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By Janet Evans
Monday, Jul 14 2008, 11:49 AM
If you are planning on attending the Olympics in Beijing...be warned...streaking will not be tolerated.
But you probably knew that already.
Beijing has advised spectators of a list of items that should not be brought to the Olympics, and high on the list is banners.
Even a banner such as Go, China! will not be permitted ...
"We advise that you do not bring banners of any kind to the Games because we must create a fair play environment for the athletes from all countries," Huang Keying, deputy director of spectator services division at the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), told a news conference.
"The kind of banner with "Go China!" on it would be unfair for athletes from other countries."
Umbrellas will be permitted as the Chinese are not particularly fond of sun bathing.
Personally, if I were attending the Olympics in China, I would read all of the rules very carefully....
Read the story from Reuters í here
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By Janet Evans
Friday, Jul 4 2008, 09:35 PM
Epoch Times
Well, I'm sure your holiday was interrupted by the news that the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest was like no other!
Come on...after ten minutes of shoving 59 hot dogs and buns in their faces, you get a tie?!
A tie???
So what's a hot dog lover to do?
A face off...between USA's Chestnut and Japan's Kobayashi.
Bring out six more hot dogs each please.
And the winner?
Burp!
Joey Chestnut....by a foot long.
Champ Retains NY City Hot dog Eating Title In Over-Time
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Will he retire?
Did he retire?
He won't retire.
He retired.
Is he coming back?
"It's a rumor"
Get over it...
This is much more important news!
Takeru Kobayashi poses for pictures after winning Nathan's Famous Hot Dog
Eating Competition in Coney Island, in this July 4, 2006 file photo, in New York.
(Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
It wouldn’t be July 4th without the battle over who can down the most hot dogs in the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.
And Kobayashi wants his title back.
From Fox News:
Former Hot Dog Eating Champ Ready to Regain His Crown July 4
Also, revisit:
The toughest - Joey Chestnut #25
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By Janet Evans
Monday, Jun 30 2008, 06:40 AM
My son and his wife are home visiting from Colorado, and yesterday we watched the Euro 2008 Soccer Championship match between Germany and Spain. It was a pretty cool match…Spain won, 1-0. It had been 44 years since their last significant title.
EuroTrecker: Spain claims its greatest-ever glory ×
Vincenzo Pinto/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Spain celebrates their victory over Germany to win the Euro 2008 final. Spain’s Fernando Torres scored the winning goal in the 33rd minute
Spain scored their goal about 30 minutes into the match. Germany got increasingly frustrated as time went on, and the match got more physical. There were bruised and bleeding eye sockets and blatant head butts going on, among many other injuries and fouls. The eye injury, as with other injuries, just got stitched right on field. Then the player headed back out to play.
I’m always amazed at the physical shape of soccer players. Their speed and stamina is unbelievable. And the crowd of fans was amazing. They never stopped cheering the entire time. All of this combined is what makes soccer the most popular sport in the world.
The kids pointed out to me that in the semi-final match between Germany and Turkey, a Turkish player, Ayhan Akman, had a collision with another player and was bleeding profusely from his scalp. Forget the stitches…this time, out comes the surgical stapler. No anesthetic…just pop in a staple or two and the player is sent back on the field.
No pain, no gain.
And most of you reading this probably say soccer is boring...
Turkey's Ayhan Akman, let trainers staple up gushing head wounds so that he can get back
into the gamesemi-final game against Germany. See a Video of Akman’s injury:
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By Janet Evans
Saturday, Jun 28 2008, 12:20 AM
 A grand slam in the sixth inning was just part of Carlos Delgado’s big game; he also hit a two-run double and a
three-run homer. Josh Haner/The New York Times
Okay baseball fans….
No matter what teams you love, or what teams you hate, or what teams you love to hate, you can't deny that Carlos Delgado, knocking in a club-record nine runs in the Mets’ 15-6 victory against the NY Yankees wasn't amazing.
