Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
New Booze Limits for Aussie Race Fans

We all know that watching race cars and swilling liquor go together like peanut butter and bananas, but authorities are asking Australian race goers to take it easy on the booze – sort of, by restricting fans to one “slab” of beer a day during the three day event. Highlights from the BBC Asia Pacific […]

Friday, July 4th, 2008
Competitive Eating Injuries

In light of Kobayashi’s possible jar injury keeping him out of today’s Coney Island hot dog eating competion, Slate reprinted an article related to injuries suffered by competitive eaters. Slate: Death by Cheese and the Dreaded Ruptured Stomach – The past and future of competitive eating injuries.

Monday, December 31st, 2007
Shut Up, ’72 Dolphins!

I enjoyed this article in Slate on the Patiots and their footbally dominance. I especially liked this passage on the ’72 Dolphins: “That list starts, as it must, with the surviving members of the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins, who decided years ago to break the world record for being publicly grumpy old farts, a mark […]

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
My Olympics Includes Pigeon Racing

English Pigeon Racers have petitioned the Queen to classify Pigeon Racing as a sport. The government wants to tax the sheds which house the birds; a costly issue for Pigeon Racers. The tax breaks given to sports teams and organizations would help the Pigeon Racers hang onto their pigeon storage space. Link: Canadian Press: Britain’s […]

Friday, November 16th, 2007
Internet Fans Buy Football Team

Ebbsfleet United bought by fan website, MyFootballClub Imagine being the manager of an English football club and having your shareholder VOTE on your starting lineup? Liam Daish, manager of Ebbsfleet United may soon have that exact experience. MyFootballClub has completed the purchase of Ebbsfleet United, a team in the Football Conference, the fifth tier of […]