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Sarajevo Winter Olympic Venues 30 Years Later
Bringing the Olympics, Winter or Summer, to a city, creates a huge economic boom, but as we’ve seen in the past, the money spent on facilities doesn’t always make them ever lasting or even active years later, as the example of Sarajevo, the host of the 1984 Winter Olympics, clearly demonstrates.
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Kevin Durant – It’s Wrong to Pick Your Own Nickname
With every season that goes by it seems Kevin Durant has much more of an edge than previously thought. A little bit more of going over to that side of the spectrum and he’ll start picking up hate, just like LeBron James, for the change in his perceived attitude and behavior.
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Brazilian Version of Culring
Every four years Curling, always a tough sport to explain to those who don’t know the rules, gets a bit more exposure through the Winter Olympics. But you don’t need ice, granite stones or brooms. It turns out you can play it on water, with a tea kettle, floor squeegee and a lot of enthusiasm. Curling […]
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The Best of Howard Webb Hates Liverpool Meme
It seems that Howard Webb doesn’t grow tired of screwing Liverpool over, even though he’s been at it for quite some time. For the second time this season he was standing right next to a clear foul in the box on Luis Suarez but decided to ignore it for whatever reason.
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Better Than the Cinnamon Challenge? Giving Someone a Birthday Cinnamon Bath
The Cinnamon challenge is passé. Giving someone a Cinnamon bath to celebrate his birthday. At least that’s how they do it in Denmark, as players of the Odense Boldklub gave Jeppe Hansen quite the treatment for this 25th birthday.
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Adidas Doesn’t Want Players Who Practice Scientology
The few people who do practice Scientology treat it as a religion, but it is considered a cult in many parts of the world, including Germany, which is why Adidas, a German sports clothing manufacturer, will cancel any sponsorship deal they have with a player if it turns out he has anything to do with the teachings and ideas of Ron L. Hubbard.
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Six Nations – Scotland vs England
The Calcutta Cup rivalry always seems like a much tighter affair when it’s England that are visiting Scotland, but it’s been quite a while since this has been anything but a fair and even rivalry.
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Six Nations – Ireland vs Wales Predictions
It was just over a year ago when Ireland stunned Wales at the beginning of the Six Nations tournament, which didn’t stop the Welsh from winning it for the second consecutive time. This time an Irish win won’t be so surprising, looking finally like a team that can have a happy ending to this year’s competition.
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Mayweather vs Pacquiao – It Might Still Happen
As Lloyd Christmas once said, there’s always a chance. The option of a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather has been on the table for years, but hasn’t materialized for plenty of reasons, most of them having to do with money. Even though the peak interest in the fight has gone and past, there’s always a window to make it happen.
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16 Football Mascots Joining Moments of Silence
There’s nothing funny or humorous about a moment of silence before a football match, but one can’t help but smile when looking back at photos that catch team mascots joining the players in these somber traditions.