• News 17.05.2009

    The News Review:

    - The Dharma Bum as Sports Nut
    - Sports Briefing | Horse Racing Hollywood Park Cuts Race Week to …
    - Bristol Palin graduates from high school
    - Sports Briefing | Tennis Nadal and Federer Advance to Madrid pen …
    - Sports Briefing | Swimming Phelps Does Poorly in 50-Meter Freestyle

    The Dharma Bum as Sports Nut
    New York Times
    The curator Isaac Gewirtz has just written a 75-page book about them “Kerouac at Bat: Fantasy Sports and the King of the Beats” to be published next week by the library and available at least for now only in its gift shop. Gewirtz said recently that he had included much of the fantasy material in a 2007 Kerouac exhibition he mounted at the library and had planned to add a chapter about the fantasy sports in the catalogue but ran out of space. “I’m glad I waited” he said “because it forced me to go into it all in much more depth. ”Among other things Mr.

    Sports Briefing | Horse Racing Hollywood Park Cuts Race Week to …
    New York Times
    The California Horse Racing Board approved the change which drops Wednesday racing during the current meet. There will be racing Thursdays through Sundays except for a special.
    Related from Horsepowergraphics: County fair adding four more days of horse racing this year

    Bristol Palin graduates from high school
    The Associated Press
    Sarah Palin’s oldest daughter is now a high school graduate. Palin family spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton says 18-year-old Bristol Palin received her Wasilla High School diploma Thursday night at a ceremony with her fellow classmates at the Wasilla Sports Complex. The teenager gave birth in December to son Tripp but has since separated from Levi Johnston the boy’s father. She is now a Teen Ambassador for The Candie’s Foundation an organization devoted to educating teenagers about the consequences of teen pregnancy. Her mother in August was picked as the GP nominee for vice president and shortly after announced her daughter was pregnant. Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press.

    Sports Briefing | Tennis Nadal and Federer Advance to Madrid pen …
    New York Times
    css); Sports Briefing – Tennis – Nadal and Federer Advance to Madrid pen Final – NYTimes. Djokovic Then Beat Nadal With a Passing Shot To Save a Match Point of His wn. but Leading By 9-8 Djokovic Sent the Ball ut Then Netted a Shot n Nadal’s Next Match Point Ending the Match After 4 Hours 3 Minutes.

    Sports Briefing | Swimming Phelps Does Poorly in 50-Meter Freestyle
    New York Times
    css); Sports Briefing – Swimming – Phelps Does Poorly in 50-Meter Freestyle – NYTimes. in the 50-meter freestyle.

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