Entries Tagged as ‘sports’

March 8, 2008

Marion Jones Reported To Federal Prison Today

Marion Jones entered prison to serve her six month sentence for lying to investigators about using performance enhancing drugs and also for her part in a cheque fraud scam. The Olympic track star will serve her sentence at Federal Medical Center Carswell.

The federal prison is located in Fort Worth, Texas. Jones turned herself in to [...]

February 28, 2008

Olympics Taking Away Water From The People

A senior Chinese government official announced that the Beijing Olympics could be threatening the livelihoods of millions of the Chinese people. Water is being diverted for the games putting a strain on many local water supplies.

A project underway will divert water from southern China to the north with the use of tunnels, dams and canals. [...]

February 12, 2008

Richard Zednik Has Carotid Artery Sliced During Game Sunday Night

Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednik was the victim of a freak accident Sunday night as a teammate’s skate came close to severing his carotid artery. Zednik lost five pints of blood in the accident.

Sunday night an emergency surgery was performed that lasted an hour to reconnect the artery at Buffalo General Hospital. Zednik is in [...]

February 11, 2008

Shhhh! British Athletes Told To Hush About China

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In order to make it to the Olympic Games this year in China, British athletes have to prove they are the best in their [...]

February 7, 2008

Russia Is Busy Getting Sochi Ready For 22nd Winter Olympics

The 22nd Winter Olympics isn’t until 2014 but that hasn’t stopped Russia from starting to build a 350-hectare island complex. The infrastructure being built in the Black Sea is shaped like Russia and is expected to house Olympic athletes.

Russia has asked a consortium of Japanese companies to help with the building of the massive project.
The [...]

February 5, 2008

Racing Death At Daytona

A sixty year old man was having the time of his life racing around the Daytona International Speedway on Monday when he had a life ending heart attack. Robert Boswell of Apopka completed three laps before he slumped over and crashed going about 70 mph.

Boswell was enjoying a birthday gift at Daytona’s track. People [...]

January 31, 2008

Researchers Say The Super Bowl May Trigger Heart Attacks

Major sporting events can produce stress and excitement for their fans to such a degree that it can trigger a heart attack for those with heart conditions. Being in the heat of the moment may cause those with heart conditions to have some health concerns.

German researchers found that the rate of heart attacks increased [...]

January 15, 2008

Dogs Will Be Protecting The Super Bowl Crowd This Year

Trained dogs will be part of the security team to keep Super Bowl fans safe on Feb. 3 this year. The dogs are trained to sniff out explosives like the ones used by Islamic extremists.

The ATF plans on having an undisclosed number of trained Labrador Retrievers at the game. The dogs have been trained to [...]

January 11, 2008

Marion Jones Sentenced To Six Months

Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones was sentenced to 6 months in prison Friday for lying to federal prosecutors about using steroids. She plead guilty to the charges in October. She teared up as she admitted that she had betrayed the trust of her fans.

Jones lied about her steroid use and that of her knowledge that [...]

January 8, 2008

Rogers Clemens Not Taking Steroids Accusations Lying Down

Roger Clemens is mad. The pro baseball star is now having to work hard to clear his name after he has been accused of being hopped up on steroids during part of his long baseball career. He admits trainer McNamee injected him but not with steroids.

The injections according to Clemens who played with the Toronto [...]