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Today, dear reader, we have some bad news.
But we also have some good news. First: the
bad. Today, Monday, August 25, 2008, will be the last official day The Postmen as you know it will operate. We started as two clueless college juniors at this ...
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found this 17 days ago on
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Pizza Hut, part of Yum Brands Inc., is
giving Phelps and his teammates on the men’s and
women’s U.S. swim team free pizza and pasta for a year. The company didn’t say if it would do any advertisements with the team but said it would be willing to join in public appearances. Man, Pizza Hut is smart . See, what they’re doing here is not paying Phelps a cent, but ...
Let us get one thing straight: it is not so much that Usain Bolt is setting world records and winning golds. These things happen at the Olympic Games. It is the fact that in races that last but a scant few seconds, he is absolutely destroying the competition.
At the top level of sprinting competition, everyone is so close; the skill sets of athletes are near identical and it’s the ...
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Usain Bolt
Michael Phelps
So, rumor has it the two swell gentleman that currently blog on this site may in fact be moving to another blogging locale on the Internet. (Perez Hilton has been all over this shizz.)
The one writing this post may — and I stress may — have an opportunity for some sports blogging for you — yes you! or your friend or loved one — reading this very post right now. It ...
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Hey, notice those two basketball stars in the above photo. (Come on, the picture quality isn’t that bad.) If you guessed Kobe Bryant and LeBron James … you are correct, sir! (Or madam.) They were in the stands at the Kerri Walsh-Misty May vs. the Brazilians match last evening. (Or yesterday morning, or however the hell the time difference works out.)
And look! They saw ...
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Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Michael Phelps
Tiger Woods
Kerri Walsh
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Believe it or not, there are people out
there, in the world, that will consider it extremely
important that the U.S. win the overall and gold medal counts at this year’s Olympics. These people can be cross-referenced into three categories: 1. ...
Dude, Tony Stewart. Dude. What’s the deal, man? I’m over here, in my cubicle listening to my dub-step, trying to mellow out. Yeah man. Maybe play a little Rock Band later. Maybe watch some Aqua Teen. Not sure, you know? Just trying to live my life a day a time, and it’s hard, you know, because life is difficult dude and that’s why you have to take time for yourself and ...
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You know your quarterback situation’s bad when this is the top sports story in the most important newspaper in your city :
It’s not that we’ve actually come to the point where Kyle Orton is not only the favorite in the Bears’ quarterback competition. That’s not the first sign of a crisis; that’s just business as usual. It’s when the usually ...
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Chicago Bears
More Bela Karolyi freakout video, courtesy of AA :
Bela Two by bsap11
SHE IS OLYMPIC CHAMPION. YES.
See, I have no idea what Bela is cheering about — the girl is just dancing, you know? But I have a feeling that my friends/roommates/innocent bystanders feel the same way about me when I’m watching soccer. I’m prone to freakouts, even if the stakes look ...
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Bob Costas
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Have you guys ever seen that Pussycat Dolls
reality show? I don’t know what it’s called or
who’s in it or what’s at stake, but I kept it on for three minutes last night because two girls were in the bathtub together at the ...
So, as we all saw, the Chinese women’s gymnastics team didn’t all really look 16. But hey: people look older and younger than they are. It’s a fact of life. For instance: I think this last week of work has aged me 30 years. I’m bald and have a chronic arthritic condition. Also, my back hurts and I’m sick of mowing the lawn.
BUT ANYWAY, it looks like the ...
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This video is probably already going to be down by the time I hit publish on this post, but hot damn: look at the enthusiasm dripping off Bela Karolyi during last night’s gymnastics competition. It’s really remarkable this dude agreed to do coverage with Bob Costas and not actually be in Beijing.
I suppose this is sort of akin to Bob Villa having to watch someone building a ...
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Bob Costas
I’ve heard a fair amount of praise for Michael Phelps’ physique (and other noticeable parts of his anatomy ) throughout the Olympics, and if I may say so myself, the dude’s got abs. I’m not even afraid to admit it. They’re nice. But he also swims like 10 hours a day while the rest of us sit in cubicles. Sorry, ladies: I don’t have time for that kind of ...
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Michael Phelps
Bob Costas
It’s not often enough that I just stop and say, hey, that’s a good piece of sports journalism, but today is that day. The New York Times’ Karen Crouse not only wrote an interesting profile of 50-meter freestyle swimmers , she dropped a semi-funny (or maybe I’m just not caffeinated enough — trying to ditch the habit) reference to Bob Knight:
Jones’s stroke rate ...
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Bobby Knight
Hockey isn’t exactly “back” in Chicago — it’s still here, to be sure, and thanks to young players, it’s experiencing a sudden surge in optimism. But it’s not all the way back, at least not yet.
Still, people in Chicago seem to be noticing the Blackhawks again, for a few reasons. One: Good young talent and an interesting team. Two: The Bulls were ...
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Chicago Blackhawks
Wrigley Field
At least, that’s how I read this story about the pre-tee time nerves on a golf course .
For whatever reason, that first tee is symbolic. It’s a first impression and a microcosm rolled into one, and if you’re a terrible golfer (I am), it’s even worse. All of your friends, who usually aren’t polite enough to just let you fail without saying something biting, ...
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Golf
In the past few years, I’ve formed a pretty coherent daily newsreading schedule. And wouldn’t you know it, it’s about 65 percent sports, 35 percent everything else. Of that 35 percent, probably 25 is politics. Miniature political junkie over here, which is to say, I probably read more political news than the average American, but less than an actual “junkie.” ...
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found this 26 days ago on
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It’s early in the Olympic Games, and already
Michael Phelps is in cruise control. He’s competing in
about ten million events, of course, but just as entertaining as seeing him win those events is seeing him effortlessly slide into second- and third-place finishes so he can rest . Dude is so good, he beats everyone else, and people say he’s intentionally dogging it. ...
Here’s what I want to know: If the Olympics aren’t a trap , can someone at least explain to me why we’re letting our athletes travel to a country that has a clearly advanced time-manipulation program? It’s only 8:37 in Chicago this morning, but somehow, it’s dark in China, and the Opening Ceremonies have already been dazzling the assembled crowd . Of course, ...
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