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The LPGA is requiring its players to speak English by the end of the 2009 season. Of the 121 international players from 26 countries on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour... Read more »

Nine-year old Jericho Scott won’t be playing any more baseball this year. The young black boy, a pitcher, was banned from the Youth Baseball League of New... Read more »

The first two days of the U.S. Open produced few surprises. Rafael Nadal began play as the world’s number one with a tough straight set win over qualifier... Read more »

Before we begin, let me get something off my chest. Memo to cable news hosts and pundits: BIGOTED WHITE VOTERS ARE NOT BARACK OBAMA’S CHARACTER FLAW!!!  Racism... Read more »

DWil

If this article is posted Monday morning, we can safely say the sporting press is generally racist. We can also say that certain black sportswriters and columnists are little more than shuffling, scuffling, buffoons; house slaves who love “Massa” more than they love themselves. You see Thursday evening just after 10:30 p.m. EST defending 400-meter gold medalist Jeremy Wariner finished a disappointing second in his event to fellow American LaShawn Merritt. Wariner, in fact, trailed Merritt, who posted a personal best time of 43.75 seconds, by nearly a full second (44.74) at the finish line.

But that was not the entire story of the Men’s 400-meter event in Beijing.

Not even close.

The real story was Wariner’s pitiful finish. With only 20 meters remaining in the race Wariner looked to his left and saw Merritt ahead of him. Instead of pushing himself to the end, Wariner, realizing there was not enough track left in the race to come back against his countryman, gave up.

Jeremy Wariner, the gold medal favorite in the 400-meter dash, gave up on his primary Olympic event before the finish line. He jogged to the tape and nearly cost himself a silver medal.

But as despicable as Wariner’s lack of effort was, that is only part of the story.

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MCBias

I think most of us who played sports before have wondered if we’d have a chance at qualifying for the Olympics in the less well-known sports. Of course, you and I followed that thought by reaching for some more Pringles and changing the channel! However, Kathryn Bertine instead went all-out in attempting to qualify for the Olympics. She tried multiple sports, multiple strategies, and even multiple citizenships to be part of Beijing 2008. Unfortunately, her cycling times weren’t quite good enough for Beijing, but she’s already thinking about London 2012! My interview with her is below. (Photo by Andrew Kozak).
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SML

Some quick hits on the events of the past weekend:

Adding a bit to D-Wil’s early post on the Manny Ramirez trade, and Boston Red Sox management’s general habit of tarnishing or diminishing the character of their former players almost immediately after trading them, here is a recap of the stories out of Boston, and LA, since the trade. Read more »