The guy is 36-years old and he's nearing the end of his career! He normaly gets booed by his own fans. This should have been a wonderful moment of glory for Delgado. His reaction, according to reports, was one of him just reflecting on it and saying he is "happy."
Well, then deep inside he must be tired, or he's happy he still has his career.
He's only had 9 RBI'sin his last 20 games put together!
He deserves to be more than just happy.
Maybe that's a signal to the Met's that it's time for him to go.
Read about it from News Day
Delgado's big day a mere aberration ç here
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By Janet Evans
Tuesday, Jun 10 2008, 06:57 AM
 Cincinnati Reds' Ken Griffey Jr., waves to the
crowd after he hit his 600th home run during the
first inning of a baseball game against the Florida
Marlins Monday, June 9, 2008 at Dolphin Stadium
in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
“Griffey's name never has appeared on a police blotter, has never been listed among those who cheated to gain an unfair advantage, has never been listed on any delinquent tax lists or bankruptcy lists for flushing his money away on drugs.”
I just think Ken Griffey, Jr. has class, and he always has. And he says he doesn’t remember touching the bases as he went around…just like a kid in all his glory….loving every moment of it. I've always enjoyed watching Ken Griffey, Jr. play baseball.
One of our autographed baseballs includes one signed by both Ken Griffey, Jr. and his father.
Read about the 600th home run from the Associated Press ç here
And another take on Griffey, about what might have been….he's been plagued with injuries and could have had so much more......
MVN.com ç here
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By Janet Evans
Monday, May 19 2008, 06:50 AM
Jason Giambi falls into the stands after
catching a pop foul ball.
Jason Giambi has a deep, dark secret. Deeper than his compulsion to sleep on the side of the bed nearest the door, and darker than his dream of growing up to be a heavy-metal musician.
The deepest, darkest secret harbored by the New York Yankees first baseman is that whenever he is in a prolonged hitting funk, he wears a gold lamé, tiger-stripe thong under his uniform. "I only put it on when I'm desperate to get out of a big slump," he confides.
Over Giambi's checkered career in the Bronx, he has left the "golden thong" in the lockers of slumping teammates Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Johnny Damon, Robin Ventura, and Robinson Cano. "All of them wore it and got hits," he reports. "The thong works every time."
This season, the 37-year-old Giambi could stand a good thonging or two. He is in the final guaranteed season of a seven-year, $120 million contract, and through Wednesday was batting an obscenely low .188 with seven homers and 20 R.B.I.'s in 33 games for the sputtering Yanks. Though he can still swat long flies and work bases on balls, against power pitchers-those who strike out or walk more than 28 percent of batters faced-he has often looked outmatched.
"I never hear the boos because I'm too busy booing myself," he says. "No critic is worse on me than me: I can beat myself up pretty good."
Read the complete article from The Wind Up
The Bronx Cheer ç here
Hey, Jason...ever here of a lucky rabbit's foot?
Or even "Jobu" the bat?
Maybe this is the tiger thong you should be wearing for good luck....
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By Janet Evans
Wednesday, May 14 2008, 11:48 AM
 Noted for her accuracy and powerful command of the game, American
tennis player Chris Evert swings for a forehand shot in 1985. Winner of
a total of 157 tournaments, Evert collected 18 grand slam singles titles
during her prolific career. She turned professional as a teenager in 1972
and helped popularize the sport of women’s tennis. One of the pioneers
of the two-handed backhand shot, Evert retired from competitive play in
1989 and became a television sports commentator.
UPI/THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE
Are you interested in women’s tennis?
Who's your pick for all-time greatest female tennis player?
I guess I was always most interested in Chris Evert...she's my age and was popular when I lived in Florida.
But I still remember the big battle of the sexes with Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
ESPN has reported 25-year old Justine Henin is retiring.
They say she's an all-time great.
They invite you to rank the
Women's Tennis Greats í here
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By Janet Evans
Tuesday, May 6 2008, 11:51 AM
 David Witthoft
Come on…talk about indulging your child.
