Club West Masters Meet organizer escaped major fire, written 2 days ago, Beverley Lewis, an Aussie track Olympian back in the day, is better-known as the respected USATF official who acts as starter at major meets, including her own Club West Masters Meet. Held every October at UC Santa Barbara, the...

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No, Loeb isn't joining Formula 1, written 2 weeks ago, You may have seen some reports claiming that WRC driver Sebastien Loeb may be joining F1 in the near future. Pure speculation. The 2008 rally champion has merely been offered a drive with the Red Bull Racing team as a reward for collecting his f...

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Ashley Judd showed up at the North Carolina and Kentucky..., written 2 days ago, Ashley Judd showed up at the North Carolina and Kentucky game this week because she promised to do so if North Carolina voted for Obama. Hey, California is a blue state, too, how about showing up at a Cal State Fullerto...

College Football Week 12 Fan's Guide, written 3 days ago, Last week was pretty uneventful in college football, but after getting a chance to catch our breath, the prime time matchups are back in full force in Week 12. Bids to the BCS are finally up for grabs as the Big Ten completes its schedule wi...

Rupp turns in incredibly rare sub-28 minute, written 1 week ago, Galen Rupp not only qualified for a return trip to the NCAA cross country championships on Saturday, he turned in a race at Stanford Golf Course that ranks among his career highlights. Rupp covered the northern California course -- bil...

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How do I rank thee? Let me count the ways., written 2 days ago, The new International Racquetball Tour (IRT) rankings that we posted here yesterday are now on their website also. The IRT, like the Women's Professional Racquetball Organization (WPRO) and the professional tennis tours, use players' pe...

Postgame: Idaho State falls at Hawaii, written 4 days ago, Another early season road trip. Another loss. Idaho State had all kinds of chances against Hawaii to finally breakthrough and get a road win in nonconference play against a WAC opponent not named Idaho, but the Bengals couldn’t take advant...

Wired Up: Fred Smoot, written 2 days ago, I feel like the last Wired Up we posted was a huge success. Rebecca Mejia and the rest of the Redskins Broadcast team has done an awesome job putting these videos together. Just so you know, you can watch other Wired Up features along with Redskins Broadcast...

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Cashman Shrewdly Deals for Swisher, written 1 week ago, The New York Yankees acquired Nick Swisher from the Chicago White Sox for Wilson Betemit and two minor-league pitchers.  Unlike a number of Cashman moves, this trade was quite shrewd. Swisher had a terrible season last year.  His .219 batting...

NHL General Managers Move into Advanced Class, written 3 days ago, The NHL is supposed to be in an era of cost certainty. I don’t think many general managers are certain at all about what they’re doing financially. The salary cap is complex, just like chess. There are many strategies you can us...

Blazers shellack Bulls in Oden's home debut, written 3 days ago, The Portland Trail Blazers drafted Greg Oden 509 days prior to his home debut against the Chicago Bulls. Oden entered the game with 4 minutes and 28 seconds left in the first quarter to a standing ovation from the home fans, and emphat...

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Extra Points Mailbag, written 2 days ago, Ten games into the 2008 football season, the Tar Heels have posted a 7-3 record, have had a solid shot at landing a spot in the ACC championship game (and still retain a slim one), have made noticeable improvement in most every position over a year ago and a...

How to Calculate Body Fat by Measuring Skinfolds, written 6 days ago, There are many different methods of assessing body composition, or the percent of fat and lean mass of an individual. The skinfold measurement test estimates the percentage of body fat...

Future of the Golden League, written 1 week ago, While cleaning house today, I came across some notes I furiously scribbled down a few weeks ago regarding the IAAF's Golden League and World Athletics Tour. This year, the Golden League was disjointed and hard to follow while the World Tour as a whol...