Andrew Marr should be congratulated for pursuing just cause with super-injunction
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Andrew Marr has operated as a journalist for a long time, so he’d have seen it coming as soon as he took out his ‘super-injunction’ back in 2008.
Yes, Marr’s prolonged punishment this week was to have the belated news of his affair with a fellow journalist hog almost as many headlines as the Royal Wedding. It’s been a good old kicking from peers in the press and other assorted gawpers all reliably pig-ugly in personality.
No doubt about it: this was a revenge mission on the part of the papers. Even if it
Revere girls track team has talented, young sprint corps
BATH TWP., Ohio – Not since 2003 had the Green Bulldogs’ boys and girls teams swept the Revere Relays.
Never in the 24-year history of the event had a 4×400-meter relay team run faster than did the Green boys on Friday night at Pappano Stadium.
In the final race of the meet, the Bulldogs’ foursome of Jake Wheeler, Michael Murawski, Craig Mellinger and Andrew Pratt was clocked at 3:26.98 and won by more than four seconds.
They erased the previous record time of 3:27.40 set by Nordonia in 1999.
“Coming out of the blocks, I was trying to get out as fast as I can … try to decide the race right there,” said Wheeler, out of breath and having only recently joined the unit. “It’s prett
Delving into the McDonald phenomenon
Blue Jays utility infielder John McDonald was asked on Saturday if he ever gets the gears from his teammates for being Mr. Popular.
“On a daily basis,” McDonald said, with a laugh.
It’s a funny thing, this McDonald phenomena. He’s generally beloved by Toronto fans, even when he goes 0-for-4 like he did Saturday in a 6-4 Jays loss to Tampa Bay. But his popularity rubs some the wrong way — and when I say that, I mean guys who get paid to watch Jays games.
I’ve seen it often enough. They argue that there’s something profoundly wrong for revering a guy who only plays part time and is .239 career hitter (heading into this season).
Cox Approved for Duty
21 April 2011
UKA today announced that American 400m athlete Shana Cox (coach: Chris Johnson) will be eligible to compete for the Aviva GB&NI team from 29 November 2011.
Cox, whose parents are both originally from London, has had her representational switch approved by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) although must now wait until November in accordance with IAAF approval timelines before she can compete for her new country.
The New York born athlete, who has previously stretched her legs at the Aviva London Grand Prix in 2009 and the Aviva British Grand Prix in 2009 and 2010, is likely to compete at the Aviva Series again this summer- http://www.uka.org.uk/aviva-series/home/ alongside her future teammates.