Talking In Sportsisms
Once again I turned to Twitter to distract myself and asked something important of them:
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09, 2019
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07, 2019
Where We Got Olympic Medals From Before Recycled Cell Phones (Cool Weird Awesome 93)
Last week the organizers of the 2020 Olympic Games revealed that 100 percent of the gold, silver and bronze used to create the Olympic medals is recycled - the metal comes from used cell phones. But the ancient Olympians got olive branches as prizes. Why is it that we have Olympic medals in the first place?
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07, 2019
You Know Mack Robinson’s Brother, Now Get To Know Mack Robinson (Cool Weird Awesome 86)
On this day in 1912, the birth of the greatest athlete you might never have heard of - Olympic silver medalist and community advocate Mack Robinson.
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06, 2019
The Babe Is Here, Who’s Coming In Second? (Cool Weird Awesome 70)
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias could do it all - she was an Olympic gold medalist, champion golfer, basketball and baseball player, vaudeville performer, celebrity and more. Once she won the US national track and field championships by herself - as in, she was a team of one and beat teams that had over a dozen athletes.
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06, 2019
Cool Weird Awesome 54: The Minor Leagues Got Majorly Weird
Attractions - especially weird ones - are a time-honored way to drum up business from people who are at best casual baseball fans, and lately that's extended to team names, including the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, the Vermont Lake Monsters, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies and the Rocket City Trash Pandas.
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06, 2018
Lebron James: New York… Knicks?
Did I miss another episode of "The Decision"?
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03, 2018
N. Illinois Vs Home Team
I've got Home Team going all the way in my March Madness bracket.
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09, 2014
I don’t know what sport this is, but I like it
His adventures defy words sometimes.
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12, 2010
Red Sox Planning to Pickle Jason Varitek
Chances are this baseball negotiation article contains a typo, but you never know, the Red Sox may actually be intending to brine catcher Jason Varitek.