Archive for January, 2010
Tough Guy contest: 8 miles of barbed wire, broken glass&fire
More than 5,000 people worldwide descended on a small corner of farmland today to brave mud, rain, ice and fire on a gruelling assault course dubbed 'the world's hardest endurance test'. The 8 mile long assault course features terrifying underwater tunnels, barbed wire fences and fire walks. Included Video : An Introduction to "ToughGuy".
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KJCT8.com – Grand Junction, Montrose – Weather, News, Sports | Md. polar bear plunge canceled due to extreme cold (KJCT 8 Grand Junction)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - It was too cold even for some polar bears on Saturday. The second of two scheduled dips in the water at the 14th annual Polar Bear Plunge in Annapolis, Md. was canceled on doctors' orders.
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Extreme Skimboarding Captured By Very Extreme Camerawork (Gizmodo Australia)
Go Pro cameras are our go-to choice for filming extreme sports of any kind, but we weren’t nearly as creative as this duo who attached their Go Pro to a broom handle and threw it, and caution, to the wind. (more…)
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This Winter, Go For The Gold – American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons (Medical News Today)
As Olympians push their bodies to the extreme during the upcoming Winter Games in Vancouver, professional and amateur sports enthusiasts alike will be watching their favorite televised sports. Olympic athletes train year round for these Games, and have to balance strength, endurance and stamina throughout the duration of their featured games, while recreational athletes among us may be pushing ...
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Today’s Sports Calendar (The Spectrum)
TODAY'S LOCAL SPORTS No games scheduled. TELEVISION BOWLING 11 a.m. ESPN2 — PBA, Dick Weber Open, at Fountain Valley, Calif. EXTREME SPORTS 10 a.m. ESPN — Winter X Games, at Aspen, Colo.
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Local TV and Reno Line (Reno Gazette-Journal)
Today BOWLING PBA, Dick Weber Open, at Fountain Valley, Calif.*(ESPN2) 10 a.m. EXTREME SPORTS Winter X Games, at Aspen, Colo.*(ESPN) 9 a.m. Winter X Games, at Aspen, Colo.*(ESPN2) 4 p.m.
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Snowboarding: Chills, thrills of extreme sport (video) (The Argus Leader)
I'm a summer guy, so outdoor winter sports have never been my thing. Not because I had anything against them, but because I really, really don't like cold. Or snow. Or ice. So when my editor asked me to try snowboarding for the purpose of writing a firsthand account, my first reaction was to lobby instead for chronicling a trip to the dentist, or a day in the life of a garbage collector. But ...
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High school sports: Concussion knowledge grows rapidly (Middletown Times Herald-Record)
Bryan Cuilty slowly jogged throughout the Newburgh Free Academy hallways on Monday afternoon, part of what he hoped would be his first wrestling practice in more than two weeks.
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