Tag: Sports
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RIP Joe Frazier
“Joe Frazier would come out smoking. If you hit him, he liked it. If you knocked him down, you only made him mad,” George Foreman Don’t forget Frazier’s bravura turn as host of the “First Annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence.”
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Hi Chris
Andrew Sullivan had been lamenting the absence of a gay superstar before someone reminded him of one 30 years removed from the closet, when the famous didn’t dare disclose their homosexuality. Few athletes were more dominant than Martina Navratilova and none had bigger balls (not meant pejoratively, so calm down). Do men never tire of […]
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Someone tell Atlanta Spirit they sold the Thrashers
Atlanta Spirit, LLC is the parent company of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers and owns the operating rights to the world-class entertainment venue Philips Arena.
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No refunds for the subsidisers
Let’s say 10 years from now — long after the Georgia General Assembly approves public funding for a new Falcons stadium (shouldn’t that be put to a statewide referendum?) — NFL owners preside over another lockout. A prolonged work stoppage ensues. Who will reimburse the taxpayers who funded the stadium, the ones misled to believe […]
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