Dale Earnhardt Jr to join Hendrick Motorsports next season

Dale Earnhardt Jr has decided to join Hendrick Motorsports starting next season after he was granted his release a few weeks ago by DEI, the team his late father started.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is joining Hendrick Motorsports, hopefully moving one step closer to a championship that has eluded him while driving for his late father's company.

Rick Hendrick said Earnhardt will replace Kyle Busch on his star-studded roster of drivers. The announcement Wednesday ended five weeks of recruiting for NASCAR's most popular driver, who became a free agent May 10 when he said he would leave DEI at the end of this season.

His criteria for a new team included finding a place he could win championships, and Hendrick is the perfect fit. Hendrick has won six championships, and has 10 wins through 14 points races this season.

"It became apparent to me the man I wanted to drive for,'' Earnhardt said at a news conference. "He competes with integrity and most importantly, he wins races ... So today, it is with great honor to introduce my new boss for 2008, Mr. Rick Hendrick.''

I have to say I know nothing about Nascar, so I'm not going to go indepth on this but I will say from what I saw on ESPN this morning, Hendrick Motorsports is like the New York Yankees(imagine that, ESPN mentioning the Yankees even though it has nothing to do with the subject) by the way they have so many big name stars such as Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Casey Mears and now Earnhardt.

Apparently Jessica Alba likes Kasey Kahne...that son of a bitch

Normally I don't post about Nascar but when it involves Jessica Alba, well, their can be some exceptions. According to the latest blog post by ESPN's David Newton, Jessica Alba was smitten with Nascar's Kasey Kahne (??, wait...who the hell still says smitten?). Along with her cast from Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans and IoanGruffudd, Alba attended her first Nascar event of any kind which was today's Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

Here is majority of Newton's article, to read all of it visit here.

Jessica Alba leaned against the counter inside the No. 9 hauler opposite of Kasey Kahne early Sunday afternoon.

"He's adorable," said the star of the upcoming movie "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer."

Alba seemed as enamored with Kahne as the Nextel Cup driver did with her before the start of the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. She listened intently as Kahne told the rest of her co-stars -- Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans and Ioan Gruffudd -- that he began racing at 14.

She let out a squeal when Kahne said he was 27.

"Oh, yeah!" Alba said. "You're one year older than me. I like mature, older guys."

OK, so Kahne attracts more than older housewives who can't drive without running into things. And Alba attracts more than fans of superheroes.

She turned more heads walking through the garage than Dale Earnhardt Jr. Her "Fantastic Four" screen name, Invisible Woman, just didn't work here.

"That was not engines revving," LMS executive Jerry Gappens said when referring to Chiklis' description of the roar of the engines. "That was all the crew guys [looking at Jessica]."

"It's an infectious energy," Alba said.

Asked what the best experience was, Alba pointed across the hauler.

"Kahne?" she was asked.

"No," she said, pointing to a Bojangles' cup beside Kahne. "The chicken biscuits. I've never had that."

I won't go into detail of my obsession with Jessica Alba and my stalking....er, I mean watching intently from a distance, so i'll just submit this as reason enough why I love this girl...she was in the most recent cover of GQ looking stunning as ever.

And here's a video of her photo shoot....don't say i've never done anything for you!

All of these people should stick with their day jobs.

All of this artwork(???) comes courtesy of WithLeather. And um, well there's nothing really to say, it's true a picture does say 1,000 words(such as, what the fuck is that? and was he drunk when he drew that? and ecstasy is a hell of a drug, to name a few).

This first picture was drawn by the Cleveland Browns quarterback, Brady Quinn.


Here is former Dallas Cowboy's head coach, Barry Switzer's drawing.


Here is New York Giant's defensive end, Michael Strahan. I love the quote from Whowillsexmutombo: "Strahan's wife took his artistic ability in the divorce."



And finally here is Carolina Panther's defensive end, Mike Rucker's drawing. Apparently giant footballs can drive and shoot fire out of their tailpipes......sweeet!





There is many more drawings from sorta-celebrities over at Daytona.com.

Today's headlines.

The West routes the East, 153-132.

Kobe Bryant won the MVP for the second time in his career, he had an all around great game with 31 points, 6 assist, 5 rebounds and 6 steals. Amare Stoudamire also contributed with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. For the East is was all LeBron James, James had 28 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Although he was snubbed at the Dunk Contest, Dwight Howard had the last laugh with 20 points and 12 rebounds.

Kevin Harvick barely inched out Mark Martin to win the Daytona 500.

Harvick won by exactly two one-hundredths of a second for his first Daytona 500 win of his career. Now i'm not exactly a "fan" of Nascar but even I knew that most people would have preferred Martin winning. Marting is a four-time runner-up to the Nextel Cup crown, and was moments away from the biggest victory of his life, hoping to finally win NASCAR's premiere event in his 23rd try.

Mike Krzyzewski won his 700th career victory at Duke.

Coach K reached another milestone Sunday as his Blue Devils defeated Georgia Tech, 71-62. Duke was able to overcome poor play by both Josh McRoberts and David McClure thanks to Greg Paulus' 15 points and Jon Scheyer's 14 points. DeMarcus Nelson also added 13 points and the Blue Devils got their 20th win of the season.

#2 Ohio State is going to be the likely new #1 team after destroying Minnesota.

Greg Oden had his best game since late January with 19 points and 9 rebounds but he did go without a block for the first time in his Buckeye career. Othello Hunter(15 pts) and Ron Lewis(16 pts) were huge coming off the bench as Ohio State collected their 24th win and their 7th on the road. The Buckeyes also should move up to #1 for the 2nd time this season due to Florida's loss to Vanderbilt on Saturday.