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Recent Posts by bobfoot
May 06, 2010
Golfer's honorable loss.: A golfer shanks to allow another to win a spot.
posted by bobfoot to other at 12:32 AM - 23 comments
August 03, 2009
Fans urged to drink whisky to ward off swine flu: Russian soccer fans have been told to drink whisky on their trip to Wales for next month's World Cup qualifier to ward off the H1N1 swine flu virus, the head of the country's supporter association (VOB) said Monday.
posted by bobfoot to soccer at 11:23 PM - 9 comments
March 19, 2009
Soccer fan shoots player dead: An Iraqi soccer fan shot dead a player of the opposing team as he tried to score an equalizing goal in the final minutes of a match
posted by bobfoot to other at 12:15 AM - 12 comments
March 15, 2009
First hole of her life. First swing on a course. Hole-in-one.: "I didn't know it was that big of a deal,'' she said. "I thought all golfers do this.''
posted by bobfoot to golf at 12:31 AM - 5 comments
February 27, 2009
Mud, sweat and beers at Britain's maddest football match: Category: Soccer/Running of the Bulls/Bunol Tomato Fight "The ball can go anywhere. Last night it went through a pub, in the front door and out the back. "There's an honour to playing this game. People train from Christmas to get ready. It's the heritage of Derbyshire. We have to fight all the time to keep it going. "It makes you proud to be British."
posted by bobfoot to soccer at 12:01 AM - 5 comments
January 23, 2009
Covenant School seeks forfeit of 100-0 win over Dallas Academy: Christian school's 100-0 win over a small school of the learning disabled realizes, eventually, that it was a bad idea.
posted by bobfoot to basketball at 12:09 AM - 44 comments
November 18, 2008
Football: Swazi women's team win 33-0: A Swazi women football team's ambitious target of scoring 150 goals this season inched closer at the weekend after walloping a rival team 33-0 - a rate of one goal nearly every three minutes.
July 08, 2008
Take The NCAA Official Exam, Prepare to Fail: This oughta be fun for you NCAA football fans... 100 muliple choice questions to test your rules knowledge.
posted by bobfoot to football at 11:34 PM - 0 comments
July 07, 2008
Sports announcers already know it, and now Elan Fuld has proven it: clutch hitters really do exist. : For the science-lovers, it's nice to see proof...
posted by bobfoot to baseball at 11:12 PM - 11 comments
April 29, 2008
Is the Kentucky Derby a problem in racing?: Frank Deford counts all the ways the signature event in American horse racing is screwed up.
posted by bobfoot to other at 11:11 PM - 5 comments
April 14, 2008
"Tech doping"? How Speedo's LZR suit breaks swim records: As the Associated Press reports, "the LZR now has been worn for 21 of the 22 world records set since it was introduced in February."
posted by bobfoot to other at 10:51 PM - 22 comments
March 31, 2008
24 Hours of LeMons: It's not a typo...
posted by bobfoot to auto racing at 11:51 PM - 4 comments
December 09, 2007
When Octopuses Are Flying in Detroit It's . . . : The secret to throwing a large octopus onto an ice hockey rink is to boil it first for 20 minutes on high heat with a little lemon juice and white wine to mask the odor.
posted by bobfoot to hockey at 11:39 PM - 10 comments
October 07, 2007
The Sky's Not the Limit: For the near-term, the tracks will remain in the atmosphere, but it’s not inconceivable that the race eventually will go higher. “The goal is that, in 10 years, we’ll race into suborbital space,” Bridenstine says. “And in 20 years, we’d want to be racing in orbits around the Earth. Very exciting to think about.”
September 26, 2007
NHL Tournament of Logos: I just thought y'all would like this. That's all...
posted by bobfoot to hockey at 09:16 PM - 9 comments
July 03, 2007
Bird expert who wings in for Wimbledon: As tennis-lovers eat their strawberries they may be unaware of a dark brown presence swooping overhead - Mr Davis' hawk scaring away pigeons from the grounds.
posted by bobfoot to tennis at 06:19 PM - 9 comments
June 30, 2007
Best-of-9 Series? Boras has Selig's ear : Boras suggests that the first two games be at a neutral site - moving a portion of the fall classic to the highest bidder.
posted by bobfoot to baseball at 06:55 PM - 32 comments
June 20, 2007
Jockey Who Kicked Horse Faces Hearing: Veteran's Reputation Tarnished by Televised Blow to Belly
posted by bobfoot to other at 09:52 PM - 21 comments
May 14, 2007
Wages of Wins: Offensive and Defensive NBA rankings
posted by bobfoot to basketball at 10:41 PM - 8 comments