David Witthoft, 12, wore the same Brett Favre jersey every day for over four years.
That's since he was 8 years old!
And now, all of a sudden he's "concerned about his appearance?"
The jersey's a little short?
It ought to be a little short.
I guess it's a good thing Brett Favre retired after all, or David might have had to get a job to buy a new jersey.
Otherwise he'd be wearing a midriff top by the time he entered high school.
Sounds like David is headed for a career that involves a uniform....
Read the article on the Associated Press í here
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By Janet Evans
Friday, Apr 25 2008, 06:06 PM
The "Madden Curse" in Green Bay?
No way....
From The Bleacher Report:
"Duck and cover, Cheeseheads!
Brett Farve - who retired but may not have actually RETIRED retired but has said he will retire although cryptically hinted to David Letterman he may UNretire - will this year grace the cover of Madden NFL 09.
You poor, fake cheesehat wearing b*st*rds, you have no idea what's about to hit your fair city.
Hardcore gamers and NFL tinfoil-hat wearing fans know what happens when a star NFLer gets the cover of the most coveted sports video game.
The Madden Curse! "
Read the article NFL: Will the Madden Curse Strike Green Bay? í here
Cover art courtesy EA Sports
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And this from the Associated Press:
"Maybe the best proof that Brett Favre is the football icon of his generation came Friday when he became the cover boy for Madden NFL '09.
Favre is the first retired player to have his visage on the video game. And yes, he is retired, despite the rumblings that nothing is final — the Packers filed papers with the league to make it official on Friday."
Read the rest
Favre not contemplating comeback to NFL í here
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By Janet Evans
Tuesday, Apr 15 2008, 11:20 AM
Well, we might not agree with Sports Illustrated as to just who should be considered an "athlete," but so be it.
They've listed their picks for the 25 TOUGHEST ATHLETES.
Here's #25:
Joey Chestnut
What makes him tough: Intestinal fortitude of the highest order. Aptly nicknamed "Jaws", this dynamo of competitive eating last year ingested -- among other things -- 8.6 pounds of asparagus in 10 minutes, 182 chicken wings in half an hour, 47 grilled cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes, and 103 Krystal hamburgers in eight minutes, living to tell each time.
Defining moment: Ending Kobayashi's six-year hold on the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island last year. Only one month after setting a world record of 59 ½ tubes of beef, sodium, fat and nitrates in 12 minutes, Chestnut inhaled 66 in the same span without reviewing any of them.
Old school match: Babe Ruth, who was renowned for gargantuan appetites that moved a teammate to say, "If you cut that fat slob open, half the concessions at Yankee Stadium would come pouring out."
Find out the rest of Sports Illustrateds 25 Toughest Athletes on SI.com ç here
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By Janet Evans
Monday, Apr 14 2008, 07:15 AM
By Janet Evans
Tuesday, Apr 8 2008, 11:48 AM
Rumors have been floating around that Michael Vick has the position of quarterback on the the Leavenworth football team when he isn't washing pots and pans for 12 cents an hour.
But the truth is he plays on "both sides " just to keep in shape.
He says he's learned a lesson in all this.
No talk of "finding Jesus" yet.
Read an article from the Daily Press
Falcons Boss Tells of Vick's Life In Prison í here
and ESPN - NFL
Vick Not Playing Organized Football in Prison í here
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By Janet Evans
Tuesday, Apr 8 2008, 07:15 AM
Newton's laws of motion
Newton's second law: law of acceleration
Lex II: Mutationem motus proportionalem esse vi motrici impressae, et fieri secundum lineam rectam qua vis illa imprimitur.
The rate of change of momentum of a body is proportional to the resultant force acting on the body and is in the same direction.
