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Sports

Portrait of Eric Heiden, 5 Time Gold Medal Olympian

by pribut on September 30, 2009

The New York Times has a short portrait of Dr. Eric Heiden. Dr. Heiden was the first athlete to win 5 gold medals in an Olympics. Eric is a fine sports orthopedist and he is still an inspiration to athletes and skaters around the world. He trained under Dr. James Andrews, another excellent sports medicine [...]

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48 Hours On A Treadmill (or 47.5 more hours than we’d like to do)

by pribut on September 19, 2008

Dean Karnazes has just completed an amazing 48 hour effort to break a world record of distance covered on a treadmill. While the concept of running for 48 hours on a treadmill is even stranger than a 48 hour run none-the-less it is an achievement to survive a run of that duration. Dean covered over [...]

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Baseball, HGH, Pituitary Adenomas, BS and Self-Delusion

by pribut on October 23, 2007

HGH is considered by some to be the most abused drug in baseball. HGH can not be detected by a urine test. Some forms of testosterone may also be hard to detect. Using HGH and small amounts of testosterone is one way to cheat, break the rules, set a bad example, contribute to youth abuse [...]

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Chicago: Cubs Down, Marathon Out

by pribut on October 8, 2007

The Cubs didn’t last past the first 3 games of the baseball playoffs and the Chicago Marathon only lasted 3.5 hours until it was called. Running in the heat is extremely dangerous. There is precedence for closing a race early. The Madison, Wisconsin Marathon in 2006 was closed app0ximately 2 hours early for reasons of [...]

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Summer Wrapup

by pribut on September 21, 2007

The main event of the summer was Alan Webb breaking the 25 year old American record, previously held by Steve Scott. Congratulations to Alan! This made Webb the 8th fastest miler of all time.
Another notable event was Alberto Salazar surviving and doing well since having a heart attack on June 29th. He reportedly is back [...]

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One Sport One Love

by pribut on July 20, 2007

Over the past several years the concept of well rounded young athletes playing 3 sports over the course of a year has died. Most want to be specialized in one sport. Whether the sport is soccer, baseball or running, we rarely see the child athlete playing football or soccer in the fall, basketball in the [...]

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A Mulligan 4 Condy?

by pribut on July 9, 2007

The stylish and multi-talented U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice has developed a penchant for Golf. She recently attended the AT&T National Golf Tournament which paid tribute to service members. There was no news as to whether or not she carried an iPhone with her.
While she has not yet been seen chomping on an unlit [...]

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