thestar.blogs.com - 8/21/2008
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Now, I don’t want to denigrate BMX as an Olympic sport (actually, I do but I’ll wait a couple of paragraphs to do it) so I will just make this point as a matter of comparison:
It was pouring rain when we woke up here this morning on the day BMX was to award its first medals. And while the kids cowered and postponed everything a day, the women’s beach volleyball gold medal match went on, ...
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toronto raptors linkage – aug 21
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Speaking of Jose, he’s to have an MRI late today here (or just a while ago depending on when I get this blog posted) and I’m told by Someone Who’d Know that he won’t step on the court for Friday’s semifinal against Argentina unless he’s 100 per cent. He’s given his word to the Raptor bosses and there’s no reason to think he’d go back on it. - Toronto Star Early in the second quarter of the men’s quarter-final basketball game between Spain and Croatia on Wednesday, a scene played out that is sure to be duplicated this coming NBA season on the Toronto Raptors’ practice court. ...
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