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 »
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 »
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
So if F1 is no longer a sport, why is Fernando Alonso still racing in it? And why is he so joyous that he has won in a non-sport event? Clearly, this guy has become a sore loser. He whines and accuses when things are not going his way. Compare his behaviour to what Michael… Read More »
Speaking to a crowd of roughly 1,000 people just before he and the rest of the Class of 2006 were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame last Friday, Geno Auriemma, the head coach of the University of Connecticut (UConn) Huskies women’s basketball team, paid tribute to his players – past and present… Read More »
In the wake of Zinedine Zidane’s sent-off during extra time of the World Cup final between France and Italy, should his “victim” Marco Materazzi be punished as well? Like they always say, it takes two hands to clap. Zidane’s headbutting act is a red-card offense, no question about it. But should the agent provocateur be… Read More »