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Is Golf a Sport? ProCon.org Tees Up Controversy with New Sports Website
SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Golf in the United States is a $76 billion industry with 25.7 million players. Thirty-eight percent of Americans call themselves golf fans. Golf is clearly popular, but whether or not it is a sport remains hotly debated.
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Google+ trends: next gen iPhone rumored to have 3.999" display, Doctor Who memes
The rumor mill is on fire today with murmurs that the next generation iPhone will sport a 3.999” display with a high definition 1136 x 640 resolution.
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Warren: US Sen. Brown attacking family heritage
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren is accusing Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown of launching attacks on her family over her claims of Native American heritage.
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Cheerleading a sport? Maybe ... just maybe
As many an angry cheerleader mom is aware, I've said in the past that I don't believe cheerleading should be an AIA-sanctioned sport. The reason: The primary purpose of cheerleading teams at high school is to, well, cheer for other teams. That's not a sport. That's an activity. I appreciate how hard cheerleaders work, the physical demands of what they do and the risk of injury. But that doesn't ...
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Geeks Are Still Being Bullied By Dictionaries
Just in time for Geek Pride day, some folks on the Internet have started to get a little defensive over the term "geek," as they should, since lots of official language arbiters still consider it a derogatory term.
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Tiger Woods the only one who can measure progress
The trouble with trying to measure the progress of Tiger Woods is that by his own definition, he never really gets there. Even when he was at his best, Woods always thought he could get better.
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NY court hears horse trainer's appeal of ban
A Kentucky Derby-winning thoroughbred trainer urged a court Tuesday to reject his 10-year ban from the sport, arguing that a top New York racing official appeared biased as a member of the industry organization that first...
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BBC Sport app coming to PS3, offers 2,500 hours of Olympics coverage
BBC will launch its free sports app on the PS3 in time for Wimbledon in June.
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Show Pony: Make a Style Statement With a Ponytail Cuff
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week was full of ideas for making a simple ponytail look more stylin' - like adding in some length and finishing up with matte ribbon at the base like they did at the Raffles show (top right). Now it's something we're starting to see the stars sport on red carpets, too. Diane Kruger added some definition to her wavy ponytail with a thick black band at her Le Grand Journal ...
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Top tech headlines: Facebook launches Camera app, Yahoo! unveils Axis web browser
Hot topics in the tech blogs for the week ending May 25 include Facebook’s brand new Camera app, Facebook’s IPO controversy, Yahoo!’s Axis browser launch, next gen iPhone rumors and the launch of Microsoft’s student-focused so.cl social network.
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