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Category Archives: Sports
From Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge to Juan Soto, Bryce Harper: 16 players in MLB playoffs who earn more than entire Tigers roster
from Sportskeeda – thanks to Mike C.
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Huskies and Cougars football game will be showing in MBR noon Saturday (game is 12:30 PM)
Life Style has arranged for viewing of the game which is backed out by Comcast (apparently negotiations continue between Comcast and BTN).
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56 Of The Most Mind-Boggling Pictures From The Paris Olympics
by Matt Stopera in BuzzFeed (thanks to Bob P.) 1. First and foremost, the finish line of the triathlon. 2. Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh getting over the bar in woman’s high jump. 3. I didn’t even know the human body could contort this way! (Continued)
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Recycled bottle tops and tables made from shuttlecocks – the greenest Olympics?
Ciaran Varley and Dave Lockwood, BBC Sport journalists, Published23 July 2024 Thanks to Pam P. The organising committee of Paris 2024 has vowed to make it the greenest Games in Olympic history, with half the carbon footprint of London 2012 … Continue reading
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No AC but the ‘greenest’ ever Games? Inside Paris’ landmark Olympic Village
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN (Thanks to Pam P) Air filters line a street in the Olympic Village in Saint-Denis. Nathan Laine/Bloomberg/Getty Images When Paris last hosted the Summer Olympics 100 years ago, organizers were so keen to bring athletes under the same roof … Continue reading
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College Football is in Full Conflagration: We Need a New National Model
By Art Thiel in Post Alley (thanks to Ed M.) Did the University of Washington just move to Oklahoma City? No. UW did not replicate the stunt that cost Seattle the Sonics 15 years ago, and counting. The university and … Continue reading
Gig Harbor Sailor: A Second Solo Circumnavigation Around the World
By Ted Olinger Once you become the first person to circumnavigate the globe alone under your own power — 41,196 miles of rowing solo across the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans, then pedaling a bicycle across and scaling mountains over … Continue reading
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Mitch Albom: Coach Lloyd Carr goes to Haiti; a minicamp unlike any other
Thanks to Mary Jane F. Detroit Free Press, Sunday June 25, 2023 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The old football coach had a new team. They were young. They were skinny. Many were small. And they had never played the game before. … Continue reading
Camp Lewis 91st Division football team plays the Mare Island Marines in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1918.
Thanks to Bob P. This article was published on History Link by Duane Colt Denfeld, Ph.D. On January 1, 1918, two armed-services football teams, composed largely of former star college players now on active duty, meet in the 1918 Rose … Continue reading
The soccer fans turn out in Argentina
Thanks to Mike C. Note: It’s reported that Trump stated that his crowds were “at least 10 time greater.”
Mariner’s game in Sky Lounge at 1 PM tomorrow (Thursday the 13th)
Come watch the Mariner’s game for a few hours before going the the quarterly SRA meeting at 3:30 PM. It’s a chance to meet and greet and cheer for the M’s. BYOB and snacks (and please clean up!).
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October baseball is here!
Thanks to Mike C.
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Hey Mariners, check your rear view mirror!
Thanks to Mike C.
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Corporate deliberations with Russell Wilson gone
Thanks to Pam P.
Amazing competition in badminton and ping pong
Thanks to Sybil-Ann
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Tobacco Road Prepares for Basketball Nirvana — or Apocalypse
There are rivalries, then rivalries. This is one of the best in basketball. Read the commentary in the NYT here. Thanks to Mike C.
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Abbott and Costello on Baseball
Ed note: I tried to perform this skit once with a friend when in school and it didn’t come out well. A&C though were terrific in this classic piece.
A daughter remembers her father’s brush with baseball greatness
By Pam Peterson in the Seattle Times’ Don Shelton’s column Ed Note: Thanks to Skyline resident Pam Peterson for sharing this memory. As a 10 year old my dad frequently took me to the Lakefront Stadium in Cleveland to watch … Continue reading
Never say “can’t”
An inspiration from Donna D.
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UW expert: Kraken are undefeatable; few who see the beast live to tell the tale
Lauren Poyer is an assistant teaching professor in Scandinavian studies. She teaches courses in Scandinavian mythology and Vikings in contemporary culture, among other topics, and she is well steeped in all kinds of Nordic and Icelandic lore. Lauren PoyerUniversity of Washington … Continue reading