
Inside Track - Breaking News Blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Greg Moore died on Halloween Day, 10 years ago. There's a story on AutoWeekRacing.com that pulls from a book by Dan Proudfoot and Gordon Kirby, written shortly after the Canadian's death. Inside Track Motorsport News // www.insidetracknews.com // 'Canada's Source for Motorsports'
Ask the Expert: IRL (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Question: Who is confirmed at this point for 2010? (Justin, Bourbonnais, Ill.) Answer: Let's see: AGR with three (although Danica not announced), Penske with two (but Cindric says he's planning to run Will Power as well), Vitor with Foyt, Doornbos with HVM, Wheldon with Panther, Tagliani's deal, Dixon and Dario with Ganassi, Graham all but certain with NHL, Wilson all but certain with Coyne, Matos...
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
With no disrespect to Helio Castroneves, it was Greg Moore who seemed destined to dance with the stars. He was the charming Canadian with oval-track mastery and the new contract to drive Roger Penske's Indy car in 2000 alongside Gil de Ferran.
News: Opinion -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
By Greg Moore, The Kansas City Star There’s a friendly-looking guy sitting behind me, and I need to know something. So, I figure, I’ll turn around and politely ask him my question. Easy, right? Wrong. (C’mon, if it had been that simple would I be writing about it') read more
Ask the Expert: IRL (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Question: Monster recently updated Paul Tracy's biography on its Website, and a campaign has since launched to show them that IndyCar fans are a proud and loyal bunch and that it would be worth their sponsorship dollars to back him full-time next year. Those who love PT know how important he is for the health of the series, and even his most ardent detractors have to admit that increasing the car...
News: Opinion -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
By Greg Moore, The Kansas City Star All I could think was, “God, I wonder whether they can tell how nervous I am'” Because I was. In fact, I was sweating. Forehead, hands, feet, armpits. All that. read more
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