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6593. wabbit - 9/2/2013 7:42:13 PM Congratulations to Diana Nyad, 5th time is the charm! Looking dazed and sunburned, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walked on to Smathers Beach on Key West Monday, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage.
Nyad arrived at the beach just before 2 p.m. EDT, about 53 hours after she began her swim in Havana on Saturday... 6594. arkymalarky - 9/2/2013 9:05:56 PM Wow 6595. alistairconnor - 9/18/2013 11:14:05 PM The Americas Cup is one race away from going home... To Auckland.
Team New Zealand 8 - 1 Oracle. In 24 hours, it'll all be over...
San Francisco looks beautiful from the water. Larry Ellison still looks like a schmuck.
Barring accidents. The other day, the NZ boat very nearly capsized, apparently from a hydraulic failure. Spectacular. 6596. alistairconnor - 9/19/2013 9:07:02 PM oookay. Counting down to the last (?) race, starting at 1.15 Pacific time... about 7 minutes.
I'm hoping Oracle will win this one. To keep the match alive. 6597. alistairconnor - 9/19/2013 9:08:44 PM Watch it here, live or in replay (a real-time game-style simulation, you can choose your camera angles) 6598. alistairconnor - 9/19/2013 9:44:31 PM yup. Oracle won that one handsomely, by 30 seconds, leading from start to finish. NZ gets a second match-point race in half an hour. Unless the wind builds too much (over 22 knots, they call it off, as these big boats are extremely dangerous in high winds) 6599. alistairconnor - 9/21/2013 8:27:58 PM Well, the second race was called off on Thursday because of high winds. Then the first race on Friday, in light winds, was going very well for NZ... a thousand metres in front... then they timed out : the race has to be finished in 40 minutes, and they were still three minutes from the line by then.
The second race yesterday was a beauty, and was won comprehensively by Oracle.
So the match stands at Team NZ _ - 2 Oracle. And it's still match point : Oracle need seven wins. NZ need one...
And today SF has its first significant rainfall since about February. With a southerly wind, which makes it impossible to set a course apparently. So there may or may not be any racing. 6600. Jenerator - 11/13/2013 12:02:42 AM Sic 'em Bears!
GO BAYLOR! 6601. arkymalarky - 12/1/2013 8:31:22 PM AR has been sad, but the Auburn coach is an Arkie. He ought to come back. 6602. robertjayb - 12/7/2013 10:48:15 PM Tfreakingriffic!
Oklahoma beat Oklahoma State and keeps Texas alive, at least
for a couple of hours, in the conference race. Jenerator's Baylor Bears will probably beat the Longhorns later on this afternoon but coming close to glory ought to save
Texas Coach Mack Brown from the mob. Hope so. 6603. Jenerator - 12/10/2013 11:35:53 PM Guess who's going to the Fiesta Bowl?! Oh yeah, bay-bee! 6604. arkymalarky - 12/10/2013 11:54:48 PM Congrats! 6605. robertjayb - 12/15/2013 3:19:10 AM Mack Brown resigns as coach of Texas Longhorns.
He was a good-un. Bastards ground him down. 6606. Jenerator - 12/17/2013 12:07:11 AM All I can say is, UT had better NOT bring in Art Briles.
I wonder if Shanahan of the Redskins will be considered? Interesting thought. 6607. wabbit - 1/25/2014 8:13:48 PM Li Na wins the Australian Open, follows up with a funny acceptance speech. She's known for them.
Today's men's final is Rafael Nadal vs. Stanislas Wawrinka. 6608. judithathome - 1/25/2014 8:51:19 PM Jihadist group vows attacks at Olympics.
What a world.... 6609. lemwalker - 1/26/2014 3:41:15 PM So the teams in Super Bowl come from states with legal pot. I support the Seattle team because I live in NW. Pretty spendy to go to a game. Propose a 13th man for the panhandlers outside the stadium. Saw one fellow with sign "need $ for weed". 6610. arkymalarky - 1/26/2014 9:26:32 PM Lol 6611. wabbit - 1/28/2014 10:08:35 PM Hey Lem! Maybe this year's SB will look like that football game from the movie M.A.S.H..
Stanislas Wawrinka joins Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic as the only men to have beaten Rafael Nadal in a Grand Slam final. 6612. judithathome - 1/30/2014 12:27:10 AM So what does everyone think about the guy who lost it at the end of the Seattle Seahawks playoff game?
I think he was caught up in the moment and let loose...since that happening, I've learned a lot about the guy and think he is a great example of someone who has overcome his background and achieved success...shit happens...people have embarrassing moments and they learn from them.
He's not some spoiled teenager who has been indulged by parents who want to make money off his celebrity...he's someone who was given a chance and was smart enough to take advantage of what was offered to him.
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