Christie Blatchford writes today in the Globe on how blogging and web 2.0 and comments are destroying journalism. Or Blatchy’s brand of journalism. Oh, H,F,B, are you really twisting the knife?
Andy Murdoch
Andy Murdoch is an awesome guy.
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“otaku”
As the Olympics continues to set record-high TV viewing numbers in China, the Chinese government worries the event is turning citizens into armchair olympians, couch potatoes, lazy bastards, or whatever you’d like to call us. Chinese media has even given its army of TV Olympic spectators a name — otaku — a Japanese word that […]
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Bolt wins 200M Men’s
So Usian Bolt won the 100M on Saturday and just now he won the 200M men’s sprint, setting another world record. He left everyone in the dust. First guy in 24 years to win this double. I think he just sold another few million Puma Sneakers without breaking a sweat. Seriously, running for 19 seconds, […]
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Silver!
It sounds like a stupid sport. “Trampoline.” It’s got the word tramp in it. It doesn’t help the uniforms are covered in sequins like olympic figure skaters. But there is a reason our country is full of bouncy castles, water trampolines and jungle jim restaurants. We like to bounce it. Unsafe? Bah! Canada has been […]
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Monday notes
British athletes are on fire this year. Beijing Olympics have been the country’s personal best in 100 years. (They were top medal earners at the 1908 Olympics in London. Height of Empire and so on.) Now, post-empire, post-spice girls, post-punk, post-Britart/Britpop, they seem to be a country more at ease with itself. Once they stopped […]
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Olympic mixed tape
DJ Soap’s olympic song is making the round of the blogosphere DJ Soap – Faster, Higher, Stronger (Olympic Anthem) No reason why it shouldn’t be on the blog, too – maybe he can do a H,F,B version. It’s pretty ridiculous (some strong language appears about a minute in). Or a little KanYe West with Champion […]
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The treats philosophy explained
Olympian Ryan Lochte eats McDonald’s all the time. He says nutrition is the last thing on his mind. Many professional soccer players are known smokers and drinkers. It’s enough to give you an eating disorder. That is, if you haven’t already got one from overeating to keep up with training, or starving yourself to stay […]
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New world record.
Usiah Bolt just got 9.69s in the 100M mens sprint. No kidding – the man’s got grace and speed. There was a wide spread between him and his competitors. The Coast: now your top source for intermittent, up to date Olympic results. The piped music in the stadium right now sounds like Augustus Pablo dub […]
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Jamaican style
This is a BBC guy doing streeters in Kingston, Jamaica, asking people who they think will win the 100m men’s: Usain Bolt or Asafa Powell, the two Jamaican men battling for gold. Bolt could have beaten Donovan Bailey’s 1996 record today, but he jogged the last 20 m. I am watching the women’s 100, qualifiers […]
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US – Canada women’s soccer EXTRA TIME 2
Well, it’s been 50/50 – Canada played for a while like they were all beat. That Kai girl has some fast feet. Two more scoring chances because the Canuck defense all but gave up. Steely Leblanc – all business – eyeballed the flashy tattooed Kai down and won. O Kai – you think you are […]
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US – Canada women’s soccer EXTRA TIME 1
I am barely hanging on here. Anyone else freaking? Things I am thankful for at this minute:- Karina Leblanc, goalkeeper. Born in the USA – playing for Canada. – Canadian defense possesses strong and fast legs. 10:00 Clear but wide shot on American goal. I can hear lots of Canadian fans in the stands chanting […]
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US – Canada women’s soccer
Americans – 3 good chances to score. Nice crossing pass right in front of the Canadian net led to some scrambling, but the shots went wide. Corner kick – dangerous, but the defense did their job. We’re in the middle of period of US domination. In the game, I mean. Not the world. Well – […]