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REPORTING FROM THE JOCK-OSPHERE: BARON BREAKS DOWN REDEMPTION
Evan Bartsch...day I can look back and say I did everything I could to be ready for the Olympics. There was not a workout I missed, a sacrifice I didn't make, or a preparation I...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2008LUNCH LINKS
Ben Fawkes, Paul Kix, Laura Downhour and Ethan Trex...183; Women Against Fantasy Sports looks like a legit operation. · No one knows who a 1960 Olympic silver medal belongs to so Australian court auctions it off. · Thinking of collecting pins at this...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 19, 2008MIRROR IMAGE: BREAKING DOWN THE USA MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS
Deanna Stevens and Robyn CrawfordWe were just noticing some uncanny similarities between the USA men's and women's Olympic basketball teams. First similarity: both won their first game in dominant fashion. Second: It's gold medal...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 2008Let's use Coach K to figure out Kobe vs. LeBron
Ted Bauer, via the Internet machine2008 Olympics were important for men's basketball. They had to win gold. They did. Whew. Two big reasons...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 28, 2009Jay Leno and athletes over the years
Ted Bauer...oddly, also proposed to his girl on the show, and there is that whole Barack Obama 'Special Olympics' bowling issue. Anyway, here we go now. Gotta start here: Chris Bosh as a correspondent for Leno...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 28, 2009Action Sports Report
Alyssa Roenigk...viewers were undoubtedly left wondering what the heck they'd just seen. Gymkhana? Isn't that an Olympic equestrian event? Well, yes. But, no. This form of Gymkhana, which Block all but invented as a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 28, 2009Lunch Links
Max Klinger and Ethan Trex...afford lots of new trendy glasses now. NASCAR fans get a DUI on a horse. The Vancouver Olympic torch may look like something else. Yikes, this Yankees hat for Memorial Day is foul. How should...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 21, 2009Life of Reilly
Rick Reilly, ESPN The MagazineHere's my solution for fixing baseball: put me in charge.
Story | May 19, 2009Auction Block: Famed Charity
Eric AngevineThere's a saying that goes around the archives and collections desks at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. "You'll be amazed by what we have, ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 18, 2009Auction Block: Net Contribution
Eric Angevine...go one step farther. They wanted to auction the scissors off and donate the money to Special Olympics. "We thought it would be great if superstar athletes could help out special athletes," says Fanning. "I...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 11, 2009The Morning According to Us
Paul Kix...you cast aside the rationale that the effects would be no less comical than the "All Drug Olympics," you're left with the nagging realization that baseball would be, for the first time in ages...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 11, 2009Comment Mining: The Final Furlong
Ishita SinghIn the current issue of The Mag, Seth Wickersham delves into the world of horse euthanization, and what happens when a horse needs to be put down afte...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 30, 2009Life of Reilly
Rick Reilly, ESPN The MagazineBar bet? ChaCha will settle it. Unless I'm on the other end.
Story | April 22, 2009The Morning According to Us: NHL Drug Testing and the Playoffs (With apologies to the NHLPA)
Paul Kix...There have been thousands of drug tests throughout the last four seasons, testing at the last three Olympics and numerous International hockey competitions."] It's not hard to see why. Hockey has the physicality of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 20, 2009The Morning According to Us: The Curious Case of Niklas Stoepel
Brian Hill...national youth champion who has been flatly denied the chance to compete at the upcoming 2012 London Olympics. The hitch? Oh yes, he's the only male synchronized swimmer in his homeland. You just know...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 17, 2009EXPLORE RELATED TOPICS
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