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Category Archives: Sports

Friday Fun Link – 5-Star Wrestling Matches

I’m tempting to use the “Xmas” tag on this one. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer newsletter is like the Roger Ebert of reviewing wrestling matches.  This Reddit thread contains links to almost all of the matches Meltzer has given the highly coveted and very rare 5 Star rating.  Quite a trip down memory lane […]

Posted 28 September 2012 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

NHL Lockout: A Message to Fans from the #theplayers

Here we go again…

Posted 16 September 2012 § Canada § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Olympics Closing Ceremony

Well, here we are two short weeks later and the party’s over.  And everything that the opening ceremony was – a celebration of British history and culture, rebellion, anarchy, humour, literature, imperfection, solidarity – the closing ceremony wasn’t. As someone posted on Reddit’s /r/unitedkingdom thread about the closing ceremonies, “It’s like when you start playing crap […]

Posted 12 August 2012 § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

One Race, Every 100m Medalist Ever

The NYT with a very cool graphic demonstrating some of the changes that have happened in 100m sprinting over the past century as well as a few thoughts on what the future may bring to this sport.

Posted 08 August 2012 § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – What’s Your Olympic Body Match?

Although we probably tend to think of world class athletes as muscular models of perfection, there are a wide range of body shapes competing in the Olympics – from gigantic basketball players to teeny gymnasts – with different body shapes suited best to different sports. wThis cool app shows which athlete your height and weight […]

Posted 03 August 2012 § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Social Media Olympics

The Universal: Television, The Internet and the End of Space & Time (PDF w/ Speaking Notes) from headtale When I did my favourite presentation ever in library school where I looked at the future of broadcasting in a Media Studies course on the History of Communication, I may have made one mistake. At the time, […]

Posted 31 July 2012 § Internet § PopCulture § Technology § UK § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Five Pop Topics Round Up

Recurring feature alert!  I've done this before where I do five quick hits on my five most common topics on this blog and why not, let's do it again.Here's a few quick hits on my most popular topics… HockeyUhm, it's July 28.  This does not bode well for this aspect of the Pop Topics recurring […]

Posted 29 July 2010 § Internet § Library § Main Page § Pace ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Vote for My Hometown to Win a $25 000 Sports Upgrade Courtesy Kraft & TSN

My hometown of Indian Head is one of two Saskatchewan finalists for a $25 000 make-over courtesy Kraft & TSN.  You can vote for Indian Head today until noon.  If we get the most votes, the money will be used to upgrade our historic ball diamonds (20 000 people used to come to our small […]

Posted 20 July 2010 § Main Page § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Three Lions

 

Posted 12 June 2010 § Main Page § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Blackhawks Win 2010 Stanley Cup

The best part is that the Toronto Maple Laffs now have the longest Stanley Cup drought in the NHL.  And the way that team's going, the Kitchener-Waterloo Blackberries have a better chance of winning a cup before the Laffs do! 

Posted 10 June 2010 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: