Death Race brings brave souls to Alberta

This coming August 2 and 3 is the ninth North Face Canadian Death Race. From the article:

The Death Race plays on the Greek myth of Charon, the ferryman who ushered the souls of the dead across the river Styx and into Hades for a fee of one gold coin per soul.

Oh. Well that's kind of a letdown. What about this coin?

Each of the 1,000 or so entrants will receive a specially minted coin they must take with them as they make their way through the rugged mountain terrain surrounding Grande Cache.

Racers must have their coin to cross the Smoky River near the end of their trek. Losing the coin means instant disqualification.

You don't say? What is the penalty for disqualification? Is it... death? I'd guess not. They've got a juicy hook to this story, though:

One of the earliest winners of the gruelling, 125-kilometre running race was former Edmonton resident Nik Southwell. He had his eyes on the prize, but Southwell forgot to take in enough food and fluids along the way, says Dale Tuck, one of the event's founders.

Instead of dropping out, Southwell persevered and won the men's solo race, collapsing at the finish line. His kidneys shut down and he was rushed to hospital and put on dialysis.

Won the race, but losing the game...

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The Indian woman's team participating in the World Beach Volleyball tournament have declined to wear bikinis, declaring them objectionable and against their traditions.

Ladies, please. You have got to understand, like any sport that was invented in the US, it's about how many eyeballs you can steal away from someone else. We're all waving our hands in your face like crazy, trying to get you to look at us for 5 seconds and consider buying whatever product is associated with us. There is no greater force on the planet when it comes to attracting eyeballs than T and A. And frankly, you're kicking yourselves in the tit on this one.

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Three Tour de France fans were hit by a team car!

Just think, people have been watching this for like over 9,000 weeks already, and finally they get some action. Yeah, there's the usual "He was doping! No, you're doping!" crap going on, but damn... keep your eyes on the road. Dope.

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The city of Fort Fairfield, Maine's Potato Blossom Festival 2008 is in full swing and the busy inhabitants of such a lovely 'burg have already been partying hardy, starting the Potato Blossom blowout last Friday.

Yesterday marked the beard growing competition. It started at 4:30pm and there was a $5 entry fee. The beards were only given up to a half hour to grow as the judging was performed at 5:00pm, so this one was probably decided by a hair.

Later this week, on Thursday, the action heats up with hay-bale tossing, ladies skillet-throw, and a barrel rolling contest!

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Our two contestants, a normal-sized American and a frail, weak figure whose masculinity is now no doubt in question. I should admit that I consider the Wendy's Triple Classic a novelty food that should not be served, consumed, blogged about, hell... not even pictured.

Wendy's Triple Classic w/Cheese

I'd also like to preface that the editor of this video did a great job. Karate Kid soundtrack, short, informative intro, and a stop-watch so you can watch this competitor consume this colossal construction of cow in 74 seconds, excellent presentation.

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Tiger Woods will allegedly have season ending surgery on his right knee. That means no more majors.. nothing this year. How far will CBS's PGA ratings drop? Tiger is having the surgery on his ACL. 

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Man driving motorized cooler faces DWI, other charges

Some would call Leslie J. "Bomber" Marr, 57, a criminal, others, a pioneer. Many great sports have humble beginnings, could this be the start of the newest craze in Uncommon Sport?

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Major League Soccer is the best league ever (this year) according to SportsBusiness.

MLS was chosen from five nominees for Professional Sports League of the Year including, in alphabetical order, Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, National Basketball Association, National Football League and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.

Soccer wins by not already being established. Not a whole lot of room for growth in the NBA, MLB, and NFL when you are already huge. But over the women's pro tennis tour? Hello? Sony Ericsson WTA marketing department, you are doing it wrong! They're hot, athletic women, some of whom with exotic accents! Sell it!

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Corey Wethey got hit so hard, he shat himself .

In Saturday's match against Corey Wethey, (Fred) Mitchell struck his opponent so hard that Wethey lost control of his bowels. The incident required a 10-minute intermission while officials scrubbed down the ring. Mitchell went on to win the fight by Wethey's disqualification.

It got worse from there...

It was at that point Wethey gained the advantage and locked Mitchell's head between his thighs.

The "Face in Bowl of Pudding" is one of the most disturbing MMA maneuvers around, short of the UFIA. Then the winner drops a real steamer:

After Mitchell's win was announced, he took the microphone and proclaimed to the crowd, "You can say I beat the crap out of him."

I'm not an MMA fan, per se, but they should probably dump this guy from competition all together. You just don't recover from that kind of crap. I guess you could say his career is where he should have been, in the sh*tter. Poop.

This ridiculously awesome DVD just came out today. It has great motorcycle stunts (including one with a midget!) and my personal favorite: JUMPING OUT OF A PLANE WITH NO PARACHUTE!

Even Evel Knievel wasn't that crazy. Other highlights include Johnny Knoxville totally wiping out and the motorcycle landing on his junk. I figured this is an absolutely perfect DVD for the slew of Uncommon Sportsman readers out there.

Click here to check out the :30 second promo