FamousAbout.com » Athletics http://famousabout.com What's the Famous World News Online About? Tue, 22 May 2012 20:20:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The fashionista’s guide to the Olympics: city puts style in the limelight for 2012 http://famousabout.com/the-fashionistas-guide-to-the-olympics-city-puts-style-in-the-limelight-for-2012 http://famousabout.com/the-fashionistas-guide-to-the-olympics-city-puts-style-in-the-limelight-for-2012#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 09:30:51 +0000 Carlo http://famousabout.com/the-fashionistas-guide-to-the-olympics-city-puts-style-in-the-limelight-for-2012 While athletics fever may be in the air, fashion fans descending on the UK capital for the Olympic Games July 27 – August 12 haven’t been forgotten about. Find out about how designers including Paul Smith and Matthew Williamson are getting involved here.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/the-fashionistas-guide-to-the-olympics-city-puts-style-in-the-limelight-for-2012/feed 0 First Oregon, now the pros: Nike takes on the NFL http://famousabout.com/first-oregon-now-the-pros-nike-takes-on-the-nfl http://famousabout.com/first-oregon-now-the-pros-nike-takes-on-the-nfl#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:16:07 +0000 Jon http://famousabout.com/first-oregon-now-the-pros-nike-takes-on-the-nfl Back in 1998, Oregon and Nike teamed together to tinker with the Ducks’ traditional but tired uniforms. Out went emerald green and lemon yellow, in came spruce, mallard and a little something called “lightning.”

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]]> http://famousabout.com/first-oregon-now-the-pros-nike-takes-on-the-nfl/feed 0 Duck uniform revolutionary Nike takes on the NFL http://famousabout.com/duck-uniform-revolutionary-nike-takes-on-the-nfl http://famousabout.com/duck-uniform-revolutionary-nike-takes-on-the-nfl#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:15:53 +0000 Cheftonio http://famousabout.com/duck-uniform-revolutionary-nike-takes-on-the-nfl Back in 1998, Oregon and Nike teamed together to tinker with the Ducks’ traditional but tired uniforms. Out went emerald green and lemon yellow, in came spruce, mallard and a little something called “lightning.”

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]]> http://famousabout.com/duck-uniform-revolutionary-nike-takes-on-the-nfl/feed 0 Former Red Sox lefty Mel Parnell dies at 89 http://famousabout.com/former-red-sox-lefty-mel-parnell-dies-at-89 http://famousabout.com/former-red-sox-lefty-mel-parnell-dies-at-89#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:39:25 +0000 Jon http://famousabout.com/former-red-sox-lefty-mel-parnell-dies-at-89 Mel Parnell, the left-handed pitcher who spent his entire 10-year career with the Boston Red Sox and faced some of the best hitters of the 1940s and early 1950s, has died. He was 89.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/former-red-sox-lefty-mel-parnell-dies-at-89/feed 0 Court weighs US power over states in health case http://famousabout.com/court-weighs-us-power-over-states-in-health-case http://famousabout.com/court-weighs-us-power-over-states-in-health-case#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:19:20 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/court-weighs-us-power-over-states-in-health-case Congress will help pay for your roads, but your state can’t lower its drinking age below 21.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/court-weighs-us-power-over-states-in-health-case/feed 0 Gomes, Weeks homer, Athletics beat Mariners (AP) http://famousabout.com/gomes-weeks-homer-athletics-beat-mariners-ap http://famousabout.com/gomes-weeks-homer-athletics-beat-mariners-ap#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:37:53 +0000 admin http://famousabout.com/gomes-weeks-homer-athletics-beat-mariners-ap AP – Jonny Gomes and Jemile Weeks hit two-run homers to help the Oakland Athletics’ backups beat up the Seattle Mariners’ regulars.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/gomes-weeks-homer-athletics-beat-mariners-ap/feed 0 Manny Ramirez, Athletics reach minor league deal (AP) http://famousabout.com/manny-ramirez-athletics-reach-minor-league-deal-ap http://famousabout.com/manny-ramirez-athletics-reach-minor-league-deal-ap#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:08:28 +0000 CoolNews http://famousabout.com/manny-ramirez-athletics-reach-minor-league-deal-ap AP – Manny Ramirez found a taker in Oakland — at a bargain price.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/manny-ramirez-athletics-reach-minor-league-deal-ap/feed 0 Johnson doubts Bolt’s chances of 4 golds in London (AP) http://famousabout.com/johnson-doubts-bolts-chances-of-4-golds-in-london-ap http://famousabout.com/johnson-doubts-bolts-chances-of-4-golds-in-london-ap#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:35:27 +0000 Cheftonio http://famousabout.com/johnson-doubts-bolts-chances-of-4-golds-in-london-ap AP – Former Olympic 400-meter champion Michael Johnson doubts Usain Bolt will be able to win four gold medals at the London Games.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/johnson-doubts-bolts-chances-of-4-golds-in-london-ap/feed 0 After ban, Penn State assistant coach ran camps (AP) http://famousabout.com/after-ban-penn-state-assistant-coach-ran-camps-ap http://famousabout.com/after-ban-penn-state-assistant-coach-ran-camps-ap#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:05:18 +0000 ninaterol http://famousabout.com/after-ban-penn-state-assistant-coach-ran-camps-ap AP – A former Penn State assistant football coach accused of sexually abusing boys held summer football camps at a satellite campus for six years after he was banned from taking youths onto the university’s main campus by the athletics director and the senior vice president, who have been charged with failing to tell police about him.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/after-ban-penn-state-assistant-coach-ran-camps-ap/feed 0 NCAA approves major scholarship changes at meeting (AP) http://famousabout.com/ncaa-approves-major-scholarship-changes-at-meeting-ap http://famousabout.com/ncaa-approves-major-scholarship-changes-at-meeting-ap#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:50:13 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/ncaa-approves-major-scholarship-changes-at-meeting-ap AP – The scandal-plagued NCAA is moving swiftly to clean up its image.

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