Author: rokur
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NBA Cares: Miami Heat Swimming Program
Check out James Jones and the Miami Heat helping kids in South Florida learn swim safety “But then they get to connect with one of their own, Miami’s own James Jones, two-time NBA champion. So wonderful watching their little faces light up knowing this isn’t just another swim lesson we’re getting today, our favorite team…
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GoPro: Diving with Ocean Hounds
Sam Stewart and Kelly Smith dive with curious Sea Lions in South Australia.
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Mireia Belmonte blasts Spanish sports coverage
Read SBS The most decorated Spanish swimmer of all time Mireia Belmonte Garcia has launched a stinging attack on the coverage of the sport in her homeland after breaking two world records at the World Cup meet in Berlin last weekend. “I am the first woman to go under eight minutes in the history of…
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Bruce Jenner on Michael Phelps: ‘He’s done’
See TMZ “With rumors of a Michael Phelps comeback, there’s one American who thinks MP should STAY OUT of the pool when the 2016 Olympics roll around — Bruce Jenner.”
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FIN reveal Pellegrini received €750,000 between 2006 and 2012
Read La Gazetta Dello Sport Following the champion’s scathing attack on twitter over the 2009 World Championships prize money, the Italian swimming federation, FIN have responded with a depth charge and made public the earnings of the Italian swimmer between 2006 and 2012. “The athlete Federica Pellegrini has personally received a total of around 750.000…
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Hamish & Andy jumping off the Mostar bridge
Australian radio/tv duo Hamish & Andy peer pressuring each other into jumping off the Stari Most bridge in Mostar, Herzegovina, into the Neretva river 24 meters below. A tradition in the city, first dive way back in 1664, Here is an awesome photo of a dive off the bridge, courtesy of Sven Wolter, CC BY-SA…
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Russia and IOC say don’t be openly gay at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics
Read for instance this blog on Slate On Monday, the Russian Interior Ministry confirmed what other Russian officials have been saying for weeks: Openly gay people attending the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, including athletes, will be arrested under the country’s draconian new anti-gay law. That law, you might recall, prohibits “homosexual propaganda†and is designed…
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