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5935. jexster - 1/4/2008 11:03:51 PM

Golden Band from Tiger Land

5936. jexster - 1/8/2008 5:29:21 AM

Ohio State really sux

5937. jexster - 1/8/2008 6:32:04 AM

The most over-rated sacks of dog shit since..since



Mr. and Mrs. Bill

5938. jexster - 1/8/2008 11:37:48 PM

Fool us once Ohio U ...fool us twice

We won't get fooled again

LSU Good to Geaux

5939. OhioSTOPAS - 1/9/2008 4:30:46 AM

Last I remember we were ahead 10-0, and then it's all blacked out. We won, right?

5940. judithathome - 1/10/2008 12:59:40 AM

Hey, hello there, Ohio!! Stop by the Cafe and let us know how you're doing!

5941. Ms. No - 1/11/2008 8:00:04 PM

I'm really bothered that Marion Jones is sentenced to six months in prison. She gets the maximum sentence while she's still nursing a child and yet Barry Bonds doesn't serve a day.

Not that I think steroids should garner a jail sentence anyway. Let their respective sports fine, expell and shame them. What the fuck purpose does it actually serve to put these people in jail? It's showboating, pure and simple.

5942. wonkers2 - 1/11/2008 8:09:17 PM

Any opinions on who's lying Roger Clemens or his trainer, Brian McNamee? A knowledgeable acquaintance who believes Clemens is lying pointed out to me recently that Clemens went through periods of being a free agent several years in a row, possibly because MLB drug testing is not done on free agents. So, he could stoke up on steroids or whatever without fear of being tested.

5943. jexster - 1/13/2008 5:27:34 AM

Clemens is from Texas

Next dumb question

5944. jexster - 1/13/2008 5:29:10 AM











5945. jexster - 1/14/2008 3:04:42 AM

Great sports start 2008 - Tigers are the champs and the Cowboys be da chumps!

5946. alistairConnor - 1/14/2008 11:53:09 PM


Double amputee Pistorius banned from Olympics

An IAAF statement said that the South African's "cheetah" running blades were technical aids and as such were in clear contravention of IAAF rules. This means effectively that he is banned from competing against able-bodied athletes.

"It is evident that an athlete using the "Cheetah" prosthetic is able to run at the same speed as able-bodied athletes with lower energy consumption," continued the statement. "Running with prosthetic blades leads to less vertical motion combined with less mechanical work for lifting the body. As well as this, the energy loss in the blade is significantly lower than in the human ankle joints in sprinting at maximum speed.


Fair enough. Wouldn't want to start a fad of athletes cutting their legs off to improve their times.

5947. wonkers2 - 1/15/2008 5:14:31 PM

Let's Go Sailing! Everybody!

5948. jexster - 1/15/2008 6:18:45 PM

Damn..it didn't pick up my heart throb....Wabbit must be screwing around with the secret works


Jealous I guess

5949. wabbit - 1/19/2008 9:47:12 PM

Bored would be closer.

5950. wabbit - 1/19/2008 9:52:13 PM

Message # 5941 Ms. No, I agree. It seems way out of line that Jones is going to do jail time when so many others who have been found guilty do a few hours of community service, at best. And lest anyone think she got six months because of the check scam she was involved in, here is what the judge had to say:

U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas said he gave her the maximum under the plea deal to send a message to athletes who have abused drugs and overlooked the values of "hard work, dedication, teamwork and sportsmanship."
Has anyone else done time for the same abuse?

5951. wabbit - 1/19/2008 9:52:40 PM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/ - APRoger Federer took his time about this one -- needing 41/2 hours and five sets to advance at the Australian Open. There was never a letup in the tension. Starting when Federer was forced to rally before outlasting 49th-ranked Janko Tipsarevic 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1), 5-7, 6-1, 10-8 to reach the fourth round of the tournament he has won the last two years. That pushed back the night session two hours.

Venus Williams beat Sania Mirza in straight sets in the first night match. Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis went on court at 11:47 p.m. Saturday, the last scheduled match at Rod Laver Arena on Day 6, and Hewitt ripped a forehand winner on his fifth match point 4 hours, 45 minutes later. The Aussie set a record for the latest finish for a day's play at a Grand Slam, beating 2006 runner-up Baghdatis 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-3, and completing the marathon at 4:33 a.m. local time Sunday.

