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In an interview a few days ago, Ricky Williams, running back of the Miami Dolphins, told the media he seriously considered smoking weed in his team’s bye week. While Ricky is known for lighting up in the past, he claims to have put this phase of his life behind him and focus on football. And while most of the world looks down on Ricky for his comments, I admire the honesty. Then I thought, wouldn’t it be nice if all sports figures were this honest….
Taking an in-depth look at the David Beckham and MLS partnership. Has this situation accomplished what it set out to do?
Veer, midline, speed option, and load option are things of the past in Texas high school football, right? These “old school” option plays might be appropriate for a wikipedia article on Tom Osborne, but certainly don’t apply to high flying, spread attacks that are common amongst one of the nation’s strongest high school football states, do they? Fact is, more and more teams are incorporating these time honored schemes into their already complex offensive systems. After all, with the cyclical nature of football, it was only a matter of time before integration of old and new would occur.
Will someone slap me in the face? Please? Will someone bring me back to reality?
Not tomorrow or next week, not after Hurricane Ike destroys my apartment in the upcoming 24 hours, not on Saturday when I find out, but now. Slap me back to reality.
Maybe I’ve been brainwashed; maybe I’ve been lied to. Or, maybe, but unlikely, I am just missing something. The first two seem the likeliest.
(PICTURES WILL BE ADDED SOON; DON’T WORRY!)
These are the 10 images that have defined golf since Tiger Woods first appeared in the Masters Tournament as an amateur in 1995.
I have made this the cutoff for simplicity reasons. Yes, there are great images from before, but I wanted images that defined this era.
Some things disappear. Vanish. Just go away.
Sure, there are reasons, explanations, scapegoats, but the simple fact is that things disappear.
Unfortunately, down that same path more things might disappear.
It seems another of our All-Star American Athletes has openly admitted to unfair play while in competition. Antonio Pettigrew, a member of the America’s 2000 1,600 Meter Relay Team, admitted that he was doping during the time the team was competing.
As you read this, keep in mind that this is the sixth overall medal, and the fourth gold, that has been stripped from the U.S. Track Team in the past eight months. Four months ago the International Olympic Committee stripped gold from the U.S. Women’s 1,600-meter relay team and bronze from the women’s 400-meter relay squad because of doping by Marion Jones.
But, in light of these new developments, are any of us really that surprised? I sure hope not.
I was wrong.
There, I said it. I’m man enough to admit it. I’m human enough to admit it.
I was wrong. 100 percent. Not even close to correct. W-R-O-N-G. No way around the bush.
Now, there are many things that need to be changed in how professional tennis is operated. What I have here are the first ten changes. There is no rhyme or reason to the order per se, but these are the first ten alterations I would make.
There is Elizabeth Poblete of Chile, smiling jubilantly Friday afternoon after she snatched 86 kg on her first attempt in the 75-kg weightlifting woman’s final.
Sure, it was 45 kg less than the existing world record set by Natalia Zabolotnaia of Russia in 2007, but it set her up to try a personal best 93 kg on her final attempt. That 93 kg attempt, her maximum, was still seven kg less than the minimum attempt of any of the other 12 competitors in the event.