You can’t kill the America’s Cup.
I understand my friends who ask, “Who cares anymore?” But the same question was asked a lot circa 1988, and it comes up every time around, even when the event is on track which it certainly is not at the moment, being in the grip of a fuzzy-minded [...]
This just in: Larry Ellison’s BMW Oracle Racing team has successfully eliminated Ras al Khaimah as a venue for America’s Cup 33.
I reckon I can give up shopping for best-price tickets.
First word comes from Alinghi, and here is the prepared statement:
The New York Supreme Court today ruled that the 33rd [...]
When it rains it pours. Just ask the sailing team at UC Irvine.
They’re still smarting over losing last year’s Sloop Pacific Coast Championship to USC by one point.
This year it’s losing varsity status to become, instead, a club sport. Fly away funding. Fly away coaching. The perils of 2009 visited upon the student [...]
There is no entry in the CIA Factbook for Ras Al Khaimah, the maybe-yes maybe-no site of the alleged next America’s Cup. The Defender is on-site. The Challenger says he ain’t goin’. But what is this little-known spot in the United Arab Emirates? Obviously, they ponied up for some action to generate publicity, [...]