A foot and a half: Finally, A Use for Twitter
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Guy meets Shaq in a diner thanks to Twitter. "To all twitterers , if u c me n public come say hi, we r not the same we r from twitteronia, we connect"

Twitter gets you a celeb meet-up.

"To all twitterers , if u c me n public come say hi, we r not the same we r from twitteronia, we connect" (O-Ton Shaquille O'Neal)

Seat Karma is the ultimate live entertainment search engine. We have a simple goal

Sports drinks are an easy way to replace fluid and electrolytes lost exercise, but what if Brawndo isn't what you crave? Ditch the dyes and high fructose corn syrup by making your own. Photo by zzeller. At the medical blog WebMD, they have a DIY formula for making a rehydration drink to administer to a person sick with the flu or other dehydrating illness. The formula is roughly the same as any sports drink however, the goal is to get fluid, glucose, and electrolytes into your system.

Showcase of Sports Websites

Sports Website Collection

This article showcases the most beautiful website designs from the North American sports industry, including ones for news, teams and leagues, sports apparel and more.

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Make your own Gatorade

"A handful of scientists think that these ultra-marathoners are using their bodies just as our hominid forbears once did, a theory known as the endurance running hypothesis (ER)."

running animals to death

In tests where 15 subjects ran and walked on pressure-sensitive treadmills, Lieberman and Rolian found that toe length had no effect on walking. Yet when the subjects were running, an increase in toe length of just 20 percent doubled the amount of mechanical work, meaning that the longer-toed subjects required more metabolic energy, and each footfall produced more shock.

Running deer to death ...

The endurance running hypothesis, the idea that humans evolved as long-distance runners, may have legs thanks to a new study on toes.

But a handful of scientists think that these ultra-marathoners are using their bodies just as our hominid forbears once did, a theory known as the endurance running hypothesis (ER). ER proponents believe that being able to run for extended lengths of time is an adapted trait, most likely for obtaining food, and was the catalyst that forced Homo erectus to evolve from its apelike ancestors. Over time, the survival of the swift-footed shaped the anatomy of modern humans, giving us a body that is difficult to explain absent a marathoning past.

Endurance running hypothesis

Thrust enhancers, roll bars, microchips...the $20 billion running - shoe industry wants us to believe that the latest technologies will cushion every stride. Yet in this extract from his controversial new book, Christopher McDougall claims that injury rates for runners are actually on the rise, that everything we've been told about running shoes is wrong - and that it might even be better to go barefoot...

An interesting article that (almost) concludes: running shoes (Nikes, Reeboks, etc) are a self-sustaining industry that don't improve performance or prevent injuries, and running shoes could actually be hurting. Now I know why I suck at my Saturday morning runs - I need to go barefoot :-)

NCAA March Madness on Demand streams every game from the first round to the NCAA Championship live online for free!

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すっごいバランス感覚！

"Essentially, this site is what I'd have been doing when I was 12 years old had the Internet and Photoshop been available to me in the eighties." Me, too.

Tons of baseball infographics, for every kind of Moneyball fan.

Effictiveness of sprint workouts, especially in swimming. "There’s a catch, though. Those six minutes, if they’re to be effective, must hurt. “We describe it as an ‘all-out’ effort,” Gibala says. You’ll be straying “well out of your comfort zone.” That level of discomfort makes some activities better-suited to intense training than others. “We haven’t studied runners,” Gibala says. The pounding involved in repeated sprinting could lead to injuries, depending on a runner’s experience and stride mechanics. But cycling and swimming work well."

Taleb was right ahead of the curve, again...Maybe there's something to the caveman diet, too...

I'm skeptical, but it sure would be nice

Ese último link tendría que haber sido http://statplot.com/ ; el link que envié apuntaba hacia el artículo que lo describe el sitio. [from http://twitter.com/dariuus/statuses/1939829918]

Create interactive stat charts based on sports

Build graphical charts using NFL, NBA, College Basketball, College Football, and NASCAR stats. Each chart comes in three formats: interactive Flash, image, and thumbnail.

When you've reached a point of incredible optimization in the current paradigm, sometimes there's a huge amount of room for improvement simply by thinking outside the box.

Search him on youtube to beleive it

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In 1983, a man named Cliff Young showed up at the start of this race. Cliff was 61 years old and wore overalls and work boots. To everyone's shock, Cliff wasn't a spectator. He picked up his race number and joined the other runners.

