Archive for the ‘Extreme Sports’ category
Sidney Crosby Skates For First Time Since Suffering Concussion
This morning, Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby skated for the first time since being injured by a concussion in early January. The Penguins reported that Crosby skated in full gear for about 15 minutes in Pittsburgh. He took some shots and stick-handled around some cones on the ice. A brief video is up at www.pittsburghpenguins.com. [...]
Lindsey Vonn wins women’s World Cup downhill race
Lindsey Vonn showed she is back to her best by winning a women’s World Cup downhill race on Saturday, just weeks after concussion curtailed her world championship campaign. Lindsey Vonn was slightly behind Slovenia’s Tina Maze at the first time split on the Olympia course but won in one minute 40.93 sec. for her seventh [...]
TED LIGETY GIANT SLALOM TITLE WIN
The world renowned, Ted Ligety brought forth a clean sort of a 2nd run under worsening conditions as well as chipped in to the U.S. its very 1st world championships gold medal on the day of Friday when he made headway and won up the championship title of the giant slalom. Ted Ligety leapt out [...]
Lance Armstrong to announce retirement
Lance Armstrong, cancer survivor and record seven-time winner of the Tour de France, will announce his retirement from competitive cycling on Wednesday. Armstrong, 39, will also announce that he will co-chair a campaign for the California Cancer Research Act initiative, which would fund cancer research by adding $1 to the price of a pack of [...]
Take steps to limit risk of injury when off-roading in desert
The desert season is here, when families head out to to partake in a multitude of off-road vehicle activities. This can include dirt bikes, all-terrain vehicles and “golf carts.” Known colloquially as desert rats, these individuals use the temperate winter temperatures of our Southern California deserts to enjoy some engine-powered fun. Unfortunately, this annually brings [...]
Cycling surges on London’s Cycle Superhighways
The bank-sponsored Cycle Superhighways come in for a lot of stick from some quarters but new Transport for London figures show that the blue cycle lanes are attracting more and more cyclists. TfL claims that some sections have seen cycle journey increases of up to 100 per cent during peak times. TfL figures show that [...]
Aspen seniors still skiing after all these years
For the 24th straight ski season, a group of powder-loving senior citizens convened on a local mountain this week. However, for the first time since they got together, they were led not by one of their own, but by ambassadors from the Aspen Skiing Co. Chris Kelly is the ambassador coordinator for the Skico and [...]
Larry Ellison gets black mark for Cup theatrics
Now that the America’s Cup is firmly anchored in San Francisco Bay and everyone is trying on blue blazers and captain’s caps, one question remains: Was this really necessary? There isn’t any doubt San Francisco is the perfect spot for the races. As Larry Ellison told city officials, the natural aquatic amphitheater, the knockout backdrop, [...]
JOHAN BRUYNEEL, TEAM RADIOSHACK PUNISHED FOR TOUR JERSEY INCIDENT
Team RadioShack has been punished and fined for breaching International Cyclist Union (UCI) regulations at the 2010 edition of the Tour de France. At the starting line of the twentieth and final stage of the 2010 Tour de France, the riders and sporting directors of Lance Armstrong’s Team RadioShack showed up in unauthorized black jerseys [...]
Is Cliff Diving the Most Extreme Sport?
Have you ever stopped to think what makes an extreme sport extreme, you may be surprised to learn that extreme sports are actually defined as such by their counter-cultural status. This really is what turns a sport into an extreme sport, danger does play a big part? No. This is what extreme sports are really [...]
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