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cheatorbeat.com - 10/14/2008

Tour de France's 3rd Place Finisher Tests Positive for CERA

— cheatorbeat.com — Bernhard Kohl, an Austrian Cyclist, has tested positive for CERA at the 2008 Tour de France and has been fired from his new team, Silence-Lotto. (more) Tour de France's 3rd Place Finisher Tests Positive for ...

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beach.freedomblogging.com - 10/22/2008

C.J. Hobgood wins gold; U.S. team wins silver at World Surfing Games in Portugal [UPDATED]

— beach.freedomblogging.com — October 21 --- OC Register's Beach Blog: The U.S.A. Surf Team beat their own expectations and used strong surfing to a silver medal finish Sunday at the 2008 ISA World Surfing Games in Portugal. --- It was the highest finish of a U.S. team in the games since 1996... (more) C.J. Hobgood wins gold; U.S. team wins silver at World ...

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worldcupblog.org - 10/17/2008

Booing the National Anthem? France Says Next Time They’ll Take Their Ball and Go Home - ...

— worldcupblog.org — Booing the National Anthem? France Says Next Time They’ll Take Their Ball and Go Home This video was taken before Tuesday’s France-Tunisia game at Stade de France in Paris. The Marseillaise, the French national anthem, was booed. Loudly. And the ... (more) Booing the National Anthem? France Says Next Time ...

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Silence, Bande de Cretins!
Unprofessional Foul — ... , this is not surprising. However, given the context of that history, it should not have come as a shock that many of the Tunisian supporters whistled during the playing of La Marseillaise. ...

France Threatens To Take Their Ball, Go Home
SPORTSbyBROOKS — You know how when you’re confronted with some kind of idiotic personality you’re supposed to ignore them instead of making a big deal about them and, thusly, encouraging them? Looks like they don’t know those rules in France: “Hear Ye! Hear Ye! From thus forward if thoust scorn our national anthem, we shall immediately halt the sporting contest!” ...

Josh Howard May Want to Consider French Basketball
Can't Stop The Bleeding — [ What’s the speed limit in France?] The French government announced today that, apparently, 60,000 Frenchman can be wrong.  From now on, when “Le Marseilles,” the national anthem of France is booed by football fans, the game must stop until the heckling ends.  As I recall, this tactic of demanding total silence and awed respect before Fred Blassie would enter the ring rarely worked.  However, anti-anthemist Josh Howard may have found his fan base.  The full story is here. “When whistling of our national anthem happens, all friendly games with the country concerned will be ...

Gay Soccer Players Encouraged to Step Out by FA
SPORTSbyBROOKS — We’re not suggesting European soccer has a bit of trouble enforcing its goals of respect and mutual understanding between countries, cultures, and ethnicities, but governing football bodies can’t even hold up a punishment for blatant racism that everyone seemingly agrees on. (Joe Jackson was right; it’s different for girls.  Isn’t that right, Natasha Kai?) So when former footie star Paul Elliott claims at least a dozen current English soccer players are homosexual and should be encouraged to make a ...