New England Patriots defeat Oakland Raiders 30-20

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The New England Patriots defeated the Oakland Raiders last night in Foxboro, in a 30-20 match that ended about as was expected. The Raiders had a nice opening drive, and Randy Moss had a joggled 73-yard touchdown pass, but they just could not bring everything together...

Thomas Harrion died from a heart attack

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The autopsy determined that Thomas Herrion’s death was caused by a heart attack. His former coach and all of his teammates all thought that he was in great shape, but apparently his large size of 310 pounds at only 6 foot 3 inches caught up to him. That is the...

Brett Favre will start despite ankle injury

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Brett Favre will still start against Detroit on Sunday, despite having hurt his ankle. He has started 225 consecutive regular season games; every single one for the past 12 years. That is no small accomplishment. What I don’t get is why he seems so old; he is...

Jerry Rice Retires

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Probably not big news anymore, but while I was out of town Jerry Rice retired. He was a great talent, and I am glad that he got some years out of him that nobody saw coming. He enjoyed himself and kept himself in the game as long as somebody was willing to let him. He...

UMaine falls to Nebraska

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Saturday night, the University of Maine Black Bears played the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The game was televised at the Sports Arena, in Hermon, Maine. I was not really expecting Maine to do all that much, but their defense was solid. The offensive line though was full of...

Machismo and safety in sports

by | Fitness, News

Bryan Burwell of the St Louis Post-Dispatch wrote an article about Missouri football player Aaron O’Neil, who died of meningitis last July. His main gripe is that there were a lot of warning signs that something was wrong with Aaron, but they were all ignored by...

Soccer: FIFA to implement goal line technology

by | Technology

Soccer may get a slight makeover as FIFA tests a new goal line technology at the U-17 World Championship later this month. The soccer ball will have a chip embedded into it that will sound a buzzer in the official’s ear if the ball completely crosses the plane...

Chainless Bicycles

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I just saw information about chainless bicycles for the first time. What a neat concept! Dynamic Bicycles has a lot of information about chainless bikes on their website. Supposedly, they are cleaner, safer, quieter, and require less maintenance than a normal chain...