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From the story IOC president Jacques Rogge hits out at Usain Bolt over his celebrations :
After the 200m, Bolt made little effort to congratulate the other runners as he wrapped himself in a Jamaican flag and set off on a solo victory lap. He swayed to the reggae music that erupted around the stadium, peered into the lenses of television cameras and yelled: “I am number one.”
Rogge ...
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The Korean women’s handball team lost to Norway in the semi-finals tonight. I won’t pretend to know anything about handball and I paid passing attention to the game, but I’m guessing we’ll be hearing a lot about this over the next few days here in Korea.
With the score tied 28-28 Norway scored a game winning point just as time expired. Initially the Korean team ...
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Lefty Ni Fu-Te put on a clinic of left-handed relief work Wednesday night in Beijing, picking up the win by tossing 5 strong shutout innings with six K’s. Outfielder Lin Che-Hsuan broke out of his slump, going 3-for-5 with 2 RBI and a HR as Taiwan took advantage of the glorious Olympic extra inning rule, quickly ending a match of two teams playing for pride.
Taiwan went up 5-2 ...
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According to an AP article , former Yankee Irabu Hideki was arrested for a drunken meltdown in a bar in Osaka. The portly hurler–20 beers into the evening, according to sources– assaulted a bartender and smashed nine bottles of alcohol after the bar rejected his credit card. He apparently paid with a different card afterwards.
Meanwhile, rocker/poster boy for creepy ...
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The U.S. beat Chinese Taipei 4-2 today as Taiwan’s disastrous Olympic campaign continued. Taiwan fell to 1-5 in Beijing, with increasingly angry and fed-up Taiwanese fans clamoring for answers.
U.S. Starter Brandon Knight picked up the win on 6 1/3 strong innings, and power /speed combo lefty outfielder Dexter Fowler drove in the games go-ahead run on a double down the line off of ...
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Brandon Knight
With rainouts of the high school games yesterday I ended up seeing quite a bit of both the Japan vs. Canada game and the Korea vs. Chinese Taipei game. With just two games each left to play, and the records being the way they are, it’s pretty clear who will be in semifinals.
All in all it was an ugly game for the Koreans as they blew an 8-0 lead and had to hold on for a 9-8 win ...
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In light of that recent Randy Newman post I did this definitely caught my eye; a funny reaction to Usain Bolt’s mind-boggling 100m dash on Saturday called Short people got no reason to live :
The 60-yard Procrustean Cut-Down was the sole event we Middle Men could hope to win. But after Usain Bolt’s world-record run in the 100 meters on Saturday night, our last undersized ...
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I’m in Seoul watching the Bong-hwang high school
baseball tournament, but believe you me I was tuned
into the Japan/Korea game last night ( box ). Actually it was my birthday and several of us gathered at a pretty goofy place called Beautiful Beer to watch not only the game — but also Jang Mi-ran’s amazing record breaking weightlifting win . I have to say last ...
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Looking to vindicate themselves after yesterday’s disgraceful meltdown against China, Chinese Taipei lost to Cuba 1-0 and fell to 1-3 overall. Chinese Taipei is now all but eliminated from medal contention in this year’s olympics.
Quick-armed righty Lee Chen-Chang, the least heralded of Taiwan’s three amateur pitchers (the other two Cheng Kai-Wen and Lo Chia-Jen), ...
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Ryu Hyun-jin went the distance, scattering five hits and striking out six on the way to a 1-0 shutout of Canada ( box here ). The win puts Korea atop the standings with Cuba*, setting up a crucial Saturday night matchup with arch rivals Japan.
Korea’s lone run came on a 3rd inning home run off the bat of Jeong Keun-woo, a shot to left that narrowly cleared the fence. Ryu ...
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Both Cuba and China won in the magical, whimsical 11th inning, where games become games unto themselves. Cuba’s Michel Enriquez smacked a two-run double off two-time loser Jeff Stevens, scoring Hector Olivera and Luis Navas ( box here ) to give Cuba a 5-4 win over the Americans in the first of two matches decided by the new rule.
Cuba led off the wizardly inning with Giorbis ...
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Jayson Nix
Last night my wife made Buffalo wings, chow mien and margaritas for dinner. That won’t sound very impressive to any of you living outside of Korea or a few other parts of Asia, but those who do know how rare such foods can be.
As I was carrying the margaritas to the table (the food was already there) one of the glasses slipped out of my hand and shattered on another glass already ...
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Even though it’s almost game time for Day 3 at the Olympics it seems silly not to mention the performance of Stephen Strasburg, who was perfect through 4 1/3, and had a no hitter through 6 2/3 in the team’s 7-0 shut out of the Netherlands , a game shortened by rain ( box here ).
Between various streams working and not working, plus the Korea vs. China game (which was postponed ...
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Or at least it should after this loon got loose up there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrrd99oMk0Q
I’m usually on the fence about rooting for the Red Sox come playoff time, but this just made up my mind. Go Rays.
(Thanks to BBTF and Was Watching )
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I guess this sort of controversy is nothing new in the silly world of beauty pageants, but I found the news that Miss Korea runner-up (Kim Hee-kyeong) had her status stripped due to her having posed in lingerie and semi-nude poses prior to the competition, a little surprising.
The crazy thing is, it’s being reported that the judges knew of the photos prior to the pageant judges ...
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DH Alfredo Despaigne had three hits and three RBI and right fielder Alexi Bell went 2-for-4 with 2 runs scored, leading the Cubans to victory against Japan in a talent-rich matchup of (arguably) the Olympics’ two strongest teams.
The Cuban bats made Aaron’s favorite pop idol starter Yu Darivsh look decidedly human, knocking him out in the fifth inning with none out. Darvish ...
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Lee Tae-keun, who moved from first to third on an errant pickoff throw, scored the winning run on a sac fly in the lower half of the ninth to give Korea a thrilling opening game 8-7 win over the United States. It was a huge opening game win for the Koreans, who had blown a two run lead in the top of the ninth ( box here ).
This was a seesaw game that saw the Korean team taking control, ...
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Brandon Knight
Today, the Taiwanese national team breezed past the mighty Netherlands squad 5-0 in their opening Olmpic salvo (Way to save one of your better starters for the big games, by the way). With questionable pitching depth on the national team roster, one question begs to be answered:
Why is Cubs pitcher Chen Hung-Wen– who was just promoted to Daytona now has a 3.12 E.R.A, 1.18 WHIP, ...
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From the Guardian :
The island’s baseball association has applied to WADA to have Chang take another urine test, Taiwan’s Central News Agency reported.
The player may have taken a Chinese cold medication that contains a banned substance, an official with Taiwan’s Olympic Committee told Reuters. Players were advised to avoid these medications during the Games, he said. ...
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Ah, the Spaniards . From that bastion of tolerance in the cradle of Europe. Where they think progressively . The Socialist government, where people are free to do whatever they want — where they take naps in the afternoon, even as their economy collapses around them.
Ride it out and have another sip of wine boys…your birthrate is the lowest in the world. It won’t be ...
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Gutsy Win For Korea