February 13, 2009

It's Valentines Day: Six sporting love stories from The Guardian.

posted by owlhouse to general at 05:31 PM - 5 comments

Well, it's Valentines down here already. Anyone care to relate other famous stories or their own tales of sporting love?

posted by owlhouse at 05:32 PM on February 13, 2009

I once scored four touchdowns in a game for Polk High.

Great link. I watched Matias Steinner win the weightlifting gold. Just one of those lucky times where you're switching channels at an odd hour and you catch this thing, this hugely dramatic, heart wrenching story play out live, and then the sweetest most cathartic victory. The exact opposite of schaedenfreude. It was magic. And still so profoudly sad.

Man, some of the best stuff happens at the olympics.

I dated a Canadian Olympian. Twice. Yep. That was less than magic. But was profoundly sad. Hey, how about that?

posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 08:54 PM on February 13, 2009

I made it to second base once.

posted by scully at 12:30 PM on February 14, 2009

Speaking of the base system.

The anal sex/foul ball caused a cleanup in aisle Monitor.

posted by dfleming at 01:23 PM on February 14, 2009

Two time Olympic gold medalist (track & field) Mildred 'Babe' Didrikson Zaharias and her husband, pro wrestler George Zaharias. Married for 18 years until her death from cancer in 1956.

posted by Newbie Walker at 10:15 PM on February 15, 2009

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