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Fabian Cancellara repeated as world individual time trial champion yesterday . He stomped on the field. Now, it is the end of the season a...

a.k.a. Chuck Ibis . Ibis was a high-end bike company in the 90's and early '00's. They made 3 bikes that I absolutely lusted af...

There are three columnists in the WSJ who generally make me scratch my head in confusion, or drop my jaw in awe, when I read them. They are ...

Finally : The long awaited decision is in, and Floyd Landis has lost his appeal to the American Arbitration Association to overturn the sanc...

OK, so blogging has been somewhat, um, erratic lately. Hopefully things will turn around and settle down a bit. Presidential race - although...

Pumpkin beers are out, other fall and winter brews are coming. Smuttynose Pumpkinhead, Gearys Autumn both worth drinking. Gritty's Hall...

From today's NYT : The National Football League fined New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick $500,000 yesterday, and the team will f...

August jobs data : Investors were unpleasantly surprised by the Labor Department's report that payrolls fell by 4,000 in August, the fir...

Guess who's won More Palaver's "Hack of the Day" award for the second time? Yes, it's Lawrence Yun! Congratulations ...

So I went and read The Quiet American. It was one of those books I was always going to read/supposed to read/assigned to read but never rea...

If anything, Kaplan was too nice. The article, for those of you interested in reading this piece of shit, is here . Seriously, Kaplan gives...

Vino : In cycling nobody respects human rights," said Vinokourov in an exclusive interview with Reuters. "The situation is now wor...

Sick, exaggerating son-of-a-bitch : A complete record of Mr. Giuliani’s exposure to the site is not available for the chaotic six days after...

I must admit, I'm now interested in reading the FA piece he did. Kaplan's read it. He's not very impressed : Rudy Giuliani...

Carpetbagger . I heard Biden on the original quote and realized that I really dislike Joe Biden. To say that John Kerry was not a religious...

Same article as a prior post. For those of you without subscriptions to the WSJ , the article profiles a family, the Montes , who bought a ...

From today's WSJ : Being stuck with little or no home equity is no longer a rare situation. Christopher Cagan , director of research at...

On this : "We couldn't in good conscience ask someone to spend the sort of money that it would require to sponsor the team in the c...

Posted without further comment: Sioux Falls police Tuesday arrested a 60-year-old man for burglary and for what they believe is at least tw...

Let me count the ways ! Speaking to reporters in Cincinnati, Giuliani said: "I was at ground zero as often, if not more, than most of t...