The Weird World of Sports Thread

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BOXING AND RING CRAFT

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Sat Nov 15 2008

Dhoni won't need character check for gun

India captain Mahendra Dhoni won't need a character reference to receive a weapons license after officials reversed an earlier decision following protests by supporters in his home town. -- Summary

Source: http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=666156

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Lost there Mittens?

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Sport beats terrorism



Posted Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:33am AEDT

Classy Tendulkar guides India home

Batting great Sachin Tendulkar has hit an unbeaten 103 as India achieved the fourth-highest run chase in history to stun England by six wickets in the first Test in Chennai. -- Summary

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008 ... 447177.htm

have to give credit to the English 'stiff upper lip' attitude, they said bugger off to all the advice that said touring India would be to dangerous.

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Graham thrilled to be Super Bowl's first Aussie

TAMPA, Florida (AFP) — Ben Graham's most amazing journey was not in becoming the first Australian player in the Super Bowl, but going from the unemployment line in November to a championship contender in January.

The 35-year-old St. Louis Cardinals punter who spent 11 seasons with Australian football's Geelong Cats will make history Sunday when he plays against Pittsburgh in Super Bowl 43 for the National Football League title. -- Summary

Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... heYZoHAdlg

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Cool, I've often wondered why some those guys that go up and catch the ball (a mark?) haven't become NFL receivers.
Seen some pretty amazing ARF athletes play that position.
That's one tough brutal sport!

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If recivers are considered running backs, then the Aussie rules players(most) probably don't have the speed...
Employing some sort of marking technique in NFL may work, although the ability to attack players without the ball(which you arent supposed to do in Aussie rules) may negate that, it may get too dangerous?
I still dont know why they don't pass the ball more in NFL though, like they do in rugby, again being able to attack players without the ball may make this harder to pull off, but still a nice sneaky flick pass back on the inside or the long cut out pass to the man in the gap may be effective.

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Thu Feb 19, 2009

Cricket billionaire Stanford goes missing

Federal regulators in the United States say they do not know the whereabouts of Texas banker Allen Stanford, who has been charged over an international financial fraud worth about $US8 billion ($12.5 billion). -- Summary

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009 ... tion=world

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Rosters for 2009 World Baseball Classic announced

World Baseball Classic, Inc. today announced the final rosters for the 16 national teams competing in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

Fifty-two (52) Major League Baseball All-Stars are among the players named to the final rosters for the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The rosters include eight players who have won a total of 10 American League and National League Most Valuable Player Awards and two pitchers who have won a total of four A.L. and N.L. Cy Young Awards. -- Summary

Source: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/ ... p&c_id=mlb

Rosters:

USA: http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/ros ... eason=2009
JAP: http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/ros ... eason=2009
CUB: http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/ros ... eason=2009
AUS: http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/ros ... eason=2009