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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4L3bm6m3KQ] The Lede points out that the three world class athletes-Roger Federer, Tiger Woods, and Thierry Henry--who appeared together in the Gillette ads have all fallen on some recent hard times. Is there a Gillette curse?
First Federer started losing again and again. Then Henry, with one hand, ensured that he would be remembered mainly for one of the most blatant acts of cheating in sports history. Finally, there was the recent unpleasantness that led directly to the announcement last week that The First Church of Tiger Woods is disbanding.
Apropos of nothing, here's the cover of Golf Magazine's January 2010 issue featuring Tiger Woods and President Obama.
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Three years before African Americans were allowed into the league and the same year Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, Japanese American Watura Misaka was drafted in the first round by the New York Knicks. He later served in the US Army stationed in Hiroshima three months after the atomic bomb devastated that city.
I wonder if this fascinating and largely forgotten part of history made it into Bill Simmons' Book of Basketball.
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Andre Agassi has been making the PR rounds promoting his new tell-all autobiography and people are making quite a "racket" over the revelation that he was once addicted to meth. The Wall Street Journal read the book so we don't have to and in addition to his drug use, they share some of the other highlights and by highlight we don't just mean his blond streaked hair which also turned out to be a weave.
*When Agassi loses to Thomas Muster in the 1994 French Open, he becomes angry at Muster not because he beat him but because the Austrian mussed Agassi’s hair when they met at the net post-match. “I stare at him with pure hatred. Big mistake, Muster. Don’t touch the hair. Don’t ever touch the hair.” (Pg. 192)*In preparation for her wedding to Agassi, Shields embarks on an exercise regimen and hangs an inspiration photo on the refrigerator door. The photo is of the woman who Shields thinks has perfect legs. The woman is Agassi’s future second wife, Steffi Graf. (Pg. 244)
Larry Granillo has an interesting blog entry that analyzes the New York Times' front page coverage of the Yankees' World Series championships from their first victory over the Giants in 1923 to this year's post-season success.
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If you didn't care for woman's soccer before, then this highlight video of a recent match between BYU and New Mexico featuring elbows to the back, vicious illegal tackles, and even hair pulling will transform you into the biggest college woman's soccer fan. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvEobeNfGcc]
YO YANKEE FANS I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU AND IMMA LET YOU CELEBRATE BUT THE 2004 WORLD SERIES WAS THE GREATEST WORLD SERIES OF ALL TIME.
This replica of Muhammad Ali's iconic robe is a definite WANT in my wish list.
Watch this ridonculous trick goal scored by 9-year-old Oliver Wahlstrom in a one-on-one tournament. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TxGVSw6Ayw]
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Sports Illustrated has some photos of Michael Jordan during his college years before Deadspin was around.
Professional golfer and 2008 PGA player of the year Padraig Harrington mimicking Adam Sandler's character's unique golf swing in "Happy Gilmore." While accuracy suffers, Harrington manages to gain an additional 30 yards on his drives. I was particularly awed when both of his feet left the ground and he went "airborne" right before swinging at the ball. That is one aggressive drive! Even if you aren't into golf, you'll be entertained by this. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wguFY0DDoAU&fmt=18]
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While tennis fans are agog over Federer's between the leg return shot at this year's US Open, I'm reminded of then total underdog 17-year-old American Michael Chang's remarkable and gutsy win at the 1989 French Open championship match against Ivan Lendl, which included this now-famous underhand slice serve. Asian high five ya'll! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU2-jsRJRJE&fmt=18]
ESPN's 23 most memorable moments from Michael Jordan's spectacular career. I have a lot of fond memories of watching Jordan and the Bulls--it was never just the Bulls; the team was secondary to Air Jordan--with my dad on lazy weekends.
Slam dunk sensation Guy Dupuy nails this nasty (possibly never before done) dunk, "an off-the-bounce, over someone standing, between the legs dunk." [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK3_0YWYRUM&fmt=18]
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Soccer fans will get a kick out of this: Dutch artist Helmut Smits built a scale replica of a football ("soccer") stadium out of "fruit crate boxes, fruit, wood, stands, halogen work lights, [and] grass carpet."
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Samuel Arbesman proposes a small new rule for the NFL in which each team's coach gets one time-in per season.
If you’ve ever noticed that football games slow to a predictable crawl at the end of each half, the time-in is the rule for you. The idea is simple: When the clock is stopped, for whatever reason, a coach could call a “time-in,” and force the clock to start up again. Think of it as the antimatter version of the timeout.The time-in is so powerful that I recommend it be strictly rationed: each team would get only one time-in per season. The possibility of a sudden time-in would loom large in every coach’s mind at the most tense points in the game, introducing just enough concern and uncertainty to make the game different. Timeworn clock-management strategies would no longer be a given.
I think it's dynamite!
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2oo bicyclists showed up when Lance Armstrong tweeted the following invite:
