Yes, this will be more of an evening thing from now on. The week’s headlines: – Jose Aldo defended his UFC featherweight title as Frankie Edgar suffered yet another close decision loss. The rest of the UFC 156 card scrambled…
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Monday Myriad: Here comes the soccer deluge
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The Monday Myriad is a little delayed this week for a few reasons. Today was a big day for parenting and youth soccer stuff. Also — there’s not a whole heck of a lot going on. If you have any…
2012 medal projection update: Tennis and table tennis
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Table tennis always seems like one of those sports the average out-of-shape guy could play. Until you watch them play. They may not be triathletes, but you’ll see more fat baseball players than fat table tennis Olympians. For tennis, we’ll…
Midweek Myriad: Marta, Nadal, handball, 1260s, etc.
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One of the joys of following a hundred sports or so is that you’re not stuck dissecting the Super Bowl to the point that it becomes joyless. Instead, we have all this: – Marta signs with Western New York. A…
2011 in myriad sports
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Any listing of the year in sports is going to be selective, and this one is no different. The idea here is to get every world championship in every Olympic sport. Some sports don’t have world championships in odd years,…
Friday Myriad: Not out of our league
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To be perfectly honest, we’re in a lull. No Tour, no huge world championships (no disrespect to the folks with rifles and pistols), etc. Plenty of league games, though. Through the weekend, eight Mexican league games are on various networks.…
Friday Myriad: Up all night for Aussie Rules, MMA, Le Tour
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No, I didn’t forget. Today was a last-ditch effort to get some progress on two nagging free-lance assignments. Which reminds me — if you or someone you know is a male caregiver for a spouse or loved one who has…
Monday Myriad: Want U.S. world titles? We’ve got ‘em
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Even with an extra day, the weekend was overstuffed: Soccer: No disrespect to Uruguay and the Netherlands, but isn’t the Germany-Spain matchup as good as it gets? The most explosive team in the Cup against a team that has spent…