HBO hit with $5 million defamation suit (Tuesday 24th of June 2008 10:22:11 PM)
A sports memorabilia expert filed a $5
million experts are online! ask a examine lawsuit on
Tuesday against cable idiot box*
channel HBO and those customer's broker person with its "Real
Sports with
Bryant Gumbel" program for a segment that accused ...
(more)Back to earth (Monday 23rd of June 2008 11:37:00 AM)
Mass hysteria. It's always an interesting phenomenon. Especially when it's crushed. This
country has been in such a state for the past two weeks, and yesterday it was all over.
Streets, stores, people's outfits... The color orange reigned supreme for ...
(more)Weekend update (Saturday 14th of June 2008 08:02:00 AM)
As most of you know, I'm not doing my blogging from home, and as usual, here I am at the
Enkhuizen library, which is a fifteen minute walk from my home. Normally, at this hour, 10 AM,
on a Saturday morning there's already a lot ...
(more)Lack of comments (Wednesday 14th of May 2008 05:41:00 PM)
So far tell me what do you think of my blog. I am sure everyone has different view on my blog.
Whether its good or bad I would accept the comment. But I do hope there are not too harsh on
me. From the day ...
(more)Protective Eyewear Key to Sports Safety (Sunday 11th of May 2008 03:45:54 AM)
HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) -- Every year in the United
States, about 40,000
people suffer sports-related eye injuries, says the
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO),
which recommends that all
athletes wear appropriate, sports-specific ...
(more)Darts (Friday 11th of January 2008 01:38:00 PM)
Here's a guilty pleasure of mine. In my country it is a well accepted passion, but
internationally it's still a small 'sport': darts. Even though I don't play the game myself, I
would have to say I'm as much into darts as into soccer. The ...
(more)Comcast to NFL Network: stop coaxing customers away... or else (Wednesday 21st of November 2007 05:27:00 PM)
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
It's no secret that Comcast and the NFL Network don't
have the rosiest of relationships, and now that Comcast won a ruling (that's being appealed, to
no one's shock) over what tier the channel was being placed on, ...
(more)Weekend (Saturday 17th of November 2007 09:08:00 AM)
In an attempt to write more personal entries, here's on that's entitled 'Weekend'. Because,
let's face it, that's what it is. It'll be quite an irregular Saturday for me. Normally I'd be
online from 1 AM thru 4 AM Pacific, but now I'll be signing ...
(more)O.J. Simpson Named Suspect In Las Vegas Casino Break-In (Free Internet Press) (Sunday 16th of September 2007 06:18:52 AM)
Convocation questioned O.J. Simpson and named him a suspect Friday in a burglary at a casino
hotel room involving sports memorabilia. The burglary was reported at the Palace Station casino
late Thursday night, said police spokesman Jose Montoya. He said ...
(more)David Beckham (Tuesday 04th of September 2007 11:33:00 AM)
There is just no way around it, even in the Dutch sports media, David Beckham is in LA. It
makes me sick. Not necessarily the man himself, after all, he is a gifted player, but the
stupid short term marketing trick that got him playing ...
(more)Tour de France IV (Friday 27th of July 2007 11:30:00 AM)
Whoa, that was a shock. On Wednesday I went home early to watch the final hours of the final
mountain stage of this Tour de France, and saw Michael Rasmussen virtually secure an overall
victory. The rest of the day I was in very high ...
(more)Tour de France III (Tuesday 24th of July 2007 12:57:00 PM)
Only one more mountain stage to go, and the great Dutch (and Danish) hope, Michael Rasmussen,
is still in the yellow jersey, 2.23 mins. ahead of his Spanish rival Contador. Rasmussen is at
the center of controversy however, and the German and French media ...
(more)Tour de France II (Friday 20th of July 2007 02:22:00 PM)
What was to be expected did happen: German public TV have pulled out of the Tour de France. In
my previous entry I mentioned a German cyclist who had the misfortune of crashing into a fan on
his way back to his team's bus. Well, ...
(more)Tour de France (Monday 16th of July 2007 11:59:00 AM)
The Tour de France is on again. One of the greatest sporting events in the world. I just love
it, the competition, the scenic images, the whole media circus around it. This edition is once
again by all sorts of dope allegations, but a true ...
(more)The latest Dutch invention the whole world was just dying for (Monday 02nd of July 2007 11:34:00 AM)
Yay! After giving the world "total football", the CD and the TomTom, we have come up
with another one of those wonderful innovations: artificial ice. Yay. This means hockey can now
be played year round from Mexico to Kenya. Just what the world ...
(more)Yay! (Friday 15th of June 2007 01:35:00 PM)
A select few in my country are extremely happy at this time. Reason? The San Antonio Spurs have
won the NBA title! Yay. It's surprising how few people actually knew that this was about to
happen last night, though. I've asked around and no one ...
(more)A bizarre weekend (Tuesday 01st of May 2007 01:30:00 PM)
This is an entry about soccer, so if you don't care, you are excused. This past Sunday was a
bizarre day in Dutch soccer history. On the last day of our regular season, three teams were
equal on points at the top of the table, ...
(more)The wonderful world of cricket (Friday 23rd of March 2007 02:24:00 PM)
Since last week I have been following the World Cup of Cricket in the West Indies (a group of
former British colonies in the Caribbean), and what I have been seeing has exceeded all of my
expectations! Murder, surprise results (the two could be connected)... ...
(more)The cheapest national anthem in the world (Monday 05th of February 2007 12:48:00 PM)
OK, although I have written an entry two weeks ago, in which I called football a sport for
losers. However, I am sportsfan enough to watch the Super Bowl, and if at all possible I want
to catch it realtime, so yes I watch last ...
(more)Football is a sport for losers!!! (Monday 22nd of January 2007 03:00:00 PM)
And I'm not talking about soccer! I'm talking about what we non-Americans call American
football. I've tried to watch the Indianapolis v New England game last night, and let me
describe what it looked like to me: picture a parking lot, flanked by two ...
(more)Elfstedentocht Museum opened! (Friday 05th of January 2007 01:23:00 PM)
Now that climatologists are beginning to prophesie doom and gloom for our climate, one of the
most important winter traditions in this country has been given its own museum. And it's just
about time too. If we are to believe these climatologists, there ...
(more)Winnipeg Goldeyes baseball (Friday 08th of September 2006 04:57:00 PM)
On Tuesday night Marilyn and I went to a baseball game. During the day I had brought up the
word baseball, probably after a baseball item on the radio, and Marilyn suggested going to a
game. The local team, the Winnipeg Goldeyes (a goldeye is ...
(more)World Cup soccer (Monday 10th of July 2006 01:29:00 PM)
I do apologize for this entry, but I simply wouldn't be myself if I didn't write a review about
the World Cup. My verdict is: CRAP! There have been a few good games, but I think this year's
tournament will be remembered for one thing ...
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