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Natalie Coughlin: SuperStar

July 2nd, 2008 Catherine Posted in Opinion, Sports No Comments »

If you wander over to the ESPN site and look for a story about Natalie Coughlin on the front page, you won’t find one there. You won’t find a Natalie Coughlin story on the front page of Sports Illustrated either. However, you will find a Natalie Coughlin article here, on the front page of PublicRadar. She deserves the recognition.

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U.S. Olympic Swimming Trails and Cheating

June 30th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Sports, Technology and Science No Comments »

In Omaha, swimming records are being re-written as swimmers compete for spots on the U.S. Olympic swim team. The men’s and women’s records may be attributed to having better conditioned athletes and new training methods. It may be attributed to new swimsuit technology.

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Team USA: Enough from Long Range?

June 23rd, 2008 Catherine Posted in Opinion, Sports No Comments »

The final selection for the USA Olympic basketball team was named and there were not really any surprises:

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NBA: The Game Six Debacle

June 18th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Opinion, Sports No Comments »

There was no question. The Boston Celtics dominated. The final score was 131 - 92; and the Boston Celtics won their seventeenth championship. Kudos to the Celtics.

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Kendrick Perkins to Return for Game Six

June 17th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Opinion, Sports No Comments »

The sports news services are carrying a story that Kendrick Perkins will be playing in Game Six. Some Lakers fans are writing and bemoaning the fact that the Lakers odds of winning the Tuesday night elimination game just went down.

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Rocco Mediate: Extending Tiger to the 91st Hole

June 16th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Sports No Comments »

Rocco Mediate and Tiger Woods extended the U.S. Open to a Monday playoff. And that playoff did not stop at eighteen holes. Rocco Mediate stayed with Tiger Woods for all eighteen holes. More holes were needed to settle on a winner for the U.S. Open.

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Lakers Fans Endure Game Five

June 16th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Sports No Comments »

It’s not easy being a Lakers fan. Watching as the usual couple of hundred of basketball fans gathered for Game Five, it seems tortuous for Lakers fans, even when their team won: 103 - 98. The Lakers fans endured:

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