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should have limboed
Just to make certain we're starting this pre-holiday Friday the right way — we're doing a full day today, even if most of you are heading for the last vestiges of beach around noontime — we happily begin your day with someone ramming face first into a hurdle. Good morning!
That Would Count As A Hurdle
Just to make certain we're starting this pre-holiday Friday the right way — we're doing a full day today, even if most of you are heading for the last vestiges of beach around noontime — we happily begin your day with someone ramming face first into a hurdle. Good morning!
you gotta keep your head on a swivel
Yep, that was some French long-jumper being speared by a javelin in Rome. But don't worry, the guy is fine. Shit barely caused a 1-inch hole in his back. More »
This Should Really Happen More Often ...
Yep, that was some French long-jumper being speared by a javelin in Rome. But don't worry, the guy is fine. Shit barely caused a 1-inch hole in his back. More »
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Way Less Charming Than Harold And Maude
There's a lot of track and field on TV today, but it's the boring kind. It's the kind where the female athletes are older than 16, and they aren't married to their 40-year-old track coaches. But don't worry, we've got that covered, too. More »
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For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, NFL Europa Football. World Bowl XV.2:00, ESPN2. LPGA Golf. Wegmen's LPGA, Third Round.
2:00, NBC. Track and Field. AT&T U.S. Outdoor Championships.
3:00, ESPNU. High School Football. Belle Glades Central (Fla.) vs. Byrnes (S.C.)
3:00, NBC. World Series of Golf.
3:00, CBS. PGA Golf. Travelers Championship, Third Round.
3:30, FOX . MLB. 68% of you see Yankees @ Giants, 23% see Tigers @ Braves, and 8% see Astros @ Rangers.
4:00, NBC. Action Sports. AST Dew Tour - Panasonic Open, Part 1.
5:00, ESPN2. Women's Soccer. Brazil vs. U.S. Women's National Team.
7:00, ESPN2. Track and Field. AT&T U.S. Outdoor Championships.
track and field
I Got Nuttin But Love For You, Baby
I was planning on posting pics of Josh Scobee's shaved scrotum and Dwyane Wade's right-ass cheek, but The Mighty MJD sort of beat me to it. Instead, I offer this odd little video of Track and Field asses set to the musical beats of Heavy D & the Boyz's Nuttin But Love. More »
asian games
Please Do Not Reveal The Surprise Ending Of The Asian Games
You know that Indian athlete whom you thought had won the women's silver medal in the 800 meters at the Asian Games? The one you kind of have a crush on? Well, how can we put this delicately? She actually keeps her toilet seat in the locked and upright position. Um, she never saw Steel Magnolias, and doesn't intend to. Come on, she owns every "Larry the Cable Guy" CD ever produced. More »
asian games
God, The Full Monty, And You
In Western religion, most of us figure that God has already seen us naked on multiple occasions. And he ain't that impressed. Just look at Exodus 19:21 for proof: "And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish. But first put on some pants." More »
track and field
Watch Your Beer Around Carl Lewis
The first time we ever remember hearing about steroids, as far as we can recollect, was Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, a guilty finding made all the more hilarious because he's Canadian. (Kind of.) Well, over the weekend, Johnson revealed that he has finally, 18 years later, figured out who famously doped his pre-race beer the night before the sprint. You'll never guess. Yep ... it's Carl Lewis! More »
You Know What's Funny? She's Actually The Swimming Judge
Life as a judge in the javelin toss ain't so easy ... there is, for example, the whole issue of being hit with a javelin.
Unfortunate Javelin Judge [People's Daily Online]
Life as a judge in the javelin toss ain't so easy ... there is, for example, the whole issue of being hit with a javelin.
Unfortunate Javelin Judge [People's Daily Online]
marion jones
Urine Taints Marion Jones' EPO Sample
The Washington Post is reporting that Marion Jones failed a drug test at the U.S. nationals earlier this year. The test turned up a little erythropoietin, or EPO, as the cool kids call it. If her 'B' sample turns up the same thing, she's looking at a two-year ban. I'll give you a few minutes to recover from the shock. More »
justin gatlin
Americans Continue To Lead The World In Mysteriously Tainted Urine
The world's fastest man, Justin Gatlin, has failed a pee-pee test, and, stop me if you've heard this before, claims he didn't do anything wrong. Both his 'A' and 'B' samples came up positive for unusually high amounts of synthetic testosterone. More »
track and field
Carl Lewis Cordially Invites You To Tell Him How Great He Is
Ah, Carl Lewis. Where would we be without his dulcet tones? We'd be awfully sad, that's what. More »
justin gatlin
This Is Why Everyone Needs To Synchronize Their Swatches
In Paris, earlier today (or yesterday, or whatever that time difference is), the IAAF — perhaps the most useless acronym in sports; it stands for International Association of Athletics Federations, which is kind like saying you have a Collection of Associated Alliances — announced that sprinter Justin Gatlin's world record 100-meter time he set last week was actually .01 of a second slower than the clock timed it, tying the world record, rather than breaking it. More »
track and field
By no stretch of the imagination could I be considered a fan of track and field. Sure, every four years, I'll pay it some mind, but other than that, it's a little off the radar. But when a man breaks the world record by running 100 meters in 9.76 seconds, well, that'll grab your attention. American Justin Gatlin bested the previous world record (held by Jamaican Asafa Powell) by one one-hundredth of a second yesterday in Qatar. More »
Justin Gatlin Can Haul
By no stretch of the imagination could I be considered a fan of track and field. Sure, every four years, I'll pay it some mind, but other than that, it's a little off the radar. But when a man breaks the world record by running 100 meters in 9.76 seconds, well, that'll grab your attention. American Justin Gatlin bested the previous world record (held by Jamaican Asafa Powell) by one one-hundredth of a second yesterday in Qatar. More »
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Rocky Mountain Low
Those of you following the Colorado racist email story — essentially, a football player and his cross-country running girlfriend sent a nasty racist email to Latino cross-country runner Greg Castro — probably already know that the football player Clint O'Neal and his girlfriend Jackie Zeigle have been booted from their respective teams, O'Neal temporarily, Zeigle permanently. More »
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Old Japanese Man Moves 100 Meters Without Dying
Personally, we had no idea they kept world records for different age groups. If you have to give an all-time record a qualifier, it's not really an all-time record anymore, now is it? We mean, hey, we own the best time in leaping from couch to rapidly burning pizza in stove by someone aged in their late 20s and from a small town in Southern Illinois, but we're not sure we'd classify that as a "record." More »
