http://globalturnstile.com Mon, 30 Jul 2012 06:46:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://globalturnstile.com/2012/07/30/2012-olympics-a-world-record-ere-the-opening-ceremonies/ http://globalturnstile.com/2012/07/30/2012-olympics-a-world-record-ere-the-opening-ceremonies/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 06:44:55 +0000 Zach Bigalke http://globalturnstile.com/?p=21831 A world record fell for the third time in less than a year, the first to fall during the Olympics [before the Olympics even officially commenced... →]]]> http://globalturnstile.com/2012/07/30/2012-olympics-a-world-record-ere-the-opening-ceremonies/feed/ 0 http://globalturnstile.com/2012/07/29/dispatches-from-london-a-non-traditional-sports-fans-distant-view-of-the-olympics/ http://globalturnstile.com/2012/07/29/dispatches-from-london-a-non-traditional-sports-fans-distant-view-of-the-olympics/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:17:03 +0000 Zach Bigalke http://globalturnstile.com/?p=21828 Zach Bigalke, Global Turnstile managing editor and the author of "Dispatches from Vancouver", offers his thoughts on [all the action from London over the three weeks of Olympic competition... →]]]> http://globalturnstile.com/2012/07/29/dispatches-from-london-a-non-traditional-sports-fans-distant-view-of-the-olympics/feed/ 0 http://globalturnstile.com/2012/07/29/2012-olympics-the-games-before-the-games-part-ii/ http://globalturnstile.com/2012/07/29/2012-olympics-the-games-before-the-games-part-ii/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:07:14 +0000 Zach Bigalke http://globalturnstile.com/?p=21809 The day before the opening ceremonies, the men followed the women with the [start of their Olympic soccer tournament... →]]]> http://globalturnstile.com/2012/07/29/2012-olympics-the-games-before-the-games-part-ii/feed/ 0 http://globalturnstile.com/2012/07/29/2012-olympics-the-games-before-the-games/ http://globalturnstile.com/2012/07/29/2012-olympics-the-games-before-the-games/#comments Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:20:42 +0000 Zach Bigalke http://globalturnstile.com/?p=21800 Two days before the opening ceremonies, the Olympics officially opened [when the women kicked off the soccer tournament... →]]]> http://globalturnstile.com/2012/07/29/2012-olympics-the-games-before-the-games/feed/ 0 http://globalturnstile.com/2012/06/03/maple-leaves-over-milan-nationality-in-cycling/ http://globalturnstile.com/2012/06/03/maple-leaves-over-milan-nationality-in-cycling/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:17:24 +0000 Zach Bigalke http://globalturnstile.com/?p=21785 Was Ryder Hesjedal's victory at the Giro d'Italia a Candian victory... or merely [a win for Garmin-Barricuda? →]]]> http://globalturnstile.com/2012/06/03/maple-leaves-over-milan-nationality-in-cycling/feed/ 0 http://globalturnstile.com/2012/05/21/brunner-snaps-scoring-drought-in-win-over-fire/ http://globalturnstile.com/2012/05/21/brunner-snaps-scoring-drought-in-win-over-fire/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 05:07:30 +0000 Zach Bigalke http://globalturnstile.com/?p=21772 A month-long inability to put the ball into the back of the net [ended Sunday at Jeld-Wen Field for the Timbers... →]]]> http://globalturnstile.com/2012/05/21/brunner-snaps-scoring-drought-in-win-over-fire/feed/ 0 http://globalturnstile.com/2012/05/14/much-ado-about-clay/ http://globalturnstile.com/2012/05/14/much-ado-about-clay/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 19:33:50 +0000 Zach Bigalke http://globalturnstile.com/?p=21765 Roger Federer took the title at the Madrid Masters, but [all the talk was about blue clay... →]]]> http://globalturnstile.com/2012/05/14/much-ado-about-clay/feed/ 0 http://globalturnstile.com/2012/04/25/spaniards-fail-in-champions-league-quest/ http://globalturnstile.com/2012/04/25/spaniards-fail-in-champions-league-quest/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:23:05 +0000 Zach Bigalke http://globalturnstile.com/?p=21757 The only member of Spain's World Cup-winning squad playing in the Champions League finals is... [Fernando Torres?! →]]]> http://globalturnstile.com/2012/04/25/spaniards-fail-in-champions-league-quest/feed/ 0 http://globalturnstile.com/2012/04/15/morals-money-and-the-bahrain-gp/ http://globalturnstile.com/2012/04/15/morals-money-and-the-bahrain-gp/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:13:17 +0000 Zach Bigalke http://globalturnstile.com/?p=21743 What happens when the money on the table trumps the morality of participation? [You get the marriage of Bernie's vision and Bahrain's PR dream... →]]]> http://globalturnstile.com/2012/04/15/morals-money-and-the-bahrain-gp/feed/ 0 http://globalturnstile.com/2012/04/10/the-real-face-of-gender-discrimination/ http://globalturnstile.com/2012/04/10/the-real-face-of-gender-discrimination/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:45:43 +0000 Zach Bigalke http://globalturnstile.com/?p=21724 While everyone decried discrimination at a private club, they ignored [the systemic discrimination of an entire nation's women... →]]]> http://globalturnstile.com/2012/04/10/the-real-face-of-gender-discrimination/feed/ 0