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Diego Maradona out as head coach of Argentina’s national team
1 July 2010
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How Mariano Rivera Dominates Hitters is a fascinating piece of investigative infographics.
24 June 2010
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YouTube: The World’s Reaction to Landon Donovan’s Game Winning Goal
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Wimbledon 2010: Which Records Still Remain Intact After Isner-Mahut?
23 June 2010
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The Wimbledon 2010 live blog has an delightful commentary of the longest match in Wimbledon history which is still not over and is tied 59-59, suspended after the second day of play.
7.20pm: And so this match goes on and on, on and on. Somewhere along the way, the players have mislaid their names. The man who was once Mahut is now a string-bag of offal. The man who was Isner is a parched piece of cow-hide. The surviving members of the audience don’t seem to care who wins. They just cheer and applaud whoever looks likely to make a breakthrough and bring this nightmare to a close. Invariably they are disappointed.
The offal looks fresher, possesses a piercing backhand and still throws itself about the court on occasion. But the cow-hide can serve and has the advantage of going ahead by one game and forcing the offal to catch-up. This the offal is only too happy to do. It hits a backhand down the line and then follows that up with an ace, and the score now stands at 45 games apiece.
22 June 2010
sports & africa — #
South African Vuvuzela Philharmonic Angered By Soccer Games Breaking Out During Concerts
sports & design — #
The new Golden State Warriors identity is so horrid it is an embarrassment to the entire region. Copperplate?? Really??
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WSJ: Few Are Coming to See Greece’s Modern Olympic Ruins
When the Olympic torch went out after the Athens Summer Games six years ago, the doors closed here, as well as at many of the 30-odd other sites built or renovated for the Olympics that summer.
The vacant venues, several of which dominate parts of the city’s renovated Aegean coastline, have become some of the most visible reminders of Greece’s age of excessive spending. Sites range from a softball stadium and kayaking facility to a beach volleyball stadium and a sailing marina.
As Greece sifts through the wreckage wrought by its enormous public debt, which sent tremors through world finance in recent months, the Athens Games are once again unifying this nation—this time as a target of criticism. They cost an estimated $7.4 billion to $14 billion, minor in light of the more than $370 billion of public debt, but that hasn’t mitigated the resentment.
30 May 2010
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Oh brother, here we go again… just what cycling needs: Did Cancellara Use Illegal Motor Power At The Classics? This video makes Cancellara’s actions extremely suspicious at the very least.
29 May 2010
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The tennis courts at Roland Garros are made from white limestone, frosted with a couple millimeters of powdered red brick dust.
20 May 2010
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Johnny ‘Sticky’ Budden is going to do 1000 miles of Parkour from his home town in England to Paris. It’s the equivalent of running a marathon a day for about a month while leaping over every obstacle in his path.