A video about Ray Lewis III, from NFL Videos: Ray Lewis never wanted to be like his the father. Today, Lewis doesn’t want his son to be like him either. Here’s an intimate look at the bond between father and son.
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In support of gay marriage, the lustful monster, and the missing link
I love this story for its integrity and raucous quotes. So raucous I can’t post them, but you can read them here. The full story below, but it leaves one obvious question unanswered. Why did two seemingly random football players, both married to women, come out in support of gay marriage, with one loudly defending …
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Photos – parachutist breaks speed of sound in free-fall, planets in the sky, glaciers
CNN creates a website about the evolving olympic athlete – pushing limits and records
Super athlete – box jumping – standing leap onto 62″ inch tall box
We’ve been awed all week at the history-making US Bobsled team. The bobsled and skeleton athletes from the USA have won medals so far in every event – including the first-ever gold medal in the men’s 2-man won by Steve Holcomb and Steve Langton. Maybe you at home are sitting there thinking “Hey, that doesn’t …
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A real Moneyball story – the reinvention of pitcher Brandon McCarthy
SEVEN PITCHES. That’s how long it took for the verdict to come in. On April 5, in the first inning of his first start in an A’s uniform, Brandon McCarthy went groundout, groundout, groundout. It was a one-inning sabermetric masterpiece. For the game, he lasted eight innings — the second-longest start of his career — …
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National Signing Day – February 1st – get your fax machines ready
Today is NLI 2012 and unless you’re a crazy fan of college football you didn’t know that! NLI stands for National Letter of Intent and the first day a recruit can send this in is on February 1. The letter binds the student to school, they cannot switch without incurring stiff penalties, and the school …
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A profile of one of the best sculptors in the world – MacDonald
A piece I found in the Summer 2011 Edition of Pelican Hill Magazine that profiles the best peak-action sculptor in the world. I love sculpture as an art form and so I eat up stories like this. — The Human Theater of Richard MacDonald Richard MacDonald first noticed the small group of men and women gathered …
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