In a normal year, Tracy Purdy helps people buy and sell homes and manages some 75 short- and long-term rental properties in Leadville and the surrounding area. This year, unexpectedly and practically overnight, she also became an IT specialist. Throughout…
Read MoreNothing Lasts Forever
Roy Keane was joking. Probably. Arsenal had just lost at home to Wolves, condemning the club to its worst start to a season in almost 40 years. Mikel Arteta’s team had slumped to 14th in the Premier League. It had…
Read MoreRights Group Demands End to Sex Testing of Female Track Athletes
With the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics approaching in July, Human Rights Watch on Friday demanded that track and field officials halt sex testing of female athletes, describing the practice of measuring and restricting their natural testosterone levels as abusive and harmful….
Read MoreAthletics: StanChart Singapore Marathon aims to raise $1 million for youth causes in Singapore
SINGAPORE – The first marathon Briton Charlie Webster attempted was the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon in 2006 when she was based here as a presenter for ESPN. That sparked a love for marathons and since then, she has run 15…
Read MorePitkin County requiring negative COVID-19 test for all Aspen visitors
An affidavit requiring visitors to acknowledge they have come to the area with a negative COVID-19 test and understand the local public health orders is being prepared for mass distribution in Pitkin County so that lodges and businesses are prepared…
Read MorePerform Abysmally, Defend Yourself Vehemently: The Adam Gase Way
Adam Gase’s ongoing employment as the Jets head coach adheres to a questionable principle: If you can’t be good at your job, be so thoroughly, defiantly terrible at it that your superiors think that you must be doing something right….
Read MoreNo excuses approach part of CU Buffs’ success – The Denver Post
The Colorado football program has been handed plenty of excuses this year. First, the Buffaloes had their head coach of just 14 months, Mel Tucker, suddenly leave in mid-February. That led to hiring Karl Dorrell as his replacement on Feb….
Read MoreRugby: Argentina captain Matera suspended, loses captaincy, over racist posts
(REUTERS) – Argentina’s Pablo Matera has been stripped of the Pumas’ captaincy and suspended along with team mates Guido Petti and Santiago Socino for posting racist comments on social media, the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) said on Tuesday (Dec 1)….
Read MoreBoxing: Mike Tyson comeback fight at 54 ends with draw against Roy Jones Jr
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Mike Tyson’s return to boxing at age 54 ended in a draw with 51-year-old Roy Jones Jr. on Saturday (Nov 28) in an eight-round exhibition battle of former heavyweight champions. Fifteen years after retiring with a…
Read MoreST Virtual Run: Varying routines and routes, as well running in a group and challenging each other, are good
SINGAPORE – Whether you’re a seasoned athlete or someone starting out, we all have days when we don’t feel like doing anything, much less going for a run. And in long-distance virtual events, such as The Straits Times Virtual Run’s…
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