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Baseball Ball

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:32:44 +0200

Jeremy Plexico Named Baseball Pitching Coach
BallStateSports.com - Sep 07, 2010
MUNCIE, Ind. - First-year Ball State baseball head coach Alex Marconi announced the hiring of Jeremy Plexico as assistant coach/pitching coach for the

Does Jose Bautista belong among baseball's Fluke All-Stars?
ESPN - Sep 07, 2010
Getty Images Is it a fluke that Jose Bautista is killing the ball this year? If so, it would put him in interesting company.

The Rays foul ball lady hits New York for her media moment
Yahoo! Sports (blog) - Sep 07, 2010
She drew from a lifetime of playing baseball and softball in making the plays, but did have a whole lot of luck on her side because those weren't her usual

Cheers and tears fill Portland Beavers' exhilarating final game at PGE Park
OregonLive.com - Sep 07, 2010
If anything, the Beavers' final game in Portland proved this city can be a baseball town when fans put their minds to it. A sellout crowd of 15639 attended,

How was Brandon Inge's clear foul ball ruled a home run at first?
Yahoo! Sports (blog) - Sep 07, 2010
Still, you have to hope that the umpires aren't getting into last year's postseason form. The last thing baseball needs is another Phil Cuzzi moment.

Mark Prior and The Orange County Flyers of The Golden Baseball League
Bleacher Report - Sep 07, 2010
If the talent level is indeed comparable to Double A ball, striking out 22 hitters in 11 innings seems to be indication that Prior still has something left

Teenage baseball fan hit in head with flying bat... but gives thumbs up to ...
Daily Mail - Sep 07, 2010
Another child was hurt during the incident-packed game when Diamondbacks' Pablo Sandoval struck a foul ball into the stadium's upper deck.

Hockey Stick

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:18:55 +0200

Where are they now: Cliff Ronning
NHL.com - Sep 01, 2010
Ronning, 44, has teamed up with former Easton executive Holmes Ghassemi, and Innovative Hockey's Ron Kunisaki to launch Base Hockey Labs – a hockey stick

Morgan's fighting spirit a product of his hockey days
The Phanatic (blog) - Sep 02, 2010
Garth Butcher, Lyndon Byers, Stu Grimson are retired punchers with bona-fide NHL careers whose names stick out, but Morgan's equal might have been the

Hockey trumps ball for Bowey
BCLocalNews - Sep 02, 2010
Madison Bowey traded in his ball glove for a hockey stick this week. The 15-year-old defenceman from Winnipeg was a late arrival at Kelowna Rockets training

No question about Nugent-Hopkins' prospects
NHL.com - Sep 02, 2010
That's likely to continue in his second season with the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League. As a rookie last season, Nugent-Hopkins finished

Players must either reopen CBA on long-term deals, or league will void Kovy ...
Macleans.ca - Sep 02, 2010
If you like hockey but haven't been paying attention to the Ilya Kovalchuk contract saga, now might be the time to take notice. The New York Post says the

NHL: My Favorite Idiot: A Retrospective on Chris Chelios As a Detroit Red Wing
Bleacher Report - Aug 31, 2010
Though Chicago wasn't exactly the hockey hot-bed it is now, the decades-long rivalry between the Motor City and the Second City still fueled an admirable

Man's Inhumanity To Mann
New Republic (blog) - Aug 30, 2010
Most of the broader public probably has no idea who Mann even is—he was one of the climatologists who created the "hockey stick" graph that used various

Merlin Road Bike

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:17:58 +0200

Lack of financing hinders hotel deal in Haines City
The Ledger - Aug 27, 2010
Quality of life is another factor that EDC boasts about, she said, including ongoing activities in downtown like Bike Night or the Farmer's Market at

Walking With Dinosaurs is a blast from the past
Vancouver Sun - Aug 26, 2010
(HANDOUT: Joan Marcus/Global Creatures/) [PNG Merlin Archive] Lots of things are described as larger than life. Walking With Dinosaurs really

'Scrounger dad's nothing more than a sperm donor'
The Sun - Aug 17, 2010
But local social housing association, Merlin Housing Society, had no five-bedroom properties, so they were told to find a new home on the private market to

Enjoy nature at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area
Highland Community News (subscription) - Aug 13, 2010
Hunters, bird watchers, and other nature enthusiasts literally flock to the wildlife area to see birds of prey, like merlin, peregrine falcon,

Bowling Ball

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:12:25 +0200

Miami Heat: In Old School vs. New School, Who Would Win?
Bleacher Report - Aug 23, 2010
He would toss aside opponents like a bowling ball would pins. O'Neal's presence would give the Cast-Aways the best center of any of the three squads and a

