Showing posts with label sport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sport. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

L.A. Not Confidential

Lamme Lance



2009 Tour de France: Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) leads a chase group. photo Copyright © 2009 Fotoreporter Sirotti for cyclingfans.com

Laat ik voorop stellen dat ik geloof (I BELIEVE) dat Lance A. (en velen met hem, georganiseerd) gepimpt hebben gefietst. Een goede fietsvriend (RIP) had het ooit over de "Hypocriet-Waarde" van wielrenners. Hij fietste zich meermalen amateuristisch half-dood op de Alpe d'Huez. Uiteindelijk overleden aan kanker. Ironie?

Doping is al heel oud. Ik neem ook een tabletje druivensuiker als ik de Schellingwoubrug over moet om een Patatje Eiburg te scoren. Toen Simpson zich écht doodfietste, kwamen de dopingregeltjes goed op gang. Bloed, zweet en tranen zijn de kern van de wielersport, maar doodgaan ging de commercianten net iets te ver. Seizoen twee, episode vier. Je kunt het allemaal nalezen op het interweb.

Steeds meer renners komen nu uit de kast en als je de soap een beetje volgt, kom je er niet om heen; Lance A. is "schuldig". Opvallend is dat de USADA haar rapport een "reasoned decision" noemt; een beredeneerd besluit. Ik ben écht benieuwd of dit rapport juridische waarde heeft. Het USADA is een "agency", zoals de CIA. Geen idee wat dat nu weer is. En wat haar jurisdictie is.

"Maar doping maakt van een Lelijke Eend echt geen Ferrari”, zei Harm Kuiper. Harm heeft ook kanker. Straks, met dokter Ferrari (wat een heerlijke ironie) mogen we een hele 'tsunami' verwachten van nog meer sappige details. De soap gaat nog even door. Ik verwacht een nieuw seizoen met flink veel balkanker.

Het woord 'tsunami' kwam voor in de columuns van Joep van het Hek en Hugo Camps in dezelfde NRC. maar dat woord was al eerder gebruikt op anderstalige websites. Die houd ik ook in de gaten. Zij blijkbaar ook. Of ze praten elkaar na. Maar dat is een ander onderwerp. Joep en Hugo doen aan internetbronnenonderzoek, dat zie je zo, dat maakt hun juist de betere columnisten.

Hugo is beslist géén sportjournalist. En dat is een in deze context een compliment. Hij is een goede columnist en een leuke amateurbabbelaar in televisieprogramma's. Ik verlang terug naar de tijden van Jan Cotaar en [naam vergeten] die luid sprekend achter op de motorfiets zat.
Joep heb ik ook hoog zitten. Als eindejaarsceremoniemeester en als stukjesschrijver. Maar het zijn beslist géén journalisten en matige analisten. Er bestaan geen sport-journalisten. Het zijn fans met een laptop. Het zijn 'embedded' raporteurs. Dat vond ik een puntige typering.
Wel altijd leuk om te lezen. Het zijn geen kankerende schrijvers, maar ze missen wel een beetje relatviteit in deze heerlijke soap.

Het infotainment gehalte van de Lance A. en Ferrari soap zal bij menig lezer, journalist en wielerliefhebber niet aankomen. Zij nemen het bloedserieus. Zelfde reflex als destijds bij de italiaanse autoriteiten bij de film "Cannibal Holocaust". De regisseur werd gearresteerd en ondervraagd. Bourdieux of Bodrillard (weet niet meer) dachten het al in de jaren tachtig; De werkelijkheid is een verbeelding en de verbeelding is de werkelijkheid.

Lekker slap gelul. Ik hoop dat een professionele filosoof hier nog wat stijf gelul van kan maken.

Serieus

De blog van de oud NRC sport redacteur [link] vond ik erg verhelderend, vanuit sport-journalistiek oogpunt. Een juweeltje. Het verhaal van Harm Kuiper vond ik ook erg goed, vanuit doping-wetenschappelijk oogpunt. En zo komt er straks nog meer kaf en koren op ons af, verhalen, anekdotes en puzzelstukjes in deze ridderroman. Journalisten, columnisten, renners en bestuurders struikelen nu over elkaar heen om zich door het stof te wentelen, om in het stof te bijten of juist om het stof te doen optrekken. Heerlijke soap.

Lul Niet Zo Slap

Waar wil je nu heen? OK, sorry, welnu: Ik ben ontzettend benieuwd hoe het USADA-rapport stand houdt in een rechtzaal (Court of Justice). Lance A. wordt nu bij zijn enkels afgehakt en zal straks dakloos door het leven gaan vanwege de vele miljoenenclaims. U moet (a-propos) weten, ik heb hier het complete USADA rapport van 260 pagina's voor mij. Deels gelezen. Boeiende lectuur. Ik zie veel "verklaringen onder ede". En Lance A. heeft ooit hetzelfde gedaan. Iemand liegt. Meineed. Dat wordt spanned. Volgend seizoen. Ik heb een beetje juridisch gevoel, maar geen flauw benul van de USA of NL regeltjes, maar daar kan Bram M. wellicht bij helpen. Kassa!.



