Articles for category: SPORTS

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UFC’s Chuck “Iceman” Liddell

Charles David Liddell entered the world on December 17, 1969 in Santa Barbara, California. Chuck Liddell or the “Iceman” was raised by a single mother who encouraged her children to learn how to defend themselves. Who knew he would become a millionaire paid to fight? Chuck attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo where he majored ...

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Rodapova: Andy Roddick and Maria Sharapova ARE the Next Big Thing

Rodapova is soon to be the next huge, one word Internet/publicity goldmine in the great tradition of such previous paparazzi wunderkinds like Tomkat, Brangelina and, who could forget the one that started it all, Bennifer. You know how I know this? Because I’m in The In, man. If you are a huge tennis fan like ...

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Scouting Report on 7’9″ Basketball Player Sun Ming Ming

Scouting Report I’m definitely not a professional scout, but I know a thing or two about basketball. So when Sun Ming Ming’s Grand Rapids Flight team came to town (March 23, 2007), I decided to go to the game and see what Sun had to offer. Based on only one game, here is my report ...

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How to Mark a Football Field

First, you must measure out the dimensions of the field. You need to know the exact sizes and correlation of the lines to be painted. Usually, a solid white border is six feet wide along the end lines and sidelines. You must paint an additional broken yellow line nine feet farther outside this border and ...

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Lou Gehrig “The Iron Horse” Haiku

Iron Lou Gehrig The luckiest man on earth Heroes of baseball Lou Gehrig was the first of the iron men of baseball. From 1925 to 1939, Lou Gehrig played 2130 consecutive baseball games for the New York Yankees. Incredibly, Lou Gehrig hit 493 homeruns and had a career batting average of .340. This is an ...

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Olympic Games Track & Field History: Men’s Pole Vault Final, 1896-2012

  The pole vault is one of the 12 original track and field events introduced at the inaugural Olympic Games in 1896. Athletes representing Australia, the Commonwealth of Independent States, France, the German Democratic Republic, Poland, the Soviet Union, and the United States have won the event. Americans have won the Olympic pole vault final ...

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The Curse of William Penn on Philadelphia Sports

For those of you who believe the only two curses in professional sports belong to the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox, then think again. The only difference is this curse does not plague just one team, but rather, an entire city. Since 1983, the city of Philadelphia has not called themselves champions in any ...

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The All – Miami Hurricanes College Football Alumni Team

The Miami Hurricanes have fallen on hard times recently but they seem to now be on the upswing after a great recruiting class on National Signing Day under new head coach Randy Shannon. Miami, or “Da U” as they are affectionately called by former players, has some of the best overall NFL talent in the ...

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The Best WWE Randy Orton YouTube Videos

The WWE has set up their official YouTube channel and it features more than 4,000 different videos of WWE wrestlers in action. Among WWE Superstars like John Cena, Triple H, Sheamus, The Miz, and the Big Show is Randy Orton. The “Viper” is one of the biggest stars on WWE Raw and his impulsive and ...