Friday, August 25, 2006
Spanning the globe
A couple of news stories worth a quick look
A sports academy in China was busted for stocking and dispensing steroids, EPO, and testosterone, according to state media reports. And big news in cricket – a ball tampering episode is causing controversy in England and Pakistan, sparking one umpire's offer to resign from his job, for a $500,000 severance fee. None of this makes sense to me, including the part about the actual tampering, which became noticeable when the ball started “reverse swinging.” The Pakistani team, accused of making that reverse swing happen, “initially refused to re-emerge after tea in protest." Nice work. Stick it to the man, Pakistan.
A sports academy in China was busted for stocking and dispensing steroids, EPO, and testosterone, according to state media reports. And big news in cricket – a ball tampering episode is causing controversy in England and Pakistan, sparking one umpire's offer to resign from his job, for a $500,000 severance fee. None of this makes sense to me, including the part about the actual tampering, which became noticeable when the ball started “reverse swinging.” The Pakistani team, accused of making that reverse swing happen, “initially refused to re-emerge after tea in protest." Nice work. Stick it to the man, Pakistan.
# posted by Budds @ 1:22 PM 
