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Finding a name on college athletic team is a matter of pride for every student. Prospective student athletes are increasing every year and athletic recruiting services are becoming more than a necessity. The guidelines and procedures of prospective student athletes are provided by NCAA...

• Date Added: 7/24/2006
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Dressage achieves balance, suppleness, and obedience with the purpose of improving and facilitating the horse's performance of normal tasks. This discipline is elegance in motion, where every movement made by horse and rider is choreographed to perfection. Speed is not important, but total control...

• Date Added: 5/22/2006
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If by chance you have a son or daughter playing competitive sports, I would suggest that you don't advise them to resort to the following tactics that this Northern Colorado punter did.

A disguised reserve punter of the University of Northern Colorado football team stabbed the team's first...

• Date Added: 9/14/2006
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If you were sitting on your deathbed, having been just told you have one single hour to live, how much would a second hour of life be worth to you? $100? $1000? Every cent you have? Chances are, at that point in your life, nothing would be worth more than another hour to spend with your friends,...

• Date Added: 7/10/2006
• Views: 303

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Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world today. It is the dream of every student to find his or her name on a reputable College Basketball team. However, Basketball college recruiting is done through a guided procedure. Only those with special talent find their names in Basketball...

• Date Added: 7/24/2006
• Views: 301

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Canoeing and Kayaking go back to the dawn of human culture. The word "kayak" literally means "hunter's boat." The kayak was useful for transport, but it was a miraculous hunting tool, facilitating a quiet approach towards one's desired prey. The covered deck of the kayak made it more sea-worthy...

• Date Added: 5/10/2006
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You may think that driving a go kart is safe, but when you're screaming down the track at 160 mph anything is possible. Sure, most go karts do not reach speeds this high, but by following a few safety measures you can make your go kart experience fun at any speed.

Back in the olden days,...

• Date Added: 5/4/2006
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The eternal question of wetsuit urination

If it hasn't happened to you already, it will. You descend to 15 feet, and you'll feel the sudden urge. You can't hold it. And there's no way you can get to a bathroom without spoiling the whole dive. So you consider – if I'm in the water, my...

• Date Added: 5/2/2006
• Views: 298

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If we compare the NFL regular season with a marathon, then the league's signing season for draft choices is more like a sprint. And with all the NFL franchises scheduled to report to training camp by the end of the month, this is the time when the team negotiators and the agents for nearly 200...

• Date Added: 7/18/2006
• Views: 297

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Are you a die-hard football fan? If so, there is a new web site that was designed just for you. f8tballNEWS.com is quickly becoming one of the most popular destinations on the internet for football fans from all around the world. Regardless of which football team is your favorite, this football...

• Date Added: 10/19/2007
• Views: 296

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There are so many different types of sunglasses on the market today that finding the right pair to fit one's needs can be a very daunting task. The best pair of sunglasses should offer protection from UV rays, be extremely durable, look good, and serve any special needs that the wearer might have....

• Date Added: 10/23/2005
• Views: 293

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In the past several years, as the Boston Red Sox have lurked around the top of the American League East, the one constant and reliable figure on the hill has been Tim Wakefield. The knuckleballer was second on the team with 119 2/3 innings, but after grappling with back discomfort for the better...

• Date Added: 7/18/2006
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Leaves have a neat way of getting rid of water vapour. They have chambers with tiny pores (stomata) that allow water vapour to escape (transpiration).

Have you seen people wearing clothes having almost the same expertise? Clothes, which are elastic, non-absorbent, weatherproof and...

• Date Added: 5/23/2006
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The St. Louis Cardinals visited Hollywood on the weekend and in sweeping the series against the Dodgers, sent a statement to the rest of the NL that they are getting their act together.

The three-game sweep was the Cardinals' first at Dodger Stadium since April 1993. They have won nine...

• Date Added: 7/26/2006
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Last season, Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was making all the right moves and the Chicago White Sox stunned America with a World Series victory. The 2006 season started off in much the same way that the previous fall ended and the addition of Jim Thome had the South Side team ready to...

• Date Added: 7/27/2006
• Views: 282

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Go karts were first created in the United States in the 1950s with the majority of historians crediting Art Ingels as the inventor. He built his first go kart in California in 1956 and it was during this post-war period where airmen raced these go karts as a way to pass the time.

They are...

• Date Added: 12/20/2005
• Views: 278

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College football betting early in the season can be a tricky proposition at best, but now that the NCAA has decided to speed up the game with more running clock, the point total (over/under) have been affected mightily!

The case in point is on kickoffs where normally the clock would not...

• Date Added: 9/5/2006
• Views: 269

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Whether it's the AL West or the NL West in MLB, the level of play seems to drop off substantially when rating the various divisions. In the AL West, the LA Angels and the Oakland A's are presently tied for the lead, but then a team like Texas drops four in a row and they still only find themselves...

• Date Added: 7/27/2006
• Views: 266

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Like any other game, you will want to be certain that you have both an offense and defense in place. This is no exception to volleyball and can help your team to play their best. Whether they are working on keeping the ball in the air, or striking out the other team, you want to make sure that...

• Date Added: 1/11/2007
• Views: 264

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Not really sure about his future on the team when he came to play with the Vikings in 2002, he just signed a seven-year, $48.5 million deal that includes more than $17 million in guaranteed money.

The former Hurricane had a clouded rookie season with a 98-day holdout, this is why former...

• Date Added: 9/12/2006
• Views: 262