Georgia Tech lands commit No. 12 from LB Tremayne McNair
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) - Aug 23, 2010
20 lbs over weight because PJ had him add 20lbs to play bowling ball in his offense. when JD played for chan he was like 215- 220 mamybe. johnson had him

New Browns RB Peyton Hillis pushes the pile in effort to earn starting berth
The Canadian Press - Aug 22, 2010
Offensive co-ordinator Brian Daboll and quarterback Jake Delhomme liked Hillis' bowling-ball routine so much they called his number four times on the next

Greg Oden: "I'm on schedule to heal."
OregonLive.com (blog) - Aug 22, 2010
Then he opened up a bowling ball bag's worth of excuses about not being able to find size 19 bowling shoes and how bowling balls are too small for massive

My 3-year-old wasn't afraid to fail, so why should I be?
News Sentinel - Aug 23, 2010
We headed off for bowling, and I took a seat as my little boy picked up a miniature bowling ball and geared up for his first throw down the alley.

Arkansas RBs fight for playing time, carries
The Associated Press - Aug 21, 2010
At 5-foot-9, 213 pounds, Johnson is about as easy to tackle as a giant bowling ball covered in grease. Johnson ran for 107 yards last October when Arkansas

There Are Only 21 More Victories Left This Season
Silver and Black Pride (blog) - Aug 23, 2010
I had no problem with him returning kick last year and that was because his bowling ball frame allowed him to fall forward to the 16-yard line with 4 guys

Waterskis

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:11:14 +0200

Enrique Iglesias Water-Skis Nude, Just Like He Promised Us
MTV.com - Aug 05, 2010
the Latin heartthrob made a bet that if his native country of Spain won the 2010 World Cup, he'd strip down nude and put on his favorite water skis.

Water skis, green hair and Elvis
Macon Telegraph - Aug 15, 2010
Linda Giddens has won 15 national championships in the sport. She held every national and world ski jumping record from the time she was 13 years old until

North, Skutt Raise Funds for Charity By Skiing Behind Ferry
St. Ignace News (subscription) - Aug 18, 2010
Mike North and Craig Skutt plan to water ski and tube behind one of the Star Line Ferry boats in a fundraising effort set for Saturday evening, August 21,

A purer Prior Lake
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Aug 18, 2010
Mike Myser has lived on Upper Prior for more than eight years, and he waterskis it a couple of times a week. "If you spend time on the water," he said,

Gordon Crovitz: The Railroad Precedent and the Web
Wall Street Journal - Aug 15, 2010
Are you telling me that it would be illegal to prioritize that traffic over a video of a squirrel on water skis?" This gets at the real issue.

Water skiing museum has slow draw in summer, though lake brings them in
The Ledger - Aug 09, 2010
The Polk County Water Ski Museum has 60 honorees in its Hall of Fame. The Polk County Water Ski Museum records the history of this sport.

WATER SKI: St. Onge, Heller Selected USA Water Ski's July Athletes Of The Month
News-Sports.net (press release) - Aug 02, 2010
The Rock Aqua Jays Water Ski Show Team (Janesville, Wis.) was selected USA Water Ski's Team of the Month. St. Onge, Heller and the Rock Aqua Jays are now

Ping Pong Balls

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:00:40 +0200

Ping-pong balls aid battle against Oregon wildfire
CNN - Aug 06, 2010
By the Wire Staff () -- A helicopter bombarded a forest with ping-pong balls filled with flamable fuel in an effort to contain a wildfire north of

New Ping-Pong Diplomacy
Wall Street Journal - Aug 13, 2010
The origins of ping pong can be traced back almost 150 years to Victorian Britain, but these days table tennis is virtually ignored in the country that

Dessert Social and Ping Pong Regatta
Hornell Evening Tribune - Aug 13, 2010
There will be activities for children, an elegant basket of goodies to be raffled off, and the evening will end with a Ping Pong Ball Regatta with a prize

Ben like ping-pong ball, kingpin says
Herald Sun - Aug 11, 2010
"Well, a number of years ago when we heard that he was partying and he was bouncing around like a ping-pong ball, I tried to sit him down a few times,"

Ping Pong In The Park
Western Queens Gazette - Aug 11, 2010
lasted twenty minutes, and there was often a wait list of those wanting to try a free game. Triple R Events provides ping pong paddles and ping pong balls.

New thunderstorm warnings as second round of storms approaches
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Aug 13, 2010
In Lester Prairie, hail the size of ping-pong balls was reported. Just over the state line in Fargo, up to 4 inches of rain flooded streets.

Toronto's changing sports scene
Globe and Mail - Aug 13, 2010
Filip Ilijevski swats ping pong balls across the table at a limb-whirring rate of what looks like three swings per second. Only 11 years old and blessed