Countdown to a Fox Blackout?

Thursday, December 31, 2009 — 11:25 p.m. — 20.7°F It’s late on New Year’s Eve, and what’s at the top of a lot of people’s thoughts as the year ends? Whether they will be able to watch Cincinnati vs. Florida in tomorrow’s Sugar Bowl on their televisions. News Corp., the Fox Network’s parent company, doesn’t [...]

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Jerk of the Moment – Elizabeth Lambert

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 – 2:13 p.m. – 46 F I know, I’m late to the party. I managed to hold out for a few days. Don’t bother, I told myself. There have already been half a zillion columns written about her. There isn’t anything new you can add. But in the end I couldn’t [...]

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Minnesota Vikings 2009

Sunday, September 13, 2009 – 66.7°F Ah, another NFL season is upon us. In about four hours, the Minnesota Vikings will begin their opening game in Cleveland. As a Vikings fan for nearly four decades, I’ve had my share of seasons that I wasn’t particularly eager to see start, and I’ve certainly learned one should [...]

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Usain Bolt Update—A New 200m World Record!

Thursday, August 20, 2009 HA! A mere 4 days after Usain Bolt‘s 100m record that I assigned a Cool Tidbit entry (Cool Tidbit—Usain Bolt Breaks 200m Record), I’m pleased to note that he’s not slowing down much. In retrospect, I selected a confusing title for my other entry, and I can see from the blog [...]

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Shameful Women’s Track Records

Monday, August 17, 2009 The entry I wrote earlier today got me thinking about the pathetic situation in women’s running, at least with respect to world records. Most events have records which are quite old, set back in the period when testing for some commonly used performance enhancing drugs and steroids was either not possible [...]

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Cool Tidbit — Usain Bolt Breaks 200m Record!

Monday, August 17, 2009 — 70.7°F (at 4:09 a.m.!) A few hours ago Usain Bolt set a new world record by running 100m in 9.58 seconds at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin. Bolt broke his own standing world record of 9.69 seconds, which he had set exactly one year earlier to the day. The [...]

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