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Interbike Eye Candy of a Different Flavor: Urban Bikes
A Linus town bike, with basket. And, coffee cup holder. So dialed. I spent my share of hours on my carbon road bike, but I may well spend even more time on my townie. My current townie, one of a rather lengthy succession, is a 1956 Schwinn Tornado. I put a 22 cog on it, and zoom we go. Those...
Trophee Eric Bompard Cachemire: Good, Bad, Indifferent...and Ugly
The Good: Nobunari Oda's Chaplin free skate hit all the right notes for me. It didn't feel overdone. He also didn't overestimate himself - he admitted he did not have a quad last week and didn't push it, while most of the jumps he did land were great. The program was a departure from Oda's...
Delobel and Schoenfelder out of Grand Prix Series
French ice dancers Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder will not participate in their scheduled Grand Prix events, Skate America and Skate Canada, according to Icenetwork. Delobel recently had a baby and the article stated that the pair wasn't going to start practicing again until October 26....
Virtue and Moir Win Compulsories at Canadians
Ice Dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, making their comeback after sitting out the beginning of the season for Virtue's surgery recovery, placed first in the ice dancing compulsories at the Canadian championships. They received a 39.33 for their Viennese Waltz. Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier...
Virtue to Return to Ice Next Week
Canadian Ice Dancer Tessa Virtue will likely return to the ice next week with partner Scott Moir, according to the London Free Press. Virtue was recovering from surgery that was to "deal with chronic exertional compartment syndrome, which occurs from overtraining." Unfortunately, it doesn't look...
Virtue and Moir Withdraw from Skate Canada
Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have withdrawn from Skate Canada, according to CBC: Virtue, 19, wasn't healthy enough to compete at the Oct. 30-Nov. 2 event after undergoing surgery to relieve pain in her shins brought on by chronic exertional compartment syndrome, a condition that...
As Is, The A's Offense Will Be Fine
No I don’t think it will be great, but I do think it will be fine (with the usual "health permitting" disclaimer). Today, I’m here to tell you several reasons why. Jason Kendall and Shannon Stewart may not progress their batting average to their career mean (which happens to be .300), but even if...
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