Now is the time, now is the time, for your friendship to end. I just read a report on a local Lingerie Football League “game”; as you can imagine, it is a total cluster-fuck of misogyny, and it’s hard to understand why such an activity is being presented as either sport or entertainment, let alone by a mainstream media organisation… Read more →
This is a really good explanation of the tactics and effort required to win the Track Sprint event. From what I can see, Anna Meares’s winning race is a perfect example of this http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/08/03/sports/olympics/olympics-cycling-track-sprint-how-to-win.html?smid=fb-share A Simple Bicycle Race In the match sprint, riders go around a 250-meter track three times. Typically, they go slowly at the start, until someone makes… Read more →
Apparently some idiot organisation has claimed that you’re only allowed to link to their website if you have nice things to say about them (and only if the link is text-only) 🙂 These are the same douchebags that prevent anyone but one of their sponsors from selling hot chips unless they’re served with fish, and the same organisation that has… Read more →
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