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5730. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/28/2007 3:30:57 PM Dazzling!
Amazing Sports Acrobatics - The best video clips are right here 5731. wabbit - 8/28/2007 11:30:23 PM Amazing, but ... I'm sorry, there is just something unnatural about these kids. I see some serious knee problems in their future. Knees aren't meant to bend like that. And that one guy is going to have to kiss his cervical vertebrae goodbye by the time he is thirty. 5732. wabbit - 8/28/2007 11:31:51 PM Am I the only person who doesn't think Andy Rooney's recent column is in the same ballpark as Don Imus' remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team? Have people gotten so hypersensitive that they actually actively look for these kinds of things? In case anyone missed it, Rooney wrote a column in the Stamford Times about his lifelong dislike of baseball as it exists today. In the second paragraph he says, I know all about Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, but today’s baseball stars are all guys named Rodriguez to me. They’re apparently very good but they haven’t caught my interest. How is that even close to "nappy-headed ho's"? Have I completely lost my sense of perspective? Perhaps this reveals Rooney to be a slightly ditzy old guy, but how exactly is it racist in the derogatory sense of the word? Suppose he had said 'Smith', or 'MacTavish', do you suppose the UK would be up in arms? Seriously, should he be tarred and feathered by the pitcher's union for saying in the same op-ed piece, "the player who starts the game as pitcher should have to play all nine innings without a substitution"? Rooney is backtracking now, no doubt at the behest of his employer. And I'm wondering when we'll see an apology from Manny Ramirez...for what, you ask? For saying, "Those Japanese guys know how to paint" in a recent comment about the Red Sox pitching staff. It's call op-ed for a reason. It's his OPINION. Sheesh. 5733. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/28/2007 11:35:04 PM Suckers for the Art, wabb. Whaddyagonnado? 5734. wabbit - 8/28/2007 11:52:35 PM True, true. 5735. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/29/2007 12:57:34 AM I loaded trucks to get through college and I'm still paying for it, every morning I awaken. Seven times down, eight times up, such is life. 5736. wabbit - 8/29/2007 1:07:49 AM I hear you, dahlink, and I feel your pain. I'm very lucky to have no major problems (minor scoliosis) with my back. But when it comes to knees, I know whereof I speak. 5737. robertjayb - 8/29/2007 1:11:15 AM 47th in health care but way up there in football...
AUSTIN — Mack Brown received a belated birthday gift on Tuesday.
The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved a two-year contract extension that pushes Coach Brown's annual base salary to $2.91 million this season.
5738. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/29/2007 3:33:39 AM Yikes, wabb! That happened because your brain is so heavy. :?> 5739. wabbit - 8/29/2007 7:11:03 PM nnnnnyaaaahhhhh, I don't think so, lol! 5740. Max Macks - 8/30/2007 9:07:51 PM When was the Kentuckly Derby run this year? 5741. robertjayb - 8/30/2007 9:18:54 PM First Saturday in May, the 5th this year. 5742. wabbit - 9/2/2007 3:22:37 PM  Lawyer Ron, winner of the Whitney Handicap, ran away from the field to capture Saturday's $500,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. It was the second victory for the colt this summer at the upstate New York track. Trained by Todd Pletcher, Lawyer Ron put himself atop the handicap division with the dominating win in the Woodward. The retirement of 2006 Horse of the Year Invasor left the division wide open. After a delay in the start of the 1 1/8 mile race, Wanderin Boy took the lead at the break and led the field around the first turn and into the backstretch. Lawyer Ron settled into second with Magna Graduate third and Sun King fourth in the eight-horse field. Entering the far turn Lawyer Ron moved past the leader as Met Mile champ Corinthian advanced on the outside into second. Coming off the final turn Lawyer Ron, ridden by John Velazquez, accelerated away from the competition as he left no doubt who was the best horse. The 3-5 favorite won by 8 1/4 lengths with Sun King finishing second followed by Diamond Stripes, Corinthian, Political Force, Brass Hat, Wanderin Boy and Magna Graduate.
Elizabeth Valando’s homebred Nobiz Like Shobiz held off a late charge from Twilight Meteor to win the $501,200 Kent Breeders’ Cup Stakes (G3) by a nose on Saturday at Delaware Park. Sent off as the 11-to-10 favorite, Nobiz Like Shobiz settled into fourth through a half-mile in the 1 1/8-mile turf race as Wheels Up At Noon set moderate fractions of :25.42 and :49.85 with Strike a Deal keeping him company. Turning for home, Wheels Up At Noon gave way as jockey Javier Castellano gave Nobiz Like Shobiz his cue. The bay Albert the Great colt charged up on the outside to take the lead and edged clear of Strike a Deal en route to what appeared to be an unchallenged victory. Twilight Meteor, who raced in midpack of the nine horse field through the first mile, picked up steam and rolled down the lane, narrowing the distance between himself and Nobiz Like Shobiz with every stride. The two hit the finish line in tandem but Nobiz Like Shobiz won his sixth victory in ten career starts by the slimmest of margins. Twilight Meteor was 1-1/4 lengths clear of third-place finisher Strike a Deal. Nobiz Like Shobiz completed the distance in 1:49.60 on firm turf.
