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Pistorius fails to make Olympic team After winning the right to compete against able-bodied runners, Pistorius failed to meet the qualifying time for the 400 meters in his final attempt, and two others were chosen as alternates.
posted on July 18, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Wiimbledon crowns top 'tennis' champs "Women, free beer and video games," Participants play in the second annual Wii Tennis tournament at Barcade in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
posted on June 09, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Photographer pierced by javelin Ryan McGeeney served seven years in the Marines, including a six-month deployment in Afghanistan, but 10 minutes of photographing the state high school track championships proved to be more dangerous to him. "They don't have javelins in Afghanistan," McGeeney joked.
posted on May 20, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
MLB vs. NPB To court or not to court? That is the question.
posted by BoKnows at 09:47 PM on November 20
US softball team denied gold; Ueno dominant Losing for the first time since 2000, the U.S. softball team was denied a chance for a fourth straight gold medal Thursday, beaten 3-1 by Japan. Yukiko Ueno, Japan's remarkably resilient right-hander, shut down the Americans and handed them their first loss since Sept. 21, 2000 at the Sydney Games.
posted by knowsalittle at 10:15 AM on August 21
I do feel the need to jump in and say that eleven of the last twenty-five posts were direct copies of at least part of the article lead. So while I am sure that it is not preferred, and I think it is even mentioned in the site guidelines, copying the article lead has become fairly commonplace.
Though, I do agree that the personal touch is a big part of why most of us come to this site. Not just to read a rehash of an AP article.
posted at 04:41 PM on August 21
The USA gold rush is on.... BEIJING - Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser will play for the gold medal in beach volleyball. BEIJING - Crystl Bustos hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning as the U.S. Olympic softball team beat Japan 4-1 in extra innings and will play for its fourth straight gold medal. BEIJING - Americans Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor will play in the women's final Thursday against China.
posted by knowsalittle at 12:52 AM on August 20
The last two items you mentioned might have been good ideas for posts on their own, as they had some interest aside from just a laundry list. As it stands, there was no way to know this was some "unknown kid" or that the US was maybe going to win a medal for the first time in waterpolo.
posted at 09:01 AM on August 20
Cheating Eight Year Old Player banned from an Under 10 tournament for 'receiving instructions' from her father through a headset.
posted by owlhouse at 06:50 PM on July 28
Wouldn't this concept also be used the other way? Somehow signaling the pitcher which pitch the hitter is now expecting, and which different pitch would be most effective in combating that specific hitter's expectation. It seems that historically there have been gains by pitchers / hitters that tilt the advantage on way or the other. Then those gains are negated in a few years by the other group making appropriate adjustments.
posted at 10:01 AM on July 28
Dara Torres, 41, qualifies for Olympics, rewrites swimming records. Dara Torres qualified for her fifth Olympics, 24 years after her debut in 1984. At 41, two years after having a child, she's still kicking ass and breaking records. Torres swears by resistance stretching and has volunteered for drug tests amid allegations of steroid use. Awesome pic (holy six-pack, Batman!) and more detail about Torres at kottke.org (where I first learned of Dara), plus even more detail at NYT and Wikipedia.
posted by worldcup2002 at 04:21 PM on July 08
I had been watching the trials all weekend while down with pneumonia. I'm glad you posted this story, because there were several times that I thought about doing so, and just never got to it. Pretty amazing, if you ask me. You have here juxtaposed with Gary Hall Jr, on the men's side who, with all of his bravado, wasn't able to get it done. Maybe he'll be back, but this time just happy to be able to give it a shot.
posted at 07:49 AM on July 08
Wiimbledon crowns top 'tennis' champs “Women, free beer and video games,” Participants play in the second annual Wii Tennis tournament at Barcade in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
posted by opel70 at 01:18 PM on June 09
OK, so not exactly tennis, but with Nadal's trouncing of Federer this week, I though this could bring some levity in the runup to Wimbledon.
posted at 01:28 PM on June 09
Sports Broadcasting Legend Jim McKay Dies Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport. . McKay, longtime host of ABC Wide World of Sports, RIP.
