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Not sure WTF this is all about but kind of funny. Battle royale in the Tour de France. hat tip: Tortue

No, you don’t get to see the actual fall–thank god. And I hope they don’t actually show it because it isn’t something I’d want to see. But the reactions of the players and fans to this tragedy that happened in Texas is pretty frightening. FWIW, he got the ball. Another fan caught it and gave [...]

I’m laughing, yes, but it’s more a laughter of recognition. I’ve worn scarfs and jerseys and sat alone watching a game as if I was in the stadium. I have even painted my face before the big game. I’ve been this guy.

The NBC Olympics site is really trying some pretty cool things this Olympics.  They have Facebook pages and Twitter feeds (both of which allow you to submit questions to the on-air announcers), but one of the newer items is a real time Twitter visualization so you can see what the Tweeting masses are talking about [...]

Couple interesting vessels today. The first was a destroyer leaving Annapolis and making its way back toward Norfolk. Turns out it was the USS Cole, famous from the attack in Yemen a few years back. It was in Annapolis for the homecoming game (which Navy lost miserably to Pitt). The second is the Gazela Primerio, [...]

Navy’s slot back ran for 348 yards on 19 carries. Navy won 41-13 or so, but quite honestly, I’m exhausted. Towson State threw the ball nearly every play and dropped it nearly every other time, so the clock moved about as slowly as humanly possible for a football game. Socked in the heat and humidity, [...]

The first Gold has been awarded to Czech Republic shooter Katerina Emmons in the women’s 10m air rifle competition.

While most Americans are watching the opening ceremony (on tape delay) the events have already gotten underway in China, with http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7550802.stm#mce_temp_url# (of likely many) protests. Two students attempted to display a Tibetan flag at the dressage competition and were promptly removed by security police. For those who didn’t know, due to some of the equestrian [...]

The Baltimore Orioles are pretty bad this year. I’ve lost track of how many they’ve lost in a row, but it has to be over a dozen by now. Few people even bother to show up at Camden (I suspect a few of the DC folks are now heading to the UFO-style spaceship called Nationals [...]

Ok, if you’ve been uninterested or unmotivated to watch the Tour de France up to this point, the time is now to tune in. Coverage starts most days at about 8:30am on the Versus channel, which was formerly known as Outdoor Life Nework. Yesterday the Tour started up in the Alps, where it will be [...]