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McLaren Fined $100 Million for Spying on Ferrari

Monday, September 17th, 2007

McLaren F1

The McLaren Formula 1 team was fined $100 million for allegedly using Ferrari’s technical documents which McLaren leaked by some means – aka spying on Ferrari. All of McLaren constructor’s points were taken off as a result of this scandal… Now – F1 is one big drama, as you can see… But $100 fucking million? That’s insane, man… Though, mind you… that’s probably a pocket change for a giant of McLaren ranks, however it’s still hundred mil and that’s a lot no matter how big an entity you are.

Ferrari is McLaren’s main and biggest rival. They are both great teams and McLaren seems to have been deemed world’s best, but after spying on their rival scandal I wander what people are gonna see them as. I don’t know what they were thinking. It’s logical – if you’re spying on your rival, you best make sure you don’t get caught. It must be an overall very good feeling for Ferrari team though – knowing that team McLaren, generally considered the best is spying on you. If your superiors are spying on you, then it clearly proves even they realize that you are better despite their higher rank.

 

NBA – Greg Oden Out for the Season

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

Greg Oden

After undergoing arthroscopy and a microfracture surgery following the cartilage damage found by the doctors, Greg Oden who was the #1 pick in the NBA draft for 2007 will not play this season. Greg Oden is a National Basketball Association center for Portland Trail Blazers. It takes 6-12 months to fully recover from the surgery and Greg Oden is likely to spend his initial 8 weeks on crutches.

I surely hope Greg gets well soon. Portland Trail Blazers have a good team anyway and should be able t make the play offs. even without their 7-foot tall Oden. He’s young, only 19 years old so my thinking is that his knees haven’t gone through that much high profile basketball, so hopefully we’ll see Greg Oden recovered for the 2008/09 season.