Miscellaneous News

According to everybody who knows her and according to her birth certificate, Caster Semenya is female.

Evidently she's been teased all her life for looking like a boy.

She must have almost no body fat to look like she does. She could be easily mistaken for a guy.

On a somewhat similar note, I was surfing the net looking for articles about infamous sports cheats, and I found a couple of them worth linking on this blog. The people holding this dubious distinction deserve every bit of their infamy, most especially the despicable Panama Lewis:

The 15 Greatest Sports Cheats of All Time

25 Great Hoaxes, Cheats and Frauds in Sport

10 Greatest Cheats in Sporting History

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More legal gamesmanship in the Ben Roethlisberger case.
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When Michael Jackson is finally interred on September 3, he will reside in good company: the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn--Glendale, is the final resting place of some of the most famous stars in the history of show business. Big names include Jean Harlow, Red Skelton, Carole Lombard, and Clark Gable.
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Almost as disturbing as the hideous murder and mutilation of former model Jasmine Fiore are the sexist remarks about her looks.

I mean, what the hell has that got to do with her horrible death?

Her ex-husband (or husband or whatever since there is a question about whether the marriage in an annulment) and reality TV contestant Ryan Alexander Jenkins is a "person of interest" in the case and remains at large.
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Miscellaneous News

My feeling is Ben Roethlisberger's accuser, Andrea McNulty, can't possibly being "lieing" because there is no such word.

Whatever:

In another e-mail, Andrea McNulty threatened to “date Ben Roethlisberger” if the boyfriend ended their relationship, and said she was “dead serious” about the threat, claiming Roethlisberger was “still in the cards” for her.

“We believe that Ms. McNulty’s own words directly refute the scurrilous allegations made in her complaint,” said David Cornwell, in a statement attached to the e-mails. “Ms. McNulty should abandon her lawsuit immediately and admit that Ben Roethlisberger did not rape her.”

McNulty’s lawyer, Cal Dunlap, could not immediately be reached.

Edit: Somebody corrected the misspelling.

Miscellaneous News [Updated]

Another NFL jock is mired in scandal:

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims he sexually assaulted her in Reno.

According to online court records, a defamation lawsuit was filed Friday in Washoe District Court. Andrea McNulty is listed as the plaintiff.

Update: For the curious, here is the lawsuit.

Here is the response from Roethlisberger's lawyer. It is very terse.

TMZ raises all kinds of questions about Andrea McNulty.
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I just found out Unremembered, directed and written by my nephew, Greg Kerr, is an official selection at the New Jersey Film Festival this fall at Rutgers.

It's a pretty good film, but a little bit on the offbeat side.
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Reno officials are looking at expanding the city's bike paths, which I think is a great idea.

Cycling (along with other outdoor activities) has kept what sanity I have during these rough times.
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