The dominance of the Cuban team has never been questioned, even after its narrow opening game come-from-behind win against Australia the team had won five straight, not really being seriously threatened in any one game.
But behind the pitching of Diegomar Markwell and David Bergman, the Dutch squad held the mighty Cuban offense to just one […]

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Props to our MVP contributor Iron Chef for the link to this brilliant piece of modern art at its finest.
Can we really ask for more? Well, yes. Yes we can. (not work safe).

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You likely heard of the recent stampede at a Chongqing Carrefour in China that killed three people and left 31 injured. After the incident China banned the type of sales promotion that led to the incident, which was a time-limited 11-yuan discount on vegetable oil.
These sorts of sales are common in large scale Asian mega-supermarkets, as are other selling […]

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The 11-1 whipping given to Thailand at the hands of Cuba (6-0) has to be considered a minor victory for the South East Asian team, appearing in its first World Cup. Past games have included an 18-0 drubbing by Canada and a 16-0 loss to the Netherlands.
 
Vladimir Banos-Chacon
Cuba was powered by third-baseman Yukiesky Gourriel-Castillo, who homered […]

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Joe Smith.  Paul Grant.  Ndudi Ebi.  Celtics move to 8-0. Garnett setting the world on fire. Wolves fans of the world, it’s time to riot in the streets. From the Boston Herald:
Kevin Garnett’s 22-point, 20-rebound Celtics [team stats] debut on Nov. 2 against the Wizards was so emphatic, it drowned out all memories of the […]

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