Bay to Breakers

Bay to Breakers Gun Club
Originally uploaded by tedcorps.

Good find-- cute scarf, nice arm

Swimmers

And here are some random photos of swimmer Natalie Coughlin:




Some media coverage about Coughlin from Berkeley: Natalie Coughlin, five Olympic medals in hand, returns and learns to swim in the spotlight,

Crew

Here are some rowing action shots:

Cold Shoulder

I spent this weekend hanging out with swimmers and a couple of rowers-- in other words, women with some of the most beautifully broad and muscular shoulders and backs. Yum.

Strike

NY Times: Shy Smile. Mean Fastball: "Katie Brownell, 11 years old and 5-foot-8, threw a perfect game on Saturday in Little League action in Oakfield, N.Y."

AP: In a league of her own

Katie Brownell is a shy 11-year-old girl of few words. But when she gets on the baseball field, she lets her pitching do the talking.

Brownell is the only girl in the Oakfield-Alabama Little League baseball program in this community about halfway between Buffalo and Rochester. On Saturday, that didn't stop her from accomplishing something league officials can't remember anybody -- boy or girl -- ever doing.

She threw a perfect game for the Dodgers in an 11-0 victory over the Yankees.

How dominant was she? She struck out all 18 batters she faced in the six-inning victory. She never got to a three-ball count on any of them.

Amazing Racers

Tonight is the finale of the seventh edition of The Amazing Race, one of the more entertaining reality tv shows. To celebrate, here are photos of two of the most fit and good-looking racers from the past racers:

Rebecca Cardon (Season 6):

Rebecca set a world record in bench press at age 17.

Amie Barsky (Season 1):

Bridgette Murray

FTVideo's James Cook has some photos of the stunning Bridgette Murray, a fitness athlete:

Annika kicks ass

At the risk of turning this into an all-Annika blog, but so as to have something to post, the NY Times has an article today about Annika Sorenstam's attempt to become the first pro golfer (male or female) to win six consecutive tournaments: Sorenstam: Some Rest, Some Play, All Success

During her winning streak, she is a cumulative 68 under par, with a 68.22 scoring average per round. Her average margin of victory is 6.7 strokes, which, put another way, is "blowing people out of the water," the L.P.G.A. rookie Paula Creamer said.