Archive for August 2nd, 2008

Clarke keeps faint Ryder Cup hopes alive with 65 (Reuters)

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Britain’s Darren Clarke gave his
slim Ryder Cup hopes a welcome fillip by shooting a sparkling
five-under-par 65 in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational third
round on Saturday.

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What a great weekend. I just got back from Red Bull Portland Flugtag. Interestingly enough, Eric Denton somehow sent his aircraft backwards, into the water the other direction. Go figure. Today, I prepare (NSFW) for a MLS tripleheader. First, KC/DC, then Houston/Colombo, and then Chivas/Chicago for the nightcap.

DCU vs. KC: Starting lineups

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You’ll see a bit of a different look from United tonight, with two former San Jose Earthquakes players making their debut in D.C.’s black kits. Here’s the lineup Coach Soehn has decided upon…

Zach Wells; Bryan Namoff, Pat Carroll, Devon McTavish, Marc Burch; Fred, Joe Vide, Clyde Simms, Ivan Guerrero; Luciano Emilio, Jaime Moreno.

Claire wants your prediction. Thanks.

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CLAIRE

Want to give prediciton again?

1. About how long will Nadal stay #1?

2. How many GS’s will Nadal have at end of career?

3. How long will Nadal keep up this level of play?

3. Will Djokovic be #2 by year end?

4. Will Djokovic ever be #1?

5. Will Federer get 14 or 15 GS’s or possibly never getting #13?

6. Will Federer ever get the #1 spot back?

7. Do you think Federer will consider retiring if he loses both Olympics and US Open?

8. Because of Federer’s performance so far this year, will that effect how he is thought of in the history of tennis?

9. How will the head to head (6-12) effect what is said of Federer in the future, i.e. Nadal was really #1 due to ther head to head?

10. What is more important, being #1 for 4 1/2 consecutive years (Federer) or being #1 at year end for 4+ years (Sampras)?

Daily Dose 08.02.08

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Something to read while you put some clothes on… Jewell or Belichick: Which sex tape is worse? (Dave’s Football Blog) A surprisingly convincing argument for 3-6-1 (Gramsci’s Kingdom) Previewing the Olympic ladies (USA WCB) Reinventing PSG (Just Football) But why do they call him Billy? (Milan Offside) Jerson dos Santos - late starter (Sniffing the Touchline) Sepp Blatter denies saying that thing [.

Twins’ Gardenhire suspended 1 game (AP)

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Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire was suspended for one game Saturday for his outburst Thursday night that led fans to throw hats and baseballs on the field during a victory over the Chicago White Sox. Gardenhire will miss Saturday night’s home game against the Cleveland Indians. Bob Watson, baseball’s vice president of on-field operations, said Gardenhire also was fined.

From Player To Fan

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I’ve never actually blogged before, but there is a first time for everything I guess. My first…

Starting 11

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For tonight’s match at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minn.

GK Knighton
D Guante
D S. Thompson
D Knowles
D Griffin
M Poltl
M Oka
M Suzuki
M Olum
F Alvarez
F Jordan

Minnesota has allowed 25 goals on the year, so if ever there was a night to get the offense cranked up it’s this one!

Pennington ‘beats’ Clemens in scrimmage (AP)

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Score this round of the Jets’ quarterback competition in favor of Chad Pennington — barely. Locked in a tight contest with Kellen Clemens for the starting job, Pennington left Hofstra’s Shuart Stadium a winner in the team’s green-white scrimmage Saturday. He still wasn’t quite ready yet to declare victory in the competition.

Stupidity I cannot stand or even sit.

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-Turning the car tires the wrong way. You know when you park on an incline or decline, you are supposed to turn the tires to the curb in such a way that if the brakes etc. fail, the curb will hold the car from going down or up the lane. And you will see morons who will turn the wheels the wrong way. How freaking stupid do you have to freaking be to not figure that out?

-If you are just getting on the freeway, you merge with the first lane as you hit the freeway. This nut job will start moving to his right to block you from getting ahead of him even though there’s ample room to his left. Did anyone get that?

-Stupid people who work at the post office, grocery stores, DMV, Subway etc. who give out so much attitude and resentment because they have just enough brains to know that they are dumb and that we know they are dumb.

-The moment I tell someone I live in a basement, they instantly get this picture of someone without clothes running around goats and inflatables. This is a clear case of profiling. But it could also be just me. OK, this is 50 percent.

-Morons who ask the obvious freaking question. Like if you are trying to get in your car using a metal clothes hanger, you will always have a knucklehead who will come up to you with “Locked yourself out of your car, heh?” No nimrod, I just washed the car and I am just trying to put it out to dry on this freaking hanger.

-The guy behind you in the queue is so much in a hurry, he keeps coming closer to you as if that will get him to the counter any quicker. What I do is just step to the side. Guy doesn’t know what to do next. He cannot go in front of me after one look at my biceps.

Moron doesn’t have the freaking brains to realize it doesn’t matter how close he is to the counter that matters, it’s how many are in front of him that determines it. Surprisingly I don’t seem to mind if there’s a young lady at it. But I always get the old haggard ones. Geeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzz!!!!

-Have you noticed on your drives that some people at the bus stop will walk right in the middle of the road to see if the bus is coming? Moron, you may not need that bus to get where you could be going soon. What freaking difference does it freaking make if you see the bus or not. Bus is going to come when it will come. Your attempts to commit a suicide will not make it arrive any faster.

-Tailgating. What are you trying to freaking do? Scare me? How? You will hit my car? How does that make ME lose anything? You will be the one at fault for rear ending me. I just slow down even more, to which they start honking. How’s that going to help? All that attention from public will frighten me to hit the gas? Then they start using bullets. That’s when I come to my senses and hit the gas. Why not start with the bullets? Why waste all that time? You could have been home by now.