Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
Kyle Putman says the difference between bull riding and bareback bronc riding is the difference between "getting shot from a cannon" vs. "jumping out of an airplane." Michael Allen Jones / mjones@sacbee.com Fabian Guillama of Fair Oaks rides Gusto in a roping contest at the Sierra Stampede Rodeo, a gay event, Saturday in Rio Linda.
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Fears that Michael Whitaker might miss the Olympics in three weeks time grew when Britain's team captain Derek Ricketts asked two more riders to put their horses into quarantine.
io9 (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
All of the cast for the new Knight Rider remake was ironically stuck in traffic and showed up late to the San Diego Comic Con panel (insert lame they should have driven KITT joke here). But more... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Lausanne (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The 2007 Tour de France came back to haunt this year's event in Utrecht this morning when the Dutch team Rabobank and their former rider, ...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The 2007 Tour de France came back to haunt this year's event in Utrecht this morning when the Dutch team Rabobank and their former rider, Dane Michael Rasmussen, were both left claiming victory following a court ruling into his eviction from the race last year.
Its Electronica (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
If you are a child of the eighties, you are probably all too familiar with Michael Knight and his talking car, KITT - the super computer built into an ‘83 model Trans AM. And if you were like most teens at the time, you probably wanted to buy your very own talking Trans Am just like it with ”Turbo Boost” button and all. Well - for a lot of us that dream never came to be realized. But for those...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
A satnav featuring the voice of Kitt from Knight Rider , will give drivers the dubious privilege of imagining they are David Hasselhoff.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
THE ROYAL Dublin Society (RDS) will continue to upgrade its grounds and strive to be among the top international showjumping venues, Michael Duffy, the chief executive of the organisation, said at the end of this year's Dublin Horse Show.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
... to be studying ballet, pretending to be Eddie Macken who was her favourite celebrity.The Longford rider, who had been asked by the society to jump at this year's event, was receiving a lot of attention yesterday as the public waited for him to break the long absence which kept him from the showjumping rings here for the last eight years.He no longer lives in Ireland but in Canada and, at...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
News reports are comin' in that nine riders have agreed to terms and re-upped their contracts with Astana. The riders are Andreas Klöden, Chris Horner, Assan Bazayev, Maxim Iglinskiy, Steve Morabito, Dmitriy Muravyev, Daniel Navarro, Gregory Rast and Michael Schär. Both reports I've read say the Bruyneel has had his phone ringing a lot recently with guys wanting to sign with the...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
... Saturday and the Longines International Grand Prix on Sunday.Mr Cullen said with the world's best riders and horses competing for international honours in the coveted Samsung Super League, we could anticipate high quality equestrian action over the five days.RDS chief executive Michael Duffy said this would be the 135th Dublin Horse Show, which was founded to foster and promote...
Derek Wilken (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
With Buck Peirce, Dave Dickenson, Michael Bishop, Kevin Glenn and Marcus Crandal all on the bench this must be the first year the back-up quarterbacks combined make more than the CFL salary cap. Asked how the Riders won the game Riders coach said “well Durant ran ran yes Durant ran...” And yes that joke was despite the earlier warning from Cam about Duran Duran references... The...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
... at the time, he felt there was a lack of support from British Cycling because he was not a track rider.Martin's success in the Route du Sud started speculation within the British media that British Cycling might try to coax him back. He dismisses talk of this, however."I have always loved racing in Ireland, and I like being Irish. It is the best choice I have ever made. There is no way I'm...
londonbikers.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Relentless Suzuki by TAS riders Ian Lowry and Michael Laverty can both take positives from Sunday’s BSB round at Mallory Park. Lowry secured a strong podium finish after a very wet British Supersport race in third place. Laverty’s results [11th and a DNF] do not reflect the strength of his performances at the Leicestershire venue. In race one, Laverty was in the front five fighting for...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Medal prospects Jason Smyth and Michael McKillop are among the NI athletes named in Ireland's 45-strong Paralympics team.