In Motte's 1729 translation (from Newton's Latin), the second law of motion reads:
LAW II: The alteration of motion is ever proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed. — If a force generates a motion, a double force will generate double the motion, a triple force triple the motion, whether that force be impressed altogether and at once, or gradually and successively. And this motion (being always directed the same way with the generating force), if the body moved before, is added to or subtracted from the former motion, according as they directly conspire with or are directly contrary to each other; or obliquely joined, when they are oblique, so as to produce a new motion compounded from the determination of both.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
That will be the last time he will be standing at the bottom of a sled hill!
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By Janet Evans
Monday, Apr 7 2008, 11:25 AM
By Janet Evans
Thursday, Apr 3 2008, 08:25 AM
When Russian tennis player Mikhail Youzhny hit a backhand into the net in his third-round match against Spain's Nicolas Almagro, he angrily whacked himself in the head three times with his racket.
The forehand to the forehead sent a thick stream of blood running from above his hairline down his nose and almost to his mouth.
After getting some immediate treatment, he recovered and won seven consecutive points. Youzhny won the match in a tie-breaker.
Can you say....Anger Management?
Or does Russia just insist on perfection?
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By Janet Evans
Saturday, Mar 29 2008, 08:14 PM
 The first Opening Day game at the Los Angeles Coliseum, Dodgers-Giants April 18, 1958,
drew a crowd of 78,682. (File/Associated Press)
Tonight, the Dodgers return to their first Los Angeles home. They are coming back to the Coliseum one more time to play the Red Sox in an exhibition game, and officials are hoping for a world-record baseball crowd of over 115,000.
"I remember the Coliseum all too well," said commissioner Bud Selig, who watched the Sox in Japan and plans to be at tonight's game. "My team, the Milwaukee Braves, lost the 1959 pennant there. I remember those Wally Moon shots. There's a lot of history here. We're recreating something from 47, 48 years ago, and it's just amazing."
Read about it from the Boston Globe
Gladiators return to Coliseum í here
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Facts and figures about the exhibition game to be played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday (7:10 p.m. PT) between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox:
Expected attendance: More than 115,000
The ballpark: The Coliseum, built for football, was an oddity for baseball. The Dodgers played four seasons there, from 1958 to 1961. The left-field foul pole was 251 feet away from the plate, with a 42-foot screen in left. Because of changes to the stadium since then (removal of the track, added seats), the configuration for Saturday's game are even stranger -- 201 feet down the line in left, with a 60-foot screen.
Memories: The Dodgers won the World Series in 1959. The three Series games in the Coliseum drew more than 92,000 fans each. In May 1959, the Dodgers played the New York Yankees in an exhibition game to honor Roy Campanella, the great Dodgers catcher who had been paralyzed in a car accident. The crowd was 93,103, the largest ever to attend a game between major league teams.
Fan Festival: The Dodgers are putting on an all-day festival of baseball activities outside the Coliseum, including attractions for kids, autograph booths with former Dodger players and live music from the 1950s and 1960s.
Take me out: When the more than 115,000 stand and sing Take Me Out to the Ball Game during the seventh-inning stretch, it will be the largest sing-along of the third most-popular song in U.S. history. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the baseball anthem written by Albert Von Tilzer and Jack Norworth. The tune ranks as the third most-sung song in the USA, trailing only Happy Birthday to You and The Star Spangled Banner, according to the recently released book Baseball's Greatest Hit, The Story of Take Me Out to the Ball Game. by Seth Livingstone, David Leon Moore | |
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Coliseum under construction in 1922 Wikipedia
Model proposed renovation Wikipedia |
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By Janet Evans
Thursday, Mar 27 2008, 05:46 PM
It was just a couple weeks ago that we heard about pro golfer Tripp Isenhour losing it and killing an endangered red-shouldered hawk because it was making noise on the golf course.
Now, I don't play golf...I've always wanted to.
I think I'd be great at it.
I don't much like watching golf though.
I don't like all of the whispering.
Give me a break.
If you can't play a sport with a little noise going on in the background, then there's something wrong.
Maybe it's because of all of the money involved for these pro golfers.
Anyway, Tiger Woods seems to like the quiet.
But he didn't do so well on the 9th hole on Sunday.