The right equipment, training, and running route isn't always enough to ensure a good run, especially if your breathing is all over the map. To help stabilize yours, try incorporating a set inhale-exhale ratio. Photo by aarmono. The aptly named Complete Running Network details how to breathe properly when running. Included in their list of seven tips is the importance of establishing the right inhale/exhale ratio. Specifically, they suggest that runners should take three footsteps for every inhale and two footsteps for every exhale, which puts them at a 3:2 ratio. This means you INHALE on the LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT foot strikes and EXHALE fully on the RIGHT, LEFT foot strikes. This pattern is not that hard to turn into a habit, but it may require you to slow your pace down for a few runs to master the technique. You will notice a lower heart rate as you are able to get more oxygen in and more importantly push all the carbon dioxide out of your body. You may notice that you naturally

Documentary about homeless dudes in Vancouver, racing shopping carts

Track and plan your active life! From rock climbing, running, cycling, hiking, and camping to yoga and gym fitness.

Offensive Play How different are dogfighting and football? by Malcolm Gladwell

The effect of football on the human brain is stomach-turning.

“I remember, every season, multiple occasions where I’d hit someone so hard that my eyes went cross-eyed, and they wouldn’t come uncrossed for a full series of plays. You are just out there, trying to hit the guy in the middle, because there are three of them. You don’t remember much. There are the cases where you hit a guy and you’d get into a collision where everything goes off. You’re dazed. And there are the others where you are involved in a big, long drive. You start on your own five-yard line, and drive all the way down the field—fifteen, eighteen plays in a row sometimes. Every play: collision, collision, collision. By the time you get to the other end of the field, you’re seeing spots. You feel like you are going to black out. Literally, these white explosions—boom, boom, boom—lights getting dimmer and brighter, dimmer and brighter.

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photo essay of tough guy challenge

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初心者が楽しめるアウトドアレジャー情報が500以上。全て公示最低料金で参加できるお得な予約サイト。

初心者が楽しめる 『アウトドアレジャー』情報が満載！！ 500を超えるコースに、全て公示最低料金で参加できる、お得な『予約サイト』です。

15 Radical Photo Sequences | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials - http://abduzeedo.com/30-radical-photo-sequences

nice photo sequences :)

secuencias

30 Radical Photo Sequences - http://bit.ly/14GKWW - pa se dve moji sekvencni fotografiji - http://bit.ly/MugYf [from http://twitter.com/hadhad/statuses/1458539556]

toughest race on z planet

This website has been developed to provide an evidence-based resource for those interested in the biomechanics of different foot strikes in endurance running and the applications to human endurance running prior to the modern running shoe.

Boston.com has one of the best photo sections on the web, and for some wonderful reason they seem to like F1 as well. It's gorgeous!

The Big Picture - News Stories in Photographs from the Boston Globe

Schöne Fotos des Formel 1 Bahrain Grand Prix 2009.

Could be a great ticket Scalping tool

At SeatGeek you can search by your favorite team, performing artist, or venue/city if you're open to taking in anything. SeatGeek renders a map of the venue, charts out where the seats are located, and dishes the dirt on the overall state of pricing at the venue as well as individual tickets. The price forecast tells you if you should buy now or wait based on prior data for the team/artist and the venue in question.

SeatGeek forecasts the price of sports and concert tickets, enabling you to buy tickets when they are cheapest.

[[* Player 2.0, uses stats to guide play; problem of selfishness in basketball v baseball *]]

Fantastic story featuring an underdog bball star, advanced data analysis and great questions about whether our sports statistics really measure greatness.

Downhill Action

Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD on Vimeo

A Film by: Ari Marcopoulos Director of Photography: Colin Blackshear Producer: Neville Wakefield

Great way to lose an hour - a must-read dialog between sports columnist Bill Simmons and author Malcolm Gladwell. http://bit.ly/3w857i [from http://twitter.com/JMaultasch/statuses/1796294654]

This will suck about 30 minutes from your life. As Truman Capote once said about Jack Kerouac, "That's not writing, it's typing."

Simmons Meets Gladwell Part II

Malcolm Gladwell talking about Nick Faldo. "Faldo in his prime was terrifying. He was surly and tough and charismatic and emotionally and psychologically bulletproof, and I feel like he'd do a better job of getting under Tiger's skin than anyone out there right now. What's the defining fact about Faldo? His ex-girlfriend once destroyed his Porsche with a 9-iron. The corresponding fact for Woods is that his favorite band is Hootie and the Blowfish. Hootie and the Blowfish? What's Faldo's favorite band? Joy Division? Or some kind of obscure Welsh thrash band too hard core for American radio?"

