Sideline Chatter: a little Parisian change
Bubba in Paris: Can you say culture shock?
American golfer Bubba Watson - a native of rural Bagdad, Fla. - made a rare trip across the big pond to play in this year's French Open, and let's just say he's not up to snuff on Parisian landmarks.
"I don't know the names of all the things, the big tower, Eiffel Tower, an arch (Arc de Triomphe), whatever I rode around in a circle," Watson told AP. "And then what's that - it starts with an 'L' - Louvre, something like that. One of those."
Different spin
The man who leapt and spun 360 degrees before unleashing a ceremonial first pitch perfectly over the plate before a Padres game last week was:
a) a Cirque du Soleil acrobat.
b) Luis Tiant.
Quacking the code
Sure, Oregon is listed fifth in The Sporting News' college football rankings, but it's no big deal to Ducks offensive lineman Mark Asper.
"Preseason rankings are like dialogue on 'Baywatch,'" Asper told TSN. "You need them to keep the show going, but they don't mean anything to anyone except nerds."
Gene-pooling
From RJ Currie of SportsDeke.com:
Q: What do you get if you combine the CEO of the All England Lawn and Tennis Club with the headmaster of Hogwarts?
A: Wimbledore.
Dear old dad
Not news: There's an overzealous parent in Lancaster County, Pa., who sometimes chews out his son for misplays on the softball diamond, WGAL-TV reported.
News: Jay Wolf is 81 - and he's the kid. Arthur, the daddy, is 101.
Das booted
Yineth Varon, a backup goalkeeper for Colombia, failed a drug test at the Women's World Cup and was suspended by FIFA on Tuesday.
Officials figured something was awry when her first goal kick came down on the 50-yard line - two stadiums away.
The write stuff
- Comedy writer Marc Ragovin, envisioning the first game matching Marlins manager Jack McKeon, 80, and the Nationals' Davey Johnson, 68: "The managers meet at home plate to exchange bucket lists."
- Headline at SportsPickle.com: "Blazers very gently extend offer to Greg Oden."
- Jerry Crowe of the L.A. Times, on the United States' opening Women's World Cup win: "Or, as it's known in North Korea, the lightning round."
- Greg Connors of the Buffalo News, on the NBA lockout: "Help me out here: Would LeBron James go back to Ohio to file for unemployment?"
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Out of uniform
FC Rossiyanka, a Russian women's soccer power, announced it will play in bikinis to attract male fans.
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FC Rossiyanka, a Russian women's soccer power, announced it will play in bikinis to attract male fans. Which certainly answers the question: Who wants to be first string? Reader comments on Sacbee.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Sacramento
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Showtime has a multi-year deal with Russian outfit M-1 Global, which has drawn similar viewership as Strikeforce Challegers shows despite a fraction of the name value or promotional muscle. Assuming Showtime loses Strikeforce (and they almost certainly
If so, such scratching of the nostalgic itch begins to feel like mere nativism: If only you weren't all blonde and Russian, if only your surnames sounded less like shades of the same color and more like a Baskin-Robbins rainbow, we could relate to each
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