I have been watching Paris-Nice on the NBC Sports Gold App. Who is doing the commentating on the race? Sounds like an Aussie acccent.

"We're anticipating 2017 to be a particularly risky year for Lyme," Ostfeld says.

Keesing and Ostfeld, who have studied Lyme for more than 20 years, have come up with an early warning system for the disease. They can predict how many cases there will be a year in advance by looking at one key measurement: Count the mice the year before.

The number of critters scampering around the forest in the summer correlates to the Lyme cases the following summer, they've reported.

The year: 1957

The race: Liège-Bastogne-Liège

The racer: Gérard Saint

What he did: Stopped in the snow to piss on his hands to bring them back to life.*

"Cycling's  50 Craziest Stories" by Les Woodland, p. 122

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*That's a quotation from the book. I would have used a slightly more euphemistic verb, reluctant as I am to be thought as being foul-mouthed.

Norbert Phillipps has announced that the medium-speed rides in this series will be led at a B18 pace rather than a B17 pace as originally announced. The ride listings have been revised accordingly. Please consider whether this revision is important to you and if so, please consider withdrawing, or switching to the corresponding B16 rides.

Does anyone know if the helmet law applies on playgrounds?

“Don’t come to him with wattage meters or training sessions. He doesn’t see the point.” -Peter Zanicky, coach of Peter Sagan, World Road Champion, 2015, 2016; TdF Points Champion: 2012-2016

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/02/24/in-the-land-of-peter-sagan-a1547723

former home of actress Gloria Swanson is a 1926 Italianate castle and is on 5 acres and has a 7 car garage, etc.  In case you are interested in bidding on it, the sheriff's auction will be April 21

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* Ft. Washington Avenue between 168th Street and Cabrini Boulevard
* West 169th Street between Haven Avenue and Broadway

Hasn't snowed in a while, but I can imagine there are maybe 900 other ways it's not ready for spring yet, so I figured I'd ask