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One Game, Hundreds of Battles
Please check out ColoradoAg from Spence Park Soapbox (@SpenceParkSB) who is dishing hilarious and informative Aggie scoop. He also happens to be a huge puck head and has followed the Olympic Hockey scene the way HenryJames follows elementary school buses. I asked him if we could reprint his...
US vs. Canada 3rd Period Open Thread
It's us versus the Great Socialized Medicine Menace to our north. The good guys are down 2-1, within striking distance. Can we come back, or are the men destined to repeat the women's disappointing silver finish?
Records were meant to be broken
Texas track and field signee Marquise Goodwin set the national high school record in the long jump on Saturday. He was competing in both the junior and senior long jump at the U.S. Championships. He won the junior event on his second jump, and then he passed on his final four attempts to rest for...
Redeem Team Awards...Barking Style
My five year old son offered me 7 dollars to count to a billion. Considering the task would rate roughly a dollar per year, I politely declined. Instead, I offered a deal that would procure his monthly allowance if I could abstain from using phrases like "pampered, pompous, selfish, soulless...
Will Phelps make $100 million?
I realize Huckleberry thinks Michael Phelps’ accomplishments are pedestrian, I disagree. But I also tend to follow the money. The sponsorship money says this is much bigger than that. "What is the value of eight golds in Beijing before a prime-time audience in the U.S?" asked Peter Carlisle...
Some guy named Michael Phelps won some events
You may have missed this information if you weren't playing very close attention to the Olympics. But it seems we have a swimmer that won a bunch of gold medals. Here are some links if you want to read more: Link #1 Link #2 Link #3 Link #4 Link #5 Link #6 Link #7 Link #8 Link #9 Link #10 Link...
Gay vs. Bolt
I've always been a closet fan of the Summer Olympics, and I don't want to even admit on a public forum some of the events I watch. However, I will admit that the Usain Bolt versus Tyson Gay matchup in the 100 meters is an event I won't be missing. I think Bolt is the overwhelming favorite here,...
Olympic Basketball Roster Announced
The United States unveiled it's twelve man roster for the upcoming Olympic games in China. The roster includes: C/PF Dwight Howard PF Chris Bosh PF Carlos Boozer SF Carmello Anthony SF Lebron James SF Tay Prince SG Dwayne Wade SG Michael Redd SG Kobe Bryant PG Chris Paul PG Ason Kidd PG ...
Team USA's Key For Winning Gold? Going Orange
When you post a tweet that reads "Why Jim Boeheim may be the key to the U.S. team's success," you have my attention. SI's Chris Mannix took a look at what's going on at Team USA practice these days and what's going on is the zone defense. Jim Boeheim's zone defense. A few minutes into the game, a...
The Olympics: Not Coming to Ryan Field
As you mighta heard, the Olympics will be held in Rio De Janeiro in 2016, and not, uh, Chicago. Sadly, this means that the modern pentathlon will not be held at Ryan Field, Welsh-Ryan Arena, and SPAC's very own Norris Aquatics Center, as planned by the Chicago 2016 committee. But we'll always...
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