They played the oddest game in high school football history last month down in Grapevine, Texas. It was Grapevine Faith vs. Gainesville State School and everything about it was upside down. For instance, when Gainesville came out to take the field, the Faith fans made a 40-yard spirit line for them to run through. Did you hear that? The other team's fans?

RT @MCHammer: RT @mic_dee mic_dee @MCHammer Hammer, have you read this story? Worth a RT, very positive: http://tinyurl.com/9tq6ce [from http://twitter.com/accordin2jo/statuses/1707153892]

"...even though Faith walloped them 33-14, the Gainesville kids were so happy that after the game they gave head coach Mark Williams a sideline squirt-bottle shower like he'd just won state. Gotta be the first Gatorade bath in history for an 0-9 coach. But then you saw the 12 uniformed officers escorting the 14 Gainesville players off the field and two and two started to make four. They lined the players up in groups of five—handcuffs ready in their back pockets—and marched them to the team bus. That's because Gainesville is a maximum-security correctional facility 75 miles north of Dallas. Every game it plays is on the road."

There are some games in which cheering for the other side feels better than winning.

Get the latest stories and features ESPN The Magazine.

When Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave a gloved Black Power salute on the Olympic podium in October 1968 it sent a shockwave through sport. But what happened to the other man on the platform?

In case you ever wondered who the white guy on the podium was.

Thanks to the listener who sent me this link.

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Skier Suffers Exposure - January 6, 2009 http://ff.im/-w8cl

"Man left dangling upside down, pantsless after Vail lift mishap". With photos!

Skier caught on lift in Colorado. Suspended upside down... loses pants. http://bit.ly/36eP

skifahrer lift "unfall

Leyendo cómo ver el Mundial

Melhores canais da copa mundial

Collection of best websites to watch FIFA World Cup 2010 Online for free. Surely a treat for all FIFA World Cup fans out there.

Le système mis en place par Twitter pour la Coupe du Monde est impressionnant http://twitter.com/worldcup/ #soccer

Watching the World Cup unfold on Twitter at http://twitter.com/worldcup/worldcup #fb

do you want to know what’s happening in the world cup 2010? Twitter is here again. #twitter #worldcup http://twitter.com/worldcup/worldcup

RT @twitter_es: Países hispanohablantes en la Copa Mundial: #arg #mex #esp #chi #par #uru #hon http://twitter.com/worldcup/worldcup

http://twitter.com/worldcup/worldcup Página de Mashable para estar al tanto de los partidos que se juegan, en el mundial Sudáfrica 2010.

Watching the World Cup unfold on Twitter at http://bit.ly/9jFFol. Pretty slick idea. Nicely done.

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online watch sport events

World Cup 2010: Ghana v Australia, June 19 (10:00 AM) Watch It Live Here! World Cup 2010: Cameroon v Denmark, June 19 (2:30 PM) Watch It Live Here! Please Check all Channels to find best for you: We Fix Channels, Check Again! Bookmark and Share

Mira aquí la transmisión por Internet gratis de todos los partidos en VIVO de la Copa Mundial Sudáfrica 2010 de la FIFA por Univision Fútbol.

cool infographic on world cup ball

A look at game balls from 1930 to 2010.

みんないろんな環境でも楽しんでそうでなにより

The Big Picture - News Stories in Photographs from the Boston Globe

Schöne Bilder der laufenden WM

RT @AnswersDotCom: Stunning World Cup Snapshots: http://om.ly/mUMz More on the World Cup: http://om.ly/mUNA

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今みなさんが思っている10倍、目標は大事です。目標はすべてを変えます。

刺さる。

これを（生物学者の）村上和雄先生なんかは「遺伝子にスイッチが入る」とよく言います。我々は氷河期や飢餓期というものを超えてきた強い遺伝子をご先祖様から受け継いでいるんですよ。ところが、こんな便利で快適で安全な、のほほんとした社会で暮らしていると、その遺伝子にスイッチが入らないんです。強さが出てこないんですよね。ところがどん底に行った時に、ポーンとスイッチが入るんですよ。 　僕は1997年のフランスW杯予選の時にスイッチが入りました。当時は今なんかと比べ物にならないくらい、日本中がちょっと気が狂っていたかのように

Get the song, Hocus Pocus by Focus, at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hocu... The time has come for players to carve their name in history. One touch, tackle or free kick could crush a nation's hopes or cause them to build a statue in your honour. Drogba, Rooney and Ronaldo are ready to Write The Future.