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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Rumble


Joe Frazier (left) vs. Muhammad Ali (right)

Boxing Day is the day after Christmas when the Anglo Saxons give each other presents in little boxes. A completely other meaning that crossed my mind is the “Rumble in the Jungle”. The most legendary boxing fight in the previous century .

Like the First Steps on the Moon, you woke up in the middle of the night to see this event. Then world heavyweight champion George Foreman was challenged by former world champion Muhammad Ali.

I recently read a story in my newspaper about the emotional scars this fight left on GF. I hope GF will become friends with MA again; both so great people. I’m sure you can wiki or google all the legends and stories that surround this event.

In those days, exposing yourself as a Black-Muslim was probably crazier than exposing you as a Full-Gay. That is why I am a fan of Ali.

Another fan posted the whole story on the tube; This award winning multi-part documentary is about the famous “Rumble In the Jungle”.

The heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman held in 1973 in Zaire (former Congo). The title refers to the time when Black People were Kings and Queens in Africa.

Foreman was the champ favorite and Ali was pissing his pants while preparing for the fight. Just watch this multi-part documentary;
- Rumble in the Jungle – an introduction video
- When We Were Kings - part 1.

The casting crew also tricked;
- Norman Mailer
- B.B.King
- Muhammad Ali
- George Foreman
- Don King
- Cassius Clay
- James Brown
- Mobutu Sese Seko
- Spike Lee
- The Spinners
- The Crusaders
- Mariam Makeba

and some more

Enjoy

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Sports


Bodybuilder


Williams


Pitpoes


Famous Virus

My little nephew doesn’t like sport. I am not a special fan too. Something went wrong in our education. But when it comes to photographs and pictures we both like the gals. The swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated is always our favorite.

But you still wonder why some sports don’t have the feminine variant (football, baseball, hardball). You can make an educated guess or you can talk about it at the bar. A silly blog again? I suppose so. But we Dutch happen to have some great girls in soccer, volleyball, speed skating, field-hockey and some more. Bettine Vriesekoop is our ping pong queen. She did a photo shoot for Playboy and now she is a journalist in Beijing. Amazing woman.


Bettine Vriesekoop

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Sounds



I blogged Maria Sharapova four times before. Just because female tennis can be so sexy. No deeper thoughts on this side. And then there was Wimbledon, and a lot of words about noisy girls, and then there was Argentinian chick De Brito.

The funniest part is that she did a 109 Decibel, compared to the 110 Decibel of a jet fighter. To make a short story long, this is a must see; De Brito vs. Sharapova in a very noisy game - so great.

An interview with Michelle Larcher De Brito

Enjoy

Queen



I blogged Maria Sharapova four times before. Just because female tennis can be so sexy. No deeper thoughts on this side. And then there was Wimbledon, and a lot of words about noisy girls, and then there was Argentinian chick De Brito.

The funniest part is that she did a 109 Decibel, compared to the 110 Decibel of a jet fighter. To make a short story long, this is a must see; De Brito vs. Sharapova in a very noisy game - so great.

An interview with Michelle Larcher De Brito

Enjoy

Friday, May 29, 2009

Yoga



Ever heard about Yin & Yang? Well, after all these violent films,
I think we deserve a more 'serene' Yoga clip [10:00min. 35MB.]

Enjoy

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Swim


Australian Olympic Swimming Team 2008

There is a big hype about the super hi-tech swim suits, the officials can't set the rules properly. My rule is simple: 100 square inch max.



By the way, 'The Swim' was a dance / song from Bobby Freeman in the 1960's. And the bikini song is still looping here. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to connect the dots ...

Enjoy

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Yesss


Cafe chess in Iran

I could have (and have) posted a lot of female sexy sporters. But in some rare situations I want to post something completely different.
I just liked this picture and I played chess myself in my younger years. Women chess players are as good as male players - although Gary Karparov thinks otherwise.
When you are a serious student, you must have these 800+ chess games of Bobby Fisher.

Enjoy

El


El Hamdaoui just made another goal against Heracles, feb, 2009

I am not sure about Maroco, there is a Riff region where most of our Dutch friends come from and there is the M-king's capitol where the directions are coming from and the M-capitol doesn't like the Riff people - so we have some complications included for free.

Some M-guys are very nasty (indeed) and the M-king has some reach into the lowlands too. But we like our M-football players.

