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There's A Lot More To The Lumberjack World Championships Than Just Chopping Wood
12,000 spectators traveled to Hayward, Wisconsin on Saturday to watch the annual Lumberjack World Championships. The event is one of the largest lumberjack competitions in the world and showcases a...
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The 7 Greatest Australian Sporting Innovations
While we like to think of Australia as the ‘clever country’, it’s not unusual for sport to dominate our national psyche. Yet the two aren’t as mutually exclusive as some may think. Australia has a long...
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Pamplona's 'Running Of The Bulls' Is Coming To America, And Daredevils Are...
Inspired by Pamplona, Great Bull Run coming to US; organizers say events will be safeATLANTA (AP) — Organizers of a new event planned for several U.S. cities plan to unleash bulls to sprint through...
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Bowler Denied A Perfect Game After Freak Mechanical Error Blocks His Ball
This comes from the 2013 Luci Bonneau Doubles in Houston, where bowler Troy Walker was one strike away from a perfect 300 game when disaster struck.As his ball hurtled toward the pins, the arm rake of...
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17 Examples Of Kobe Bryant's Insane Work Ethic
After 17 years in the NBA, Kobe Bryant is still one of the best players in the league.And there's one reason why — his insane work ethic.Even after going down with a devastating Achilles injury at the...
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NFL Players Don't Like 'Unfashionable' Thigh And Knee Pads
Some NFL players are unhappy about the new rule requiring them to wear thigh and knee pads — not because of the added weight — because they aren't fashionable.Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden told...
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Surreal Photos From A Ski Jumping Event In The Middle Of Summer With No Snow...
The Ski Jumping World Grand Prix is currently being held in Courchevel, France.Despite 70-degree temperatures and sunny skies, the snow-based event is going on without a hitch.They are using a...
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ESPN Is Dominating The World
“This is the chart I was talking about. This is powerful.”Artie Bulgrin, ESPN’s director of research, is hunched over an iPad in a wood-paneled conference room at the network’s New York City...
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Ex-Sports Writer Kills Himself And Leaves Massive Website Explaining Why
Former Kansas City Star sports writer Martin Manley killed himself yesterday morning outside a police station in Overland Park, Kansas.Before his death, Manley created a massive website that attempts...
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This ESPN Slideshow Explains Why It's The Most Valuable Media Brand In America
I like charts, and I love sports, so when I asked ESPN executives in New York how their company became the most valuable media brand in the world, I was delighted when Artie Bulgrin, director of...
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16 Revelations About Sports And Genetics From The Book That Destroys The...
David Epstein's new book "The Sports Gene" made headlines last week because it contains a chapter that challenges Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000-hour rule.But the book goes way beyond that, and has an...
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Here's What People At ESPN Are Saying About Fox Sports 1 Right Now
ESPN held a media day at its sprawling Connecticut office complex Wednesday, and Fox Sports 1 was a big talking point.FS1 was billed as a legitimate threat to ESPN hegemony before its launch. It...
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AD OF THE DAY: Hooters Waitress Gets Quizzed On Her Football Knowledge
NFL analyst and former coach Jon Gruden puts a Hooters waitress through her paces in a new ad for the macho restaurant chain.The ad plays on Gruden’s "QB Camp" segments on SportsCenter, in which the...
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Fox Already Sold 85% Of Its Super Bowl Ads
The NFL season hasn't even started yet, but Fox Sports has already sold 85% of its Super Bowl ad slots, according to Bruce Horovitz at USA Today.Horovitz reports that Fox Sports expects that figure to...
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15 Famous Athletes Who Barely Make Any Money In Endorsements
The group of athletes who have seven-figure endorsement deals is smaller than you think.While a few of elite, charismatic players in every sport might make as much money in endorsements as they do in...
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Unreal Picture Of A Snowboarder Wins Red Bull's Action Sports Photography...
Red Bull has awarded top honors to a German photographer for his surreal shot of a snowboarder next to a satellite dish in its sports action and adventure photography contest.The photograph (below), by...
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The Sudden Downfall Of Tim Tebow: How His Career Fell Apart In The Last 20...
Tim Tebow was the biggest athlete in the country 20 months ago.He carried the Denver Broncos to the playoffs, and threw a miracle 80-yard touchdown pass to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in round...
View ArticleFC Barcelona's Leo Messi Teaches A Dance Class In The Latest Qatar Airways Ad
Qatar Airways put its sponsorship of Spanish soccer champions FC Barcelona to good use in a delightful ad about an imaginary country entirely devoted to the Catalan squad.The spot, created by 180...
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NFL Rookie Allegedly Tells Police 'You Can't Arrest Me, I'm A Colts Player'...
An NFL rookie with the Indianapolis Colts was allegedly "very abusive" and told police officers they couldn't arrest him because he was a football player during an altercation with officers outside an...
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Six Tiny FCS Teams Got Paid $2.15 Million To Beat Some Huge College Football...
It's that time of year when big-time college football programs pay little schools a lot of money to come in and be sacrificial lambs for the masses. But this year, some of these supposedly easy wins...
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