May 2012
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Wing-Suited Stuntman Executes a Super-Hero Plunge →
A man jumped out of a helicopter Wednesday and fell 2,400 feet to the earth without deploying a parachute. He was uninjured.
Sports reporting rocks.
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The Lowdown on Friday's Ping-Pong Shenanigans →
Live from the scene of operation ping-pong…
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Singleton Trains His Focus on Pistorius →
Jerome Singleton, a self-described math and physics nerd, said he’s the man to beat the famed South African sprinter, Oscar Pistorius this summer at the Paralympic Games in London.
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At 71, An Olympian Again →
The Japanese equestrian Hiroshi Hoketsu, who is 71, will likely be the oldest Olympian competing in the London Games this summer. And he’s exactly who I wanted to be interviewing the week of my birthday.
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I.O.C. Rejects Israeli Request for Moment of... →
The International Olympic Committee has rejected a proposal from the Israeli government to hold a moment of silence at this summer’s London Games in memory of the 11 Israeli athletes who were killed by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.
Read more here.
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Iraq War Veteran Josh Olson On Getting More... →
If Iraq veteran Josh Olson has his way, by the next Paralympic Games, there will be 23 more versions of him. We caught up with him on his training regime and efforts to get more wounded veterans training for the games.
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A Veteran Horse Woman on Equestrian at the Summer... →
Vying for a London berth is veteran show jumping competitor Elizabeth “Beezie” Madden, a two-time gold medalist in team jumping and winner of a bronze medal in Beijing for individual jumping.
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Could this be the Twitter Olympics? →
More from Dallas on why we could be tweeting our eyes out at the Summer Games.
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Long Jumper Reese Keeps It Close to Home →
Catching up with Brittney Reese about hurricanes, beating Jackie Joyner-Kersee’s record and the road to London.
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Contemplating the Katniss Effect →
Live from Dallas!
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After Seau’s Death, Questions and Concern From... →
A little over a week since the news of Junior Seau’s suicide, we take a look at the impact it has had on pending litigation against the NFL and helmet maker Riddell, as well as the talk among his former teammates.
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Trademark Laws May Trip Up Olympic Crafters →
Yes, I have brought trademark law and crafting references to the London 2012 sports blog. Huzzah!
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Junior Seau's Community Recalls a Star Who Never... →
Bishop and I reporter further on Junior Seau’s last couple of years of life and the reaction to his death.
Update in Saturday’s paper: Seau family decides to give brain for study.
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Q&A With Misty May-Treanor! →
Our London 2012 Olympics blog is live!
April 2012
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Running the World With Eyes Wide Open →
Jesper Olsen, a 40-year-old from Denmark, runs the equivalent of a marathon most days. He eschews iPods and is on his 25th pair of running shoes as he strings the long runs together in his second run around the world. Call him a real-life Forrest Gump and he playfully rolls his eyes.
The 40,000-kilometers-on-foot journey, which he bills as World Run II, began in July 2008 in Nordkapp, Norway....
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The Footprints on a Path to Gold →
Most Americans have not heard of Amantle Montsho. She’s a 400 m runner from Botswana, vying for gold in this summer’s Olympic Games. In Sunday’s New York Times, we kick off our series that takes a look at who she is, where she’s from, and the unlikely journey she’s made to the pro athlete stage.
This might be the first time a single NYT sports story has had...
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Can the dying world of baseball card conventions... →
Research! When economists meet baseball card nostalgia…
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Wide Use of Painkiller Before Games Raises... →
Ah, baseball season! On A1 of Saturday’s Times, Belson and I report on the use of Toradol, an anti-inflammatory drug, in pro sports.
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March 2012
8 posts
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Tebow, a Careful Evangelical →
Branch and I report on Tim Tebow’s religious beliefs.
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Olympic Mascots Inspire Imitation →
The mascots for the London Olympic games are inspiring parody. Internet and cheap photo editing software, meet sporting tradition!
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Saudi Arabia May Include Women on Its Olympic Team →
Longman and I report:
The Summer Olympics in London could be a watershed event for international sports as every participating nation is expected to field at least one female athlete, including three Muslim countries — Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei — that have previously sent only male competitors. Keep reading!
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Previous Success for Witness in Mets Case →
The whistleblower in the 2003 mutual fund market-timing scandal reappears on the witness list for the Mets-Madoff trial. Includes comment from Eliot Spitzer.
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A Card-Counting Mix of Bibles, Blackjack and Cash →
Christian card counters! More reportage on the intersection of sports and religion.
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In Texas, Islamic Schools Face a Tough Road to... →
With 500 students, increasing academic prestige and an established soccer team, Iman Academy SW, an Islamic school in Houston, was seeking membership in 2010 to the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, a group that organizes competition among more than 200 schools in the state.
In addition to an application form, Iman Academy SW was given a questionnaire. Among the...
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Game Time is Adjusted; Jewish School Will Play →
Monday, we broke the story of the Orthodox Jewish high school basketball team that had a scheduling conflict with Sabbath, then there was criticism and Thursday we learned that under legal pressures, the game was rescheduled.
February 2012
20 posts
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Beren Academy Follow-Up →
Today, a follow up to my Monday story about an Orthodox Jewish basketball team, Sabbath and their semi-final game scheduled for this Friday.
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Jewish School’s Team, Refusing to Play During... →
An Orthodox Jewish school high school basketball team in Texas lost its spot to play in state semi-finals.
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In Which Sean Combs Talks With Me About Football,... →
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Bowling With the World's Best, Then Rejoining 8th... →
NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — In professional bowling, that corner of the sports landscape where gray-haired and balding athletes can thrive, Kamron Doyle presents something different. He is 14 and he is winning prize money against the best bowlers in the world.
Click here to keep reading about the young man who is showing the world of professional bowling how middle schoolers do it.
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Lin Merch Gets Crafty →
I trolled Etsy and crafting websites so you wouldn’t have to.
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Let's Hear it for the Handlers →
Forget what you think you know about the dogs that win Best in Show. Here’s the lowdown on the people who make it happen.
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Westminster Pooches and the Long Campaign Trail →
In Tuesday’s paper, a look at the long campaign trail. That’s after we looked at the frayed nerves on Monday and while we continue to tweet away.
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Todays Giants Parade: Tales of Crazed Fans →
I spent today running around downtown mingling with Giants fans. They’re crazy, love blue. (Tweets here, reportage on the Fifth Down and here’s what went in Wednesday’s paper.)
But let us take a moment to consider this young lady as an MVP:
But perhaps no fan was more committed than Cristina Buttler, a 17-year-old high school senior from Kings Park, N.Y., who said she...
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