posted by geekyguy at 12:16 PM on June 08
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posted at 12:59 PM on June 08
NFL Owners Vote Unanimously to End Collective Bargaining Agreement ESPN's John Clayton reports, "The NFL officially notified its players union on Tuesday that it will opt out of the current collective bargaining agreement, which could lead to a season without a salary cap in 2010 and a possible lockout in 2011." CBS Sports NFL reporter Clark Judge says the move was motivated by owners wanting to lower the amount of revenue devoted to players, pay less to rookies, and recoup bonuses paid to contract-breaking players.
posted by BornIcon at 08:56 AM on May 20
The old link was pointing to an article that said this might happen. Now that it is official, I'm guessing the powers that be decided to make it current.
posted at 02:04 PM on May 20
It's time to pitch the DH. The most astonishing occurrence in the first six weeks of the baseball season — other than the decline of my World Series favorites, the Seattle Mariners, who played like the Seattle Pilots — was that the National League outscored the American League.
posted by BoKnows at 06:09 PM on May 13
I would be the first to say that I am not much of a baseball person. I know the basics, but don't follow it too much. From that perspective, my feeling is that if there was no DH in the AL, why keep two leagues? As far as I see it, the reason to have the two leagues is because the rules a slightly different. Though I guess the same could be said of the AFC and the NFC in football, and the Eastern / Western conference in the NBA. So is the reason just for the sake of manufacturing a rivalry?
posted at 02:20 PM on May 13
Maddux becomes ninth pitcher in MLB history to reach 350 wins Greg Maddux reached another milestone in his long, brilliant career. It might have meant more to a catcher making his big-league debut than it did to the pitcher with Hall of Fame credentials.
posted by BornIcon at 07:35 AM on May 12
Too bad he's with the Padres, or he probably would have arrived a fair bit sooner. Five tries to get this win.
posted at 01:49 PM on May 12
"Tech doping"? How Speedo's LZR suit breaks swim records As the Associated Press reports, "the LZR now has been worn for 21 of the 22 world records set since it was introduced in February."
posted by bobfoot at 10:51 PM on April 15
Aren't the swimmers who can actually get one of these suits tops in the world already? True they may not have been world record swimmers, but weren't they already pretty good?
posted at 07:49 AM on April 15
We Tried Baseball and It Didn't Work Excellent example of true geek humor, so of course baseball fans will probably hate this one.
posted by billsaysthis at 10:20 AM on February 07
Yeah, I work in the software / hardware field and most of this just strikes me as a failed attempt at humor. 1) he decides that they only need four people per team, and then essentially complains that there aren't enough people. 2) he make the decision of only four people per team on the number of bases and then removes most of them, so in his redefined game there should only need to be one person per team (only one base now). He was really trying hard to make this a funny idea, but, in my opinion, he struck out.
posted at 11:31 AM on February 07
Jonathan Papelbon's dog eats World Series winning baseball. ESPN's brief coverage of a toothsome story of a Boston terrier named Boss, his master and a baseball that has seen better days.
posted by Joey Michaels at 05:38 PM on December 21
Well, heck, it's still just a ball. I'm not sure how many balls baseball players tend to get to keep, but it football it seems that some players must need multiple storage sheds to hold all of their "special" balls. Do you really think that ball is more special to him than the ring he got? He actually has seemed to me to be more down to earth than many sports stars. And maybe the "history" of the ball feels more "real" to him if he could actually hold the ball to re-live the moments.
posted at 08:00 AM on December 21
Schilling Calls Out The Rocket Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling called on Roger Clemens to give up the four Cy Young Awards he's won since 1997 if he can't clear his name from allegations that he used steroids to prolong and enhance his career.
posted by firecop at 06:27 AM on December 20
But as has been brought up in the past, it is pretty impossible to prove a negative. How do you prove that you never took steroids. Especially when all it takes is for anyone to come out and say, "Yep, I saw him take some."
posted at 08:05 AM on December 20
Redskins' Taylor Shot by Intruder Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor is in critical condition after being shot twice by an intruder early Monday at his Miami home. Taylor, 24, was the fifth overall pick in the 2004 draft and leads the team in interceptions. He's reportedly in emergency surgery.
posted by rcade at 01:07 PM on November 27
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posted at 07:50 AM on November 27
I had read this earlier, and generally I would say that the US teams should not be courting the Japan minor league players. However, since this player is in a team not affiliated with any NPB team, I don't see what the problem is. Since he was open for any of the NPB teams to court, why not any team in general?