Few thoughts on a few bizarre things recently..
Santhi- an female athlete from Tamil Nadu won the Silver medal in the recently concluded Doha games. She quickly became the darling of the masses and was even awarded cash from the TN government. But she failed a "gender test"and was stripped off the medal.
In a stunning turn of events , the organizing committee asked Santhi to leave Doha after the results of the gender test came in. It would be real interesting to find out more as this case unravels.
Was Santhi actually a guy ? or a she male ? or was this just a faulty test which by the way is not rare. In any case it is a tough situation for the Indian athletic authorities and not to mention Santhi herself or himself. BTW this news made PTI on ESPN.
Few interesting links
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/gendertest/gendertest.html
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/offbeat/2006/12/of_gender_identity_running.html
Brawl at the Garden
I finally made it to the MSG to watch an NBA game.Yesss, I was there with a few friends of mine at the now infamous Knicks-Denver game. But ,we had left midway in the 3rd quarter because of the blowout that was going on. But little did we know that such an incident would occur in the game not to mention in the final minute of the game.
The suspensions were handed out today and David Stern has laid the hammer pretty hard.Isaiah Thomas was surprisingly let off. But everyone else deserved the punishment for their actions. IMO Nate Robinson was the real instigator for this whole fracas. He is a punk and needs to be straightened out but I doubt that will happen under Isaiah.
An interesting take on the whole thing about brawls and the NBA
http://cbs.sportsline.com/spin/story/9878541
India wins a test in SA
Well this is a very positive development. I have been out of touch with cricket but I am happy that the Indian cricket team gave its hardcore fans something to cheer about.
But I am surprised that we have never won a test in SA before this one considering the long layoff SA had from international cricket and basically had to rebuild from the start.
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3 comments:
how can someone leave MSG early coz of a blowout.. wat do u expect the knicks to do .. u could have stayed and thrown a beer cup on nate robinson .... I agree with u on nate... he is a total punk...
I hope you watche dthe sreesanth dance video that is the funniest of all..
Well the knicks have been winning a few games lately. But I see your point about what I should expect.
I have not watched that video ?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3454538612898135067&q=sreesanth
here is ur sreesanth dance..
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