Archive for category Sport

Rock Crawling buggies

Posted by mistergroonk in Admin, Sport, Video on January 8, 2006

The ‘sport’ doesn’t interest me. The buggies do.

(via b55seddel)

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Jontel, the 3rd Grade Pool Shark

Posted by mistergroonk in Sport on December 2, 2005

And he qualified for the U.S. Pool Players Association national tournament:

Jontel, a third-grader who stands 4-foot-1, learned how to play pool at age six from his grandparents.

“My grandpa bought me a little pool table, and then I started shooting on my grandma’s big table,” he said.

Jontel is the second-youngest competitor in the amateur pool league’s history. The youngest was 7-year-old Austin Murphy of Folsom, Calif., now 11, who won this year’s championship for boys ages 14 and younger at the Billiard Congress of America Junior Nationals.

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“He is the epitome of good sportsmanship,” Whiting says. “He shakes hands and always says, ‘good shot,’ whereas some of the adults throw down their cues and run out huffing and puffing.”

(via dunc)

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Fraction Found a Shocker

Posted by mistergroonk in Sport on November 4, 2005

For those of you who don’t know, learn about the Shocker.

(via matt fraction)

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Southern Sports Weekly

Posted by mistergroonk in Sport on October 13, 2005

My friend Ponzu has a new sports site up and running. It’s called Southern Sports Weekly.

Get the latest sports news. Play Football Pick’em. Go to his forums. Get the schedules for your teams. Talk about your favorite teams. Swap tickets. Make plans for tailgate parties.

Get your shit together, man!

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Lance Armstrong likes Pissing off the French

Posted by mistergroonk in On the French, Sport on September 6, 2005

And who doesn’t really?

Recently engaged to rocker girlfriend Sheryl Crow, Armstrong issued a statement Tuesday confirming that he’s contemplating a return to competitive cycling in part because he knows how much it would rankle French media who believe his record of seven straight Tour wins is tainted by drug use.

“While I’m absolutely enjoying my time as a retired athlete with Sheryl and the kids, the recent smear campaign out of France has awoken my competitive side,” Armstrong said. “I’m not willing to put a percentage on the chances, but I will no longer rule it out.”

(via myway)

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He Done it

Posted by mistergroonk in Sport on July 26, 2005

I’m late to the party. I know this.

I also knew Lance won on Sunday. Just had so many things on me mind lately.

Keep kicking everybody’s ass.

(via yahoonews)

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Tour de France Watch

Posted by mistergroonk in Sport on July 10, 2005

I’m keeping up with Lance this year.

OLN’s Tour de France page

Tour de France News

Tour de France blog

(thanks to medicmike for the oln link)

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Fish, Chips, Silly Sausages and coming soon…Olympic Sex

Posted by mistergroonk in Sport on July 6, 2005

London was awarded the 2012 Olympics on Wednesday, defeating European rival Paris in the final round of voting to take the games back to the British capital for the first time since 1948.

Not to detract from London’s joy but you do remember Olympic Sex don’t you?

(via ponzu)

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Ukrainians Go Deeper

Posted by mistergroonk in Sport on April 22, 2005

They also stay down longer and eat what they kill.

A Ukrainian team has set a new depth record for caving.

The nine-strong group travelled 2,080m (6,822ft) underground, passing the elusive 2,000m mark at Krubera, the world’s deepest known cave.

The team was part of a project that has made breaking through 2,000m its goal for the past four years.

(via bbcnews)

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Insane basketball shots

Posted by mistergroonk in Sport, Video on April 9, 2005

A video made by skateboarders.

(via boingboing)

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