Track & Field Archives
Wolf Pack Athlete Arrested For Prostitution
Posted August 14, 2010, 10:30 am by Stephen Douglas (CRM!) (18 Comments)
Jackae Bridges, who ran sprints and jumping events for Nevada, was arrested for prostitution earlier this month in a sting operation. I’m pretty sure that’s against the NCAA rules. See, this is one of those catch-22 situations. On the one hand, athletes don’t get paid and aren’t supposed to have jobs. On the other, they [...]
[ Read More... ]Tyson Gay Shocks Usain Bolt
Posted August 6, 2010, 5:30 pm by Stephen Douglas (CRM!) (10 Comments)
Tyson Gay beat Usain Bolt in the 100 meter sprint today at the Diamond League meet in Stockholm. I’m not sure what that is, but I’m guessing its a track and field meet of some sort. Gay ran a 9.84 which is pretty damn fast. Everybody with me now – U-S-A! U-S-A! Follow the link [...]
[ Read More... ]Christopher Lemaitre: The New Usain Bolt … No. Just a White Guy Who Broke the 10-Second Barrier
Posted July 27, 2010, 1:00 pm by Jason McIntyre (128 Comments)
Christopher Lemaitre is a 20-year-old sprinter you’ve probably never heard of. He ran a 9.98 in the 100 meter dash at the French National Championships last month, which set a record, and prompted online chatter about Lemaitre being the first white man to break the 10-second barrier. (His 9.98 bested times of Asafa Powell and [...]
[ Read More... ]The Roundup: Botched Circumcision, Oakland’s Massive Marijuana Farms & Dead Jellyfish Stings 150
Posted July 22, 2010, 8:00 am by Jason McIntyre (275 Comments)
Angelina Jolie … “Oakland allows industrial-scale marijuana farms” … if you watch House, you may care about the drugs and sex part of this …what happened to 73,000 blogs? … hope you’re reading this brilliant “Top Secret America” series in the Washington Post … “Burden of cots for obese may fall on taxpayers” …man breaks [...]
[ Read More... ]The Roundup: LeBron/Hulk Hogan NWO Video, Rockets Keep Scola, Bizarre Brawl at Burger King
Posted July 16, 2010, 8:00 am by Jason McIntyre (355 Comments)
Maria Menounos and Stacy Keibler … women pregnant with babies due 1 week apart … go spend some time at the Mel Gibson soundboard …ax-wielding grandma kills mother of two …overrated: Designer shades … minor spoiler on the Office, you’ve been warned … LeBron eying $49 million mansion in Coral Gables? … Tyra back on [...]
[ Read More... ]“Gay Succumbs to Dix” Headline … Intentional?
Posted July 8, 2010, 12:45 pm by Geoff Decker (96 Comments)
A big professional track & field meet – the Prefontaine Classic – took place in Oregon last weekend. Despite the dearth of live mainstream sports on this weekend (post-US World Cup; opening stages of the Tour de France), however, this ambiguous non-sequitur of a headline is probably the only reason you’re being made even remotely [...]
[ Read More... ]The Roundup: Bob Probert Died, Caster Semenya to Race Again, and is Uruguay Really Cinderella?
Posted July 6, 2010, 8:00 am by Jason McIntyre (275 Comments)
Blake Lively … Anna Faris is getting nude for her new movie … here’s a grandma that knows karate … debating the English-speaking world adopting American English … tough times, financially, for Illinois … Reggie Bush hung out with Kanye West’s ex-girlfriend in the Hamptons … man robs 92-year-old woman, flees on tricycle … Lamar [...]
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