James Blake, seeded 12th, came back from down two sets, then from a double break in the fourth before beating veteran Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean 4-6, 2-6, 6-0, 7-6 (5), 6-2. No. 7 Fernando Gonzalez, who lost the Australian final last year to Federer, was ousted 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1 by Croatia's Marin Cilic, who had never gone past the first round in three previous majors. Cilic, who called it his best performance, faces Blake next. Two of Russia's top 10 women also were ousted. No. 2 Svetlana Kuznetsova was beaten 6-3, 6-4 by 18-year-old Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and No. 6 Anna Chakvetadze lost 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-2 to No. 27 Maria Kirilenko. Fourth-seeded Ana Ivanovic reached the fourth round with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over No. 28 Katarina Srebotnik.

Australian Open

5952. jexster - 1/21/2008 5:24:04 AM

Tom Brady sure is purty but real Americans will be for the Giants

5953. wabbit - 1/21/2008 7:40:12 PM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more/01/20/winter.roundup.ap/index.html?eref=si_topstories - APBode Miller won the combined title for the slalom and downhill Sunday, setting a U.S. record with his 28th World Cup victory. Miller finished 14th in the slalom after finishing second in Saturday's downhill race. Jean-Baptiste Grange of France won the slalom on Sunday. Phil Mahre set the American record of 27 World Cup victories more than two decades ago. "It's a nice record, something you dream about as a kid," the 30-year-old Miller said. "As a professional skier, you're more focussed on winning each individual race. Before the season, it was my target to break that record and it's a really good feeling if you reach your goals."

Benjamin Raich was second in the combined and went back to the top of the overall World Cup standings. The 27-year-old Grange, who led after the first leg, finished in a two-run combined time of 1 minute, 45.04 seconds. The Frenchman edged Jens Byggmark by 0.15 seconds, and Mario Matt took third. American Ted Ligety, who faced a 0.74-second deficit, started fast in his second run but lost control of a ski at the bumpy upper part of the course. He finished eighth.



Maria Holaus of Austria won a sunny Super-G on Sunday to claim her first World Cup victory while Julia Mancuso of the United States finished second. Holaus covered the melting Olympia delle Tofane course in 1 minute, 24.63 seconds. Mancuso finished 0.23 behind, and overall World Cup leader Nicole Hosp of Austria was third. Emily Brydon of Canada finished fourth and downhill winner Lindsey Vonn of the United States was fifth.



Five-time Olympic biathlon champion Ole Einar Bjoerndalen got his fifth win of the World Cup season Sunday. The Norwegian won a 15-kilometer mass start race in 36 minutes, 26.99 seconds, with one missed shot. Bjoern Ferry of Sweden finished second, 20.5 seconds behind, also with one miss, and Michael Greis of Germany was third. In the women's 12.5-kilometer race, Andrea Henkel of Germany recorded her second victory in two days. Henkel won in 36:07.37 with one miss. Anna Carin Olofsson of Sweden finished 16.1 seconds behind with no misses and World Cup leader Kati Wilhelm of Germany was third.

5954. wabbit - 1/21/2008 7:40:33 PM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/ - William West/AFP/Getty ImagesFifth-seeded David Ferrer, who lost to Federer in the Masters Cup final in November, beat fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. He will play third-ranked Novak Djokovic, who ousted the last Australian hope when he defeated No. 19 Lleyton Hewitt 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. Hewitt didn't have his usual high energy level after beating Marcos Baghdatis in five sets in his previous match, which didn't end until 4:33 a.m. Sunday. That match was delayed by the length of Federer's victory over Tipsarevic.

Roger Federer sure didn't want to put in another 4½ hours. So he made fast work of Tomas Berdych 6-4, 7-6 (7), 6-3 Monday to continue his march to a third consecutive Australian Open title and narrow his pursuit of Pete Sampras' record 14 Grand Slam titles. Federer next faces American James Blake, a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 winner over 19-year-old Croatian Marin Cilic, advancing past the fourth round here for the first time and matching his best Grand Slam showing.

Venus Williams, the eighth-seeded woman, realizes she needs to get over her slow starts. She had to fight back twice from service breaks in the first set before advancing to the quarters with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Marta Domachowska, a qualifier from Poland. She next faces No. 4 Ana Ivanovic, who put together a 6-1, 7-6 (2) win over Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki. No. 8 Daniela Hantuchova beat No. 27 Maria Kirilenko 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 and will next play Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, who upset No. 14 Nadia Petrova 1-6, 7-5, 6-0. Williams is hoping that she can meet sister Serena, who was sitting courtside, in the final. Serena, the defending champion, is in the other half of the draw, where she next meets No. 3 Jelena Jankovic on Tuesday. A victory would set up a matchup between the winner of the other quarterfinal between top-seeded Justine Henin and No. 5 Maria Sharapova, last year's losing finalist.

Australian Open

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