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Category Archives: Sports
Obama Fires Izzo
…awards Michigan State 18 points.
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Humor, regulation, Sports
Tagged basketball championship, cato, GM, government, government motors, michigan state, NCAA, President Obama, satire
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I Love Fast Women!!!
I think it’s great that there are fast women in the world. Fast on the 1/4 mile, fast on the Speedway, fast on the road course, and fast on the Salt Flats. If you thought I meant something else, you … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Keith's Page, motoring, Sports
Tagged female racers, Jessica Zalusky, Leslie Porterfield
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China’s Olympic Designer to Boycott Olympics
Chinese architectural designer Ai Weiwei, who conceived the now famous “Bird’s Nest” Olympic stadium design for the Beijing games, will not attend the opening ceremonies in protest against Chinese dictatorship. He has some powerful words of explanation in the Guardian … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Sports
Tagged Ai Weiwei, authoritarian, Autocracy, Beijing, bird's nest, boycott Olympics, China, design, designer, dictatorship, games, government, protest, stadium
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Potential interpretations…
This is the standard. (h/t Blackfive) And considering the pins-and-needles environment that is the current political landscape, the comment has the potential of being interpreted as racially divisive. What comment? “Rest assured,” he told the crowd, “that men like Senator … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Race, Sports, Synova's Page
Tagged Bellavia, heroes, McCain, Obama, Tiger Woods
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Mark Cuban Opens Locker Room to All Bloggers
So Dallas Mavericks owner close the locker room to bloggers earlier this month. He says it was because they didn’t have enough time for everyone though some think it was because he didn’t like what The Dallas Morning News’ Tim … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Chris' Page, Sports
Tagged blogging, dallas mavericks, dallas morning news, mark cuban, new media, newspapers, old media, tim macmahon
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Belichick = Cheater!!!
Sen. Arlen Specter says so. Though, why the US Senate is investigating the NFL about this is beyond me. I’m willing to forgo that discussion because the Patriots are evil. Evil cheaters! I’m just glad the country doesn’t have more … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Keith's Page, Sports
Tagged Belichick, cheater, congress, investigation, Specter
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National Champs Again!
Debate? They have to be kidding. Geaux Tigers
Posted in Lance's Page, Sports
Tagged BCS, football, LSU, National Championship, Ohio State
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What a contest!
You can pick which one thrills you the most, LSU’s thrilling last second win against Auburn or Bobby Jindal winning the Louisiana Governors race and avoiding a runoff.
Posted in Domestic Politics, Lance's Page, Louisiana Politics, Sports
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News Brief, The Great Salt Lake Edition
Non-bullet lists can be found over at The Conjecturer. Defense & The War Hahahaha, not knowing how your contractors can be held legally accountable for their crimes it totes funny! Is it 2009 yet? Meanwhile, Singer laments the partisanship that’s … Continue reading
WWE suspends TEN superstars
Shocked I tell you, I am absolutely shocked to learn that some professional wrestlers take steroids. OK, I’m not shocked, and this is a good move by WWE. Now if we could only get “professional” baseball, and football to go … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Keith's Page, Sports
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Football mascots living the good life
My home is featured in a story in the Wall Street Journal this morning on the current trend in college athletics of building massive park like structures for animal mascots to live in. Southern Universities new home for their Jaguar … Continue reading
Posted in Lance's Page, Sports
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Thought MLB had it bad?
Apparently Democrat Congressman from California, Tom Lantos, has decided that Congress’ recent attacks on Major League Baseball and its various teams and athletes just weren’t enough. Now, it seems, the NFL is in for it. Citing the recent investigation into … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Sports, The Poet Omar's Page
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Racist Referees?
I haven’t read the paper, just the article, the executive summary, the discussion on the radio, at Matthew Yglesias’ and at Marginal Revolution. So maybe these points have been covered in the full paper in a satisfactory manner. I also … Continue reading
Posted in Lance's Page, Media, Race, social science, Sports
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Want Progress, Race it, or Militarize it
An electric motorcycle is tearing up the track, and setting records. And improving at a very impressive rate. 6/10ths of a second gain in 3 months. A123Systems today announced that The KillaCycle, the world’s quickest electric motorcycle and the official … Continue reading
Posted in Keith's Page, Sports, Technology
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I Still Enjoy Shaq
Even though he kept my beloved Mavericks from taking home the hardware last year. I loved him at LSU (and imagine if Chris Jackson had stuck around and Stanley Roberts had decided to stay in school for Shaq’s sophomore year) … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Humor, Lance's Page, Sports
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Good News for Floyd Landis
(H/T- Tom Maguire) I’ll admit, I always found Landis not passing the drug test after his remarkable stage 17 win inexplicable. It never made any sense, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t true. So we now see he may have … Continue reading
Posted in Lance's Page, Sports
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Dennis Johnson RIP
I was a huge Celtics fan growing up, and really stayed one until I moved to Fort Worth where I became as addicted to the Mavericks as I once was to the Celtics. The great, and under appreciated, Dennis Johnson … Continue reading
Posted in Lance's Page, Sports
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It’s DAA Colts!
Although not a huge fan of either of the teams playing in this year’s Superbowl, I admit to being both impressed and happy that Indy won. The first quarter made me doubt Indy’s chances, but they struggled back to to … Continue reading
Posted in Sports, The Poet Omar's Page
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I Am The Predicter
While my political prognostications may not be up to snuff, I could not resist pointing out a prediction that I nailed: It’s still early in the season, but I think a Chicago-Indy SB is the best bet, and my money … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, MichaelW's Page, Sports
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From the Department of “You have got to be kidding”
The Nation of Islam has a sports blog (Hat tip: Three Sources) and it is a riot. I thought the nonsense at the Stormfront (not linking, I tired of their schtick when I linked to them last time) site was … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Domestic Politics, Lance's Page, Race, Sports
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