No North American GP as Canadian Race Fails to be Reinstated on Calendar

Officials in Montreal have failed to have the Canadian Grand Prix picked up by the Formula One for next year’s schedule, following intense meetings with F1 brass. The scrapping of the Canadian GP means no races will be held in North America in 2009.
Montreal claimed that talks failed because the Formula One made “unreasonable demands”, [...]

Red Sox Tried to Suspend Ramirez Before Trading Him

It has been revealed that the Boston Red Sox tried to suspend their star hitter Manny Ramirez the week before they traded him to the LA Dodgers. The news, from several different sources, reveals how strained the relationship had become.
Ramirez refused to play in some games of last season, and the Red Sox drafted up [...]

Football Cheerleaders Allegedly Attempted to Give Rivals Cookies Laced With Rat Poison, Laxatives, and Bleach

Texas: An investigation is underway into an incident in which cheerleaders from Chapin High School allegedly attempted to give the rival cheerleading team from Andress High School poisoned cookies. Teams often exchange gifts/pranks before a game.
The cookies, which were confiscated before they could be consumed, reportedly contained laxatives, bleach, and rat poison. The school has [...]

Undoing Your Painful Thoughts with The Work of Byron Katie, Part One

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

So many, many things in our lives begin with a single thought. Our thoughts affect our behaviours, our character – our very destiny. And [...]

Man Wins $1.2 Million For Taking a Baseball to The Groin From Batting Machine

Almost .2 million was awarded to 21-year-old Lhyvann Felipe last week by a jury in Miami-Dade County for injuries sustained from a batting machine that shot a ball at his groin at 60 miles per hour.
He was 19 at the time of the incident, at the Sluggers batting cage, located in West Miami-Dade at Tamiami [...]

Urologist Invents Club You Can Pee Into While Golfing

The days of heading into the woods to retrieve a golf ball you hit there on purpose in order to relieve yourself during a game are now over thanks to a Florida urologist who has invented what he calls the UroClub.
The UroClub (http://www.uroclub.org/) is a golf club that also functions as a urinal, consisting of [...]

Youngest Ever Poker World Champion

A Danish poker player took down the Las Vegas annual World Series of Poker Main Event to become the 2008 world champion of poker early Tuesday.
Peter Eastgate made a five high straight (known as the wheel) to beat his opponents two pair. He became the youngest ever WSOP Main Event champion at the age of [...]

GB Beat Romania 11-1, Still Fail to Qualify for 2010 Games

The Great Britain ice hockey team has finished their qualifying round for the Winter Olympics on a high, thrashing Romania 11-1. They went into the match with nothing to lose, already coming third and therefore out of the Winter games.
Coach Paul Thompson said: “I’m a realist and know it wasn’t much of a challenge for [...]

Bernie Ecclestone Clears Up Hamilton Racism Row

Formula One’s Bernie Ecclestone has been forced to clear up a misunderstanding with Lewis Hamilton over his comments that seemed to defend F1 fans in Brazil who dressed up as black men, donned wigs and wore t-shirts with “Hamilton’s Family” on them.
In an interview with BBC Radio 5, Ecclestone said that the incident “had nothing [...]

Netball to Become Olympic Sport?

A campaign is underway to see the sport of netball to be put on the roster for the London Olympics in 2012. A three-time representative for England, Eboni Beckford-Chambers, began the campaign on a social networking site.
So far, she has over 600,000 supporters, including current Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and former number 10 resident Cherie [...]