Children who run

Here’s a great New York Times article along with great pictures about children who ran the New York Marathon before age restrictions were imposed.

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Bicycle repair classes, swimming and more

I have been monumentally busy lately. Busy at work. I think I can truly express authentically what a piece of crap Vista is. For those people who just don’t like how everything is organized, you don’t know the half of it.
Inexplicably I can’t connect to Oracle databases in Access. The whole dang program shuts down. [...]

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Headline of the day

From The Onion.

It’s kind of mean but you can’t say that Armstrong wasn’t asking for it when he declared he was returning to racing to “raise awareness for cancer.”

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I’d like to see Michael Phelps nude

With the news that FINA has banned bodysuits in competitive swimming…
FINA, the international governing body of swimming, voted today to ban the controversial high-tech, non-textile swimsuits. Not only have the suits been responsible for a rash of world records but there has been a Wild West atmosphere among apparel manufacturers and swimmers, all trying to [...]

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Photo of Ichiro and Obama

Here’s a great photo from the Whitehouse Flickr photostream of Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki and Barack Obama. Via the Slog.

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Beckham/Donovan feud gets ugly

I guess Beckham didn’t like what he read in the excerpt from The Beckham Experiment.
David Beckham said Los Angeles Galaxy teammate Landon Donovan was “unprofessional” for speaking out without confronting him first. Beckham, who was making his first public appearance in Southern California since returning from his five-month loan with Italian club AC Milan, said [...]

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Riveting

Want to know everything about why David Beckham’s entry into the MLS was an utter failure? This excerpt from The Beckham Experiment is not to be missed. There’s a lot here that speaks for the dynamic of the MLS whether or not David Beckham is on your team.
The longer Donovan had been around Beckham, the [...]

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Quote for the day

Regarding  interleague play which is the term used to describe regular season Major League Baseball games played between teams in different leagues:
I’m not a big fan. It’s a novelty for the fans; I think we’re doing it for the fans. Which is fine. – Joe Torre, Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
What’s missing from [...]

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More fury directed at ESPN over Sounders match

I would maybe have added some expletives, but this guy is pissed off too.

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ESPN Sucks

I spent a very interesting evening at a pub watching the fucking College World Series of baseball with teams Arkansas and Virginia. Why? Because ESPN has purchased exclusive rights to broadcast the Seattle Sounders games for the rest of the soccer season yet that purchasing decision did not lead them to make any other changes [...]

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North Korea qualifies for the World Cup

I wonder if they’ll lose any players when they play.

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Quote for the day

“I knew that the day Rafa wasn’t in the final I would be there and I would win,” said world number two Federer.
Here is a touching moment from Roger Federer that quite frankly surprises me. So many sports figures are afraid to show their vulnerability. Roger is no different. Usually. But here he admits that [...]

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Interesting advert

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Mariner Fever

I think I heard the radio sportscaster yesterday say the first 25 games of this year’s Mariner season is better than all 100 plus games last season. I have to admit it’s exciting. Here’s an old video of the Mariner Moose running into Coco Crisp with an ATV.

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Best Major League Soccer team names in order

1.    Seattle Sounders FC. Well I really had to choose that as my favorite. We kept the name from our previous soccer team and added an FC just to make it new.
2.    San Jose Earthquakes. Nice and appropriate for the area.
3.    Houston Dynamo. Anything with the word “dynamo” is fun.
4.    New England Revolution. I probably [...]

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Visions of Edinburgh

I enjoyed this video if only to see my favorite city.
Via Rumproast.

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Did you know you have to sing the national anthem at Yankee Stadium?

Well you’re required to stay in your seat at least. I’m contemplating going to tonight’s Mariners game at Safeco Field where I know no one gives a damn if you are in your seat during the National Anthem. Hell most people are still arriving and grabbing hot dogs from the vendors.
A baseball fan says he [...]

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F*** Qwest Field, Xbox Pitch and Paul Allen

I went to Qwest Field or Xbox Pitch or whatever the sponsor is for the day to see the Seattle Sounders play the Kansas City Wizards. This is the first year Seattle has had a Major League Soccer Team in quite some time, and amazingly we appear to be the most rabid fan base in [...]

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Barack Obama’s Final Four

A few selections were revealed on Tuesday. Initially an underdog for the nation’s highest office, the president went with favorites in his Final Four picks. No. 1 seeds Louisville, North Carolina and Pittsburgh will join No. 2 Memphis in Detroit April 4-6 if the president is correct.
More including a video at ESPN.

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“Disappointment” over Peer

It seems that every female tennis player is “disappointed” that Shahar Peer was refused entry into the United Arab Emirates because she is from Israel. Well cry me a river over that disappointment. I have to say I am utterly disappointed in the character of all of these women for their refusal to stand up [...]

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Way to show some muscle, WTA

The United Arab Emirates has refused to grant a visa to a female Israeli tennis player, preventing her from competing in the Sony Ericsson World Tennis Association Tour in Dubai, the WTA said in a statement Sunday.
Shahar Peer would have been the first Israeli athlete to participate in a professional sporting event in the UAE, [...]

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Joe Namath in panty hose

This article told me about this:

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Wow

Just found out that the hockey ticket I got for the Olympics next year in Vancouver is Canada vs. U.S.A. I’m dumbfounded. Schedule here.

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The Agony of Defeat

Is it just me or is Spanish television a little insensitive?

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Tsonga through to the 3rd round

What is it with this guy and the Australian Open. Must be his tournament.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is through to the third round of the Australian Open after prevailing in a big-hitting battle with Ivan Ljubicic.
The first three sets of the match all went to tie-breaks as both players looked dominant behind their serves.
The first two were [...]

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