Out distance swimmer Diana Nyad says she will again attempt to swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys this summer. It will be her fourth attempt. She first tried what she calls the “Xtreme Dream” in 1978 at the age of 29, but she was thwarted by bad weather. Last summer she attempted the swim [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Florida’
God has spoken! BYU is gone! Thank you Florida! (Plus Arizona’s win over Duke…)
I haven’t paid much attention to the NCAA tournament this year; The decline in talent, poor officiating and lack of compelling storylines just left me disinterested. But I got a lot more interested this morning when I saw BYU lost last night! For the last two weeks we’ve had endure columns praising BYU for “standing [...]
Post-Tim Tebow Florida looks like crap
If the University of Florida is the fourth-best college football team in the country, then it will be an incredibly weak year in college football. Florida beat Miami of Ohio, 34-12, but that score is highly misleading. It was 20-12 in the fourth until the Gators scored on a 72-yard run and a lucky throw-it-up-in-the-end-zone-and-pray [...]
Gay polo tournament a big success
The First Annual International Gay Polo Tournament was held near West Palm Beach, Florida, this past Saturday, and all reports point to a big success. Apparently, there were 20 players and 1,500 fans at the tournament, which is fantastic for an event like this. In the end, team Equestrian Life edged team Bluehorse, 4-3, in [...]
Florida a 73-point favorite in opener
Via the Wiz of Odds, we find that Danny Sheridan of USA Today has made Florida a 73-point favorite over Division 1-AA Charleston Southern on Sept. 5, believed to be the largest pointspread in college football history. Ignoring whether teams like Florida should be allowed to schedule such cupcakes, if you had to bet $100 [...]
Fly fishing on Sanibel Island
Consider this part shameless plug, but mostly informational for the few fisherman on this site. My uncle, Norm Zeigler, has been a journalist and author for 30 years, focusing largely on hunting and fishing. Norm’s even the inventor of a very successful snook fly, Norm’s Crystal Schminnow. He recently opened a shop near his home [...]
Blind item says baseballer is gay
I’m not a big fan of blind items prined by newspapers and mags; Whenever anything is unattributed and untraceable, I get a little suspicious. But this tidbit ran in the New York Daily News last week: Which baseball heart-throb may be playing for the other team? Word is he slips into bed with Florida fellas. [...]