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Game 3 - Los Suns vs. Los Espuelas And Other Sports Matters

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Blog Related
Posted on Fri May 07, 2010 at 07:02:33 PM EST
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Tonight in San Antonio at 9:30. Go Los Suns!

Presently, the Cavs are demolishing the Celtics.

Yanks are playing the Sox in Fenway this evening in the first of a 3 games series. Go Yanks.

Tomorrow the Giro d'Italia starts in Rotterdam (next year it starts in Washington, D.C.) Podium Cafe remains the best site for commentary on this first of the 3 big 3 week cycling races (the others are the Tour de France and the Vuelta de Espana.)

34 days till the World Cup in South Africa.

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    Game 3 - Los Suns vs. Los Espuelas And Other Sports Matters | 12 comments (12 topical)

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    Cycling and other things (none / 0) (#1)
    by Jim in AZ on Fri May 07, 2010 at 07:33:50 PM EST
    Go Cadel in the Giro!  I would love to see BMC win its first ever Grand Tour.

    And...  the Vuelta is called the Vuelta a España, not de España.  Not sure why that is...  de makes more sense to this white guy's limited brain, but I have trained myself to use a.

    Go Sox!  Beat the evil out of the Yankees.

    True (none / 0) (#3)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Fri May 07, 2010 at 07:50:55 PM EST
    But Tour TO Spain makes no sense so I change it on my own.

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    I went to the Giro (none / 0) (#2)
    by Repack Rider on Fri May 07, 2010 at 07:48:27 PM EST
    ...In 1985, accompanying the US 7/Eleven team in its first international competition.  I covered it for a cycling magazine called CYCLIST.  Coach Mike Neel was a good friend and I rode in the team follow car for several stages.  I took a photo that was too bloody to sell, but has since been pirated all over the internet.

    I had a press pass and roamed the pits along with the team.  The Badger won, and Lemond rode for him on La Vie Claire.  Francesco Moser was riding his last stage race.  Heady stuff.

    I spent everything I made for writing the story on the trip.  I figured that I got a vacation in Italy, the bike race experience of a lifetime, and paid for it by spending a couple of hours after I got home writing about my adventure.

    Want to write for SportsLeft? (none / 0) (#4)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Fri May 07, 2010 at 07:51:52 PM EST


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    I like to write (none / 0) (#12)
    by Repack Rider on Sat May 08, 2010 at 05:08:42 PM EST
    What's SportsLeft?

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    i went to a wreck, (none / 0) (#5)
    by cpinva on Fri May 07, 2010 at 09:56:57 PM EST
    and a cycling race broke out. nope, just doesn't have the same zip, sorry.

    i knew you had some socially redeeming quality BTD, you're a yankees fan. there's hope for you yet!

    Newsworthy the Pads (none / 0) (#6)
    by oculus on Fri May 07, 2010 at 11:29:29 PM EST
    the Pads beat Astros 7 to zip  

    World Cup. South Africa. (none / 0) (#7)
    by oldpro on Sat May 08, 2010 at 02:10:29 AM EST
    When I hear those words, I can only think of 1995 and Nelson Mandela and the hope that sprang from that incredible series.  It actually seemed that sport could make a difference in the world...

    I am desperately (none / 0) (#8)
    by Jen M on Sat May 08, 2010 at 08:32:25 AM EST
    Trying to figure out how to watch/listen to the world cup matches at w*rk.  My best bet is to listen to one of the Spanish channels on the radio if I can get good reception.

    I am amazed at how deftly Los Suns turned itself from a target of a left leaning boycott into a target of right leaning boycott so fast.  That's got to be some sort of record.

    Are you really amazed? (none / 0) (#9)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sat May 08, 2010 at 09:16:08 AM EST
    Well, they jumped into a situation where all the polls were showing the majority, some as high as 70%, favored the law.

    And shouldn't it be Los Sols?

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    Yes I am (none / 0) (#10)
    by Jen M on Sat May 08, 2010 at 09:34:33 AM EST
    Have you ever seen such a fast turnabout? Forget conservative/liberal and numbers, have you ever seen an organization switch it's boycotters so efficiently?

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    Heh (none / 0) (#11)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sat May 08, 2010 at 01:00:19 PM EST


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