Darin Gantt

He put up a good fight. Don't tell my wife I carried the leaf blower in the house to clean up.

Considering I've been wearing shorts for two weeks, it was time. The Christmas tree (Epiphany Tree?) went to the curb today.

Well done, my good and faithful servant.

Those aren't his most famous lines, but they're the ones that popped in my head first, as a former newspaper writer who lives in Charlotte.

RIP.

Or pit crew chief Harry Hogge, dealing with a rambunctious and impatient Cole Trickle:

"I've got to pit."

"I don't think so. We're busy now. We're eating ice cream."

Legendary newspaper editor Bernie White, upon learning about a prostate cancer diagnosis and recommended radiation treatment:

"We should start right away. How's next Monday?"

"To burn a hole in my ass? Sounds good. Then I still have the weekend."

He's now King Petty.

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That's just good parenting, right there.

You want to talk about Daytona 500 strategy?

I watched one lap, saw some person named Reddick win the race, a bunch of cars get good and tore up, and didn't invest all day in it.

I'm basically Junior Johnson.

I was doing just fine until Mike Tirico said the 1980 Olympics were 46 years ago.

That’s a lie, Mike Tirico, because that would mean I’m oh hell never mind.

Nothing says love like the look on my wife's face when NBC throws it to their slalom skiing analyst, and I reply:

"I like the way you work it, Ted Ligety; I got to bag it up."

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No reason.

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I can't believe I'm about to watch Ilia Malinin again.

Then again, I covered Jake Delhomme in the 2008 playoffs.

He truly "picked a bad day to have a bad day."

what a luger.

THESE LADIES ARE GOING HEADFIRST ON ICE FASTER THAN MY PRIUS IS CAPABLE OF GOING.

Skeleton is the most metal event in either Olympics.

This lady who is apparently merely great at it has an eyeball on the helmet which is the first thing down the track.

Never mind Snoop Dogg, we need Glenn Danzig on this sport.

Josh Allen hot takes, meet "A punt is not a bad play."

You know what would be really impressive?

Finger skates.

Flip upside down, do a twizzler or whatever, and then bounce back onto your feet.

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Spelling is hotter.

I saw Amorous Mothers open for GWAR at the Pterodactyl.

I think I heard Jerry Jeff Walker play that one night at Coyote Joe's.

Dudes watch the Olympics and think they can do these things.

Did some skiing in college, generally with assistance of PEDs (bourbon, mostly). There's no way in hell I'd get on the lift for that downhill. The only way I'd attempt the Super-G is if Team USA wore brown tights.

I would absolutely die.

Where's your office going to be? That's all we really care about. Will you have a window? A door?

I have long argued that Prine's "Spanish Pipedream" included my single favorite couplet of poetry ever written:

"Well, I sat there at the table, and I acted real naive,
For I knew that topless lady, had something up her sleeve."

It's skis and guns. It's always been the sport of chaos.

It's just now bringing the mess.

Also, a French skier with a gun who steals a credit card is the setup for an unreleased John Prine song.

Pretty soon, we're going to have to stop using the Ron Burgundy teleprompter voice when we say the Hornets are, ... good.

Talking with @natathescribe.bsky.social, who points out how similar these two guys are in so many ways.

When I took this picture in the summer, no one would have given you a nickel for the chance they'd both make the playoffs this year.

And yet.

Use his full title please -- ASU legend Jalen Virgil.

The Throwdown in Uptown.

Shoot your shot, player.