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In training with the Raleigh Skeeball Leaguenew

Although Skee-Ball's life as a competitive and social sport in the bar world is still in its infancy, the game itself has been around for more than a century.
INDY Week  |  Alison Saltz  |  04-02-2012  |  Sports

Ed Shadle Plans to Set World Land-Speed Record Using a Fighter Jetnew

The costs are high, public interest is down, and sponsorship in the sport is next to nil. So why invest massive quantities of time and money for a 20-second ride? Shadle answers with the Mount Everest analogy: Why climb it? Because it's there.
Seattle Weekly  |  Jesse Froehling  |  06-23-2008  |  Recreation

My Parachute Isn't Openingnew

I will continue to fall until my body splatters on what appears to be a golf course. This would all be different, however, if the contraption folded neatly in my chute backpack were now exposed and unfolded -- but I am not, I repeat, not complaining.
Dig Boston  |  Seth Reiss  |  08-31-2006  |  Comedy

Off and Gunnin'new

Action shooting clubs are a blast all over the Midwest. Lock and load, baby!
Riverfront Times  |  Chad Garrison  |  06-02-2005  |  Recreation

Hydraulic Mack: Intense, Tattooed Barber Promotes River Surfingnew

Bad-ass California surfer heads north, starts a black barber shop and energetically promotes the frontier sport of river surfing.
Eugene Weekly  |  Ben Fogelson  |  07-26-2004  |  Sports

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