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Saturday, August 30
Recoil smacks woman in the face
by
Riley Jones
on Sat 30 Aug 2008 11:11 AM EDT
The revolver looks like a .357 and she doesn't look real experienced with firearms. Maybe she should have started out with a .22 pistol...? Friday, August 29
Moutain Bike Speed Record attempt mishap
by
Riley Jones
on Fri 29 Aug 2008 05:49 PM EDT
Eric Barone, who broke the world speed record for mountain biking in Nov 4, 2001, tried to break it again by riding down Cerro Negro volcano in Nicaragua. Seconds into his descent, Barone's bicycle snapped in two, hurtling the cyclist down the volcano. "It looked as if there was a rock or something in the path that made the bicycle break in two," said one of Barone's assistants. His first run was on a standard Mountain Bike and he smashed the previous world record (set by himself a couple of years earlier) by recording a speed of 101mph. His second run, on a specially modified bike ended in this spectacular crash. He broke several ribs and his sternum but was lucky to be alive. He had crossed the speed sensor when the crash happened which recorded his speed at 107mph. Tuesday, August 26
There is not enough Booze in the world to get me to try this shot...
by
Riley Jones
on Tue 26 Aug 2008 01:11 PM EDT
America's Worst Cities To Be A Sports Fan
by
Riley Jones
on Tue 26 Aug 2008 08:39 AM EDT
What do sports fans spend the most time grousing about? Above all else, it's lousy teams or high ticket prices. Woe is the fan forced to put up with both at once. Who wants to pay premium prices to sit in the stands and watch the losses mount? Fans in Miami know about that. Over the past year, the city's four major sports teams--the Dolphins, Marlins, Heat and Panthers--have combined to win just 40% of their games while fans have forked over money for tickets and accouterments at the seventh-highest rate among 29 major sports metros. Article>>> Slide Show>>> Monday, August 25
Baseball Team's Pitcher, 9, Ousted for Being Too Good (this is not a joke)
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Mon 25 Aug 2008 08:14 PM EDT
The team, Will Power Fitness, has an 8-0 record thanks in large part to pitcher Jericho Scott, the New Haven Register reports. His pitching is so fast and accurate, the Liga Juvenil De Baseball De New Haven asked the team's coach, Wilfred Vidro, to replace him so he wouldn't frighten other players. “The spirit of the league was community, family, well-being, nurturing," Peter Noble, the league's attorney, told the Register. "It’s an extended family and it’s been disrupted.” More>>>
N.J. Teens Arrested For Firing Frozen Paintballs
by
Riley Jones
on Mon 25 Aug 2008 03:20 PM EDT
If it was meant to be funny, it wasn't. A teenage prank in a small New Jersey town turned violent. A man was knocked unconscious and hospitalized after being shot with frozen paintballs. Thomas Kaminski suffered bruises on his body and head. Police said a group of teenagers shot him and his neighbors with paintballs that were frozen and hard as rocks. More>>>
The 10 Hottest Female Gymnasts Of All Time (#1 on the list is probably Not Safe For Work)
by
Riley Jones
on Mon 25 Aug 2008 09:44 AM EDT
Over the last two weeks, there have been several members of the media (the really ugly ones) have been complaining publicly that the women's event at this years Beijing Olympics are not being taken seriously and that it's been nothing more than a glorified T&A show. To that point, all I can say is the human race simply can't help it and the really ugly people need to get over it. More>>> Sunday, August 24
U.S. team picks Georgian to lead them in closing ceremony
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sun 24 Aug 2008 09:28 AM EDT
On Friday night, the U.S. team entered the political fray again by choosing archer Khatuna Lorig, who was born in what is now the country of Georgia, to be the U.S. flag bearer in Sunday's closing ceremony. With Georgia recently fighting a mismatched war against Russian troops in the separatist Georgian province of South Ossetia, many saw Lorig's selection as a show of support by U.S. athletes for the besieged Georgians. More>>> Saturday, August 23
Matos banned for life after kicking referee following match
by
Riley Jones
on Sat 23 Aug 2008 11:08 AM EDT
A Cuban taekwondo athlete and his coach were banned for life after Angel Matos kicked the referee in the face following his bronze-medal match disqualification. Cuban coach Leudis Gonzalez offered no apology for Matos' actions. Matos was declared the loser for taking too much injury time after hurting his leg during the men's over-80 kg (176 pounds) match against Kazakhstan's Arman Chilmanov. Fighters get one minute, and Matos was disqualified when his time ran out. More>>> Friday, August 22
Rogge rips the wrong guy
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Fri 22 Aug 2008 04:29 AM EDT
Jacques Rogge is so bought, so compromised, the president of the IOC doesn’t have the courage to criticize China for telling a decade of lies to land itself these Olympic Games. All the promises made to get these Games — on Tibet, Darfur, pollution, worker safety, freedom of expression, dissident rights — turned out to be phony, perhaps as phony as the Chinese gymnasts’ birthdates Rogge was way too slow to investigate. More>>> Thursday, August 21
Michael Phelps Returns To His Tank At Sea World
by
Riley Jones
on Thu 21 Aug 2008 10:02 PM EDT
Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist and SeaWorld main attraction Michael Phelps returned to his seven-million-gallon water tank Wednesday to resume his normal schedule of performing in six shows a day for marine park crowds every day of the week. Phelps, the 6'4", 200-pound aquatic mammal, and the first ever SeaWorld swimmer to be raised in captivity by foster swimmers (Mark Spitz and Dara Torres), was recaptured by trainer Bob Bowman in a hoop net baited with an entire Dutch apple pie following Phelps' final Olympic event last Sunday. More>>>
And now for something you will never see in the Olympics... Dembe: a traditional, gladatorial-style boxing from Nigeria
by
Riley Jones
on Thu 21 Aug 2008 01:02 PM EDT
Traditional boxing from northern Nigeria is fast, brutal, and has few rules. The men who dedicate their lives to it are wanderers, itinerant labourers in search of fame, or the sons of boxers - born into the ring. Slide Show>>>
Proof China Cheated?
