Judges Ruling Sparks National Debate Over Cheerleading Sport or No Sport?
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A federal judge's ruling that cheerleading is not a sport has taken a longtime debate out of the courtroom and into homes, gyms, schools and colleges nationwide. The never-ending question: Are cheerleaders athletes? U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill ruled Wednesday that Quinnipiac University in New Jersey could not replace its women's volleyball team with a competitive cheering squad, saying cheerleading is "too underdeveloped and disorganized" to be treated as an official collegiate sport.George W. Bush as a cheerleader at Andover Under the nation's Title IX regulations, which require universities receiving federal funds to offer equal athletic opportunities to both...
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 02:21:02 AM
Federal Judge: Cheerleading Is Not a Sport (Saying So Violates Federal Gender-Equality Rules)
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Federal Judge: Cheerleading Is Not a SportJudge Says Calling Cheerleading a Sport Violates Federal Gender-Equality Rules By RUSSELL GOLDMAN June 21, 2010 A judge in Connecticut has ruled cheerleading is not a sport -- and universities therefore cannot direct money to the activity to meet federal gender-equality regulations. U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill ruled Wednesday that Quinnipiac University violated the law when it pulled funding from its women's volleyball team to support a competitive cheerleading squad. "I conclude as a matter of law that Quinnipiac University discriminated on the basis of sex during the 2009-10 academic years by failing to...
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 02:21:02 AM
World Cup Fever!!! Avoid It Like Avian Flu!
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The fevered pitch of excitement is hard to describe! Americans are jubilant at the 1-1 tie their team picked up against the British (we still are furious about their colonialism and cuisine)! On my block alone there have been two, make that three soccer riots. I myself have pushed a brick wall over onto a crowd a singing Argentina soccer fans . . . twice. Well, same crowd but different brick walls. Wait, why were they singing the lyrics from Evita? No, the fact is that nobody in America gives a tinker's damn about soccer, or at least no American...
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 02:21:02 AM
Fishermen’s fear: Public's'right to fish shifting under Obama?
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The Obama administration has proposed using United Nations-guided principles to expand a type of zoning to coastal and even some inland waters. That’s raising concerns among fishermen that their favorite fishing holes may soon be off-limits for bait-casting. In the battle of incremental change that epitomizes the American conservation movement, many weekend anglers fear that the Obama administration’s promise to “fundamentally change” water management in the US will erode what they call the public’s “right to fish,” in turn creating economic losses for the $82 billion recreational fishing industry and a further deterioration of the American outdoorsman’s legacy...
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 02:21:02 AM
Justice Dept.: Obama administration may take action on BCS
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is considering several steps that would review the legality of the controversial Bowl Championship Series, the Justice Department said in a letter Friday to a senator who had asked for an antitrust review. In the letter to Sen. Orrin Hatch, obtained by The Associated Press, Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich wrote that the Justice Department is reviewing Hatch's request and other materials to determine whether to open an investigation into whether the BCS violates antitrust laws.
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 02:21:02 AM
Afghans love to get their (headless) goat in national sport of buzkashi (Olympic sport?)
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Afghans love to get their goat in national sport of buzkashiThe sport, in which players on horseback vie for a headless goat carcass to much crowd enthusiasm, is back in force since the Taliban's overthrow. Some dream of it being in the Olympics. January 03, 2010|By Tony Perry Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan — Leaning far off his horse like a polo player, amid a chaotic-looking scrum of other riders doing the same, the rider snatched the decapitated goat by a foreleg and galloped off. He whipped his heavy-breathing horse for more speed while the others raced in pursuit. As they...
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 02:21:02 AM
SOME GREAT FOOTBALL TRUISMS TO MULL OVER WHILE WATCHING THE GAMES THIS WEEK.
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At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any." Erk Russell / Georgia Southern. "Football is only a game. Spiritual things are eternal. Nevertheless, Beat Texas." Seen on a church sign in Arkansas prior to the 1969 game. "After you retire, there's only one big event left.....and I ain't ready for that." Bobby Bowden / Florida State "The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it." Lou Holtz / Arkansas "When you win, nothing hurts." Joe Namath / Alabama "Motivation is simple. You eliminate those...
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 02:21:02 AM
"It's Americana, it's part of our history, the cowboy, the cattle drive, the sheriff, the fight for law, order and justice. Justice will always prevail as far as I'm concerned."...
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Lionel Nathan Rothschild: became the first Jew to sit in the British Parliament — 11 years after he was elected; the House of Commons had to allow a special oath (1858)
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