Word: sportingly
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...grams of marijuana. On August 18, Wakanoho was arrested, and a search of his residence turned up a marijuana pipe. The sumo fraternity was scandalized by the first-ever arrest of one of its high-ranking number, and the 20-year-old Russian was banned for life from the sport...
...Relying on sources like pro-am tournaments as a source of funds so heavily that they determine tour policy may seem like selling out, but the devil has been at the door for women’s sports for a long time. Female professional athletes traditionally have fewer fans and far less media coverage than their male counterparts; according to the Women’s Sports Foundation, women-only sports articles account for only 3.5 percent of all sports stories, and 94 percent of local television news sports coverage goes to men. The last thing the LPGA wants...
...English-only rule has had an unintended consequence. Though it was designed to raise money for the sport, media backlash has actually ended up alienating sponsors. This, combined with threatened legal action, was enough to pressure Bivens into rescinding the rule last week. She was quoted as saying that, “after hearing the concerns, we believe there are other ways to achieve our shared objective of supporting and enhancing the business opportunities for every tour player...
...Soccer is a sport where it’s all about momentum and we had two early chances that we usually finish and we didn’t,” Sager said. “I think had we put those two away we might have had a different game...
...With its orange walls and rustic interior, the small pub in the former working-class district of Lichtenberg may look like most other bars in the neighborhood, but where other establishments might sport a deer head, Zur Firma has a surveillance camera. Other appointments include old wiretap devices and what appears to be a 1970s interrogation room. And then there's the venue's name, which translates as "The Firm," a colloquial name for the Stasi used in the old East Germany. And also its slogan: "Come to our place - or we'll come to yours...