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Columbia Sportswear is set to sponsor the new Team Columbia in the upcoming Tour de France. Formerly known as Team High Road, Team Columbia consists of 42 male and female cyclists from 17 different nations - all who have conformed to rigorous anti-doping regulations and want to achieve the same goal of winning big races the right way.

Team Columbia will position Columbia Sportswear in the spotlight as a leading outdoor brand in the Tour de France and at least 15 riders from Team Columbia are also set to ride in the summer Olympics in Beijing. Team High Road is one of the top-ranked mens and womens cycling teams in the world, with over 70 combined wins. There’s no doubt that as Team Columbia, they’ll ride to even greater success.
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How much does biologist Adam Warwick love bears? Enough to save a 375-pound black bear from drowning in the Gulf of Mexico.

Warwick jumped in the Gulf to save a gigantic black bear when he noticed the bear showing “signs of distress.” The bear, who had wandered into a residential neighborhood near Tallahassee, had been shot with a tranquilizer dart right before it rushed into the Gulf. Once it had gotten out to sea a bit, the sedation started to take hold and the bear became disoriented.

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Under ordinary circumstances, I usually wouldn’t get too excited about watching golf. I like to play golf, but watching it on television can be a little like watching grass grow. This year’s U.S. Open, however, was far from ordinary. It was actually really exciting.

Tiger Woods (ranked #1 in the world) and Rocco Mediate (ranked #158 in the world before this match) played an extra 18 holes yesterday after scoring evenly on Sunday. When they were still tied after 18 holes on Monday, both shooting a 71, they went into sudden death. Who knew there was sudden death in golf? Not me.

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Could you walk for 103 hours straight without stopping to sleep? Three people from Colorado just did.

Ultrawalkers Ulrich Kamm, 60, of Littleton, Debbie Richmeier, 47, of Wheat Ridge, and Glen Turner, 48, of Louisville, broke the world Endurathon record by walking for 103 straight hours last week.

Competing with ten other ultrawalkers, in one of many Endurathons happening around the world, the trio started walking Friday, May 30th, at 5 p.m. They didn’t stop to sleep and took only short breaks to use the bathroom. Tuesday at midnight, they were the only ones left standing.

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… inner tube! That’s right, this daring duo from Boulder has given the “alternative” in “alternative transportation” a whole new meaning. Braving chilly Boulder Creek, in suits and ties (also giving new meaning to the term “wet suit”), Andy Gruel and Jeff Kagan, took tubes to work on Friday.

If this tube commute had happened somewhere other than Boulder, it might have seemed strange. But Boulder is used to extremes. Seems this eco-conscious community also knows no limits when it comes to creative transportation. They’ll save fuel any which way they can.

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