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...Still, Palin boasts an 80% approval rating. She lived the first three months of her life in Idaho, but Alaskans clearly see this self-described "hockey mom" as one of them, a former Miss Wasilla who worked as a TV sports announcer and helping to run a commercial fishing business before entering politics. Her husband, Todd Palin, is part native Eskimo who works in the oil fields in addition to his fishing business, and is also a champion snowmobiler known in Alaska as the First Dude. In a state where Big Oil is king, Palin has been a staunch drilling...
...Perhaps even more important than the issues, the op-eds hint at what Palin's campaign style will be like between now and November. Palin - a former co-captain of a state champion girls basketball team, a self-styled "hockey mom" and a distance runner - writes that she relishes the competition that is key in both the sports arena and the political one. "Competition defines and refines a person," she says. "It really is nothing to be afraid of." During her 2006 run for governor, she pledged transparency and praised "clean campaigns that stick to the issues - and stick...
...Later in the first quarter, Scola hip-checked Kobe Bryant like a hockey goon. Bryant whaled, to no avail. Play on. "They tried to rattle us up out there," says Carmelo Anthony, who scored 21 points on a perfect 13-13 from the free throw line. "We did a hell of a job keeping our composure. I'm glad - it could have gotten ugly...
...European royal title your family is holding on to. Boxing champions get only three points, since everyone would clearly rather watch ultimate fighting. Sports in which competitors wear makeup get a deduction, as do sports played in only one area of the world: badminton (Asia), water polo (California), field hockey (Smith College). I would also consider body mass index in the point system. Phelps is clearly in incredible athletic shape, so he'd get twice as many points for his wins as the table-tennis gold medalist would. In fact, if time allows, I'd have all the gold medalists...
...camp before the Games, and bang, the U.S. has a medal contender. That's ridiculous, you say. What sports executive would let a multimillion-dollar investment play some silly sport in the off-season? Well, if basketball general managers let their guys play Olympic basketball in the summer and hockey bosses permit their stars to play in the Olympic tournament during their season, why wouldn't they let them hurl the handball? They're less likely to get hurt in a sport that every kid in gym class can play. Plus, it'll keep them from crashing motorcycles during...