@KarlNova I was wow-d by the Nike advert ---> http://bit.ly/9xcTuo [from http://twitter.com/sciculturist/statuses/14484919395]

Additional content available after clicking the "like" button on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/nikefootball#!/nikefootball?v=app_10442206389 "Footballers can then use this creative to build their own Facebook campaign to get noticed and selected for ""The Chance"" ?an elite Nike Academy football camp in partnership with the Barclays Premier League in England that allows players to get scouted and get noticed at the highest level of the game." See full article here: http://www.thefinalthird.com/2010/05/20/exclusive-nike-write-the-future-campaign/

Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu zine zuzendari mexikarrak egin duen Nikeren spot-a:

Get the song, Hocus Pocus by Focus, at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hocu... The time has come for players to carve their name in history. One touch, tackle or free kick could crush a nation's hopes or cause them to build a statue in your honour. Drogba, Rooney and Ronaldo are ready to Write The Future.

@KarlNova I was wow-d by the Nike advert ---> http://bit.ly/9xcTuo [from http://twitter.com/sciculturist/statuses/14484919395]

Additional content available after clicking the "like" button on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/nikefootball#!/nikefootball?v=app_10442206389 "Footballers can then use this creative to build their own Facebook campaign to get noticed and selected for ""The Chance"" ?an elite Nike Academy football camp in partnership with the Barclays Premier League in England that allows players to get scouted and get noticed at the highest level of the game." See full article here: http://www.thefinalthird.com/2010/05/20/exclusive-nike-write-the-future-campaign/

Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu zine zuzendari mexikarrak egin duen Nikeren spot-a:

Get the song, Hocus Pocus by Focus, at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hocu... The time has come for players to carve their name in history. One touch, tackle or free kick could crush a nation's hopes or cause them to build a statue in your honour. Drogba, Rooney and Ronaldo are ready to Write The Future.

@KarlNova I was wow-d by the Nike advert ---> http://bit.ly/9xcTuo [from http://twitter.com/sciculturist/statuses/14484919395]

Additional content available after clicking the "like" button on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/nikefootball#!/nikefootball?v=app_10442206389 "Footballers can then use this creative to build their own Facebook campaign to get noticed and selected for ""The Chance"" ?an elite Nike Academy football camp in partnership with the Barclays Premier League in England that allows players to get scouted and get noticed at the highest level of the game." See full article here: http://www.thefinalthird.com/2010/05/20/exclusive-nike-write-the-future-campaign/

Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu zine zuzendari mexikarrak egin duen Nikeren spot-a:

競馬シミュレーションゲーム + スキージャンプペアの人。 普通におもしろい。実は競馬はやったことないんだけど、馬券の説明もオッズ表の見方もちゃんと教えてもらえた。たぶんターゲット層って、競馬ブーム後の若者世代だろうし、まさにドンピシャっぽい効果じゃないのかなと。これ考えて実現させたプラン力に脱帽ですね。ちなみにCGの外注費用ってどのくらいなんだろう・・・？

スキージャンプペア × 競馬。CINEMA KEIBA Japan World Cup http://jra-jwc.jp

JRAの提供するカオスとの噂の競馬ゲーム

CINEMA KEIBAをウェブコンテンツとして体験する事の出来るスペシャルサイト。スキージャンプペアでお馴染みの真島・茂木コンビがお届けする一味違った競馬の世界観をお楽しみ下さい。

JRAのプロモサイト。口コミ型キャンペーン。「スキージャンプ・ペア」の真島×茂木コンビ最新作。

競馬シミュレーションゲーム + スキージャンプペアの人。 普通におもしろい。実は競馬はやったことないんだけど、馬券の説明もオッズ表の見方もちゃんと教えてもらえた。たぶんターゲット層って、競馬ブーム後の若者世代だろうし、まさにドンピシャっぽい効果じゃないのかなと。これ考えて実現させたプラン力に脱帽ですね。ちなみにCGの外注費用ってどのくらいなんだろう・・・？

スキージャンプペア × 競馬。CINEMA KEIBA Japan World Cup http://jra-jwc.jp

JRAの提供するカオスとの噂の競馬ゲーム

CINEMA KEIBAをウェブコンテンツとして体験する事の出来るスペシャルサイト。スキージャンプペアでお馴染みの真島・茂木コンビがお届けする一味違った競馬の世界観をお楽しみ下さい。

The World Cup is currently taking place in South Africa and people all over the world are glued to television sets at home, in bars and in town squares, to watch their country play.

The Best Website Designs of the 2010 World Cup

The World Cup is currently taking place in South Africa and people all over the world are glued to television sets at home, in bars and in town squares, to watch their country play.

