Showing posts with label Sport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sport. Show all posts
Thursday, October 23, 2025

Do they call the Coast Gourd if they get in trouble?

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  Looks like the annual Pumpkin Regatta in Oregon last weekend lived up to its reputation. I wonder what they do with all the pumpkin ...
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Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Heh

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  From a comment over at Virtual Mirage, Larry Lambert's place: Portland Naked Bicycle Parade : Seems like a good target for cropduster...
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Thursday, April 3, 2025

One can only salute her courage

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  A highly rated fencer "took a knee" in a Maryland tournament rather than face a transgender opponent. Women’s fencer Stephanie ...
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Thursday, March 20, 2025

Economics in the next life...

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  ... appear to be as hard to swallow as they are in this life!  Click the image to be taken to a larger view at the "Pearls Before Swi...
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Monday, March 10, 2025

This sporting life

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  Shades of Tonya Harding , only more public! The guilty party is trying to make excuses. If you believe that, you'll believe anythin...
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

I wasn't aware this world record existed...

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  ... and I'm relatively certain that if it didn't, we'd be no worse off.  Be that as it may: Turkish woman establishes world re...
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Doofus Of The Day #1,116

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  Today's award goes to the Hong Kong Education Bureau, which appears to have planted both its bureaucratic feet firmly in its instituti...
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

The Olympic Last Supper debacle

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  I haven't had much to say about the depraved, debased mockery of the famous "Last Supper" image at the Olympics opening cere...
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Monday, July 15, 2024

The Finnish Hobby Horse Championships

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  I had no idea that this was a thing .  Here's a video clip of the 2023 Championships. Is it a real sport?  Let a participant tell us ...
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Doofus Of The Day #1,112

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  Today's award goes to Basketball Ireland and its appeal committees for a decision so daft, it could only be Irish . Limerick Sport Eag...
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Monday, March 18, 2024

A reminder about a great scope accessory

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  My recent review of Primary Arms' 3-9x44 scope generated some correspondence with readers.  Among other things, it seems that too few...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Prostate cancer and gym rats

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  Greg Ellifritz, whom we've met in these pages on several previous occasions, has had bad news:  his prostate cancer has returned , alb...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

A treat for football fans

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  (American football, that is.) I came across this video while searching for something else.  It's 40 minutes of some of the most astoni...
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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

I wouldn't have let him in either...

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  We've mentioned Tiny, the emotional support longhorn , in these pages before - but even he is overshadowed by this beast . A Pennsylva...
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Thursday, September 7, 2023

The toughest mountain race in the world

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  That would be the Dragon's Back Race down the length of Wales in the United Kingdom.  This year's event kicked off at Conwy Castl...
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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Ostriches are a great incentive to high-speed pedaling

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  I had to laugh when I came across the video clip below.  It's taken from a camera car, and shows two participants in the annual Cape T...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

An extreme endurance event that boggles the mind

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  I'd never heard of an ultra-marathon race known as The Speed Project until I read an article about it at the BBC a couple of days ago...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

A legend reflects on his life

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  There's a long, intimate, and very readable article over at ESPN titled " Joe Montana Was Here ".  It's a lengthy look a...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Yes, that's insane - but what a rush!

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  I'm obliged to reader R. D. for sending me the link to this video clip of Austrian freestyle skier Markus Eder letting it all hang ou...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

A bet pays off - for his customers

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  I was amused to learn that a furniture dealer in Houston has not only won the biggest payout ever in sports betting, but he's sharing ...
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