Tag Archives: sports

The Thomas Clown Affair

Clay Travis has a nice spin on why the recent brawl between New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets is all about race. Whether you believe Travis or not, there’s one point you cannot dispute. Isiah Thomas’ whining about run-up scores and poor sportsmanship on the part of the Nuggets [“Up 19 with a minute and… Read More »

Epitome of mediocrity

Teenage golf sensation Michelle Wie, who reportedly was guaranteed almost US$870,000 by Casio for her appearance at the Casio World Open 2006 in Japan, is not sure if she would be invited back for next year’s event. Wie was second from last after two days of the US$1.2 million event, missing the cut by a… Read More »

Better than Ronaldinho

Now that there’s so much buzz about Vietnam due to the APEC Summit in Hanoi, I just thought it might be timely to highlight a unique sport in neighbouring Myanmar. Called Chinlone, the goal of this non-competitve sport (or should it be dance?) is to push yourself and your team to attempt extremely difficult moves… Read More »

Is NASCAR a waste of time?

NASCAR has got to be the most boring and pointless thing I’ve ever seen in my life. How anyone can watch cars go around in circles all day and enjoy it is beyond me. Frankly, I’d rather watch paint dry. Related post: Fernando Alonso is a sore loser