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Clemson Fires Tommy Bowden In a season where some Clemson fans saw their "sky-high expectations" vanish in a 3-3 start the school fired Head Coach Tommy Bowden after 10 years. Just last December, Bowden got a $500,000 raise to a yearly salary of $1.8 million. He has a $4 million buyout. "It's what he deserved," senior quarterback Cullen Harper told ESPN.
posted by rcade at 02:47 PM on October 13
9 years of Ryder Cup angst ends With a raucous crowd covering every inch of the grounds around the hole, U.S. captain Paul Azinger riding down the fairway in his cart pumping up the fans and "Boooo" cheers echoing throughout the golf course, the underdog Americans pulled it off.
posted by dyams at 03:15 PM on September 22
I really feel Paul Azinger laid the ground work (getting PGA to retool the selection process to provide players who were CURRENTLY hot and allowing 4 picks and later picks) and then had a concept of putting 4-somes together so they were sub teams and got used to each other even more during preparation and practice.... THEN the team of 12 did their thing and won it.
Some nerves showed up on the 18th tee a couple of times... on both sides... but that's golf.... most of us would probably wiff the ball under similar pressure.
As an aside, I sure hope Boo has a good marketing team... he probably could get mega millions in endorsements just now...!!
And world, I hope everyone is ready for Tiger Kim, ur, I mean Anthony Kim....
Riveting TV. Damn it was nice.
posted at 07:02 PM on September 22
LPGA Tour will suspend memberships if players don't learn English The LPGA will require its member golfers to learn and speak English and will suspend their membership if they don't comply.
posted by BornIcon at 09:35 AM on August 28
Good aim, wrong process.
Let the sponsors with the big bucks make some public additions to the purse for those who are articulate and speak English well. Then see how interested others are in learning English so they too may be 'rewarded'.
'catch more flies with honey, .......'
posted at 08:55 AM on August 28
9 year old with a 40 mph fastball, gets the boot. I'm not sure what to make of this. On one hand I can see the punishment for being very good. On the other hand they allowed him to either play a different position or go up to the next level. I really dont know what to think about this but I have a 9 year old who I think could hit him :)
posted by firecop at 01:14 AM on August 27
I wonder what the Olympics would be like if the league had not allowed Michael Phelps at age 9 to keep winning races!!!!
From history:
"You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence."
Abraham Lincoln
posted at 06:58 PM on August 27
Island Breeze: The dominance of Caribbean (Jamaican) Sprinters Coming from a Caribbean person, I wish there were more stories like this that highlight that, apart from the American and Jamaican sprinters,almost everyone else in the final fields for the men and women 100m and 200m finals were also Caribbean runners (Netherlands Antilles, Cayman Islands, St. Kitts, Bahamas, Trindad & Tobago, etc)
posted by habitz at 01:14 PM on August 22
It's the papaya juice they drink!
posted at 02:53 PM on August 22
Eight. Phelps.
posted by Joey Michaels at 03:56 PM on August 17
i caught the late late night interview of Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz last night. Mark was super gracious and went on and on about how he admired what Michael had accomplished. Michael P. was also in awe of those who had gone before and considered them to be and to remain great Olympic champions. Two very classy guys.
I hear the pools and athletic clubs across America are seeing a huge surge of new memberships as young people want to begin their quests. Huge impact.
Cal Ripken sent a message and has asked Michael for his autograph!!!
How do you say lock for Male Athlete of the Year.
posted at 08:25 PM on August 17
I was robbed: James Blake knocked out of Olympic final by Fernando Gonzalez, complains about contested point.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 12:22 PM on August 15
one of the attributes of champions is they immediately put a bad call, a bad shot,or an error behind them and FOCUS on the play at hand. Blake did not. It bugged him and affected his play and he lost.
posted at 11:17 PM on August 15
Jason Lezak's Unbelievable Freestyle Relay Swim The final leg of the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay may be the most stunning achievement thus far in the Summer Olympics. American Jason Lezak entered the pool a half-second behind Alain Bernard of France, who had said earlier that they would "smash" the Americans. Only 46.06 seconds later, Lezak touched 0.08 seconds before Bernard to claim the gold -- the fastest anchor leg ever by 0.73 seconds. See the video.
