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Archive for July, 2009

Slaney still yearns to run – Yahoo! News

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Slaney still yearns to run – Yahoo! News.
Nice article on Mary Slaney.  Refreshing change to hear an athlete talk in honest terms about themselves and their sport and the reality of being forced to retire due to injury.

Obama: No time for delay on health care – Yahoo! News

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Obama: No time for delay on health care – Yahoo! News.
I love when politicians tell us there is no time for delay… As if a problem that is 30-50+ years in the making should really, honestly, be solved in a hurried manner?
I wonder, what happens to all the people that work at health care companies [...]

Armstrong-Contador rivalry takes a break on Tour – Yahoo! News

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Armstrong-Contador rivalry takes a break on Tour – Yahoo! News.
Me thinks the rivalry is much adieu about nothing.  In fact, I would be willing to bet it is part of Astana’s strategy.  Johan, et. al are way too experienced to not know this kind of storm was coming.

Tour de France and Earpieces

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

I’ve always wondered why the Tour and other cycling events allow earpieces.  Now, I see they have banned them from today’s stage of the Tour.  Pretty good idea, I think.  Let the riders figure out what’s happening on their own.