AltWeeklies Wire
Champions, With an *new
Eleven former Durham Bulls named in steroid investigation.
Tags: sports & fitness
Billet, Sweet Billetnew
Off the ice with your average Portland Winter Hawk in his adopted home.
Willamette Week |
Paul Gerald |
12-19-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Rosell Ellis Was Exiled to the Wacky World of Filipino Basketballnew
It might have been the best thing for him.
Seattle Weekly |
Rafe Bartholomew |
12-17-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
How to Build a Luxury Snowcavenew
Instructions on building a pimped-out cave for a warm winter's night. Some degree of snark implied.
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
12-13-2007 |
Sports
The Other Side of the Mountainnew
Skijoring, skibobbing, icebiking and other obscure winter-sport challenges for snow-klutzes and hotshots.
Boston Phoenix |
Ashley Rigazio |
12-11-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Fighting Meets Fashion at the First NAMMAE Conventionnew
Would NAMMAE, held this past weekend at the Anaheim Convention Center, feature no-holds-barred throwdowns outside the cage? Well, not quite. But this was far from your average trade show.
Tags: sports & fitness
Stephen Burbank, Penn Professor & NFL 'Special Master'new
For the past five years, whenever major controversies have arisen between the players' association and the league, Burbank has been called upon to act as the legal arbitrator. He handles a handful of cases every year, usually those involving large sums of money, the salary cap or free agency.
Philadelphia Weekly |
G.W. Miller III |
12-10-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Evel Deadnew
The most famous motorcycle daredevil of all time pulled off his final and most surprising achievement: Evel Knievel died in his bed, something that other professional death-taunters, like Houdini, Steve Irwin, Dale Earnhardt, and Karl Wallenda never managed.
Portland Phoenix |
Rick Wormwood |
12-07-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Albert Haynesworth, Man in the Middlenew
With playoffs and a big contract on the line, has this Titan finally put a troubled past to rest?
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
12-07-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Love Matchnew
Detailing the triumph, the tennis and the dead rubbers of the 2007 Davis Cup.
Willamette Week |
Jonah Sandford |
12-05-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Corporate Cowboysnew
America's Team wants your dirty, sexy money. Lots of it.
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
12-03-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Inside the Head of Herman Edwardsnew
He's too conservative. He's too nice to his players. He keeps losing. And he certainly doesn't pray to win.
Tags: sports & fitness
Crocodile Nowitzkinew
This summer Dirk Nowitzki went down under to find himself. Can he now lead the Dallas Mavericks to the promised land?
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
11-26-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Snowboarding Hero Lucas Grossi Doesn't Need Two Legsnew
He is largely responsible for making adaptive snowboarding a viable competitive sport.
Missoula Independent |
Andy Kemmis |
11-26-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Ski Biz Bets It'll Beat Global Warmingnew
While scientists predict brown mountainsides, the "big three" ski areas that serve Seattle are all in varying stages of expansion and investment.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-21-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
