What To Do In England During Euro 2008

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 What To Do In England During Euro 2008
You may or may not know, but England isn't participating in Euro 2008. While the rest of Europe tries to win the championship of a game England invented, the English have to find other activities to occupy their time. Even those intellectuals at Cambridge. So, what have they chosen to do? Why, female jelly wrestling at Cambridge . I can't think of a more suitable replacement. The competitive ... [link]

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When Jelly Wrestling Gets Ugly [The Sport Isn't For Everyone]
Published 6/21/2008 by Unsilent Majority at Deadspin
Normally I wouldn't deign to write about such a mindless activity as collegiate jelly wrestling, but this story is way too good to pass up. The Daily Mail (via Unprofessional Foul) comes the story of a Cambridge lass who took a match of jelly wrestling a bit too seriously. But when the crowd decided the shapely blonde was the winner anyway, Miss Witkowski lost her temper. Still covered in red jelly, she stalked away to the sound of the students' booing and punched a female spectator, leaving her with a bloody nose. Then she ...

Blog-O-Licious: Housing Crisis Hits Ballers, Too
Published 6/21/2008 by Signal to Noise at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... on its vacant athletic director position. (Duties include keeping Charlie Weis’ chocolate fountain flowing at all times.) • Gotta love Redskins TE Chris Cooley – via his COOLEY ZONE blog, he lets us in on his upcoming Eastern Motors ad , and is even looking for nicknames to use in the ad, too. • POSTING AND TOASTING gets the inside scoop on Knicks forward Renaldo Balkman’s customized ride . • UNPROFESSIONAL FOUL raises a red card for this bit of a female Cambridge student going all Zizou after losing a jelly wrestling match . ...

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