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Getting 2 Know You

August 20, 2009 · 1 Comment

In light of some ppl in the athletic community daring to ask for a gender test for Caster Semenya, woodpeck wants to let the community at large know:

  • has never had a gender test
  • has never been tested for performance enhancing drugs
  • never missed training camp
  • never been thrown out of a game
  • applied to be an official 2010 Olympic blogger and was rejected
  • thinks Michael Owen will get injured b4 Oct. 1st.
  • is going to the Jays vs. Angels game on Friday!
  • still wishes he’d got that job as a mascot back in the day
  • is stopping this list b4 it gets really, really stupid…whew!

Categories: athletics · baseball · beer
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A 20 Second Timeout 2 Boast

November 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Awhile back we predicted the Canucks would be 11-6 by mid November.  Now they sit at 14-6.  Can’t complain about that! 

Tip of the hat to Some Canadian guys writing about Soccer who have added us to their links!  Much appreciated!  Check out their site often!

Categories: hockey · soccer · sports
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Make it Illegal to Cheat at the 2010 Olympics!

November 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment

We here at The Hills Are Alive can’t stand cheaters.

The 2010 Winter Olympics represents an excellent opportunity for Canada to make a stand for fairness, ethics and for the true spirit of the original Olympics. We believe if you are caught for using performance enhancing drugs during the 2010 Winter Olympics it should be a crime. That on top of what is already in place internationally, if you are caught while in Canada the offending athlete will serve jail time. It doesn’t matter if it is for a day, a night, a week, a month or 6 months. We just want the offender to serve time and have that incarceration permanently on their record.

We want to make it clear that it is against the rules and law here in Canada to cheat and while you are competing here and caught, you will go to jail. Once time is served the offender will be immediately deported.

We hope that this post will start some debate on the matter and ultimately get some action to happen.  It doesn’t just end here with this post.  We plan on following this idea up with more action.  The concept is simple, effective, ethical and within reason.  Now is the time to seize the moment, to make a stand to do the right thing while the spotlight is upon us.  So bring it on!  Updates to follow so stay tuned…

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