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Rio to host 2016 Olympics Posted: 2 months ago by sunshine1084
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High school cheerleaders banned from using Bible banners Posted: 2 months ago by suebe
A high school cheerleading squad is getting flak after parading religious banners at football games.
The Lakeview-Fort Oglethrope High School cheerleaders, of Georgia, have tried everything to get their team to win, including displaying football banners with such biblical verse as “commit to the lord” and “take charge of it,
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USC's Johnson Critical But Stable After Weightlifting Mishap Posted: 2 months ago by cb__
Southern California tailback Stafon Johnson probably wouldn't have survived his weightlifting accident without his muscular athlete's neck, which helped maintain his airway when a weight bar crashed down on it, a doctor said.
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NY Jets Player Gets Benched for Tweeting Posted: 2 months ago by suebe
Jets receiver David Clowney was benched during the team's victory over Tennessee because he Tweet-complained about his playing time in the previous win over the Patriots.
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Skeletons Depicting Steve McNair, Sahel Kazemi Pulled After Uproar Posted: 2 months ago by theshirtpocket
Nothing says Halloween like the fake skeleton of an NFL quarterback murdered by his mistress, at least according to King's Island Amusement Park. The couple are just two of the familiar faces included in the Haunt: A skeleton depicting Heath Ledger is shown surrounded by bottles of pills and a skeleton dressed like Michael Jackson in pajamas.
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2009 Red Sox Rookies In Drag Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
Not that there is anything wrong with it.
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Greenbay Packers Can Run Red Lights Posted: 2 months ago by suebe
and get police escorts on the way to their home games if a pending bill passes.
Why don't they just leave earlier?
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South African official lied about Semenya gender tests Posted: 2 months ago by proverb
The president of Athletics South Africa has admitted that he lied about gender tests on runner Caster Semenya before her gold-medal win at the World Athletics Championships last month.
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Punting For T.G.I. Friday's In Big D Posted: 2 months ago by nateebiinature
Yes, just think Mat McBriar or Jeff Feagles, this Sunday night, you can feed several hungry chain-restaurant dining people by just nailing one into the biggest of big screens. According to a press release, 600 participating T.G.I. Friday's establishments will offer complimentary "Green Bean Fries" for such a one-footed feat.
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After 1,100 miles and 52 days, Eddie Izzard has finishing line in sight Posted: 2 months ago by doodlechild
As a transvestite comic who is prone to put on weight and had never run farther than five miles, Eddie Izzard is not the obvious candidate to run 1,100 miles around Britain. But the 47-year-old stand-up and actor will today drag his aching limbs from the Olympic park to Trafalgar Square in the last of an astonishing 43 marathons he has completed in just 52 days...
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NFL Referees Wearing Orange... Posted: 2 months ago by bcgrote
The claim is that this is to commemorate 50 years of the AFL.... But the nauseating safety orange is SO visible I could see them making a case to keep the color!
And every time I see the hat, I can't help thinking of the Oakland A's...
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LSD and The Strangest Player in Major League History Posted: 2 months ago by 2manyusernames
Dock Ellis was baseball's first true king of performance enhancing drugs. Dock Ellis is probably the only player that intentionally tried to injure his opponents during an All-Star game. He's one of the few (the only?) to be pepper sprayed by stadium security upon arrival. How many other major leaguers spent their off-season cruising through the ghettos of Haiti in order to find zombies?
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England Success Celebrated In South Africa Posted: 3 months ago by ruthstark
England's qualification for the World Cup finals has prompted celebrations in South Africa among the organisers and local football fans.
Those planning the 2010 tournament are relieved because they know England supporters will come in huge numbers and spend plenty.
The fans are delighted because they are desperate to see the players they watch on TV every week in the flesh and on South African soil.
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Runner is a 'hermaphrodite' Posted: 3 months ago by nateebiinature
The controversy over gender row champion runner Caster Semenya deepened today — after reports claimed sex swap tests have shown she is a hermaphrodite.
*update to this
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Let the Coyotes auction begin!! Posted: 3 months ago by chinook
It all comes down to what the judge has not yet clearly ruled on, which is: Is it illegal for the league to keep the team from moving to Hamilton?
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 173 [+].
Dallas Stars to use dynamic ticket pricing Posted: 3 months ago by icepigs
They are the first NHL team to use dynamic pricing. (SF Giants tried it)
Ticket prices can go up or down based on a variety of factors, including league standings, opposing team, star players, day of the week, and real time supply and demand.
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Redskins sue 72 year old lifelong fan for breaking her season ticket contract due to financial hardship. Posted: 3 months ago by nateebiinature
It would be hard to find a more loyal fan of the Washington Redskins than real estate agent Pat Hill. She's had season tickets since the early 1960s, when her daughter danced in the halftime shows at the old D.C. Stadium, before it was renamed in memory of Robert F. Kennedy.
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The Manliest Sport Posted: 3 months ago by 2manyusernames
Here is a sport that real men play. Calcio Fiorentino is an early Italian game which is sort of like football combined with free-for-all-martial arts and riots. The object is to get the ball in the net. Someone in your way? The object is to get the ball in the net.
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Armed Brazilian club officials threaten players Posted: 3 months ago by nateebiinature
Two armed officials of Brazilian second division club Portuguesa accompanied by bodyguards threatened the players after a defeat this week, sparking coach Rene Simoes' resignation on Wednesday.
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Woman Swims Across All Great Lakes Posted: 3 months ago by suebe
30-year-old Canadian Paula Stephanson: she has completed swimming across all of the Great Lakes. She completed the 35-mile swim across Lake Michigan, from Chicago to Michigan City, last night. The undertaking began in 1996.
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How Long Does It Take an Athlete to Make $100,000? Posted: 3 months ago by cb__
Welp, Ben Roethlisberger makes $100 grand every 3.6 snaps..
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Judo champ finally gets her gold Posted: 3 months ago by tvirus
A Brooklyn judo champ stripped of her first place medal when judges realized she was a woman competing in a contest against men secured her place in the history books Friday. *After waiting 50 years!*
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UFO Spotted Over JFK Airport Posted: 3 months ago by suebe
Last Sunday evening a "wingnut pilot" flew into JFK airport, where he briefly landed in the cargo area of a Brazilian airline and took off again before he could be arrested. Another pilot reported "Looks like some guy on a parachute -- pretty stupid."
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Tribune Sells Cubs, Wrigley Field For $845M Posted: 3 months ago by Bornbad
Media conglomerate Tribune Co. announced a definitive agreement Friday to sell all but a 5 percent stake in the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field to the billionaire Ricketts family, capping a tortuous selection process that began nearly 2½ years ago.
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Plaxico Burris Pleads Guilty, Will Serve 2 Years in Prison Posted: 3 months ago by cb__
The one-time Super Bowl star was indicted earlier this month on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of reckless endangerment. He faced a minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years if convicted at a trial.
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