Shanoff's Wake-Up Call: Bolt's Double Gold

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Shanoff's Wake-Up Call: Bolt's Double Gold
Dan Shanoff found this 8/21/2008 on www.sportingnews.com [flag]
Today's Calls: Usain Bolt vs. Michael Phelps, Angels vs. Rays, Ken Griffey vs. Ozzie Guillen, Steven Jackson vs. Shawne Merriman and More. The Opening Pitch: The Usain Bolt Story would be compelling — but not nearly complete — with Tuesday's defense. Bolt's jaw-dropping performance yesterday in the 200 meters concludes an epic Olympic double: * Gold in the 100. * ... [link]

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Thursday 08/21 A.M. Quickie:Bolt, Jackson, Upshaw, NL West, More
Published 8/21/2008 by DanShanoff.com (noreply@blogger.com) at Dan Shanoff
... Today's SN column lead about Bolt isn't nearly as good as Tuesday's, I don't think, but it's an important closure to the point -- not only can he joyously win gold (100), but he can focus and break WRs previously thought untouchable. ...

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