Paraglider lands in minefield
An Israeli man was stuck in the middle of a minefield near the Syrian border Saturday after crashing his paraglider and severely injuring himself.
The unidentified man took off from a peak in the Golan Heights and drifted east toward the Syrian and Jordanian borders before crashing in the minefield, injuring his [...]
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Jerry Rice is rejoining the 49ers for eternity and a day.
Rice, the NFL’s all-time leading receiver, will return to the team’s facility Thursday to sign a one-day contract so he can retire as a 49er, the team announced. The formal retirement ceremony won’t take place until halftime of the Nov. 19 game against Seattle at [...]
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The Red Bull Air Race is an exciting competition in which the world’s most talented pilots are up against each other in a race based on speed, precision and skill.
The competition features a dynamic new discipline of flying, called ‘air racing’ where the objective is to navigate a challenging obstacle course in the sky in [...]
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Dean Karnazes insists he’s not crazy. He just loves to run. A lot.
This fall, the 43-year-old long distance runner will tackle one marathon a day for 50 consecutive days, running a total 1,310 miles in 50 days. And for each 26.2-mile race, Karnazes and his family of four will travel to a [...]
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Floyd Landis ‘B’ test is positive - Aug 5, 2006
America’s Floyd Landis was fired by his team and the Tour de France no longer considered him its champion Saturday after his second doping sample tested positive for higher-than-allowed levels of testosterone.
The head of France’s anti-doping commission said the samples contained synthetic testosterone, indicating that [...]
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The TV Deal the NBA Wishes It Had Not Made
The Silnas of the ABAs St. Louis Spirits still cash in on the contract that began with the merger in 1976.
Roughly once a month, the NBA cuts 31 checks to NBA teams as revenue from its multibillion-dollar national television contract.
There are only 30 NBA franchises, so [...]
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Tour de France winner failed drug test in race
Floyd Landis’ stunning Tour de France victory just four days earlier was thrown into question Thursday when his team said he tested positive for high levels of testosterone during the race.
The Phonak team suspended Landis, pending results of the backup “B” sample of his drug test. If [...]
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San Francisco still in the running to host 2016 Olympics
San Francisco remains in the running to be the American city bidding to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The U.S. Olympic Committee today announced narrowing the field from five to three cities, eliminating Houston and Philadelphia to leave Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
A committee delegation visited [...]
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Wired 14.08: Posts
The marriage of sports and marketing is strangely incongruous. Consider: It’s 9:30 am in the Ericsson Pavilion overlooking Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, and the bar is open. “Grab a drink,” says Dusyant Patel, Ericsson’s suave director of marketing and external communications, nodding toward the sleek white bar on the second-story balcony. Moored at the [...]
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Tour de France 2006
Floyd Landis paced himself perfectly in the final major rendezvous of the 2006 Tour de France. He didn’t waiver from his plan at the start of the day and wasn’t tempted to try and catch the dominant Serhiy Honchar who won his second successive Tour de France time trial. Floyd knew that [...]
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