Why, Bushwacker, of course. Riders, to win, must stay on him for 8 seconds, but almost nobody can. Didn’t know rodeo bulls are athletes? Watch the video below and you’ll see why. And yes, he’s famous among rodeo fans — the bull, I mean. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Posts Tagged ‘sport’
February 13th, 2022 - 12:54 am § in Misc.
Olympics: Doing the Biellmann spin (video)
This may be the only thing I post about the 2022 Winter Olympics. Many skaters attempt the Biellmann spin (details here), but hardly any do it well, because they lack the flexibility needed to get the leg straight up, and it doesn’t look as good when they don’t. I would rate it as the mo[...]
Athlete’s defection spotlights Belarus dictatorship
Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya (bio here), 24, is the big story of the Tokyo Olympics. Not for winning medals, but for seeking asylum. Tsimanouskaya was kicked off Belarus’ Olympic team for complaining about being put into a relay race without warning, and hustled to Tokyo’s[...]
January 31st, 2021 - 12:43 am § in Misc.
Sports stars: Cowboy bullrider and Russian pole vaulter (videos)
I doubt very many people in the academic departments of the University of Washington, or studying foreign policy at Georgetown University, or writing policy papers in Washington D.C. think tanks — the kind of people I like to imagine read this blog (even though 90% of its site traffic is to Dr[...]
Jewish Guy, Blonde Hair, wins Gold Dancing on Ice in Sochi
Team of Meryl Davis and Charlie White win the first Olympics ice dancing gold medal ever for the US. Meryl Davis and Charlie White, February 17, 2014 Photo: REUTERS[...]
The Sochii Toilet Rules
From realhousewifeofaiken .. Toilett Etiquette in Sochii Maybe something was lost in translation, but, if not, it might explain why the major complaints have been about the bathroom conditions. About those bathrooms. These have to be the most confusing, frustrating and comical facilities o[...]