(Sports)
The Missing Links: Prep School, Desert Getaways, and Murakami
Finally, a handbook on how to be preppy.
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Were You Punked by Muhammad Ali in the 70s?
If so, then a British TV producer wants to speak to you.
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The Most Annoying Noisemakers in Sports History
A close look at the history of competitive games reveals that pernicious noisemaking instruments have almost always played a singular, if mischievous role, in the sporting life at home and abroad.
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What a Mush: A Jamaican Foray Into Dogsledding
Considering the many successes of Olympic golden child and record-wrecking sprinter Usain Bolt, it's easy for people to forget that Jamaica's true specialty is performing unremarkably—and yet memorably!—in cold-weather sports.
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It's Audible, Baby: Toymakers Apparently Think We Need to Hear More Dick Vitale
Hark, the herald angels sing! Or, as it were, the complete opposite. Fathead—the makers of life-sized stickers of athletes that people hang on their kids' bedroom walls to terrify them at night—recently announced that they would be releasing talking versions of their wildly-popular cutouts.
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A Spin Down Equality Lane
We (which is to say those of us who follow bowling) are witnessing a Disney couple of months on the PBA Tour.
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Mystery Science Theater: Severed Feet and Brain Damage
As mysteries go, this one ranks up there with the all-time greats. Since August of 2007, eight human feet have washed up on the shores of the Pacific Northwest.
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Place Your Bets: Who's Going to Win the 2010 World Cup?
Thanks to a tight victory over Honduras on Saturday night, the United States soccer team will be competing in the 2010 World Cup Finals that kick off in Johannesburg, South Africa, next June.
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Top Five Reasons Why Rush and the Rams Are a Perfect Fit
Given his brief and disastrous fling with ESPN's pro-football preview show Sunday NFL Countdown, you might think Rush Limbaugh would be well-advised to put those NFL days far behind him. But like Brett Favre, Rush just can't seem to stay away.
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60 Seconds with Kerry Rhodes
Just in time for preseason, New York Jets safety Kerry Rhodes dishes on his pretty-boy quarterback, gives props to Lady Gaga, and tries to earn his team some respect.
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The Daily Details Continues
