Sidelines Sports Blog from SportScape http://blog.sportscape.tv Opinion after the dust settles Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:52:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Timex To Pay $1 For Each Person Oogling Jennie Finch

… Okay, that’s not exactly true. The watch corporation is donating a buck for each person the former Olympic softball gold medalist passes in November’s ING New York City Marathon.

]]> http://blog.sportscape.tv/2011/09/22/timex-to-pay-1-for-each-person-oogling-jennie-finch/ “Okay, Aim About Six Feet Off From the…Holy S@#&! BEES!!” How many bees does it take to ruin the 18th hole at Arlington, TX’s, Waterchase Golf Club? The answer is, like three. So what happens if suddenly 60,000 of the damn things appear?]]> http://blog.sportscape.tv/2011/09/20/%e2%80%9cokay-aim-about-six-feet-off-from-the%e2%80%a6holy-s-bees%e2%80%9d/ Belarussian Loses Long Jump World Title by a Hair The title of this post will strike you as being clever after I explain:

Belarussian Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova lost the World Championships in South Korea after her long-ish pony tail made a sand landing before her feet did, thereby forcing judges to mark the spot her hair hit instead of the spot her feet hit – a difference of about half a foot.]]> http://blog.sportscape.tv/2011/09/08/belarussian-loses-long-jump-world-title-by-a-hair/ Female Hockey Players Play For 243 Straight Hours, Raise $125K, Prove Income Disparity Between Genders Still A Problem

Forty female hockey players from the Vancouver area beat the Guinness World Record Monday by strapping on the blades and hockey-ing it up for over 10 straight days. No breaks. We’re talking 243 hours and five minutes worth of hockey. Why’d they do it? My first guess was that this is how Canada punishes convicted criminals. Turns out, it was to raise awareness (and money) for cystic fibrosis.

]]> http://blog.sportscape.tv/2011/09/07/female-hockey-players-play-for-243-straight-hours-raise-125k-prove-income-disparity-between-genders-still-a-problem/ Dennis Rodman Says “Ah” This word cloud represents the 200-ish words Dennis Rodman said most often during Friday's Hall of Fame speech.]]> http://blog.sportscape.tv/2011/08/17/dennis-rodman-says-ah/ Judo: The Newest Thing Absolutely Anyone Can Master

You've seen "The Karate Kid" at least half a dozen times in your life. If you haven't, you're living life wrong. Drop whatever that frozen drink in your hand is and start anew from this point on. Start by buying the original "Karate Kid" and watching it until you reach your sixth viewing. We'll wait ...

]]> http://blog.sportscape.tv/2011/08/09/judo-the-newest-thing-absolutely-anyone-can-master/ We Found Ray Lewis’ New Assault-Mobile

The official word is that the Ravens celebrated the end of a long, hot practice by bringing in an ice cream truck. You can't trust that though. When is the last time you saw a snack truck and thought, "I bet Ray Lewis is doing some terrible damage in that thing"?

]]> http://blog.sportscape.tv/2011/08/02/we-found-ray-lewis-new-assault-mobile/ Tennis Captions: Week 26-27 This week’s captions showcase the goings-on at Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, NURNBERGER Gastein ladies, Internazionali Femminili di Tennis de Palermo, SkiStar Swedish Open, Mercedes Cup, GDF SUEZ Grand Prix, and Collector Swedish Open Women. Enjoy it. No, you!]]> http://blog.sportscape.tv/2011/07/18/tennis-captions-week-26-27/ We Must Not Let The Truffle Shuffle Go By Unnoticed

What I love most about U.S. soccer is that it brings out the weirdo in all of us - or perhaps it just brings out the weirdos and the rest of us stay home and watch 'Breaking Bad' or something. I'm not really sure.

]]> http://blog.sportscape.tv/2011/07/15/we-must-not-let-the-truffle-shuffle-go-by-unnoticed/ People I Hope I Never Meet, Case #26544

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