Posted in Ballet, Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Dance, Football, Other sports, tagged female athletes, gender studies, Michael Messner, Michael Sokolove, NPR, youth sports on July 3, 2008 | No Comments »
….or not.
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While I was on my way home tonight from a trip to Target and Fresh Market for Bounty napkins and hummus, I heard a news story on WABE 90.1, my local NPR station, about female athletes and injury. It was the Fresh Air segment and featured an interview with writer Michael Sokolove regarding [...]
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Posted in Baseball, Other on June 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Years ago, before Google, iPods, wi-fi, and JK Rowling’s Harry Potter were born, I drove by my high school one night and a baseball game was in progress. I pulled into the parking lot and sat in my car admiring the American Dream unfolding in front of my eyes. It was a remarkable sight indeed, [...]
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Bulldogs against Bulldogs but it wasn’t UGA that took the College World Series title.
Fresno State did. Click here for the details.
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In case you didn’t know, the University of Georgia used to have a different school song…way back when (1908 to be exact). It was called “Red and Black March” and was written by R. E. [...]
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I saw this story on Yahoo Sports about a woman’s firsthand experience with why maple baseball bats shouldn’t be allowed to be used in the MLB anymore–who cares if Barry Bonds wowed audiences with one. Click here to read the story.
An update from my local NBC station about Michael Hutts, a GaTech baseball player [...]
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Posted in Baseball, Football, tagged Brett Favre, Clayton Kershaw, Dominic Rhodes, Indianapolis Colts, Melvin Bullitt, peyton manning, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Warrick Dunn on May 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Well, no. Not really. These are hush puppies:
More hush puppies.
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What I’m offering are news items that caught my eye while I was fawning over NFL.com’s Monday features:
Warrick Dunn Buc-time. Or go straight to the Tampa Tribune story here.
That Colts jersey 33 and who wants it bad.
Coaches dish on their influences.
Peyton reflects on Brett.
And one [...]
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Posted in Baseball, Football, Other, Other sports, tagged Atlanta Falcons, Eight Belles, Georgia Tech baseball, Kentucky Derby, Michael Boley, Michael Hutts, Thomas Dimitroff on May 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After perusing the web site of my local NBC station, 11alive, I’ve pulled some sample sizes for you to try–and no caloric restriction required to slip into it!
Three French Kisses:
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The trainer of euthanized filly Eight Belles adamantly defended the way jockey Gabriel Saez handled the Kentucky Derby runner-up.
In an interview with [...]
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Posted in Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Football, Other sports, tagged absinthe, BCS, cricket, czar Nicholas II, Demetrius Bell, Hrithik Rosan, Indian Premier League, IPL, Karl Malone, Kevin Curtis, Sharuk Khan on May 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Or should I have said “Cyber Trails to you.” At any rate, I took a little swim through the world of 1s and 0s this morning and put together a sampler for your senses:
Numero Un:
The Indian Premier League (a competition series for professional cricket in India) has cheerleaders. Read all about it here. [...]
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Posted in Baseball, Basketball, Dance, Football, tagged 1958 NFL Championship, Atlanta Braves, Best Game Ever Played, Brayan Pena, Colts, Danity Kane, Draft, giants, Girlicious, Ian Thomsen, Jim Trotter, Mark Bowden, NFL, Pussycat Dolls, sports illustrated, Yunel Escobar on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
I was at the Buckhead Barnes & Noble Friday night and saw the April 28th issue of Sports Illustrated.
In addition to Jim Trotter’s piece on the NFL Draft Preview, there are articles on American basketball and Russia, the 1958 NFL Championship game between the [then Baltimore] Colts and the New York Giants, and a sportspirational [...]
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Captured from Yahoo News:
TRENTON, N.J. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is looking into the possible health hazards of lead in artificial turf installed at schools, parks and stadiums across the country.
Two fields in New Jersey were closed this week after state health officials detected what they said were unexpectedly high levels of [...]
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B-balling as in the baseball, not the basketball.
This tortoise shell caught my eye on Yahoo News just now. Pasted in full:
Japanese school team hit for 66 runs in two innings
Apr 17, 10:17 am EDT
TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - A Japanese high school pleaded for a regional game to be abandoned after surrendering 66 runs [...]
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