[URL]http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/sports/12440153.htm[/URL][TITLE]Hardy has hopes to stand out as receiver (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)[/TITLE][DESCRIPTION]BLOOMINGTON ? It was meet and greet time Saturday on the lush emerald football carpet of Memorial Stadium; a last-chance photo opportunity for the fans to pose and preen with their favorite Indiana football player before the season begins in less than two weeks.[/DESCRIPTION]:::[URL]http://www.detnews.com/2005/fitness/0508/22/G05-281539.htm[/URL][TITLE]Exercise options with your own home gym (Detroit News)[/TITLE][DESCRIPTION]Home is where the heart is. It's also where you'll increasingly find a gym to work that heart, along with abs, lats and every other body part that can benefit from the lubrication of regular exercise.[/DESCRIPTION]:::[URL]http://www.gadling.com/entry/1234000497055228/[/URL][TITLE]The very best of Weblogs, Inc for your viewing pleasure (Gadling)[/TITLE][DESCRIPTION]The Weblogs, Inc. network features over 100 independent, unfiltered bloggers producing over 1,000 blog posts a week across over 75 industry-leading blogs. Each week we ask our bloggers to choose their top posts, which we bring to you in one easy-to-read weekly post. You?ll find links to the hottest posts from the past week after the jump including a special review contest, celebrity virginity,[/DESCRIPTION]:::[URL]http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/08/22/bitterroot/17-outdoors.txt[/URL][TITLE]Monday, August 22, 2005 (Ravalli Republic)[/TITLE][DESCRIPTION]Their ancestors fought on the steppes of central Asia - a prized horse used by Turkmen warriors and coveted by Arab and Chinese foes. They were called the Akhal-Teke, after a jutting oasis in the foothills of the Kopet Dag Mountains in present-day Turkmenistan.[/DESCRIPTION]:::[URL]http://www.detnews.com/2005/macomb/0508/22/B04-284376.htm[/URL][TITLE]Shelby plans to upgrade 2 fire stations (Detroit News)[/TITLE][DESCRIPTION]SHELBY TOWNSHIP -- Times have changed since George Morehouse became a firefighter 29 years ago -- but some of the fire stations in the township have not.[/DESCRIPTION]:::[URL]http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/sports/highschool/football/tab/s_365978.html[/URL][TITLE]Yough boasting strong work ethic[/TITLE][DESCRIPTION]  Not that the old habits were bad  because Yough   under former coach Rich Bowen   was 7-3 last season and qualified for the WPIAL playoffs. Nonetheless  Jim Wehner  who was hired in February  said  "We've been working the whole time." Part of that work involves a greater emphasis on the passing game and weight training.  [/DESCRIPTION]:::[URL]http://www.newsstand.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=srchRef&issue_id=302055&page_id=78&sub=4&nsemc=NSIRN1KWD20050821308[/URL][TITLE]SPORTING GOODS[/TITLE][DESCRIPTION]  7’ BILLIARDS pool table  brand new  $200. Accessories included. Call 591-2408 BOWFLEX Sport  brand new  Was $1 052 Asking $700 390-0969 ’90 CLUB CAR GOLF CART  excellent condition  all lights. $1 800. 289-9507 9 Custom Left Wood Hockey Sticks and 2 Sherwood Shafts $250 Steel Hockey Goal $75. CKO Heavy Bag  speed bag and stand $200 287-1834 EASYGO Golfcar  A-1 Grandezza  $3 250. Call 239-498-7917  [/DESCRIPTION]:::[URL]http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2002443902_champ18.html?syndication=rss&source=golf.xml&items=39[/URL][TITLE]Player hasn't lost his drive in golf or in life (Seattle Times)[/TITLE][DESCRIPTION]South African links legend Gary Player, 69, would make history twice over if he could score a longshot victory on the Champions Tour here this weekend.[/DESCRIPTION]:::[URL]http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/college/orl-vbuster2105aug21,0,2552689.story?coll=tf-main-sports[/URL][TITLE]Former Mainland stars shine in college (Sun-Sentinel)[/TITLE][DESCRIPTION]TALLAHASSEE -- Bobby Bowden is going to say it eventually: I told you so. I promised things were going to work out. All you had to do was be patient. "I don't think I have yet," the Florida State football coach said from his golf cart at practice this week with one of those 75-year-old chuckles.[/DESCRIPTION]:::[URL]http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/339205p-289709c.html[/URL][TITLE]The next big thing (New York Daily News)[/TITLE][DESCRIPTION]The NYC Hoops Festival at Baruch College isn't going according to plan. OJ Mayo's AAU team never showed - one of those "coach's personal problems," as festival promoter Gary Charles called it, kept Mayo from a marquee showdown with Coney Island's 14-year-old phenom Lance Stephenson.[/DESCRIPTION]:::[URL]http://www.gadling.com/entry/1234000140055115/[/URL][TITLE]Photo of the Day: (8/19/05) (Gadling)[/TITLE][DESCRIPTION]The great photos keep coming. Thanks to all who are consistently adding amazing photos to the gadling Flickr Group. Today we go to  webmink ?s wonderful  photo of a sunset  in Key West. If this isn?t the perfect kind of photo to ease us into a weekend, I don?t know what is. The colors in this photo are almost unreal, like a painting by  Fitz Hugh Lane .      Read  |  Permalink  |  Email this  | [/DESCRIPTION]:::[URL]http://www.gadling.com/entry/1234000407055121/[/URL][TITLE]Sollight Water Bottle and Lamp (Gadling)[/TITLE][DESCRIPTION]Here?s one of those nice ?two birds with one stone? devices. The  Sollight  is both a 32 oz water bottle AND a light. And the light itself beams through the water, creating a diffusion effect that helps the device act as a bona-fide lantern. What more could you ask for? Well, what about a solar cell on top of the lamp so that you don?t need batteries? Voila! You get that too. Yes, the sollight[/DESCRIPTION]:::[URL]http://www.gadling.com/entry/1234000063055125/[/URL][TITLE]Studio 360: On Travel and Airports (Gadling)[/TITLE][DESCRIPTION]A very enjoyable, albeit a few months old,   story on Kurt Anderson?s Studio 360  about travel. Anderson about airports (and the Beatles!), the cultural ?how?s and why?s? of these places from which we launch some of our greatest adventures. I admit I am fascinated by airports. I love their organization and architecture, the bustle and thrum of the crowds, and I always watch the people coming and[/DESCRIPTION]:::