http://globalturnstile.com Mon, 30 Jul 2012 06:46:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/