By The Whistle on August 20, 2009
A female runner accused of being a man tonight took gold in the 800m World Athletics Championship.
South African Caster Semenya, 18, had to take a gender test after doubts were raised about her sex.
But despite the furore, she easily took gold in the final in Berlin.
The teenage sensation has sparked controversy over her strikingly muscular [...]
Posted in Track & Field | Tagged athlethics south africa, caster semenya, iaaf, nick davis, south africa
By The Whistle on August 3, 2009
Former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on weapons charges stemming from an incident last November in which Burress accidentally shot himself in the thigh at a New York nightclub, prosecutors announced Monday.
Burress, 31, was indicted on two felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon and [...]
Posted in NFL | Tagged Antonio Pierce, New York City, New York Giants, Plaxico Burress, Roberth Morgenthau
By The Whistle on July 29, 2009
The difficulties that the Ultimate Fighting Championship has in trying to sign Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko can be traced back to one prevailing attitude among his management team.
“The UFC won’t be able to control the whole world,” said Vadim Finkelstein, the president of Emelianenko’s main promoter, M-1 Global.
This afternoon’s press conference with Emelianenko and M-1 [...]
Posted in UFC | Tagged Fedor Emelianenko, M-1, M-1 Global Challenge, MMA, UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Vadim Finkelstein
By The Whistle on July 28, 2009
Barring an unexpected change in plans by General Motors, it appears that the 51st Buick Open this week at Grand Blanc, Mich., will be the last under the Buick sponsorship umbrella. According to a source who requested anonymity because the person is not authorized to speak about the sponsorship agreement, Buick’s parent company, General Motors, [...]
Posted in Golf | Tagged buick, buick invitational torrey pines golf course, buick open, general motors, gm, Golf, grand blanc, michigan, pete ternes, pga tour, tim finchem, ty votaw, warwick hills golf and country club
By The Whistle on July 28, 2009
The white puff of smoke emerged from the FINA Bureau on Tuesday and swimming’s governing body immediately proclaimed at the world championships that the sport was “evolving.”
Never mind the matter of an undefined “transition” period, a continued time of uncertainty roiling the sport. New regulations were approved to limit the size of swimsuits and the [...]
Posted in Swimming
By The Whistle on July 28, 2009
Mark Buehrle set the Major League record for most consecutive batters retired by setting down the first 17 Twins hitters on Tuesday at the Metrodome, giving him 45 straight without a baserunner. He struck out Michael Cuddyer to open the fifth and set the mark on Joe Crede’s groundout to shortstop Alexei Ramirez.
The previous record [...]
Posted in MLB | Tagged alexei ramirez, bobby jenks, consecutive batters retired, joe crede, major league baseball, mark buehrle, metrodome, michael cuddyer, MLB, twins, white sox
