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Track the Tour de France on Google Street View (258 diggs) The Tour de France, one of the world's greatest sporting events, started today, and Google is providing a new way to track the route, via Street View and get the perspective of the riders as you go through the route. Given the recent Viacom ruling however it remains to be seen just how much they'll be tracking you whilst you do so.

Winning the Tour de France Takes Cutting-Edge Technology (309 diggs) Sure bulging legs and tremendous stamina will keep you in the race, but the right gear is crucial if you want to win

The top 7 sports mugshots (395 diggs) Athletes like get awful photos taken of themselves after committing a crime.

At Swim Trials, Record Broken, Then Broken Again (450 diggs) Jason Lezak broke his American record in the 100-meter freestyle, then rapidly lost it to Garrett Weber-Gale.

Pole Vault Fail (1,011 diggs) Ow! From http://failblog.org/ 2008/07/02/pole- vault-fail/ ...

A Unique Surfing Perspective (553 diggs) Brian Conley get barreled and gives you a view inside the pipe like you have never seen before.

5.5 Meter Backflips Off Rooftops in Romania (668 diggs) I guess they don't have TV, video games or high speed Internet in Romania if this is the type of thing they're doing for entertainment.

The Ultimate Nostalgia: 2800+ Sports Illustrated Covers (339 diggs) For any sports fan, this will take you back in time and recall fond childhood memories of your favorite players and teams.

High School Wrestler does Backflip to get Pin and Win Match (2,273 diggs) this kid did a amazing backflip to get out of trouble and win the match

List: 25 Best Intramural Sports Team Names (488 diggs) Gone are the simple team names from your adolescence, like “Wildcats,” “Bears,” and “Yankees.” Balls, poles, bases, bats, runs, and scoring, are turned into euphemisms for male genitalia, female genitalia, fecal matter, and mom jokes. Put a couple of these together and you have yourself a pretty clever team name

Six Crazy Concept Bikes You'll Never Ride (647 diggs) Ultralight folding bikes, a bicycle made of cardboard, and a street cruiser with an infinitely variable transmission are just a few of the way-out concepts in this gallery of prototypes and high-end fringe bicycles.

Photo reportedly shows Big Browns shoe was loose! (505 diggs) A photo taken during the early stages of the Belmont Stakes has revealed Big Brown was running with a loose shoe as the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner attempted to become the first Triple Crown winner since 1979, Newsday reported Monday.

Parkour and Free Running in Russia (555 diggs) some interesting tricks

Cyclist Rolls Off Side Of Bridge (1,073 diggs) Riding at nearly 40mph and only 3 miles to the finish line Frank Schleck slams into the metal crash barrier on a bridge and falls over the edge during the Tour of Switzerland. Fortunately, he only suffered cuts, bruises, and a slightly destroyed ego.

Reviving an Olympic Dream, 25 Years Later (268 diggs) As an NCAA All-American swimmer, Hodding Carter narrowly missed qualifying for the 1984 Olympic trials when he was a college senior. Now 45, Carter has revived his dreams of Olympic glory. He's training in earnest for a long-shot bid at qualifying for the Beijing Olympics....

6 Obscure Sports To Try This Summer (554 diggs) Summer is here, which means it ’s time to start playing outside as much as possible. Are you tired of all the old summer standby sports, though? Sure, baseball and volleyball are fun, but sometimes you want something just a little, well, weirder. This summer, take a chance on one of these obscure sports.

The 12 Best Mullets In Sports History (735 diggs) #8. Dennis Eckersley. -- The Eck chalked up 390 saves and 2,401 strikeouts in his prolific 22 year career. More prolific than that? His hair. Not only did he sport a killer mustache, but his insane mullet rocked plenty of batters into submission.

Mice ascend Everest to combat doping in sport (269 diggs) Mice to scale Everest!

Australians to skip Beijing ceremony (541 diggs) Most of Australia's track and field athletes will skip the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on 8 August because of fears over poor air quality.

AP Study: Estimated 5,000+ 'Racing Horse' Deaths Since 2003 (440 diggs) According to an Associated Press survey, Thoroughbred Racetracks in the United States reported more than 3 horse deaths a day last year & 5,000 since 2003, and the vast majority were put down after suffering devastating injuries on the track. Have these horses been raced to death?

China's secret to winning the Olympics? Two X Chromosomes (458 diggs) In China, it's the women who have traditionally racked up the medals. At the 2000 Games in Sydney, the Chinese women won five more gold medals than the men. In Athens in 2004, the women won 19 gold medals, while the men won 12. By comparison, American women accounted for 12 of the nation's 35 gold medals in 2004....

How to Keep Your Bike From Being Stolen (PIC) (2,111 diggs) This bike is going to need some help from Houdini to get out of this predicament.

Another Amazing Contact Juggler (919 diggs) Up until a week ago I had never heard of contact juggling, but I gotta say its pretty sweet and might be my new favorite sport.

Floyd Mayweather: Wasn't the Greatest, but Could Entertain (338 diggs) The undefeated 31 y/o champ champ retired last week. While he was 39-0, he failed to meet several quality fighters who could have given him the foil he needed to convince the doubters. He was hounded by skeptics and critics in the latter half of his career who blasted him for picking on patsies and avoiding the tough fights.

Best Of Parkour (1,900 diggs) This video is some of the best parkour stunts that I can find.