Zenyatta: +ACI-Am I not a woman and a horse?+ACI-ESPN recently launched a website for women sports fans, espnW. Today the site listed its top ten stories in women's sports. In cooking up this list, ESPN adopted a flexible definition of the category +ACI-woman+ACI by including Zenyatta, the horse, as +ACM-4.Setting … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2010
Rio 2016 launches Olympic logo
In a ceremony on Copacabana beach, the Rio 2016 committee launched the logo for the Summer Olympics that will be hosted in Brazil in six years. … [Read more...]
Streak ends, but not before women’s bball captivates fans, public, broadcasters
Phew. The streak is over. Sometimes when you lose, you win. And whether UConn's streak ended last night or next month - or next year, matters less than how it ended and what it has shown us. The truth is that while UConn's 90-game win streak is a powerful accomplishment, once you eclipse Wooden's … [Read more...]
Fearless Track & Field Predictions for 2011
Rather than look back this week, I will look forward to the coming year of track and field and road running. Few realize I combine the powers of Nostradomus and Ed Glosser,Trivial Psychic. So on with the fearless predictions for 2011...A previously undistinguished athlete will win a medal at an … [Read more...]
Top 10 of 2010 on the Barrel Racing Blog
These are the posts that hit it big on The Barrel Racing Blog in 201o. For one reason or another, barrel racers across the country looked at these posts more than any others, even months after they were posted at the top of the Web site. 1. In Case You Haven't Seen It... Yes, across the country, … [Read more...]
Fave Friday!: My Favorite Five From Coach Dawn Writes
source Everywhere you look today, you're going to see Top 10 lists for this or that. … [Read more...]
No. 9 Stanford halts No. UConn’s win streak with 71-59 win
Box score +AHwAfA Photo gallery A sell-out crowd of over 7,300 women's basketball fans witnessed Stanford (9-2) put an end to the longest streak in Division I basketball history. The Cardinal beat Connecticut (12-1) 71-59 Thursday night in game where they never let the No. 1 team lead and ended the … [Read more...]
One last look at my 2010: The numbers and oddities
2010 by the numbers and odd facts: Racing Triathlons: 5 Duathlons: 1 Running races: 11 Off-road races: 2 PRs set: 5 Training I began tracking my workouts on the free website Running Ahead in July. So for the final six months of the year my numbers include: Swim: 69.2 miles Bike: 1,620.7 miles (Only … [Read more...]
Ding Dong, the Streak is Dead!
The first, the last, and UConn was everything in between. C and R are of course talking about the amazing UConn Huskies women's basketball streak of consecutive wins and Stanford's small part in it. Stanford was the last team to beat them in March 2008, and the first team to beat them since they got … [Read more...]
Connecticut’s historic streak ends at 90 after loss to Stanford
Seattle University coach Joan Bonvicini broke into a smile when the topic turned from her team's 91-64 loss to Gonzaga to No. 1 Connecticut. The Huskies' NCAA-record 90-game win streak ended on Thursday behind a 71-59 loss to No. 9 Stanford at Maples Pavilion. +ACI-I called it, I called it,+ACI Bonvicini … [Read more...]