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0 comments73-year-old scores in college basketball
How old is too old to play college basketball?
Occasionally you read of the late-20 or 30-something who makes the team and is promptly saddled with the nickname "Grandpa." Then there is Ken Mink of Knoxville, who actually is old enough to be a grandfather -- 73 years old and a member of the Roane State (Tenn.) Community College basketball team.
Mink played about 10 minutes and scored two points -- on free throws -- in Roane State's 93-42 victory over King College's junior varsity Monday night.
World's worst boxer quits
The world’s worst boxer has finally thrown in the towel after 256 defeats.
Peter Buckley, 39, has lost more fights than any other boxer and says that his next, number 300, will be his last.
‘I’ve had my eye on the 300 mark for a while, and it’s a little milestone I want to achieve, but I don’t want to fight on,' he said.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
0 commentsHot cup of coffee makes perfect stranger more attractive
Looking to improve your romantic odds? Get your date a steaming cup of coffee.
That's the implication of a new study by researchers who wanted to see if there was any connection between physical and emotional heat.
To their surprise, they found that people who held a cup of hot coffee for 10 to 25 seconds warmed to a perfect stranger. Holding a cup of iced coffee had the opposite effect.
Friday the 13th quiz
I scored 46%. I think that's pretty good for someone who's only seen maybe one the entire way through.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
0 commentsIf your boss is a friend on Facebook don't take a sickie and then brag about it in your status
Kyle Doyle, a 21-year-old resolutions expert for telecommunications firm AAPT, bragged about his day off on the social networking site while telling his employer he was away for "medical reasons".
But he was found out when his boss spotted this Facebook profile update on the day in question, August 21: "Kyle Doyle is not going to work, f*** it I'm still trashed. SICKIE WOO!"
