Archive for the ‘Extreme Sports’ category
Big Blue Kitten earns keep
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Don’t expect Big Blue Kitten to wear a claiming tag anytime soon. The 3-year-old colt, whose first three starts came in claiming races with no buyers, made a grand step up in competition by winning the Grade II, $150,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Friday. Big [...]
Pierre Rolland wins 19th stage of Tour de France
ALPE D’HUEZ, France (AP) — Frenchman Pierre Rolland won the 19th stage of the Tour de France on Friday, crossing the line at the top of the famed Alpe d’Huez after attacking near the end of the mountain’s 21 brutally steep bends packed with thousands of wildly cheering cycling fans. Rolland attacked as the demanding [...]
Rashad Evans Hoping For Rampage Victory Over Jones
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans will be watching the light heavyweight championship fight between champion Jon Jones and challenger Quinton “Rampage” Jackson with great interest. Should Evans defeat Tito Ortiz at UFC 133 on August 6th, he will meet the winner of the UFC 135 main event next. Evans has faced Jackson before, [...]
Cavendish wins 7th stage of Tour de France
Mark Cavendish captured the crash-marred seventh stage Friday in the same town where three years ago he won a Tour de France stage for the first time. Thor Hushovd kept the leader’s yellow jersey. A pileup toward the end of the 135-mile course across the Loire River valley cost British champion Bradley Wiggins any shot [...]
Can Amir Khan become the Britain’s youngest unified world champion?
This is a question which I ask a lot of fans, the majority of the fans say yes. In order to obtain that legendary status he will have to fight the best junior welter in Tim Bradley. Tim Bradley is a very rugged fighter, he’s a massive junior welter with good speed and excellent boxing [...]
Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai Wins The Boston Marathon In World Record Time
Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya won the Boston Marathon today in an (unofficial) world record time of 2:03:02. He beat Haile Gebrselassie’s existing mark by almost a full minute, but he had a massive tailwind for much of the race. It won’t be an official world record until the IAAF signs off on it. He bested [...]
Idiot’s guide to extreme sport
The word extreme is rather lame as it has been overused in promoting anything from vacuum cleaning to car polishes. It first gained popularity in the nineties to market ESPN’s X Games, but it’s unfortunate that such a cool word has since suffered so far a fall from grace. I’ve been on a mission to [...]
Top Seeds Explode With Massive Scores on Day Two of O’Neill Cold Water Classic in New Zealand
Top Seeds dominated proceedings on day two of The O’Neill Cold Water Classic Series 2011 with Australian Nic Muscroft, American Nat Young and Spanish surfer Gony Zubizarreta dominating proceedings as the event moved into the early stages of the Round of 96. Conditions remained unruly on day two of the event with a persistent onshore [...]
Maria Riesch wins Alpine World Cup overall title
Maria Riesch of Germany ended Lindsey Vonn’s three-year reign without putting on her skis, clinching the World Cup overall title after the final race was canceled because of poor weather. The best friends and rivals were set for a dramatic showdown in the season-ending giant slalom with Riesch holding a three-point lead. But World Cup [...]
Snowkiting Championships in Russia 2011
The final stage of Russia Snowkite Cup “Winter OFF” will be held in Chelyabinsk on March, 17 – 20. This year four world champions will be snowkiting on Shershnevskoye dam lake, at the “Beliy parus” beach. The jib-contest will take place March, the 18th in the Ural’s best snowboard park called “Flat Park”, which is [...]
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