Kentucky stewards have suspended trainer Patrick Biancone for 15 days after L’Aziza, winner of a maiden special weight race at Churchill Downs on May 3, tested positive for theophylline and caffeine. L’Aziza, a two-year-old filly by Zavata, out of Glimmer Ice, by Pine Bluff, is owned by Fab Oak Stable and Lewis Lakin. She was making her second career start, and will be disqualified and placed last. Purse money from the race will be redistributed. Biancone and veterinarian Rod Stewart are under investigation by the KHRA following a search of Biancone’s three barns at Keeneland Race Course on June 22. Caffeine and theophylline, a bronchodilator, are class B drugs under the KHRA’s Uniform Drug and Medication Classification Schedule. Biancone said the filly was treated with aminophylline six days before her race, and he did not expect it to still be in her system on race day. Biancone said caffeine and theophylline are residuals of aminophylline. He will serve the 15-day suspension from September 5 to 19. He said he will not appeal.
Thoroughbred Times
5743. wabbit - 9/2/2007 3:22:54 PM  What was supposed to be a tuneup turned into a stunner: Appalachian State 34, No. 5 Michigan 32. Julian Rauch's 24-yard field goal with 26 seconds left Saturday put the Mountaineers ahead of the Wolverines and Corey Lynch blocked a field goal in the final seconds to seal one of college football's biggest upsets. "We're still sort of shocked," coach Jerry Moore said after being carried off the field by his players.
Tashard Choice helped Georgia Tech fans forget about the loss of Calvin Johnson . Notre Dame's three quarterbacks had Fighting Irish fans longing for Brady Quinn. Choice rushed for a career-high 196 yards and two touchdowns and the Georgia Tech defense had little trouble with Notre Dame's new passers, forcing two fumbles by Demetrius Jones , sacking Evan Sharpley seven times and keeping Jimmy Clausen from doing any damage in a 33-3 victory Saturday. Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis didn't see it coming either. He said one of the biggest problems was the Irish weren't ready for the speed of the game, and blamed himself for not having the team prepared. It was just the 15th season-opening loss in Notre Dame history and the most lopsided, surpassing the 31-10 loss to Pittsburgh to start the 1976 season. It's also the first time the Irish failed to score a touchdown in a season opener since a 20-12 loss at Michigan in 1985. The three points are the fewest points scored by the Irish under third-year coach Charlie Weis. The previous low was in a 14-10 win in the season-opener against Georgia Tech last season.
Linebacker Sean Lee led a furious defense with a forced fumble and a sack and Anthony Morelli threw for three touchdowns and a career-high 295 yards as the 17th-ranked Nittany Lions welcomed Joe Paterno back to the sidelines with a 59-0 rout Saturday of Florida International. Florida International? I know there are small schools that take money to offer their teams up as chum, but this is ridiculous.
NCAA Football
5744. wabbit - 9/2/2007 3:23:11 PM  Bothered by swirling gusts and a teen's surprising moxie, Maria Sharapova was completely lost. Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland pulled off the stunning upset, beating the defending U.S. Open champion 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 in a third-round match that took a startling turn Saturday. Sharapova seemed to take control by winning eight games in a row, giving her a 2-0 lead in the final set. Then, she fell apart and never won again. Sharapova became the first No. 2-seeded woman to lose before the Open's round of 16 since Andrea Jaeger in 1981.
No such drama in the most-anticipated match of the tournament -- Roger Federer was too much for 6-foot-9 rookie John Isner in a 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 victory. Isner used his booming serve to win the first-set tiebreaker, and several fans barked for their favorite Georgia Bulldog. Federer quickly figured it out and kept up his bid for a fourth straight Open title. "I started to pick up on his serve for the second set," Federer said. I'll say.
Fifth-seeded Andy Roddick breezed, beating 2002 Australia Open champion Thomas Johansson of Sweden 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 to reach the fourth round. In other men's matches, No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko of Russia beat No. 28 Nicolas Almagro of Spain 7-5, 6-0, 7-5, while No. 9 Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic and No. 10 Tommy Haas of Germany advanced. Donald Young, the 18-year-old American who had never won a Grand Slam match until this tournament, lost to Feliciano Lopez of Spain 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 7-5.