posted by rcade at 07:05 PM on August 11
Wow, simply, Wow... what Lezak did!!! Sorta like some very good horse running down Secretariat in the stretch. It looked like he was up on top of the water that last 20 meters!!
posted at 11:48 PM on August 11
Carlos Sastre wins Tour de France
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 04:29 PM on July 29
Not a medical person... but I do know the samples are compared to a pre-established base line... and they take lots and lots of data before the race starts... thus deviations pop out. Ya gotta be especially dumb to try with the testing sensitivity they have today.
posted at 06:50 PM on July 29
Johnson survives tire debacle at Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—Jimmie Johnson grabbed his second win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway by surviving horrendous tire troubles that made Sunday’s race a caution-marred debacle. A durability issue with the tires Goodyear brought to the Brickyard forced NASCAR to slow the race with competition cautions designed to make teams change their tires.
posted by knowsalittle at 05:39 PM on July 29
Yuck!!
posted at 06:43 PM on July 29
Michelle Wie Disqualified for Scorecard Gaffe In second place at 17 under after three rounds of the State Farm Classic Saturday, Wie was disqualified from the tournament for failing to sign her second-round scorecard until after leaving the scorer's tent. "She was like a little kid after you tell them there's no Santa Claus," said LPGA official Sue Witters.
posted by rcade at 05:17 PM on July 19
Amen to your comments, Qatarian!! the account by the BBC shows: "Wie said that after Friday's round she left the tent where players sign their scorecards and was immediately chased by some tournament volunteers who pointed out she had not signed. But according to Witters, Wie had already walked outside the roped-off area around the tent, making the error irreversible. "It was an honest mistake on her behalf," said Witters. "Once it was brought to her attention, and we asked her to tell us what she recalled from yesterday once she got in the scoring tent, she about verbatim told us what we were told by a few of the volunteers. "Never at any point did she try to deceive us. She couldn't have been more honest." She never really got very far from the scoring tent and the "defined" area before signing it and turning it in. The USGA rules says "immediately" which has become before your leave the tent or the marked area... nonsense situation.
posted at 06:42 PM on July 19
Jaeger Bomb -- I threw the 1983 Wimbledon women's final to Martina Now a Dominican nun, former women's tennis star Andrea Jaeger says in an interview she tanked the final against Navratilova after a confrontation with her father the day before. Jaeger, who was 18 at the time, also says she saw Navratilova that same evening and got the cold shoulder. "I couldn't have done that in her position, but all I thought at the time was, 'I've changed her routine and affected her. I can't go out and try in the final now'."
posted by wfrazerjr at 12:41 PM on July 08
And to make things worse... this story appeared in an interview in April.... doubly old news!!
posted at 08:54 AM on July 08
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
Bravo. Makes one want to take up "resistance stretching" or what ever... tai chi maybe.
posted at 07:58 AM on July 08
Title IX, Curse or Blessing? Title IX opened a door for women in athletics. Its impact has been great, and has led to more and more opportunities for women to excel. Particularly at the high school level, I have seen many young girls become confident young ladies from their participation in athletics. Many feel that Title IX has led to decreased opportunity for male athletes. In this article, the author raises many valid questions concerning the way in which Title IX is interpreted.
posted by Howard_T at 02:39 PM on June 30
"The rustle of silk rules the world." said another way: Women Rule. If you don't believe that, you're as clueless as a high school sophomore. Live with it.
posted at 03:24 PM on June 30
Four-time World Champion admits to using steroids.
posted by grum@work at 11:26 AM on June 26
My believe, is that properly administered by a Doctor, cortiosteriods are helpful in recovering from injuries. Their use should be very brief and not prolonged nor chronic. I have very recently used a cortiosteriod myself for this purpose following an auto accident. The noted side effect was to make me hyper and very talkative. The use was for 12 days and most of that was a tapering off of the dose. Note clearly these are different from anabolic steroids. Cortico steriods are frequently prescribed.
posted at 03:12 PM on June 26
Another example of rich alumni dictating the calls, IMHO. Win or leave.