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Ladies and Gentlemen, It’s Official..

Andrew 2009

 

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s official. Jiri Hudler is a walking, talking human being. He has a pulse. He eats and sleeps as well.

Detroit’s slick-shooting winger signed a two-year pact with Moscow Dynamo of the KHL last week. He was a restricted free agent    More...

Marian Hossa - the Magician

Andrew 2009

 

Marian Hossa, the magician, pulls another disappearing act as he banishes to another rival.

Or is that a reference to his 2009 playoff performance as a Detroit Red Wing?

Regardless of what it is, it’s apparent that Mr. Hossa is a business man. After coming oh-so-close to winning a Cup in Pittsburgh after being dealt from Atlanta at the 2008 trade deadline, he signed a one-year deal   More...

I Could Handle That

Casey 2009

 
 

For years sports fans have tried to define sport. In the past half decade, not coincidentally around the same time televised poker rose to prominence on the “sports landscape,” fans have become more vocal and passionate about their own personal definitions.

I myself have pondered this, I’m a huge baseball, football and basketball fan, but I also find joy in poker, auto racing, horse racing, and many other debatable “sports.”

So, using a conventional method, I traveled the path of least resistance to find the definition of sport.

This is Merriam-Webster’s definition of sport:

a: a source of diversion : recreation b: sexual play c (1): physical activity engaged in for pleasure (2): a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in

That definition is incomplete to say the least. By that definition, a valid argument could be made that pornography is a sport.         More...


 

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