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  • Obama says Ali shook up the world and left it better off

    06/04/2016 8:19:00 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 30 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Jun 4, 2016 11:16 AM EDT | Kevin Freking
    President Barack Obama, who keeps a pair of boxing gloves worn by Muhammad Ali in his private study off the Oval Office, said Saturday that Ali “shook up the world and the world is better for it.” Obama likened Ali, who died Friday, to other civil rights leaders of his era, and said the boxer stood with Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela in fighting for what was right. […] “He wasn’t perfect, of course. For all his magic in the ring, he could be careless with his words, and full of contradictions as his faith evolved,” Obama said...
  • NBA Commish Threatens to Pull All-Star Game from Charlotte If NC Bathroom Law Not Changed by Fall

    06/04/2016 7:19:48 AM PDT · by C19fan · 56 replies
    Breitbart ^ | June 3, 2016 | Daniel J. Flynn
    NBA Commissioner Adam Silver threatens to pull next year’s All-Star Game from Charlotte if North Carolina doesn’t change its bathroom law by the end of this summer.
  • Casey at the Bat - June 3, 1888

    06/03/2016 1:25:26 PM PDT · by EveningStar · 12 replies
    Multiple links in body of thread | June 3, 2016
    The poem, Casey at the Bat, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was first published in The San Francisco Examiner on this date in 1888: Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville Nine that day;the score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play.And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,a sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game. A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The restclung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast;they thought, if only Casey could...
  • Mississippi State accepts Jeffery Simmons, suspends him one game [Woman Beater]

    06/03/2016 8:43:14 AM PDT · by C19fan · 10 replies
    SI ^ | June 2, 2016 | Staff
    Five-star recruit Jeffery Simmons has been allowed to enroll at Mississippi State despite an ongoing legal process stemming from misdemeanor charges against a woman, the school announced Thursday. Simmons, a defensive end and the top recruit in the Bulldogs’ class, will be allowed to take summer classes and participate in football activities “with conditions,” the school said. He is awaiting resolution on his charges that followed a video of him striking a woman multiple times while she was on the ground.
  • Team executive Ron Fowler: Padres 'miserable failures' so far

    06/01/2016 5:19:36 PM PDT · by SMGFan · 15 replies
    ABC News ^ | June 1, 2016
    Pathetic. Embarrassing. Miserable failures. These are just some of the words San Diego Padres executive chairman Ron Fowler used to discuss his team's play this season. Fowler's exasperation was on display during a radio interview with ESPN's The Mighty 1090 in San Diego on Wednesday -- one day after the team was drubbed 16-4 in Seattle to conclude a 1-7 road trip. "It's been embarrassing. I don't know how else to put it," Fowler said. "Our performance on the road trip, 1-7, was pathetic. "I'm a very competitive individual. I think I've won a lot more than lost in my...
  • Blind Student Training for Track Meet

    06/01/2016 3:53:35 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 1 replies
    King5 | May 31, 2016 | Drew Mikkelsen
    Blind student training for Track Meet
  • Vijay Singh Accuses PGA Tour of 'Absurd' and 'Unfair' Treatment

    06/01/2016 2:21:16 PM PDT · by george76 · 35 replies
    Golf - Yahoo ^ | June 1, 2016 | Pete Madden
    A three-time major winner is turning into a major headache for the PGA Tour. In a memorandum filed with the New York State Supreme Court on Tuesday, Vijay Singh accused Tour officials of subjecting him to "absurd" and "unfair" treatment by ignoring the use of deer antler spray by five other professional golfers playing on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour and then lying to the public by "characterizing Singh as a cheater who caught a break." ... Singh's lawyer, Peter Ginsberg, claimed that the Tour's legal strategy attempts to rewrite their rules to cover their own tracks. ......
  • SOURCES: BIG 12 EXPANSION, NETWORK NOT HAPPENING

    06/01/2016 6:50:20 AM PDT · by C19fan · 19 replies
    Scout.com ^ | May 31, 2016 | Chip Brown
    Big 12 expansion is not happening, neither is a Big 12 Network - not this year - multiple sources across the league told HornsDigest.com as the Big 12's presidents and chancellors meet in Dallas this week. If summer releases are about blockbusters, then what everyone is calling potential “Big 12 realignment” when the league’s presidents meet in Dallas the first week in June is shaping up to be the biggest letdown of the summer.
  • The Heat Wave Workout: How to Train in Hot Weather

    06/01/2016 3:24:01 AM PDT · by RoosterRedux · 17 replies
    mensfitness.com ^ | Chris Giblin
    Sure, autumn's cool, less sticky weather will make you want to strap on your sneakers and get outside, but pushing yourself in the summer heat could help improve your performance in running, cycling, or other fitness-based activities. So long as the right precautions are taken, hot-weather workouts may give you a boost if you’re training for an endurance event, such as a marathon, Tough Mudder or some other sort of weekend warrior-style event. Hot-weather training may even eclipse high-altitude training when it comes to improving your performance. Here's what you need to know to sweat it out safely. How Heat...
  • One-Armed Wild-Card Stuns Best in Fiji Women’s Pro

    05/31/2016 1:15:19 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 19 replies
    Tapei Times ^ | Wed, Jun 01, 2016
    One-armed surfer Bethany Hamilton of the US yesterday sealed third place in the Fiji Women’s Pro after beating some of the world’s best to make the semi-finals. Hamilton, whose left arm was bitten off in a shark attack in 2003, entered the event at Tavarua, Fiji, as a wild-card rated as having little chance of making an impact. However, the 26-year-old from Hawaii reached the final four with an incredible giant-killing run.
  • Harley-Davidson XG750R Flat Tracker debuts

