My daughter Britt sent me an interesting photo. Shot by National Geographic. It is No. 4 in this group of photos. What strikes me as interesting about this is …

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Thank goodness. Dodgers fans aren’t all passive sheep as I feared they might be. Showing up at Chavez Ravine and cheering on the boys in blue without thinking in the slightest about the bigger issues behind the scenes. A former colleagues, Dennis Pope, has done a question-and-answer piece with a guy named Ben Covette, “creator […]

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This was easily the craziest sports story I’ve seen in a while. When I first saw the link to this story, I assumed some racing machine had gotten out of control and flown into the stands and killed this 13-year-old kid. No, it was far more insane than that.

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I have been given the job of organizing coverage of the local professional soccer league, which is known at The National as the Pro League. I am impressed by how many UAE nationals play in the league of 12 teams, considering the Emirati population is only around 1 million, which means perhaps 500,000 males and […]

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Wow. That looked miserable. Actually, it looked scary. Professional soccer,  and all that running and sprinting and just maximum exertion … in temperatures described by weather.com as “93, feels like 113.” That was what we had going on here in Abu Dhabi tonight when Al Jazira played Al Nasr on Day 2 of the local […]

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The Dodgers reportedly have put Manny Ramirez on waivers, and the Chicago White Sox are thought to be interested, so the end of Mannywood could be near. Very near. If so, he goes out with a whimper more than a bang. Or actually, with a “no comment” … which is fine, because Manny stopped being […]

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So, the news … the NFL has fined Chad Ochocinco $25,000 for tweeting on a game day during the time when social-networking is banned by the league. He is not the first professional athlete to get dunned for posting on his Twitter account. And I can understand why it’s generally not a good idea. But […]

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This is my one and only entrepreneurial idea of the year. Disney ought to construct a theme park here in the United Arab Emirates. No. Really.

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Interesting concept, Ramadan. And one I knew about but, clearly, had never experienced. One full month of fasting during the day. From sunrise to sundown. Nothing to eat. Nothing. And it gets more difficult than that. No smoking, either. And here is the really tough one: No liquids. Not even water. From sunrise to sundown.

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A friend sent me the link late last night, Abu Dhabi time. Vin Scully would “make an announcement” before today’s Dodgers game with the Cincinnati Reds. And, of course, anytime Vinny makes an announcement, considering that he’s 82 … it freaks out all Vinny-o-philes.

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