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NFL Football Player Brandon Jacobs Hits You With 4000 Lbs of Force
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqoQ3rwHZuU
Does Your Grip on a Baseball Bat Affect the Trajectory of the Ball?
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
I saw this nifty little video on ESPN today about the effect of your grip on the trajectory of a baseball. Nomar Garciaparra gets wired up with electrodes to conduct this experiment. He used to be a pretty good ball player.
Essentially what happens, is this:
- Pitcher throws the ball. In this experiment it is a 90 MPH pitch.
- Bat comes in contact with the ball. Nomar swings the bat 67 MPH.
- Shockwaves from the contact between bat and ball travel down the bat to the hands.
- Some shockwaves are reflected and bounce back up the bat towards the ball.
- The ball leaves bat before shockwaves bounce back.
- Therefore your grip on a bat doesn’t directly influence the trajectory of the ball when hit.
- … with a couple possible exceptions.
Lakers Beat Celtics in NBA Finals, It’s Just Not Right
Friday, June 18th, 2010 Celtics |
When you are up by 13 points in the third quarter, shouldn’t you be able to close out the game? What a bummer. Try again next year guys. Hopefully most of the team will stay together.
Lakers beat Celtics in NBA Finals 83-79 Game 7 is over, the defending champions have prevailed. Boooo…
I guess Project Swole readers knew the truth all along, judging by this poll:
Dabigatran, Childhood Obesity, and the Patriots
Monday, December 7th, 2009Here’s some recent health news for the day.
Dabigatran – a Potential Alternative to Warfarin
In an issue that is close to my own heart, there may be a new, better medication for controlling chronic blood clots. The drug, called Dabigatran Etexilate, is just as effective at controlling clots as Warfarin/Coumadin, but is far easier to manage.
Regarding Dabigatran, Dr. Sam Schulman of McMaster University and the Henderson Research Center in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada said this:
“For patients and health-care providers, Dabigatran is a far more convenient drug than Warfarin because it has no known interactions with foods and minimal interactions with other drugs and therefore does not require routine blood-coagulation testing.”
Dan Osman Speed Rock Climbing
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009Dan Osman scales the side of a mountain in like a minute. This is one most excellent feat of strength and conditioning.
Unfortunately Dan Osman died when he jumped off a cliff and his rope broke, but it would be sweet if he was still alive, still helping to teach us to test our limits. RIP Dan-O.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-oc-lhqpIAHot Dogs Cause Cancer and Mark Buehrle Throws a Perfect Game
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009I am far too busy writing an article that is tentatively titled “The 10 Best Ab Exercises” to draft a post of decent length or content for you today. Instead I will leave you with these four moderately interesting, if not time leaching, links.
Skip the nutrition fluff stories and go right to the most important story of the day: Mark Buehrle’s Perfect Game
Manny Ramirez Uses hCG, Has Elevated Testosterone, Gets Suspended for 50 Games
Thursday, May 7th, 2009 Manny Ramirez hCG |
Manny Ramirez, former Boston Red Sock, current LA Dodger, and president of the D-bag Hall of Fame is at it again. This time the guy gets suspended for 50 games for testing positive for human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), a female fertility drug. He was also found to have artificial elevated levels of testosterone in his bloodstream.
What is the significance of hCG?
Specifically, hCG is often used in post cycle therapy (PCT) when cycling off the juice. It basically helps to restore and maintain testosterone production, which is also useful for combating impotence (eg. hCG helps men who can’t ‘get it up’).
Steelers and Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII
Monday, January 19th, 2009Oh man, how did the Cardinals make it to the Super Bowl? No one saw that coming about 3 weeks ago, or even last week. After all, the Cardinals finished the regular season by losing 4 of 6, one loss was 47-7 to the Patriots, with a final regular season record of 8-8.