    05/30/2016 4:59:22 PM PDT · by smokingfrog · 39 replies
    The Villiage SunTimes ^ | 5-31-2016 | Hubert Green
    What many may not realise is Harley-Davidson, the purveyor of chrome-laden, laid-back cruisers, also has a very serious racing heritage. The XG750R debuted at the AMA Pro flat track racing Springfield Mile in IL in the United States of America, on May 29, 2016, Harley Davidson's Screamin' Eagle Factory Team was behind building this stunner. The XG750R debuted at the AMA Pro flat track racing Springfield Mile in IL in the United States of America, on May 29, 2016, Harley Davidson's Screamin' Eagle Factory Team was behind building this stunner. Vance & Hines also is the partner for the factory...
  • UFC Fight Night 88 Live Thread

    05/29/2016 6:11:09 PM PDT · by Impy · 10 replies
    5-29-16
    Main Card airing now on Fox Sports 1
  • Cops: NBA Player Killed While Breaking Into Apartment

    05/28/2016 3:55:51 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 76 replies
    newser ^ | 05/28/2016
    Police responded to a shooting at an apartment around 3:20 am and found Bryce Dejean-Jones of the New Orleans Pelicans wounded with a gunshot. He died at the hospital. The resident of the apartment tells police he was sleeping when someone kicked down his front door then his bedroom door. He says he fired his gun once. According to the New York Daily News, it appears Dejean-Jones thought he was breaking into an acquaintance's apartment but got the wrong one.
  • Ole Miss-conduct in a nutshell: Laremy Tunsil's 5 parents, 4 loaners

    05/28/2016 8:05:12 AM PDT · by C19fan · 17 replies
    Yahoo ^ | Pat Forde
    When Mississippi shocked the college football world and signed the No. 7 recruiting class in the nation in February 2013, it didn't pass the smell test for a lot of people in and around the sport. Three years later, we can say with reasonable certainty that their noses did not deceive them. There was a questionable odor coming from Oxford then, and it is lingering over Hugh Freeze's program to this day.
  • What's in a name? An accent mark, check. What about a Latino manager?

    05/27/2016 7:16:03 PM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 16 replies
    ESPN ^ | May 27, 2016 | Julio Ricardo Varela
    Adrián González went on social media earlier this month and challenged his Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Kike Hernández to add an accent mark to the "a" on Hernández's jersey. And a tiny corner of the Latino digital world cheered. Some observers concluded that Latino ballplayers were finally demanding respect from their clubs and Major League Baseball by speaking out for their heritage.
  • 2016 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO - LIVE THREAD

    05/27/2016 2:41:57 PM PDT · by Chode · 28 replies
    5/27/2016 | Chode
    Circuit de Monaco First Grand Prix 1950 Number of Laps 78 Circuit Length 3.337KM Race Distance 260.286KM Lap Record 1:18.063 by Daniel Ricciardo (2015)
  • Postpone or move Olympics, doctors urge

    05/27/2016 2:18:46 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 38 replies
    The letter shows a growing gap within the medical field on what to do about the Games. On Thursday, Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said, "There is no public health reason to cancel or delay the Olympics." The CDC's current recommendation is that pregnant women should not travel to areas where the virus is spreading and that men with the virus who have pregnant partners should use condoms when having sex for the duration of the pregnancy. "We're working closely with the USOC and Brazilian health authorities, and will update our guidance...
  • Sharks to Face Off Against Penguins for Stanley Cup

    05/27/2016 1:29:58 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 29 replies
    NBC Bay Area ^ | May 26, 2016 | Kevin Kurz
    The Pittsburgh Penguins are the only ones standing between the Sharks and their first-ever Stanley Cup championship. The Penguins advanced to the NHL’s final round with a Game 7 win over the Lightning on Thursday night at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, 2-1. They will have home ice advantage, beginning with Game 1 in the Steel City on Monday. The full schedule is as follows: GAME 1: Monday, Pittsburgh GAME 2: Wednesday, Pittsburgh Thieves Steal 'Numerous' Guns in San Carlos GAME 3: June 4, San Jose GAME 4: June 6, San Jose GAME 5: June 9, Pittsburgh (If necessary) GAME...
  • Charles Barkley: “I’ve never seen the NBA as bad as it is”

    05/26/2016 6:32:09 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 41 replies
    NBC Sports ^ | May 24, 2016 | Kurt Helin
    Charles Barkley is walking entertainment and the brilliant Inside the NBA would not be the same without him and his off-the-cuff opinions (which is a great thing in sports talk, not so much with national policy). But he remains the leader of the annoying #getoffmylawn crew of older players who don’t like today’s game. Barkley was on the Bickley and Marotta on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM last week and went off again on the state of the game. “People think us old guys hate when we talk about it. It has nothing to do with the Warriors’ greatness, LeBron’s greatness....
  • McLaren Selling Fastest Supercar Ever Built

    05/26/2016 4:40:04 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 75 replies
    Model is one of only a few left for sale McLaren is selling a single model of its F1, the fastest supercar ever built. Twenty-three years later, the car still holds the record (it reached a speed of 242.8 mph). Only 64 F1 cars were made in all, and only six in the year this particular model was produced, so it’s that much more exclusive. Never sold, McLaren held on to this specific one in its vault until now. There’s no official list price, but other models have gone for $12 million and $13 million. Interested? Contact McLaren for further...