Today some wonder how Williams' Nico Rosberg managed to retain his fifth place finish on Sunday despite breaking the rules covering pit stops during a safety car period.
As a country famous for political scandals it should not have been surprising that the lead up to Italy's F1 Grand Prix was shrouded by controversy. With political peace only recently achieved, Formula One did not need the allegations of race fixing by the Renault team's recently sacked driver, Nelson Piquet Junior.
It had to end sometime. With a loss to the Celtics on Tuesday, the Rockets' jaw-dropping run of 22 straight victories was filed away in the annals of basketball history, leaving them in second place, 11 shy of the 1971-72 Lakers for the NBA record of consecutive wins.
There have been hundreds of different halftime shows in the NBA's 58-year history, but I'm willing to bet you've never seen one that involved spaying a goat.
The tension between club and country is one of the most vexing realities for professional athletes.
The Year of the Rat is in full swing, and the Rockets and Bucks are headed in opposite directions.
Bolstered by Yao's superstardom and China's preexisting interest in basketball, the NBA's head start in establishing itself here has turned into a one-horse race.
My 16-year-old cousin is a hoops nut. He queues up outside the Oriental Plaza at dawn to buy a pair of special-edition KG Bounce (Kevin Garnett's sneakers). He saves three months' worth of pocket money to buy an authentic Hakeem Olajuwon jersey. And for the New Year he wants nothing more than a LeBron James bobblehead.
Racing drivers and motorbike riders will do anything to satisfy their craving for speed. Last week, world champions Ferrari and Ducati drivers and riders indulged their need for speed in whatever way possible during a team-building event.
Let's face it - the Bucks are a bad team. After showing surprising signs of life in the first few weeks of the NBA season, the Bucks are in a downward spiral.
The year of the pig was a squealing success for China in the NBA. Even while the domestic game seemed to take a step back as the national team got roundly pounded in international play and the CBA saw its ratings spiral downward.
"Keep silent and a low profile and you will get rich soon," a colleague from Guangdong once told me. "You never heard this?" he asked as I furrowed my brow. "It's an ancient tradition we Guangdong people have followed for hundreds of years."