We can elect an African-American as our country's 44th president and put not one, but two, exploration rovers on Mars, but we can't devise a college football playoff system that makes everyone happy?
Social networking sites aren’t just great places to catch up with old friends from high school or post pictures from your night out last weekend. With their growing popularity, social networking sites are expanding to fit a wide variety of niches. Now sports fans can come together on a wide variety of sites to talk about their favorite teams, sports or even meet up to play pick-up games. Check out these sites to meet up with and chat with your fellow sports followers from all over the globe.
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban wants to throw "the biggest event this country has ever seen."NBA commissioner David Stern has somewhat more modest goals for the 2010 All-Star Game, which will be played at the new Cowboys' stadium that February."I don't know what the largest crowd ever to see a basketball game in the United States is," Stern said Thursday. "I think it's about 78,000. We're going to top that.
The NFL is learning the hard way that a microscopic foe can be much more imposing than a 300-pound lineman, as a sudden slew of staph infections has sacked several players in the game.More Related * Battling the NFL: Two Hail-Mary Passes * What You Need to Know About Staph * Out of the Locker-Room ClosetEarly this week, Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. revealed that staph (short for Staphylococcus) infection had sent him to the Cleveland Clinic for three days, and he accused the Browns of asking him to cover it up.
In the bottom of the eighth of a 3-3 game, Cardinals outfielder Enos Slaughter took off from first with the pitch, which was shot into left-center by Harry Walker. Red Sox center fielder Leon Culberson bobbled the ball briefly, and there was no stopping Slaughter who recklessly ran through a stop sign at third and charged home. Second baseman Johnny Pesky's relay throw was late and one of baseball's most contended stories was born. Was it a double?
Tiger Woods pulls a club for John Abel while caddying on the 10th hole of the South Course at Torrey Pines Monday Oct. 20, in San Diego. Abel, from West Berlin, New Jersey, won a contest that entitled him to have Tiger Woods caddy for him.
My father was one of the greatest professional bowlers of all time. Seriously. Billy Hardwick: PBA Hall of Fame, Player of the Year in '63 and '69, and the first winner of the triple crown of bowling, among other things. My parents met at my maternal grandfather's bowling center, where my dad competed. They even named me after their dear friend Chris Schenkel, the color commentator for ABC's Pro Bowlers Tour.
Despite being in the middle of the desert, the people of Coober Peady haven’t let that get in the way of getting in a round of golf. Coober Peady is home to an 18 hole golf course. What makes it different is the total lack of grass. There isn’t a blade of grass within hundreds of kilometers of Coober Peady. If you look closely you’ll notice under the sign that the ball is orange and there is a small square of artificial turf.
The Texas Longhorns came into their annual showdown against the Oklahoma Sooners with a quarterback they could trust and a defense playing great under an aggressive new coordinator. Yet even after five solid wins, coach Mack Brown still wondered how good they were.
Now, everyone knows.
A league of lingerie-clad women playing football is no longer a fantasy, it’s a reality. Lingerie Football is back, better and bigger than ever. Based on the Super Bowl halftime gimmick of the same name, Lingerie Football is now a league and it’s expanding.
