Category: Sports and Entertainment
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Physics forced to come up with whole new equation to explain “impossible” soccer kick
IO9: Physics forced to come up with whole new equation to explain "impossible" soccer kick In 1997, Brazilian soccer player Roberto Carlos scored on a free kick that first went right, then curved sharply to leftwards in what looked like a physics-defying fluke. We've finally discovered the physics equation that shows it was no fluke.…
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A-Rod youngest in history to 600 homers
Yankees.com: A-Rod youngest in history to 600 homers NEW YORK — Aug. 4 has been good to Alex Rodriguez. Three years to the day after Rodriguez hit his 500th home run, he became the seventh player in Major League history to hit 600 homers in his career with a first-inning blast off Blue Jays starter…
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Thank you, World Cup fans, I now understand institutions for development
Aid Watch: Thank you, World Cup fans, I now understand institutions for development My original notion was that intentionally breaking the rules to prevent a loss was cheating, and that it was too bad norms prevalent in Football World did not penalize such behavior more fiercely so that it wouldn’t have happened in the first…
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Netherlands or Spain?
I lean toward the Netherlands but Spain seems to have regained their stride. What do you think?
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What Are Your World Cup Predictions?
We have now finished the knockout round of the World Cup and are ready for the quarterfinals. Prior to the knockout round, I made the following prediction: Final Four: Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Spain. Final Match: Brazil vs Argentina Winner: Argentina So far so good. What are your predictions?
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27% – Little Going-In American Enthusiasm for the World Cup
Pew Research: 27% – Little Going-In American Enthusiasm for the World Cup While the United States may often be described as a sports-crazed nation, Americans were one of the least enthusiastic publics about the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Only 27% of Americans said they were excited (11% were very excited) about the soccer…