Wakeboarding Championships Being Held in Sparks (KTVN Reno)
If you're looking for some serious water sports action, you'll want to head to the Sparks Marina this weekend. The Wakeboarding World Championships kicked off Thursday morning and will run through Sunday....more...A life in, around and under the water for Bristolian (Bristol Phoenix)
BRISTOL - Kevin Bowen, 60, enjoys paddling throughout the state in his kayak, an interest his wife, Vera, shares. Mr. Bowen is an engineer with Raytheon, and designs manned and unmanned surface and underwater vehicles....more... Around the world (Detroit Free Press)
Water and power service returned to parts of Peru's quake-ravaged central coast Tuesday. The government also began a program to employ 8,000 residents to help clear tons of rubble from adobe homes that crumbled in the quake, which killed at least 540 people....more... Archives (The Daily Tar Heel)
Chip Peterson had one heck of a summer. While plenty of students caught up on some R&R, the sophomore swimmer spent his vacation amassing a veritable trophy case among the most elite competition around the world....more... Record-holder takes plunge for kids (The Record)
NEW YORK -- Dominican world-record swimmer Marcos Diaz, who fought childhood asthma by exercising in the Caribbean waters, faced a new challenge on Saturday: a non-stop, 20-hour swim around Manhattan....more... Wake?s finest compete for world title at Marina (Daily Sparks Tribune)
The hot Northern Nevada sun will be shining on the world?s finest wakeboarders and wakeskaters starting tomorrow at the Sparks Marina. The 2007 Rockstar WWA Wakeboard World Championships begins today and will bring out riders from all over the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Japan....more... Pillars of fame profiles (Visalia Times-Delta)
Athletes honored at the Pillars of Fame, to be inducted Saturday at Visalia Riverway Sports Park:...more... Wells among worst-conditioned athletes (Fox Sports)
In honor of the resurrection of David Wells' career, Jeff Gordon runs down the worst-conditioned athletes in sports....more... What lurks beneath (FT.com via Yahoo! News)
Would you live in a house built on a landfill? How about a site where a petrol station once stood? What about in a converted chemicals factory? Or an apartment tower recently cleared of asbestos? When the matter is put so starkly, few people would say "yes"....more... |