Lucy Swinton, a track rider and stable hand, was almost trampled to death after falling from her horse during a 1,000 metre ‘jump out’. She is reported as being in a serious but stable condition. She has suffered from multiple broken ribs, a broken right leg and damage to her lung. She has been kept in intensive care for 3 days. Her mounts name is Very Fast.
It was actually 5.17 pounds of chicken wings and by a 105 pound women. Sonya Thomas, or “black widow” as she is known on the competitive eating circuit, downed 173 wings in only 12 minutes. This happened during the National Buffalo wing festival in Buffalo, NY on Saturday night. The best part about it is that she was competing with all other men that were much larger than her, most overweight and she beat them all. Ms. Thomas ranks number 5 by the International federation of competitive eating. This is just crazy how such a little person could handle that much food. This is pretty much what I thought too, until I looked in to the lifestyle of competitive eaters. Most of them that are really good are in extremely good shape. Now you ask me, how can someone that eats 5 pounds of chicken in 12 minutes be healthy? Well, it is simple. Most competitive eaters do not just eat all the time and not exercise like many Americans do everyday. They train just like it is a sport, as many people believe it is, and work very hard perfecting their chewing technique to maximize efficiency. I figured I would share with you this crazy feat that was taken on by a very small woman!
A study has been done with cyclists that have cycled in the Tour de France in regards to their hearts. The study found that each person had a heart 20 - 40 percent larger than the average humans. This allows them to control their oxygen flow much better and handle more blood volume in the heart. No ordinary person would have a heart just this size, but it comes about with exercise. Not just any exercise regimen would work though. A cyclist exercises almost everyday and really to the extreme in order to participate in the Tour de France. They study was done on almost all riders that have participated in the Tour past and present. The interesting thing is that they discovered that a riders heart will shrink about one quarter in size after they retire from riding. This shows that riders have to build their hearts just to be able to participate in such an event as the Tour de France. The study also found that when an athlete starts to blood-dope, then they run the risk of clot or stroke because it can make the blood too thick. It might even ruin the natural advantage the rider might have had with their abnormally large hearts to begin with.
Well, if you haven’t already heard, there was a crazy game yesterday during the opening of college football. It was the game against the Appalachian State Mountaineers and Michigan Wolverines. Now, these two teams are not even in the same class of playing…..well supposedly! The wolverines were ready to just tear apart this team because of what they have heard and how big they think that they are. Well, they were extremely wrong. If you don’t know Appalachian State (from North Carolina) is the two time defending 1-AA (now FCS) national champions. They are not to be taken lightly, but Michigan tried to and it came back to bite them in the rear.
When David Beckham came over to the US, everyone was really excited to have an international soccer star playing for the LA Galaxy. Supposedly, he has received an estimated $250 million for a 5-year contract to play over in LA. The only real issue is, where is the LA Galaxy getting the money to pay Beckham? No one really watches soccer in the US like we watch Baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. They pulled this publicity stunt in order to bring more hype to the already dragging sport. Since Beckham has started playing, he has only played for 6 games and scored 1 goal. Now he is supposedly out for 6 weeks.
Are you ready for some Football? This weekend is the start of college football and millions of viewers will tune into as many games as they can get their hands on. The excitement builds as all the top conferences get ready to have their biggest games aired for all sports fans to see, well all but the Big Ten. The Big Ten has created its own football network that will air 400 live events this year, but the only problem is that they can’t sign a deal with the biggest cable providers in the region. Comcast and Time Warner are the cable giants for the Big Ten region and they refuse to sign the network to be included in their basic cable plan. This is going to be tough because the Big Ten will have games that include Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, and Notre Dame. I am sure that there are many people that want to get on some of that action, but they cannot with their TV.
According to the Associated Press, Michael Vick of the Atlanta falcons has pleaded Guilty today in regards to the dog fighting conspiracy. Some papers that were signed last week, said that Vick was responsible for financing the dog fighting ring and it was held at his home in Virginia. This does not look good for Vick, but the funny thing is that there were supporters outside the courtroom cheering for Vick when he was walking in! It’s crazy sometimes how much these football players are still liked, even when they do something very wrong.
I’m sure we all know about the Vick story in regards to his dog fighting ring and his indictment. There is now discussion about if Vick should be allowed to play in the NFL when he gets done with his sentence, which would be about one year. The NFL have suspended Vick for a year anyway, so even if he didn’t go to jail, then he still wouldn’t play. There are many of you that want him to never play in the NFL again and then there are many of you who want to see him back. What should happen to Vick?
