South African middle-distance runner Caster Semenya has qualified for the London Olympics in the 800m. In doing so, she clocked the first sub-2-minute time in South Africa in 21 years. After the historic race, Semenya thanked God: I feel very special to run it after 21-years. I know in 2009 I was nearly there, but [...]
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Weekend hot jock: Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Pistorius (aka “The Blade Runner”) has caused quite a stir over the last few years. Missing the lower halves of his legs, the sprinter has put up times that are near Olympic-qualifying. While the IAAF ruled him ineligible to compete in the Olympics, a court overturned it; And Pistorious’ times made him barely missed [...]
‘Invictus’ can’t escape unbowed
Clint Eastwood is one of my favorite directors because of how deeply he delves into the characters in his films. Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven, Gran Torino…these are great character studies that each left me emotionally drained. In Invictus, Eastwood had the opportunity to share with us the lives of two great men; Instead, the surface-level [...]
Claim: Semenya is ‘a hermaphrodite’
South African runner Caster Semenya, whose gender has come into question very publicly after her victory at the World Championships, is “glamming it up” on the cover of You magazine with the headline, “Wow, Look at Caster Now!” I don’t know what she usually looks like out of her running clothes, so maybe she usually [...]
Eastwood, Damon tackle rugby
There are few filmmakers I love more than Clint Eastwood. So I was excited to see some shots from his next film, The Human Factor, about South Africa’s run to the Rugby World Cup in 1995 that helped bring some unity to the country post-apartheid. The movie stars Matt Damon who, as you can see, [...]