Bigalke

Where Sports and Music Intersect...

03:39 AM ET 07.11

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First, let's come to grips with one thing... this isn't going to be the type of post that you're used to seeing emerge from this group. There will not be a ton of music videos, though I will post at the end one of my favorite songs by the band in discussion (though not at the venue in discussion, unfortunately... all searches for video from there have failed). Instead we're going to have a little chat... or a little rant, if you will. I'm deep into the six-pack, I have no curfew, and we're going to hash out this matter fully. So sit back like the Maxell Man and enjoy the ride...My first…

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Staying Alert

03:23 PM ET 07.01

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That little cluster of buildings at the bottom of the picture above? That was home as a child. Nestled in the bosomy shadow of the Grand Tetons, I was free to mess around in one of the most visited outdoor areas in the world.

I was quickly enamored, going out for hikes into the woods for hours as a younger child before graduating to backpacking excursions in my teens. And there's one thing you invariably learn about the outdoors when you spend enough time in them -- you never really have control over your situation.

You can plan as well as you want, detail every nuance of the odyssey you're…

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2010 Tour de France - Stage 9 News and Notes

03:05 PM ET 07.13

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97th Tour de France
Stage 9 - Morzine-Avoriaz to Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - 204.5 km (126.8 mi)
13 July 2010 NOT UP TO DATE ON THE RACE? CHECK OUT MY PREVIEW HERE! And now we're really just down to two
men who have a shot at this Tour de France. Just as we'd started
predicting, as soon as they placed 1-2 in last year's race, the 2010
Tour is going to be a showdown between Saxo Bank's Andy Schleck and
Astana's Alberto Contador. After joining forces to drop all their
rivals and catch the breakaway in the final kilometer, they have
distanced themselves…

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