Greece vs. Germany Spills Off the Soccer Field
The giant blue-and-white flag blotted out the overcast Baltic sky on Friday as the Greek fans pounded their drums and cheered at the foot of the centuries-old City Hall here. The Germans took up a...
View ArticleLondon 2012 Olympics: Saudis allow women to compete
Saudi Arabia is to allow its women athletes to compete in the Olympics for the first time. A statement from the Saudi Embassy in London says the country’s Olympic Committee will “oversee participation...
View ArticlePolice Mass-Arrested 182 During Olympics "Critical Mass" Event – Only 3 Charged
News that certainly didn’t make the mainstream media: While the London 2012 Olympic open ceremony was underway on Friday 27th July, there was a massive police and military operation underway, which...
View ArticleVolleyball
After watching court and beach volleyball games throughout the Olympics, I’ve gotta ask….what is the thing with hugging after each score? Kerri and Misty May weren’t too big on that, but in court form,...
View ArticleCondoleezza Rice given green jacket as Augusta National lets women join club
Home of Masters admits women for first time in 80-year history and adds former secretary of state and top banker as members The hallowed fairways of Augusta National, the home of golf’s annual Masters...
View ArticleGiant leap for man
The Sydney Morning Herald, By David Sygall, October 7 About 40 seconds into Felix Baumgartner’s [wikipedia] 36,500-metre plunge to Earth, he will become the first human to smash through the sound...
View ArticleUSADA chief previews Lance Armstrong report
The anti-doping agency says it will post findings on website later today. The evidence shows Lance Armstrong’s involvement in doping ‘beyond any doubt,’ the USADA chief says. The Los Angeles Times, By...
View ArticlePicking At A Dead Carcass
The final chapter in the Lance Armstrong saga has been written: GENEVA—Lance Armstrong was officially stripped of his titles Monday by cycling’s governing body in the latest chapter in the doping...
View ArticleWashington Examiner Reports Paul Ryan and Daughter “Bag Bucks”
That’s adult male deer, not dollars: Deer season gave Rep. Paul Ryan the perfect father-daughter outing. Hunting in Oklahoma over the Thanksgiving holiday, success came to the Wisconsin lawmaker and...
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Germaine Greer: on self esteem, womens achievements, Dove campaign and Welsh...
(c) Michael Leunig 2012. Germaine writes: “AFTER all these years of theorising and hypothesising, we have finally found out what women want. It’s not a penis that women lack, but self-confidence....
View ArticleEnabling Rape Culture
Dave Zirin on why he believes the Penn State rape coverup became a national scandal while Notre Dame still remains under the wire: [T]he cone of silence that surrounds a company college football town...
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FreeLance
I’m in a quandry. See, I like Lance Armstrong. I admire his accomplishments (wait for it) and his charity work in keeping a spotlight focused on cancer has been even more admirable. But it’s all...
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Lance Armstrong Interview: Dave Zirin Rips Fauxpology (VIDEO)
Is there anyone out there who thinks that Lance Armstrong’s now-infamous attempt to “seize the narrative” about his not-so-secret history of doping (and douchebaggery) was a success? The Nation’s Dave...
View ArticleShe Gives A Kick
An historic event occured over the weekend, and I’m betting you didn’t even hear about it. The NFL allowed a woman to try out for the first time in professional football. By all accounts, it did not go...
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Nauseating Development
Folks outside of New York – hell, folks outside of Queens – are probably not aware of the Flushing Meadow Park, except in snippets they’ve seen on the TeeVee during the US Open or perhaps NY Mets...
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Keep your cool Though you can’t see what’s in front of you
Some random thoughts on the Boston bombing yesterday: - Road running is about as egalitarian a sport as there is. All you need is — well, I was going to say a pair of sneakers, but you don’t...
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The Old Ball Game
This is pretty sad, if you’re a baseball fan: Major League Baseball will seek to suspend about 20 players connected to the Miami-area clinic at the heart of an ongoing performance-enhancing drug...
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Picture This
It’s January in the South. Two teams are gearing up to play a professional football playoff game, the semi-finals. The winner gets bragging rights to be the conference champion. The host city spent...
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Denial is more than a river running through NFL headquarters
When word broke that ESPN was unexpectedly and belatedly ending its involvement with PBS’s Frontline on a pair of documentaries investigating head injuries in football, ESPN swore up and down it had...
View ArticleDiana Nyad swims from Cuba to Key West
AWESOME! The post Diana Nyad swims from Cuba to Key West appeared first on The Agonist.
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