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Competitive Horseshoes Has Some Tough Competitors

Danny Gallagher — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:45:54 +0000

Being a pro athlete takes a ridiculous amount of hard work and dedication. You have to watch your diet to the most detailed calorie. You have to do an ungodly amount of strength and endurance training. You put your career, future and life on the line every time you take the playing field. Believe it or not, the same can be said for pro-horseshoes throwers.

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What Fun Event Would You Love to See in the Olympics? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:01:47 +0000

The 2012 Summer Olympics are set to begin, and while we are excited for most of the scheduled events, there are a few sports we’d like to see included.

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Dogs Hit the Waves in Canine Surf Competition

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:45:32 +0000

Over the weekend 50 dogs took part in the seventh annual Loews’ Surf Dog competition. We’ve known dogs love to surf ever since the days of Spuds Mackenzie, but to see that many canines getting together to “hang ten” was quite a sight.

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MSU Robot Digs for Treasure in NASA Contest

Steve Fullerton — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:01:53 +0000

ALE practicing in a sandbox before the competition.

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Could Facebook's 'Buffy' Phone Slay the iPhone?

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:01:35 +0000

Facebook plans to enter into the smart phone market in the next 12-18 months with a phone that they have codenamed ‘Buffy.’

And, yes, that’s because Mark Zuckerberg and company thinks the device will be an iPhone slayer.

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Action at Last Year's Scottish-Irish Fest [VIDEO]

Steve Fullerton — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:11:46 +0000

The inaugural Bitterroot Scottish-Irish Festival in Hamilton last year also had a few of the Highland Games, including the caber toss and tossing the sheaf, of which we have nice little video.
The crowd really enjoyed the efforts, which will be dedoubled this year with more participants and more visitors expected at the Daly Mansion grounds, northeast of Hamilton MT

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The Google+ Project Takes Aim at Facebook [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:10:19 +0000

After several prior failed attempts to challenge social media behemoth Facebook, Google introduced a new service on Tuesday that it hopes will finally do the trick.

Called the Google+ project, it’s currently only available to a select group of Google users — they’ll soon be able to invite others — and it will let people share and discuss status updates, photos and links, just like they do on Facebook.

But there’s one key difference: Google+ allows you to share with select groups — like co-workers, friends or the moms in your child’s playgroup — instead of with everyone. It features what it calls “circles,” which are small groups of friends based on how you know them. Google+ also offers group text messaging and video chat.

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MSU Rides Away with 5 Awards

Steve Fullerton — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:03:25 +0000

Montana State University's "Thundercat" human-powered vehicle won a number of awards at the Mechanical Engineer Human Powered Vehicle Challenge in Bozeman.
The 18 collegiate teams had to fight strong winds in the competition at the MSU campus in the 3-day event

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Not Horsepower, but Human-Power in Bozeman

Steve Fullerton — Thu, 12 May 2011 20:36:40 +0000

Sprints, endurance and speed endurance are competitions planned this weekend in Bozeman for the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge.
Between 18 to 25 university teams from throughout the US, and other countries will be matching their "super bikes" against each other May 13 to 15

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