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A decision that a double-amputee sprinter was eligible for the Olympics was a watershed ruling for disabled athletes.
Horse rehab farms resurrect a fraction of the roughly 100,000 horses that are expected to be shipped across the border and ultimately slaughtered for meat.
After signs of a division in the clubhouse, the Mets held a 45-minute team meeting Friday to discuss avoiding distractions and focusing on baseball.
Last May, Darrell Rasner started against the Mets only to break his finger when he was struck by a batted ball. On Friday, the rain denied him an opportunity at an encore.
Kobe Bryant is a bona fide star, but he could not lead the Lakers to victory in Salt Lake City on his own.
The aggressive driving of Kyle Busch, a budding villian and one of the most hated drivers in Nascar, has been likened to the style of Dale Earnhardt.
Lisa Leslie, a three-time W.N.B.A. most valuable player with the Los Angeles Sparks, will soon share the spotlight with her rookie teammate Candace Parker.
The coach of the Patriots questioned the credibility of Matt Walsh, saying that the taping of opposing teams? sideline signals was not a clandestine operation.
Jason Werth homered in his first three at-bats and tied a Philadelphia Phillies record by driving in eight runs in a 10-3 victory against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.
If no new agreement is reached between the N.F.L. and the players union, the current deal will expire after the 2010 season, and the 2009 season will be the last played with a salary cap.
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Head coach-general manager marriages can lead to greatness or tear teams apart. Either way, they're never simple, writes Pat Yasinskas.
NFL owners might opt out of the existing labor agreement as soon as Tuesday when they hold their next meetings in Atlanta, according to league sources
Wide receiver Marvin Harrison reported for the Indianapolis Colts' mandatory three-day minicamp Friday but did not practice with the team.
NFL investigators have met with a convicted steroids dealer, who has said he provided performance-enhancing drugs to professional football players, according to a newspaper report.
Organizers of Indianapolis' Super Bowl bid say local companies and individuals have pledged $25 million in hopes of luring the 2012 event to the new Lucas Oil Stadium.
A Houston entrepreneur said he has sold his interest in the Houston Texans to comply with an NFL rule prohibiting team owners from having a gambling-related business.
One of five suspects charged in the slaying of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor has pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree murder and burglary.
Would things have played out differently if Ricky Williams was on Cedric Benson's boat earlier this month? The Dolphins running back thinks so, and according to Williams, he was invited to come on board.
The Jacksonville Jaguars gave defensive tackle Rob Meier a bigger contract to go along with his bigger role.
The Washington Redskins released former Pro Bowl kick returner Jerome Mathis on Thursday and signed undrafted rookie defensive end J.T. Mapu.
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A new international study has found that large brown seaweeds, when under stress, release large quantities of inorganic iodine into the coastal atmosphere, where it may contribute to cloud formation.
Pilot whales are the cheetahs of the oceans, focusing their hunting effort on short, intense chases after a few rich food items. They are the first deep-diving whales known to follow such a strategy.
Until now, biologists had assumed that all deep-diving whales would cruise slowly and graze on slow-moving prey items while underwater, since this minimises their energy expenditure.
Using this strategy, most deep-diving whales can spend nearly an hour at a time underwater. Pilot whales, however, are the exception - their dives last no more than 15 to 20 minutes. "They look like they are going after big, nutritionally rich prey."
Jordan is a small country at the north end of the Red Sea, with a coastline of just 15 miles. Most of the dives can be done as shore dives. Read more about the diving and dive centres of Jordan at SCUBA Travel's newly updated pages.
We've got Google Earth and Google Sky. Next up will be a map of the world below sea level--Google Ocean. The company has assembled an advisory group of oceanography experts, and in December invited researchers from institutions around the world to the Mountain View, Calif., Googleplex. There, they discussed plans for creating a 3D oceanographic map. The tool--for now called Google Ocean, the sources say, though that name could change--is expected to be similar to other 3D online mapping applications. People will be able to see the underwater topography, called bathymetry; search for particular spots or attractions; and navigate through the digital environment by zooming and panning.
A 500-year-old shipwreck has been found off the coast of southern Africa, laden with tons of copper ingots, elephant tusks, gold coins, and cannons to fend off pirates. The wreck and its treasure were recently discovered by geologists prospecting for diamonds off the coast of Namibia.
Dominica's Dive Fest, the Caribbean's longest running scuba diving festival, encourages visitors to discover the landscapes and marine life within the island's waters. Would-be divers and snorkellers as young as eight can participate in pool- or ocean-based introductory sessions to teach them the basics, with some trial sessions free of charge. The annual event takes place in Dominica from 11th - 20th July 2008. To mark this special 15th anniversary year, many local dive centres are offering group travel packages whereby one diver goes free with every seven that book.
"Dead zones" containing too little oxygen for fish to breathe are growing as global temperatures increase.
Warmer water dissolves less oxygen, so as temperatures rise, oxygen vanishes from oceans. Marine biologists are warning that if dead zones continue expanding, oceanic "deserts" could massively deplete marine life and fish stocks.
Discover the best dive operators and dive sites in Thailand: visit SCUBA Travel's newly updated Thailand section.
It's amazing that nobody has spotted it before. Superimposed on every ocean on the planet there is a striped pattern of currents. Yet what causes them is a mystery. Between 1992 and 2003, Peter Niiler of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California, and colleagues collected data from more than 10,000 drifting ocean buoys, which they tracked with satellites. As expected, the buoys' movements were influenced mainly by known global currents, which are driven by wind and by differences in the temperature and salinity of seawater. But when the team analysed the data, it emerged that something else had been subtly influencing the buoys' paths. It turned out that there were alternating strips of water running eastward or westward, a bit like parallel moving pavements. Niiler recalls his reaction: "My God, we've never seen these before."
50 Euros off a 10-dive package in Malta.
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