He finished his swing with just one hand on the club.
And he wasn't very happy about it.
It seems someone snapped a photo of Tiger as he swung the club.
Oh, oh.....not a very good thing to do....
”Jackass!” [Woods] yelled as he dropped a hand off his follow-through and that usually effortless, smooth swing suddenly seized and turned into something ugly.
Woods had some choice words for the photographers who were shadowing him as he walked from the ninth green to the 10th tee. ''The next time a photographer shoots an [expletive] picture,'' Woods warned, ``I'm going to break his [expletive] neck.''
Well, if those are the rules, then I could see why he would be upset.
But geez, get a grip, (literally) Tiger.
Because the way things have been going....
You just may lose it and end up breaking someone's [expletive] neck next time.
Read the article from the Miami Herald
Round leaves Tiger agitated É
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By Janet Evans
Saturday, Mar 22 2008, 06:30 AM
What’s this?
All- you-can-eat seating at baseball parks?
That’s a new one to me.
And Miller Park offers this?
Well, I guess I never looked into that.
But here’s the deal, about half of the major league baseball stadiums participate in offering all-you-can eat seating.
You pay about 50% more for your ticket for the convenience of not having to stand in line for your food…plus it is all-you-can-eat of mostly hot dogs, popcorn and soda.
Danger, Danger, Danger…
This will make people FAT!
Some stadiums are considering adding salads, veggie burgers, fruit cups, etc.
I don’t know about you, but when I go to a baseball game, I am not going to eat a salad or a veggie burger.
Now I don’t know if I’m going to pay 50% more for a ticket so I can eat an extra hot dog…no way do I think I can eat my monies worth out of the ticket, and it isn’t a contest, but I can see why the convenience appeals to some people.
But here we go with health food being shoved down the throats of sports fans.
Is nothing sacred?
I mean, it's not like these fans are in the all-you-can-eat section every night eating six hot dogs and five popcorns and sloshing it down with four Mountain Dews.
Are they???
Read the story at MSNBC
All-you-can-eat seats fill fans up - and out ç here
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By Janet Evans
Tuesday, Mar 18 2008, 06:36 AM
Remember how the U.S. Senate held a hearing for baseball players who used steroids?
It might be time to schedule another hearing.
Get ready for a shocker....
The German billiards champion tested positive for an EPO masking agent.
That's the same agent cyclist Lance Armstrong was accused of using.
Who knew that shooting a stick around a pool table took so much out of you, that you need a blood booster to function?
So, take notice U.S. billiards players.,,,
Read the story from MSN Fox Sports
German Billards Champ Tests Positive For EPO Agent ç here
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By Janet Evans
Friday, Mar 14 2008, 08:58 PM
A couple days ago I blogged about the Olympics of the past, and the Olympics of the future....
"The agony of defeat."
There's quite a bit wrong with the Olympics.
There are problems with the Summer games being held this year in China, amid protests.
Women ski jumpers are protesting because they will not be allowed to have their sport participate in the 2010 Winter Games.
And this....
Imagine training with your team for a sport.
You are from a small country.
You are from a poor country.
Cuba.
Your dream is partially realized.
You arrive in the United States to play qualifying games for soccer.
And then, seven members of your team defect....
You sat on the plane with your teammates in all your glory.
The Olympics!
Then your teammates betrayed you.
The agony you now feel having your dreams dashed....
Cuba's Livan Vasconcelos is comforted
by a member of the coaching staff after the defeat.
The team only had ten remaining players. ESPNsoccer
Imagine training for years, in your small country of Cuba, for the Olympics.
You fly on the plane to the United States, with a last minute plan.
You will betray your teammates for your freedom.
Imagine the agony you go through in making your decision.
Imagine the agony you go through in knowing what your family will go through back home.
The Olympics was never meant to be about politics.
It just never seems to work out that way.
Read the story about the Cuban soccer team on ESPNsoccer.net
Cuba's Defection Dilemma í here
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