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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 Are...
Good, yet obvious choice
USA Hockey announced this week that it has named Wisconsin women's hockey coach Mark Johnson as the head coach of the 2010 US Women's Olympic Hockey Team.Johnson was one of three finalists for the pos...
BlogPoll Roundtable: We are ... Europe
The first 2008 BlogPoll Roundtable, brought to you by Hey Jenny Slater. 1. In his "visiting lecturers" series posted on Every Day Should Be Saturday over the past few months, Orson Swindle asked each...
Matt LaPorta is a Patriot
USA Baseball has been struggling, including Gator and now Indians prospect Matt LaPorta. But all it took was one game against China to awaken the sleeping giant. The US (3-2) defeated the Chinese 9-1...
Phelps: Eight
This is Michael Phelps after he won his second gold medal in two tries earlier at these Olympic games. Now, it's eight. That's a record. No one has ever won eight gold medals in a single edition of...
Corn Flakes Is Loving the Olympics
Ivan Maisel has a couple of good articles about today's speedy offenses. The first implies that the huddle may be disappearing, and the second has to do with what an up-tempo offense does to a defens...
Better Know An Olympian V: Leprechaun In The Hood
Part I Part II Part III Part IV Opening Day Today! If you want to check out the schedule of your favorite Olympian (coughJasonKiddcough), check it out here. Otherwise, let's Learn!&nbs...
Better Know An Olympian IV: A New Hope
Part I Part II Part III Well, then. If this Better Know An Olympian is anything like it's namesake, it'll be incredibly dated in 30 years. But if this Better Know An Olympian is anythin...
Better Know A Olympian III: The Search For Spock
Part I Part II When I started this, 2 weeks ago, Cal had 39 Olympians. Now, we have 45. You'd think that was cause for celebration, but it just means MORE work for me! STOP BEI...
Better Know An Olympian II: First Blood
Ok, so we learned a lot about our first 10 Olympians representing Cal, but there are many, many, many, many, many, many more. I wonder if there is a listing of Olympians by American college.&nbs...
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