The Best Website Designs of the 2010 World Cup

"It is tempting to describe the Australian team as a bigger, better version of the New Zealand team. I am going to succumb to that temptation."

Ghana Ghana was the only African team to make it out of the group stage at the last World Cup, and expectations are high this time around. Unfortunately, their best player, Michael Essien, is hurt and will not play, but the team has talent, and they seem to be free of the organizational difficulties that plague other African teams—i.e., they have not fired their coach in favor of a Swede.

"Argentina has world’s best player in Messi & lots of other talent...legendary Maradona, who is bat-shit crazy...recently had stomach stapled because after he quit using coke he got super-fat. When Argentina qualified for World Cup, he held perhaps greatest press conference in history of sport...repeatedly told Argentine press "Que la chupen y sigan chupando"...next day apologized to all women in world who heard him say these things, especially his mother, but pointedly not to journalists he had repeatedly insulted. He recently had two luxury bidets installed in hotel room" "England has won World Cup before, but when hosting in 1966, & host countries always do well. That said, they weren’t a fascist country. Fascist host countries do really well; witness Italy in 1934 & Argentina in 1978. Apparently creating a hostile & frightening atmosphere for opposing nations, & being able to threaten your players &/or the referees with horrible fates, helps your chances considerably."

Watching the Swiss play is almost as painful and degrading as being an immigrant living in Switzerland. Will they lose in a dull, cowardly manner in the first round, or will they lose in a dull, cowardly manner in the second round? The world awaits the answer.

"It is tempting to describe the Australian team as a bigger, better version of the New Zealand team. I am going to succumb to that temptation."

Ghana Ghana was the only African team to make it out of the group stage at the last World Cup, and expectations are high this time around. Unfortunately, their best player, Michael Essien, is hurt and will not play, but the team has talent, and they seem to be free of the organizational difficulties that plague other African teams—i.e., they have not fired their coach in favor of a Swede.

"Argentina has world’s best player in Messi & lots of other talent...legendary Maradona, who is bat-shit crazy...recently had stomach stapled because after he quit using coke he got super-fat. When Argentina qualified for World Cup, he held perhaps greatest press conference in history of sport...repeatedly told Argentine press "Que la chupen y sigan chupando"...next day apologized to all women in world who heard him say these things, especially his mother, but pointedly not to journalists he had repeatedly insulted. He recently had two luxury bidets installed in hotel room" "England has won World Cup before, but when hosting in 1966, & host countries always do well. That said, they weren’t a fascist country. Fascist host countries do really well; witness Italy in 1934 & Argentina in 1978. Apparently creating a hostile & frightening atmosphere for opposing nations, & being able to threaten your players &/or the referees with horrible fates, helps your chances considerably."

Watching the Swiss play is almost as painful and degrading as being an immigrant living in Switzerland. Will they lose in a dull, cowardly manner in the first round, or will they lose in a dull, cowardly manner in the second round? The world awaits the answer.

for once I'm in a country where I don't need to convert times for the world cup :-) http://bit.ly/9AWivx #denmark [from http://twitter.com/vijayk/statuses/15922184988]

"It is tempting to describe the Australian team as a bigger, better version of the New Zealand team. I am going to succumb to that temptation."

Ghana Ghana was the only African team to make it out of the group stage at the last World Cup, and expectations are high this time around. Unfortunately, their best player, Michael Essien, is hurt and will not play, but the team has talent, and they seem to be free of the organizational difficulties that plague other African teams—i.e., they have not fired their coach in favor of a Swede.

"Argentina has world’s best player in Messi & lots of other talent...legendary Maradona, who is bat-shit crazy...recently had stomach stapled because after he quit using coke he got super-fat. When Argentina qualified for World Cup, he held perhaps greatest press conference in history of sport...repeatedly told Argentine press "Que la chupen y sigan chupando"...next day apologized to all women in world who heard him say these things, especially his mother, but pointedly not to journalists he had repeatedly insulted. He recently had two luxury bidets installed in hotel room" "England has won World Cup before, but when hosting in 1966, & host countries always do well. That said, they weren’t a fascist country. Fascist host countries do really well; witness Italy in 1934 & Argentina in 1978. Apparently creating a hostile & frightening atmosphere for opposing nations, & being able to threaten your players &/or the referees with horrible fates, helps your chances considerably."

Watching the Swiss play is almost as painful and degrading as being an immigrant living in Switzerland. Will they lose in a dull, cowardly manner in the first round, or will they lose in a dull, cowardly manner in the second round? The world awaits the answer.