A couple of things to know about sailing: 1. The World Championships are held once every four years, and we don’t have one until December in Perth, Australia. 2. The Tornado (two-sailor, mixed) and Yngling (three-woman) classes are out. Enter…
Monthly Archives: May 2011
The Ultimate Fighter: Season 13, Episode 9: Shocking end
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We start fast, with Zach telling us he may keep things standing against Chuck since he took him down last time. In other words, he wants to do the opposite of what he did when he beat him. Chuck says…
2012 rowing: More medals for sitting British athletes
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If Mitch Hedberg had made observations about rowing rather than NASCAR, I think he would’ve asked this question: Why do all these folks have to go backwards? The World Championships are annual, even in Olympic years. The 2010 event was…
2012 pentathlon/triathlon: Modern times
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Modern pentathlon and triathlon have a few things in common — running, swimming and the inevitability of being lumped together when people like me are doing sport-by-sport breakdowns. Aside from that, they aren’t too similar. Triathlon has become the trendy…
The Ultimate Fighter: Season 13, Episode 8: Not how you shut someone up
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Missing TUF in its regular time slot is one thing. Forgetting to record it is another. The site doesn’t upload the full episode for a few days, and then you’re stuck watching that Miller Lite ad with the drill sergeant…
How and how not to change the U.S. soccer landscape
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(Yes, I’ll get to WPS, magicJack and even promotion/relegation in this post. But it needs some background.) The United States has been a graveyard of soccer leagues. The reasons are many: The scattered population and ensuing high travel costs, the…
MMA and drug testing: The good without the bad?
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Josh Gross tackles drug testing in his latest podcast (check right column here), bringing on U.S. Anti-Doping Agency chief Travis Tygart as a guest. Tygart makes the pitch that the UFC and state commissions should go whole-hog with blood testing,…
WPS and magicJack: Points off the table
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(UPDATES: Solo’s Tweets have disappeared, and ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle says she denied deleting them. Also, the league is going to hire people to put up sponsor signage and shoot video of the games, then send magicJack the bill. See the…