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According to USA Today, Lindsay Czarniak will be the first on-air television host for the Indianapolis 500.  This is big news for the racing world but also for our culture in this country.  We are far from where we need to be in the battle for gender equality but it is great to see barriers and walls being busted down everyday.  Unfortunately Danica Patrick will not be running in this year's Indy 500, otherwise we could have seen the first woman winner of the 500 on the same day that the first woman hosted the event.  However, Danica's presence in NASCAR and the sport of racing continues to bolster popularity of the sports among the female demographic.

It’s back!

After a few years on hiatus, the web’s best source for sports travel information and entertainment is back on your iPod! Sports Traveler Radio (STR) is again live on iTunes and available to listen or download at www.SportsTraveler.net.

STR is packed with information on the world’s biggest sporting events from the top travel experts in the business. If you’re heading to the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, The Masters in Augusta, the Summer Games in London or any other major sporting event around the globe, STR is the podcast for you. Keep an eye out for features like special Sports Traveler deals and fun games and giveaways only offered to STR listeners.

The official Sports Traveler podcast revs up with the 2011 Daytona 500 show, which is now available on iTunes and SportsTraveler.net. In the year’s premier episode, host Nick Jakusz talks with Sports Traveler President Anbritt Stengele who brings several tips and ideas to make a trip to the Great American Race as enjoyable as possible.

“If you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’,” – anonymous cheater.

Of course, no self-respecting NASCAR driver would ever admit it, but come on, they all do it. With the margin of victory only a few tenths of a second, every team in every series is looking for that little edge.

Pushing the limits of cheating adds drama to one of the fastest growing sports in the country.

I guess the question teams need to ask themselves is whether the fine and loss of points is worth a win on Sunday.

I can’t help but think that the winner of any particular race put his car just a hair too low to the ground, or adjusted the spoiler just a tad more than allowed. The drama mounts at the post-race inspection…will he get caught?!

If drivers don’t try to adjust their cars beyond the allowable limit, do they really want to win bad enough?

The cheating vs. trying battle isn’t strictly NASCAR. Talk to Sammy Sosa’s corked bat (or his steroids?). Talk to Cecil Newton, who put a price tag on his BCS Championship Game-bound