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  1. A very brave young woman

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About:  Sports / Athletes This young woman is trying to make it as a competitive cyclist in Afghanistan not the easiest place to be female let alone one who wants to race bicycles. She's only sixteen but li ...

    - 2016/01/28 - 9:30am - 4 comments

  2. 2nd bike ride of season

    Author:  Tels tels's blog Blog About:  Sports / Athletes well last year i finally found some ball bearing pedals that would accept my toe clips and was so happy to put them on. Well this is second bike ride of season, about 8 or 10 miles, and the one ...

    - 2016/06/11 - 10:24am - 4 comments

  3. My Home Town

    Author:  Nicki Benson Nicki Benson's blog Blog About:  Sports / Athletes Yes it's Hartlepool United fans on their annual fancy dress outing. Last year they were doing their bit for cultural appropriation as Bob Marley, the year before it was Thu ...

    - 2016/06/11 - 10:24am - 1 comment

  4. Cav does it again!

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About:  Sports / Athletes Cavendish takes his third stage win of this year's TdF to lie second only to Merckx in the number of stage wins at the tour. With his form as it is, who knows if he might even over ...

    - 2016/07/10 - 8:19am - 9 comments

  5. A shout out to the U.K. writers and fans.

    Author:  Catherine Linda Michel Catherine Linda Michel's blog Blog About:  Sports / Athletes Lewis Hamilton wins the Brit Grand Prix for the third year in a row. There's a Brit in the finals at Wimbledon and a Brit in the lead at The Tour De Fra ...

    - 2016/07/14 - 11:32pm - 11 comments

  6. Olympic road course

    Author:  Karen Lockhart Karen Lockhart's blog Blog About:  Sports / Athletes Did anyone else watch the Men's road race this morning? OMG what a dangerous course, hair-pin turns cobble stones, and the downhills were scary. I thought the Iranian w ...

    - 2016/08/13 - 7:07pm - 8 comments

  7. "The Life and Murder of Stella Walsh, Intersex Olympic Champion"

    Author:  Kris Kris.rev2.2's blog Blog About:  Sports / Athletes A long read (pun intended, since it's on longreads.com) but well worth the time. It addition to the story of Stella Walsh it provides introductions to some other early female track ...

    - 2016/08/20 - 3:03pm - 3 comments

  8. "Who Gets to Race as a Woman?"

    Author:  Kris Kris.rev2.2's blog Blog About:  Sports / Athletes A New York Times editorial: "Regardless of the mix of hormones circulating in her blood, Caster Semenya is a woman. Like the other female athletes in Rio, she deserves her shot at t ...

    - 2016/08/25 - 3:12pm - 3 comments

  9. The End of the World

    Author:  Valentine Valentine's blog Blog About:  Sports / Athletes Well it's been nice knowing everyone, but since the Chicago Cubs have just won the World Series, the world should be ending soon. Yay! ...

    - 2016/11/03 - 11:57am - 14 comments

  10. sporting dilemma

    Author:  Snowfall Alecia Snowfall's blog Blog About:  Movies / Television / Theater Pets / Animals Sports / Athletes Seriously big choices for entertainment today. The Puppy Bowl. The Kitten Bowl. Lingerie Football League. The SuperBowl. whatever sha ...

    - 2016/02/09 - 9:39am - 6 comments