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The World’s Richest Athlete Was A Charioteer

In Sports on Sep-4-2010 with
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This makes Tiger Woods look kind of poor:

The very best paid of these—in fact, the best paid athlete of all time—was a Lusitanian Spaniard named Gaius Appuleius Diocle. [....] Twenty-four years of winnings brought Diocles—likely an illiterate man whose signature move was the strong final dash—the staggering sum of 35,863,120 sesterces in prize money. The figure is recorded in a monumental inscription erected in Rome by his fellow charioteers and admirers in 146, which hails him fulsomely on his retirement at the age of “42 years, 7 months, and 23 days” as “champion of all charioteers.”

His winnings are estimated to be worth $15 billion today or enough to feed all of Roman for a year.

The Most Amazing Ultimate Frisbee Catch Ever

In Sports, Video on Jul-23-2010 with
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Trust me this is worth getting through the ads/junk at the start.

A Sign Of Our Times

In Sports on Apr-17-2010 with
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Via the New York Times:

The demand for high school basketball pheenom Josh Selby has increased throughout the protracted recruiting process. With legs that double as trampolines, Selby has attacked the rim with ferocity while bouncing around to three high schools in four years. He originally committed to Tennessee but then in July chose to reopen the competition, which now includes a host of blue-chip programs: Kansas, Kentucky, Connecticut and Arizona.

On Saturday night, Selby’s whirlwind journey will finally come to an end when he announces his decision in his characteristically outsize way, on national television during the Jordan Brand Classic at Madison Square Garden.

Albert is just the man, I mean his stats say it all:

Pujols led the majors in homers (47), runs (124), slugging percentage (.658) and intentional walks (44), and topped the NL in on-base percentage (.443). He was second in the league in doubles (45) and third in batting average (.327) and RBIs (135). He was especially dangerous with the bases loaded, going 10 for 17 with five grand slams, three doubles and 35 RBIs.

Keep in mind he is still only 29 years old.

The BCS Hires A PR Firm (Epic Fail)

In Sports, Twitter on Nov-22-2009 with
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The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) has hired Ari Fleischer Communications, run by the former press secretary for President George W. Bush, to help rebuild the tattered image of college football’s postseason system.

One of their first moves was to set-up an official BCS Twitter account. This maybe one of those rare cases where interacting with the fans is not such as good idea, especially when it is so easy for them to respond. They are being torn apart. It’s brutal, and the account hasn’t even been active for 12 hours yet.

Brett Fauvre Mic’d Up

In Sports, Video on Nov-21-2009 with
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The Dirtiest Player In Women’s Soccer

In Sports, Video on Nov-6-2009 with
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