Serena Williams received a reprimand at the U.S. Open. For reading, of all things. The eight-time major champion is in the habit of bringing notes to read during changeovers. She's done it for years -- she used to just take pieces of paper, then lost them so often that she bought a notebook. During Williams' 6-4, 7-6 (4) win over Vera Zvonareva on Friday, chair umpire Damian Steiner told Williams to put away the notebook, as if she were carrying cheat sheets to a test in school. It is not against the rules at all to read something carried out to the match. And, indeed, Steiner eventually relented. "Players can read whatever they want to read on the changeover -- as long as they haven't received anything from anywhere else," tournament referee Brian Earley said. "A ball kid hands them a note -- that would be construed as coaching. But there's nothing to prevent a player from opening a book that she brought with her." Williams certainly is not the first player to be spotted reading during changeovers. Former world No. 1 Jim Courier once read Armistead Maupin's "Maybe the Moon" during the brief breaks, saying the book was too good to put down. Pete Sampras, a 14-time Grand Slam champion, read notes from his wife during matches. And at this Open, wild-card Ahsha Rolle read notes that she keeps in a Bible.
US Open
5745. wabbit - 9/2/2007 3:23:29 PM  Clay Buchholz threw a no-hitter in his second major league start, just hours after the Boston Red Sox promoted him from the minors Saturday night. The 23-year-old righty became the first Red Sox rookie to throw one, baffling the Baltimore Orioles with an assortment of curves, changeups and fastballs in a 10-0 victory. Buchholz, who turned 23 on Aug. 14, pitched the third no-hitter of the season -- following Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox against Texas on April 18 and Justin Verlander of Detroit against Milwaukee on June 12. Buchholz (2-0) became the 17th rookie to throw a no-hitter. The last one to do it was Florida's Anibal Sanchez against Arizona last Sept. 6. The Boston newcomer became the third pitcher since 1900 to throw a no-hitter in his first or second major league start, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Bobo Hollomon did it in his first start on May 6, 1953, for the St. Louis Browns at home against the Philadelphia Athletics, and Wilson Alvarez did it in his second start on Aug. 11, 1991, for the Chicago White Sox at Baltimore.
Jake Peavy and the San Diego Padres entered September on a roll. Peavy, the big league ERA leader, pitched seven brilliant innings and Mike Cameron hit a grand slam for the San Diego Padres , who beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-0 Saturday night to maintain their slim lead in the NL West. Peavy (16-5) allowed two hits, struck out nine while walking just one and lowered his ERA from 2.18 to 2.10. He set a career high for wins in a season and won his seventh straight decision. Peavy is 8-1 lifetime in 17 starts against the Padres' biggest rivals.
Alex Rodriguez never got rattled during the big bat flap Saturday at Yankee Stadium. Even more impressive, neither did youngster Ian Kennedy. Rodriguez homered and drove in four runs to back Kennedy's stellar major league debut, leading the New York Yankees to a 9-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Tampa Bay had Rodriguez's bat confiscated in a classic case of gamesmanship -- one inning after umpires took away Akinori Iwamura's unusual model when Yankees manager Joe Torre questioned if it was legal.
MLB scores
5746. alistairConnor - 9/7/2007 8:59:36 PM First match of the rugby World Cup, tonight in Paris :
France-Argentina.
9-17 at half time...
France are second favourite for the Cup, after the All Blacks (my other team is the All Blacks... possible bumper sticker.) But they will have to do better than this...
Argentina are just fantastic tonight. If they win, that throws the group wide open : three teams (France, Argentina, Ireland) in competition for two quarter-final places.
The winner of the group gets (probably) Scotland in the quarter-final -- any one of the three can take them. Second place in the group wins a quarter-final against the All Blacks... 5747. jexster - 9/9/2007 3:19:52 AM Tiger Bait! Tiger Bait
LSU lookin good. Lookin BLACK too. Their super duper defense - ONE white guy
Those not from the South circa my age just will not appreciate the irony
Arky can tho..those pigs be Tiger BAIT
 5748. robertjayb - 9/9/2007 4:08:38 AM There is an old and certainly apochryphal yarn about a southern football coach who was dead-set against using black players. Never happen. Not on my team.
Finally he was persuaded to give one black running back a brief tryout. Well, the kid tore through his best linemen, faked his defensive backs, outran his safeties and streaked toward the goal.
The reluctant coach jumped up, waved his arms and shouted, "Look at that Puerto Rican run!" 5749. jexster - 9/9/2007 6:52:09 PM Tiger Bait!
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"If USC is better than this team, they should be in the NFL" Mike Ditka
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