Mystic Places Marathon

by | Race Results, Sports

The Mystic Places Marathon was yesterday, October 23. Alene Reta and Dzmitry Sivou won the men’s race, coming in a minute apart at 2:25:51 and 2:26:56. Abeba Tola and Elivira Kolpokova won the women’s race in 2:46:21 and 2:47:05. The course map is next to...

German match-fixing trials begin this week

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The trial over match-fixing by referees and players in the German soccer league began this week. Of the six defendants in the case, 2 are referees, one was a player, and the other three were gamblers who bet on the games. I have no problem with sports betting....

Michelle Wie disqualified for accidently cheating

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Michelle Wie played her first professional golf tournament this weekend, but she was disqualified after unwittingly cheating rather than taking a 2 stroke penalty. A spectator told LPGA rules official Robert Smith on Sunday that he thought Wie had dropped the ball...

Notre Dame loses to USC at the last (3) second(s)

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Notre Dame went down swinging today against top ranked USC, losing the game off of a QB sneak in the last 3 seconds of the game. Reggie Bush ran for 3 touchdowns to bring USC up 28 to 24 over Notre Dame. Brady Quinn led an impressive drive culminating in a game...

Bode Miller supports EPO in competitive skiing

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Bode Miller came out publicly supporting EPO on Wednesday, according to Ski Racing Magazine. “I’m surprised it’s illegal,” Miller said, “because in our sport, it would be pretty minimal health risks, and it would actually make it safer for the athletes, because you’d...