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2012 Olympics: A World Record Ere the Opening Ceremonies

A world record fell for the third time in less than a year, the first to fall during the Olympics [before the Olympics even officially commenced... →]

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Final Group Fixtures and the Faint Glimmer of Hope

Just a few games remain in the group stage, and thirteen teams still have a shot at booking [one of the seven remaining berths in the knockout stage... →]

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2011 Giro d’Italia – Rest Day Ruminations (Stages 8-9)

Zach looks at the weekend of racing on the first rest day of the 2011 Giro…

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NTSF 112: Misadventures in the land of the Giants

So I spent the weekend traveling into the land of the Giants. As Dickens said, “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. Hell, I’ve taken trips to Vegas that wound up being less eventful than this weekend. It was my first trip ever to San Francisco, coming three weeks on [...]

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NTSF 108: Uncrowded Commonwealth cause for concern, international competition galore and more…

By the time this goes up on the site, I’ll be somewhere en route to California to the Bioneers conference in San Rafael. The coffee company my wife’s family owns and operates needed a few extra bodies to man their trio of locations at the event, and so I was conscripted for active duty. It’s [...]

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World Cup 2010, Day 75 (14, actually)

I am hungry. I am lonely. It’s been 75 days since I’ve been here. I miss my family. I can’t find anything to do and I’ve resorted to eating sand, which reminded me of KFC. Just me and ol’ Wilson here. I hate Wilson and he dislikes me as well. We tried to mate once [...]

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World Cup 2010, Day 10

Sunday – June 20th, 2010 Slovakia vs. Paraguay review If you had any doubt as to who was the better team, well that was answered this half and it began right at the beginning (2nd minute) with a deflected shot by Paraguay’s Santa Cruz which keeper Mucha had to make a save on. From there, [...]

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World Cup 2010, Day 4

Monday – June 14th, 2010   Netherlands vs. Denmark review Denmark is not a bad team, they’re pretty good, however whatever they can do, the Dutch can do better. But they were just good enough to disrupt the Dutch’s offensive schemes (They are missing Robben on the attack) and vice-versa. So for most of the first [...]

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