Dutch saying; "Keep your dirty hands off from our dirty Marocans".

El Hamdaoui is from AZ and he is the current dutch footbal top scorer. He can't be very well google'd or wikie'd; it's just a bloody shame.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Fight


Day Of The Fight, Stanley Kubrick, 1951

I promised you to post some more from this director when I found some. The 'Day Of The Fight' [1951] is a black-and-white movie about boxing. It's a short 16:00 minute film in docu stile by 23 yo. Stanly Kubrick, one of his early works.
You don't have to be a fan of Stanley to like this clip. It gives you an inside view in the way-of-life of American boxing. The movie comes in two 90MB.parts; .avi.001 and .avi.002.

Enjoy

Friday, October 10, 2008

Chess


Alexandra Kosteniuk is Wolrd Champion in Women Chess

You must have noticed the recent baby-fication of high-arts and female-sports. Female tennis has almost matured into soft-porn.

This item was in my newspaper last week, about the World Champion in Female Chess. She must be an Einstein-type-of-Girl but she doesn't avoid a hot fuck. She is a 24 yo. married Russian chick and has a 1 yo. daughter and she poses for Glossy Magazines because she wants to promote chess as a sexy sport. I'm sure she will suck-seed in that.

I just love this energetic girl (and her story) because I was a café chess player myself - a long time ago. Alexandra has a home page

Enjoy

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Beijing


Maartje Paumen in action

It seems that the Dutch athletes at the Olympics are not performing up to expectations. Probably it's an expectation problem. But we do have some of the most sexiest athletes around.

Sports has nothing to do with politics [so they say] but it has everything to do with sex [that's what I say].

There was this nice story a few weeks ago in my paper about a previous Olympic (Sydney?) where they had 50,000 free condoms for the athletes and they had to supply for another 20,000 more. "It was almost embarrasing to see those girls grabbing hands-full-of".

At least our hockey chicks are through to the semi's. They probably all need a violent vibrant vuck to go for the vinals. Here's just some hot stuff from Ashlee Simpson to get our girls running.

Enjoy

Monday, June 9, 2008

Haka


New Zealand rugby team aka the All Blacks

The French (Les Bleus) are totally fucked by the New Zealand team (All Blacks), before the match has even started. Especially when you're not into sports, this is a must-see clip.

By The Way - Les Bleus were also smashed on Friday the 13th of June 2008 in the European Soccer Championships [4-1] by the Dutch team.

BTW, I love this president of France and even more his new wife. She made a new CD that was not bad at all.

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Grips


Amélie Mauresmo [France] former nr.1 - now nr.30

I'm loosing grips on the top tennis chicks since Kim and Justine left the circus. Here is a recent ranking from May 2008.

1. Maria Sharapova is the the Queen of Scream
2. Ana Ivanovic is the new sexy kid on the block from Serbia
3. Jelena Jankovic is also from Serbia
4. Svetlana Kuznetsova is a great talent from Russia
5. Serena Williams is still going strong
6. Anna was famous for some kind of computer virus

Enjoy

Ana



Ana Ivanovic is from 1987 and she is a (6 ft. 1 in.) top tennis chick from Serbia. She just won her first major tournament at Roland Garros and now ranks number 1 on the tennis list.
These poor girls don't earn enough money from professional tennis, so they all do some modelling work in their spare time.

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Warming Up


Diego Maradona and friend

I know there is some Euro football championship coming up in the Swiss Alps this summer, and a lot of people are "going ape".
There are only three reasons why I like football; [1] the Brazilian team, [2] Johan Cruijff and [3] this Maradona clip.

Enjoy

Football


AZ-Heerenveen, 4-0

AZ (Alkmaar Zaanstreek '67) just won the Dutch football championship for woman in the first season of this competition [they are my girls]. They had a little party on their official site. I guess it will take a few years before it becomes as serious as Dutch women hockey or Dutch women volleyball.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Peking


Veronica Varekova

Of course sports has to do with politics and of course sports has to do with sex; so politics has to do with sex.
"am I that smart or are you that stupid" [Louis van Gaal]
(I have not the faintest idea what this bird is doing for her daily bread)

Enjoy

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Queen



Maria Sharapova (Queen Of Scream) is always great to blog. It actually doesn't matter what picture you use - she looks sexy in every pose. Here is a clip of Maria in the Australian Open 2008 Final.

Enjoy

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Tennis


Maria Sharapova

Just another bad reason to blog sexy Maria again. There was this 9 yo. girl who was banned from her UK tennis-club because she was too noisy. On the other hand, you must know that Maria Sharapova has the vocal world record with her 100+ dB screams. Jeez, how I love female tennis.

Lovely Maria clip;


Enjoy