by
Riley Jones
on Thu 21 Aug 2008 12:19 PM EDT
A determined U.S. computer expert has delved into cached pages on the Internet to unearth Chinese official documents showing a gymnast who took gold in the uneven bars competition, edging the U.S.'s Nastia Liukin, may indeed be underage. More>>> Wednesday, August 20
14-year-old launches effort to overturn toy gun ban in Utah City
by
Riley Jones
on Wed 20 Aug 2008 05:00 PM EDT
Tuesday, August 19
Kite surfer thrown through air during tropical storm Fay
by
Riley Jones
on Tue 19 Aug 2008 11:04 AM EDT
FORT LAUDERDALE,Florida,August 18/08'Emergency officials have been warning South Floridians to seek shelter during Tropical Storm Fay but a man in Fort Lauderdale seeking some thrills on the rough surf didn't heed that warning and ended up in the hospital after being hurt in an astonishing kite boarding accident that was caught on camera. Monday, August 18
USA and China trade insults after fiery clash
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Mon 18 Aug 2008 07:51 PM EDT
The United States and China traded insults after a bruising Olympic Games baseball clash which ended with the Chinese manager and relief pitcher thrown out of the game. America's 9-1 win was overshadowed by fierce on-field rows which will make for a high-voltage final should the two sides now get through their semi-finals and meet in the gold medal match. China manager James Lefebvre was the first man to be ejected after twice leaving the dugout to protest plays before relief pitcher Chen Kun was also given his marching orders for delivering a fast ball drilled into the helmet of Matt Laporta. More>>>
Bela Karolyi enjoys more than just gymnastics... (off color, funny)
by
Riley Jones
on Mon 18 Aug 2008 02:55 PM EDT
American Alicia Sacramone denied medal; called 'highway robbery': analyst
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Mon 18 Aug 2008 12:21 AM EDT
"That was a highway robbery," NBC analyst Bela Karolyi said of Cheng's bronze. "She shouldn't have won anything. You can't fall on your face and be rewarded with an Olympic medal, there's no way. There is no explanation." More>>> Saturday, August 16
Phelps Does It! Eight Gold Medals!
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 16 Aug 2008 11:16 PM EDT
Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal Sunday at the Beijing Olympics as a member of the victorious U.S. 400-meter medley relay team, breaking a tie with Mark Spitz for most golds in a single games. Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Phelps and Jason Lezak won in a world-record of 3 minutes, 29.34 seconds, lowering the old mark of 3:30.68 set four years ago in Athens. The U.S. swept the men's relays in Beijing, with Phelps leading off in the 400 and 800 free relays. Lezak anchored the 400 free to a narrow victory over Australia to preserve Phelps' historic bid. More>>>
The current Olympics medal count
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 16 Aug 2008 10:22 PM EDT
Click on the medals to get an updated count from the Beijing Olympics
Cracked: 20 Ideas For Making the Olympics Kick Way More A--
by
Riley Jones
on Sat 16 Aug 2008 11:06 AM EDT
This year's Olympics sure is exciting. At least, we keep hearing it is. We actually haven't been watching. We asked you to photoshop a couple of tweaks that would actually inspire us to watch and promised some money to the winner. We have our winner below, but first... More>>> Thursday, August 14
The current Olympics medal count
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Thu 14 Aug 2008 12:19 AM EDT
Click on the medals to get an updated count from the Beijing Olympics Wednesday, August 13
Tuesday, August 12
Spanish Hoopsters in Hot Water Over Olympics Ad
by
Riley Jones
on Tue 12 Aug 2008 04:01 PM EDT
"The Spanish Basketball Federation took out a full-page ad in the country's largest sports newspaper, Marca, wishing the men's and women's teams good luck in the Beijing games. The photo accompanying the ad, however — showing all team members making a slant-eyed gesture — raised eyebrows and sparked international outrage." Back home we would have said 'looks like them boys sufferin' from a bad case of the dumb ass...'-Riley More>>>
Athlete says sports steroids changed him from woman to man
by
Riley Jones
on Tue 12 Aug 2008 11:00 AM EDT
Heidi Krieger proved herself one of the world's top athletes in the 1980s, winning medal after medal in the shot put for East Germany. Now, the former sports star looks disdainfully at the awards, dismissing them as "doping medals" and honors that turned a woman into a man. Heidi Krieger, the 1986 European women's shot-put champion, became Andreas Krieger after a sex-change operation in 1997. More>>> Monday, August 11
25 Must-See YouTube Sports Videos
by
Riley Jones
on Mon 11 Aug 2008 01:05 AM EDT
SI.com's Jimmy Traina has compiled 25 of the most memorable, funny, hard-to-believe and bizarre YouTube clips -- excluding game highlights -- that every sports fan should watch. For more, check out Luke Winn's in-depth feature on how YouTube has played a significant role in sports fans' lives. More>>> Sunday, August 10
Beijing Olympics: Chinese man 'murders US tourist'
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sun 10 Aug 2008 03:27 AM EDT
An American was murdered and another seriously injured when a Chinese man with a knife attacked them at a tourist site in Beijing before committing suicide. More>>> Friday, August 8
Thursday, August 7
Brett Favre joins the New York Jets
by
Riley Jones
on Thu 07 Aug 2008 09:35 AM EDT
Wednesday, August 6
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