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Cuban Athlete Is Barred for Kicking Referee in the Face

August 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Sports, The Funny

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The stadium announcer read a statement from the W.T.F., saying, “This is a strong violation of the spirit of tae kwon do and the Olympic Games. The sanctions are the following and are effective immediately: Lifetime ban of the coach and athlete in all championships [...]

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Congratulations Gauchos

December 4th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Sports

I’ll be honest, we late ’80s/early ’90s alums have been a little concerned for UC Santa Barbara. First, there’s the school’s reputation. Sure, it’s a great school, but at the end of the day, getting and keeping a reputation for being one of America’s great party schools takes work, and it seemed to us middle-aged [...]

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Go Giants!

September 6th, 2003 · Comments Off · Sports

Heading over to the ball yard with the fam this afternoon to see if the Giants can recover after their butt-whooping at the hands of Arizona last night.  The Giants’ magic number is 12! And the Barry Bonds HR counter is at 653 (he needs 660 to take third place from Willie Mays’ in the [...]

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