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Michael Vick Dog Jersey: Customized By NFL Posted: 3 months ago by nateebiinature
With Michael Vick back in the NFL, so is the availability of customizable jerseys bearing his name. Including one for your dog.
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Beep Beep Beep Beep RUN! Posted: 3 months ago by suebe
For the bases that is. Blind individuals play beep ball, a form of baseball specially modified for the blind. A special baseball that beeps (and weighs an entire pound!) is used, and payers run toward padded columnar "bases" that beep. Due to varying levels of sightedness, players wear blindfolds on the field to keep things equal. An update on the sport from an earlier post
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IAAF isn't sure South African runner is female Posted: 3 months ago by nateebiinature
South Africa’s track and field federation had been asked to conduct a gender test on an 800-meter runner amid concerns she does not meet the requirements to compete as a woman.
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Brett Favre is a Viking! Posted: 3 months ago by JoshSF49
Who didn't see it coming?
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Kids Who Can't Survive Sunshine Play Ball With the Yankees Posted: 3 months ago by cb__
So how could they take the field at Yankee Stadium? Because this was 3 a.m.
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Women boxers to fight at 2012 Games Posted: 4 months ago by DAVEthefish
Women boxers will compete at the London 2012 Olympics, the International Olympic Committee has ruled.
They will compete at three weight divisions after the IOC's executive board ruled that boxing would no longer be a male-only event.
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Underwater Rugby Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
While British divers invented underwaterhockey to spend the winter months their continental nemesis - Germany - found diving at winter temperatures equally unpleasant resulting in the invention of underwater rugby. Simply exercising to maintain your physical fitness for only a few months of actual diving a year gets boring eventually, a problem solved creatively by inventing an underwater ball game combining the same physical exercise with team sport.
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9 Weirdest Sports In The World Posted: 4 months ago by iamamaniac
Imagine Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier slugging it out for a round in one of history’s greatest boxing matches and then when the bell rings sitting down for a game of chess. Preposterous? Ok, maybe. But we would have loved to see it and you wouldn’t have to make up the rules as you go because Chess Boxing is a real sport.
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Barry's World Posted: 4 months ago by Bornbad
Here are some slightly modified versions of some of my Nature Photographs. If you've ever wondered what it would be like if Godzilla trampled the countryside of rural Idaho, set fire to downtown Boston, ran amok in the great cities of Europe, or just showed up near that little pond behind the Junior High School ...
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The man who invented camping Posted: 4 months ago by kakana
Throughout most of history, the rough terrain has been given over almost entirely to wildlife. But in the summer of 1869, the woods were overrun. For the first time, middle-class urbanites decided that a few weeks spent in the clutches of Nature might be survivable. In fact, they had been convinced it would be fun.
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Eagles' Former Defensive Coordinator Jim Johnson Dies Posted: 4 months ago by donteatpoop
Cancer got him. Great defensive coordinator, absolutely brilliant mind. Eagles suspended training today in his honor. Rest in Peace.
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Schoolgirl water-skier Charlotte Wharton jumps length of three double-decker buses Posted: 4 months ago by topofall
British schoolgirl Charlotte Wharton has smashed a 20-year-old water-skiing world record by leaping nearly 100ft (33m) at the age of 13.
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Over the Falls in a Kayak Posted: 4 months ago by Bingo
22-year-old Tyler Bradt plunged over Palouse Falls in eastern Washington and set a world record for a kayak descent. The fall was 186 feet, which he covered in less than four seconds.
After disappearing under the water he emerged within six seconds with his broken paddle and sprained wrist.
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testing Posted: 4 months ago by joshtesting2
testing
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Vick could play in October after being reinstated Posted: 4 months ago by bhartzer
Michael Vick was reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday and could play in regular-season games as early as October. Vick can immediately participate in preseason practices, workouts and meetings and can play in the final two preseason games — if he can find a team that will sign him. A number of teams have already said they would not.
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Beckham fined for confronting own fans Posted: 4 months ago by evadiva
Soccer star David Beckham was slapped with a 1,000 dollar fine for provoking his own team's fans during the Galaxy's 2-2 draw with AC Milan at the Home Depot Center.
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Buehrle completes 17th perfect game in modern history Posted: 4 months ago by coldbladed
Mark Buehrle pitched the first perfect game in the major leagues in five years, leading the Chicago White Sox over the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0 on Thursday.
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Country Club Uses Tombstones To Shore Up Wall Posted: 4 months ago by suebe
A groundskeeper at a New York country club says the Long Island golfing site has been home to hundreds of engraved Jewish tombstones for decades. How did they get there?
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Male wrestling team banned from wearing bikinis Posted: 4 months ago by muppet
The Centennial Wrestling team was told they could not wear bikini tops to try and get attention at their car wash, even though the cheerleaders across the street can.
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Baby, You Can Drive My Train Posted: 4 months ago by suebe
Long Island Railroad engineer allegedly allows a passenger to drive the commuter train for 25 miles at speeds up to 80 mph!!
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Zac Completes His Around The World Solo Sail Posted: 4 months ago by suebe
Zac Sunderland, who left Marina del Rey 13 months ago with a bold ambition to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone, returned to complete that quest today at 10:30 a.m. Update to this post
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Zac Sunderland Sailing for a World Record Posted: 4 months ago by nateebiinature
Zac Sunderland, a teenager from Southern California, has sailed his yacht Intrepid back in U.S. waters. 17 year old Sunderland is on a sailing trip trying to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone, and is due to arrive in the Los Angeles area on Thursday – 13 months and two days after he left Marina Del Rey.
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Philip Rivers gets beat by a high schooler, doesn't confiscate tape Posted: 4 months ago by nateebiinature
In an incident eerily similar to LeBron's Dunkgate, the San Diego Chargers quarterback was schooled by a younger, less-experienced player during an activity at one of his camps.
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Biker makes Thames leap Posted: 5 months ago by topofall
27-year-old performed a no-handed backflip as he jumped the gap between the north and south side of the bridge.
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Athlete opens brothel to fund Olympic bid Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
Logan Campbell, who finished in the top 16 in the taekwondo featherweight division at the Beijing Olympics, has set up a 'high-class gentleman's club' in Auckland, the Sunday Star Times said.
Licensed prostitution is legal in New Zealand.
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