Tag Archives: Sports

The Magic of FieldTurf

November 5, 2008 – 3:20 pm

A free market economy is always generating new ideas, finding new ways to use people and materials, finding new ways to cut waste and improve lives. For today’s example, look no further than the grass on next Sunday’s football games. In most cases, that’s not grass that’s FieldTurf. It’s not just a clever product. It’s [...]

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Stop Stretching!

November 2, 2008 – 9:40 pm

Everything you know about stretching is probably wrong. So say many sports researchers.

When Duane Knudson, a professor of kinesiology at California State University, Chico, looks around campus at athletes warming up before practice, he sees one dangerous mistake after another. “They’re stretching, touching their toes. . . . ” He sighs. “It’s discouraging.” [...]

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Brett Favre is Retiring

March 4, 2008 – 10:16 am

It’s not on the Packers home page yet, but it looks like it’s official: Brett Favre is retiring.

ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported that according to Favre’s agent, Buss Cook, Favre informed Packers coach Mike McCarthy of his decision Monday night. A sure-fire first-ballot Hall of Famer, Favre, acquired in a [...]

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Congress Has Oversight of the NFL?

June 26, 2007 – 6:29 am

Proponents for NFL retiree benefits get say before Congress

Advocates demanding improved benefits to retired NFL players will have their say Tuesday before Congress. Increased attention the past few years about the medical and financial plight of some former players finally prompted Congress to look at the perceived problem. The House [...]

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Putting Rumors to Rest

March 21, 2006 – 8:27 am

If Condoleezza Rice truly doesn’t want to be President, she could take another job:

Condoleezza Rice, a bona fide football fan, is not applying for the newly opened post of NFL commissioner — not now, anyhow, her spokesman said carefully on Monday. “At the moment, the secretary is enjoying being secretary [...]

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Things I Find Interesting

February 26, 2006 – 11:00 am

In no particular order:

Tibetan monks, who overstayed their immigration visas, were arrested by a SWAT team. A SWAT team? For Tibetan monks? It’s not enough that they get visited by paramilitary Chinese troops? They have to get raided by paramilitary Americans as well? Frank Miller is writing “Holy Terror, Batman!”, a story that chronicles Batman’s fight [...]

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Super Bowl Pick

February 5, 2006 – 4:35 pm

I’ll take Jerome Bettis on his home turf and the unstoppable Ben Roethlisburger. Steelers by 14.

UPDATE: It was actually Steelers by 11. You can read a recap of the game courtesy of Captain Ed. Patrick of Badger Blogger live-blogged the Super Bowl commercials. If you missed the game, but are curious about the commercials, that’s [...]

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