Super Bowl XLIII
 Pittsburgh Steelers |
vs. |  Arizona Cardinals |
Congratulations to the Florida Gators and Tim Tebow
Friday, January 9th, 2009Sorry for posting so many sports related rants lately, but it’s playoff time for both college football and NFL. I just can’t help it. =)
 Tim Tebow |
The Florida Gators beat Oklahoma in the FEDEX BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
Final score: Gators 24 – Oklahoma 14
Hero of the Game:
None other than the man Tim Tebow himself – 231 yds passing, 2 td, 2 int; 109 yds rushing
Swole on Super Bowl XLIII – Take 2
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009After a Surprising Week 1 of the Post Season I Have to Ask…
Now Who Will Make it to Super Bowl XLIII?
This is an update from my first Super Bowl XLIII prediction.
 Carolina Panthers |
- Titans – they’ve been pretty good all year but I believe their offense could be shut down by
either the Colts or the Steelers in the AFC Championship gamethe Ravens in Week 2 of the Playoffs. They may have peaked earlier in the season and Kerry Collins is WAY overrated right now. He will be out of the NFL again by 2010. - Steelers – I could see the Steelers advancing to the Super Bowl as long as
they don’t play the Colts in the AFC Championship game.Ben Roethelisberger can stay healthy. QB concussions in the NFL do not bode well for future play. Assuming he’s healthy, this team is probably headed for Tampa.
Mariusz Pudzianowski Wins WSM Again (Video)
Sunday, January 4th, 2009I think this all went down back in September, but I just found out about it. Usually I watch this whole event on ESPN around New Years, but this year I was too busy with the fam to watch much TV.
In any case, as if you didn’t already know, Mariusz Pudzianowski won his record 5th Worlds Strongest Man title at WSM 2008. This is the video of the final event pitting Mariusz against Derek Poundstone in the Atlas Stones.
Seems to me that Derek had it won until he missed his placement on the last stone. For what it’s worth Derek, I’m sorry that you have to live with that. Good times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMhsKkpvVLISwole on Brett Favre and Super Bowl XLIII
Monday, December 29th, 2008 Brett ‘Rat Fink’ Favre |
Public Enemy #1 aka Brett Favre has successfully thwarted the Patriots attempts to make it into the playoffs this year. Thank you Brett for throwing 3 pics and completing only 50% of your passes.
So many little things could have gone differently, and the Patriots would be in the playoffs.
These four events come to mind first:
- If the coin flip in the overtime game versus the Jets had gone to the Patriots, New England would be in the playoffs.
Florida Gators vs. Alabama Crimson Tide
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008Please tell me, how did Florida lose that game to Mississippi?
 Tim Tebow |
On September 27, 2008, the Florida Gators (10-1) lost 31 – 30 to Eli Manning’s college team Ole Miss (7-4), but if they had not lost that game they would probably be #1 or #2 in the nation and they would definitely have an 11-0 record rather than 10-1.
Update: my bad, Florida is currently ranked #2 in the AP polls as of Sunday 11/23.
I mean Tim Tebow passed for 319 yards and one touchdown, and he rushed for another 2 touchdowns. Apparently the offense took the first and third quarters off, and the defense basically took the whole game off.
Manny Ramirez Ass Just Got Traded to the Dodgers
Thursday, July 31st, 2008 The Fall of Manny Ramirez |
All hail the baseball gods for they have seen fit to respect my wishes. Mangina Ramirez is now officially an LA Dodger! Unfortunately the Red Sox will have to pay the remaining $7 mil of his bloated contract, but that price is well worth being rid of him once and for all. Let the Pirates deal with his options.
The Red Sox Get Jason Bay
Two-time All-Star slugger Jason Bay is coming to the Red Sox as part of the 3-way deal that will also send 4 minor leaguers to the the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates also get Brandon Moss, which stinks because Moss seems like a decent outfield prospect, and Craig Hansen, who is a crappy bullpen pitcher that mostly plays in losing games or gives up a bunch of earned runs and loses the game anyway.
It’s Just Manny Being All About Manny
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Manny Ramirez |
As a Red Sox fan, I feel the need to vent about Manny Ramirez. You’ve heard the expression, “It’s just Manny being Manny”, well the reality is, as ESPN put it, “It’s just Manny being about Manny”. This guy is a jerk. He doesn’t care about the fans or the team or his teammates. Every single year he complains about the Red Sox, says he is sick of the team, that he wants to be traded. This is fine by me. I say, “Trade the fat bastard.”
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