Astana invited into Giro lineup - Cycling - Yahoo! Sports

Astana invited into Giro lineup - Cycling - Yahoo! Sports:

"Giro d’Italia organizers have invited the Astana team to compete in the race, reversing an earlier decision to ban it because of doping scandals.

Astana officials confirmed Saturday they are hurrying to get elite American rider Levi Leipheimer from California to Palermo, Sicily, for the start of the three-week race next Saturday.....Alberto Contador, winner of the 2007 Tour de France, will also be at the starting line for Astana."

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Contador defies toothache to win Basque race - Cycling - Yahoo! Sports

Contador defies toothache to win Basque race - Cycling - Yahoo! Sports: "

Severe toothache could not prevent Spaniard Alberto Contador from taking an emphatic overall victory in the Tour of the Basque Country on Saturday.

Victorious in the opening stage on Monday, the 2007 Tour de France winner clinched Saturday’s final stage, a hilly time trial in Orio, to confirm his week-long lead.

Second behind the Astana rider on the stage was Cadel Evans"

Reinforcing history | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/13/2008

Reinforcing history | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/13/2008:

"The opening of the new $103 million Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center tomorrow is nearly the culmination of a 14-year plan to relocate the hub of tourist activity well away from the battle lines of the defining North-South clash of 160,000 men, and to restore Cemetery Ridge to the way it looked that summer 145 years ago."

One of the more difficult trees I have eve cut

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Originally uploaded by Nif

Hanging, downhill, from rootball that got pulled out of ground.

long but worth it

Major League Baseball National League (Baseball) New York Mets NL East Division - SI Vault

I remember this the first time around. It is a classic, but well worth a read!

Major League Baseball National League (Baseball) New York Mets NL East Division - SI Vault:

"Nelson Doubleday is especially hopeful about Finch's ultimate decision. 'I think we'll bring him around,' he said a few days ago. 'After all, the guy's not a nut, he's a Harvard man.'

In the meantime, the Mets can only wait. Finch periodically turns up at the enclosure. Reynolds is summoned. There are no drills. Sometimes Finch throws for five minutes, instantly at top speed, often for half an hour. Then he leaves. Security around the enclosure has been tight. Since Finch has not signed with the Mets, he is technically a free agent and a potential find for another club. The curious, even Met players, are politely shooed away from the Payson Field enclosure."