Steve Rushin: Watching a baseball game has become a marathon
Josh Reddick’s walk-off single ended Sunday’s Red Sox-Yankees game, which lasted 4 hours 15 minutes. REUTERS On Sunday, you could have flown from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., and watched all of Gone With the Wind and quite a bit of Gandhi en route, while simultaneously undergoing — start to finish — an in-flight sex-change operation before landing, 4 hours and 15 minutes after takeoff, in an altogether different climate, as an altogether different gender
Steve Rushin: Watching a baseball game has become a marathon
Josh Reddick’s walk-off single ended Sunday’s Red Sox-Yankees game, which lasted 4 hours 15 minutes. REUTERS On Sunday, you could have flown from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., and watched all of Gone With the Wind and quite a bit of Gandhi en route, while simultaneously undergoing — start to finish — an in-flight sex-change operation before landing, 4 hours and 15 minutes after takeoff, in an altogether different climate, as an altogether different gender. Or, in the same 4 hours and 15 minutes, you could have watched the Red Sox and Yankees complete a single game of major league baseball
Rugby World Cup album launched with Kiwi soprano
The official album of Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand was launched today by the world’s biggest-selling soprano and one of the country’s most recognisable stars, Hayley Westenra. 1 World in Union , which will be released by Universal Music on August 26* and is available on CD and at iTunes and other digital providers, will feature 22 tracks recorded by some of the world’s most recognisable operatic voices to celebrate this year’s largest sporting event. The iconic title track World in Union has become the anthem of each Rugby World Cup with an illustrious list of artists recording the song for each Tournament.
Rugby World Cup album launched with Kiwi soprano
The official album of Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand was launched today by the world’s biggest-selling soprano and one of the country’s most recognisable stars, Hayley Westenra. 1 World in Union , which will be released by Universal Music on August 26* and is available on CD and at iTunes and other digital providers, will feature 22 tracks recorded by some of the world’s most recognisable operatic voices to celebrate this year’s largest sporting event. The iconic title track World in Union has become the anthem of each Rugby World Cup with an illustrious list of artists recording the song for each Tournament.
Atletico signs midfielder Turan from Galatasaray (AP)
MADRID (AP)—Atletico Madrid has signed Turkey midfielder Arda Turan from Galatasaray on a four-year deal. Atletico says Turan will undergo the standard medical examination on Friday before linking up with his teammates on Tuesday. Galatasaray says on its website Atletico paid ?12 million ($17 million) for the team’s captain.
Atletico signs midfielder Turan from Galatasaray (AP)
MADRID (AP)—Atletico Madrid has signed Turkey midfielder Arda Turan from Galatasaray on a four-year deal. Atletico says Turan will undergo the standard medical examination on Friday before linking up with his teammates on Tuesday. Galatasaray says on its website Atletico paid ?12 million ($17 million) for the team’s captain
Bulgarian ref dropped after blunder (Reuters)
Aug 10 (Reuters) – Bulgarian referee Stanislav Todorov has been dropped from this weekend’s round of matches after his blunder cost Lokomotiv Plovdiv victory in their league opener at Ludogorets on Saturday. UEFA referee Todorov, 34, a regular for European fixtures, wrongly gave offside when Lokomotiv captain Zdravko Lazarov headed into net midway through the second half
Bulgarian ref dropped after blunder (Reuters)
Aug 10 (Reuters) – Bulgarian referee Stanislav Todorov has been dropped from this weekend’s round of matches after his blunder cost Lokomotiv Plovdiv victory in their league opener at Ludogorets on Saturday. UEFA referee Todorov, 34, a regular for European fixtures, wrongly gave offside when Lokomotiv captain Zdravko Lazarov headed into net midway through the second half. Lazarov’s team mate Basile de Carvalho was in an offside position but not interfering with play.
Goalkeeper Bernd Leno joins Leverkusen on loan (AP)
LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP)—Goalkeeper Bernd Leno will join Bayer Leverkusen on loan from Stuttgart after a poor start by last season’s Bundesliga runner-up.
Goalkeeper Bernd Leno joins Leverkusen on loan (AP)
LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP)—Goalkeeper Bernd Leno will join Bayer Leverkusen on loan from Stuttgart after a poor start by last season’s Bundesliga runner-up.