In sports - Eli Manning weds, Danica Patrick wins
Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Hot Momma
We don’t usually cover sports here, but there were a couple of interesting happenings this weekend.
Giants Superbowl winning quarterback Eli Manning wed his college sweetheart Abby McGrew during a beachfront ceremony at sunset Saturday. About 60 friends and family flew to Mexico to join Manning and his bride for the intimate ceremony.
Manning, 27, and McGrew, 24, exchanged vows at the One & Only Palmilla, a swank resort along the Sea of Cortez on the Baja Peninsula.
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And in racing, Danica Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history Sunday, capturing the Indy Japan 300 in her 50th career start. And now the questions about her will surely stop.
“I’m glad it finally happened,” the 26-year-old driver said. “But I would be lying if I told you I didn’t think it would be me.”
Her owner was ecstatic, insisting more victories await. Her family could not congratulate her enough. All of which made Patrick a bit teary.
“When it actually happened, maybe it was a little anticlimactic,” she said. “Then the emotions came out and that was a little girly of me.”
At the 2005 Indy 500, Patrick nearly won the pole and became the first female driver to lead the race. She wound up fourth, the best finish by a woman at Indy and a result that helped her claim rookie of the year honors. But win No. 1 was a long time coming. Patrick finished a career-best seventh in the standings last year when her best finish was second in the race at Detroit’s Belle Isle.
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