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The Summer Olympics begin tomorrow (time zone permitting), but you’re stuck in the office all day long and can’t watch. Not so! Using some of the same methods we discussed…
By offering electronic shifting, Shimano is sure to stir up the pot. Anytime anything new comes to anything in sports, people get all up and excited. Why should cycling be…
The NFL will broadcast games online this fall, bucking its previous “the Internet is evil, sue, sue, sue!” methodology. The NFL’s broadcast partner, NBC, will stream select games this season,…
Footballer upsets his team by posting potential transfer on Facebook
It’s been far too long since we last hated on Facebook, maybe like a day. So here’s to another! A footballer in England has created genuine controversy by announcing a…
Electronic Arts acquires exclusive La Liga license (and bonus EA gaffe)
We have terrible news for all eight of you soccer fans. It looks like EA has acquired the exclusive license to Spain’s La Liga, meaning FIFA will be the only…
Just one man’s opinion, but I’ve never had any beef with traditional ping pong. If you, however, find yourself longing to play on, say, a round table with five other…
'Shadow Caddy' perfect for golfers too manly to take a cart but too lazy to carry their own clubs
They say that golf is a good walk spoiled. But nothing spoils a good walk like paying $30 for a cart and then playing like ass all day long. Sure,…
Wii: Tiger Woods ‘09 finally gets online play, plus better swing mechanics and five new courses
http://videomedia.ign.com/ev/ev.swf This year’s version of Tiger Woods for the Nintendo Wii should finally address some of the shortcomings of the first two titles. Most notably, you’ll finally be able to…
The Matrix? ESPN Axis camera technology brings Euro 2008 to life~!
http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/player.swf?mediaId=3440591 Who here’s been watching Euro 2008? All you English lads, I’m sure, and right from your living room. Anyway, I only mention the Euros because of this neat camera…
EA's Peter Moore says to expect great things from upcoming sports titles
Peter Moore, seen here playing DDR, is rather bullish on EA’s sports properties. Rather than “rest on its laurels,” he says EA’s upcoming sports titles will be incredible, expect nothing…
FIFA 09 promises '50,000 combinations' of tactics'. Sure it does.
Like sands in the hourglass, EA will release FIFA ’09, presumably, this fall, with all sorts of pretend new features. Today there’s word that EA will pack “50,000 different combinations…
Want to see how Adidas makes the Europass, the new hi-tech ball to be used in this summer’s European Championship? Yes? OK! Call me [bad name], but do you see…
CrunchDeals: 15 percent off Proporta accessories eases the pain of England not qualifying for Euro 2008
England’s loss is your gain. Since none of the Home Nations qualified for Euro 2008, UK-based accessory house Proporta is giving a solid 15 percent off all their merchandise. You’ll…
Microsoft will be the main kit sponsor of the Seattle Sounders FC MLS expansion team. A “kit,” for you Yanks, is the name for the uniform footballers wear, of which…
Umbro's Dynamis ball to debut at FA Cup Final: Faster, sleeker (but still no Europass Gloria)
With every major tournament or cup competition, football (soccer) manufacturers roll out “advanced” balls that promise you the stars in order to get you to buy a replica. England’s FA…
The Beijing Olympics begin August 8, but just remember what happens to the guy in first place. via fusioned.tumblr.com
Those of you over the age of 25 might remember something called “baseball” — I used to play baseball when I was a kid. In the days before everyone spent…
Tantrums vs. Science: Study shows that tennis judges have a 61% accuracy rating when challenged
I could watch John McEnroe flip out all day long. Perhaps one of his most famous tantrums erupted during Wimbeldon in 1981 when a serve of his was called out.…
A rather self-serving ENDORSEMENT for your reading misery today. I don’t know what I was doing last week, but records indicate I didn’t ENDORSE anything! At all! I don’t know…
PC gamers are an odd lot. They prefer playing on a computer to playing on a TV, and that makes little sense to me. Computer: Work and porno. TV: Entertainment…
Nike launches iPodless jogging accessory called Nike+Sportsband
It looks as if Nike is taking its while-running data systems solo, announcing a new product called Nike+ Sportsband. Similar to the Nike+iPod product from last year, the Sportsband wraps…
I went to the Grand Prix in Monaco one year and heard the entire race. That’s about it, though, as the cars were moving too fast and my view was…
[photopress:1195833812_SPLASH.jpg,full,center] Denver’s Tim Kaebisch has been using his spare time recently to build a scale replica of Miller Park out of Legos, complete with working retractable roof. It’s a labor…
Smart guy, that Mark Cuban. He knew that people with high definition TVs would rather watch a show about dolphins in HD over anything else being broadcast in standard definition…
Just a heads up that Joost will be conducting a test run of every game in the NCAA tournament, streamed live. There’s a fair amount of warning that this is…
[photopress:etoopic1.jpg,full,center] FC Barcelona, més que un club, tore apart Levante UD at the weekend, with Cameroon international Samuel Eto’o scoring a hat-trick (that’s three goals for the uninitiated) in the…
The PlayStation generation arrives, makes its mark in World Rally Championship
[photopress:llega.jpg,full,center] Interesting perspective in this article from Spain’s AS sports newspaper today. (I read AS and Marca for La Liga news.) A 22-year-old rally race car driver named Jari Matti…
Hey look! That’s a really good deal for a PlayStation 3 game, right? It’s NBA 08, featuring basketball! Never mind that GameSpot.com said that it’s "better than last year’s game,…
It's a ball, it's a remote control, it's the closest England will get to Euro 2008
Poor England will be watching Euro 2008 from home, perhaps using this FA-branded ball as a remote control. It can be programmed to work any number of devices, like DVD…
So I finally buckled and added NFL Network to my cable package because I had, had, had to see the game last night. I realized two things. First, the Dallas…