by Minter Dial | Sep 1, 2007 | Sports
How good are you at tennis? When you set out to play tennis with a person whose level you have never seen, there exist multiple rating systems that are supposed to help render objective your level. Putting a number behind “how good are you?” makes a lot of...
by Minter Dial | Aug 31, 2007 | Sports
Avec 7 jours (à la minute près) avant l’ouverture du Rugby World Cup 2007, la pression sur l’équipe de la France monte. Cependant, j’étais frappé par l’idée des néo-zélandais d’aller s’entraîner en Corse. Ca veut tout dire....
by Minter Dial | Aug 28, 2007 | Mobile, Sports
A trip to the village of Eymoutiers (pop C. 3000), in the Limousin area of France, for a weekend of relaxation with the family. This is the village about which I wrote in a prior post, where the Casino supermarket is open Sunday. On the way down (via the SNCF) from...
by Minter Dial | Jul 27, 2007 | Politics, Sports
On 25th July, Iraq beat South Korea, one of the cup favorites, in a nail-biter, where the 0-0 regulation time score led to a penalty shoot-out win 4-3 in the semis. (BBC report). A country deprived of joy for four years, Iraq has the potential to hoist its first ever...
by Minter Dial | Jul 26, 2007 | Sports
As the unraveling of the so-to-speak “cleansing” pre-race contract accelerates in this year’s Tour de France, you get the growing sense that the Tour de France is a sham, loaded with cotton-mouthed officials. I pity the poor souls who are actually...
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