Ironman Wisconsin

Ironman Wisconsin

Among the most reliable high points of Ironman Wisconsin each year: the opportunity to check out displays of all the hottest bikes. In the span of a 10-minute stroll through the Ironman expo at Monona Terrace, you can see vast collections of bikes totaling well into the six figures. The Ironmen are right about now getting out of Lake Monona and onto their bikes.

Among the high-end models on display this year: Trek’s TTX Equinox and 5200, the Ceepo Ironman Viper, Quintana Roo’s Seduza, the occasional Kestrel and Cervelo’s P4, S3 and P2C – gleaming marvels of carbon-fiber engineering, wind-shedding geometry and dizzying price: framesets alone cost $2,000 and up for many of these high-end bikes; fully loaded, the best of them retail for more than $6,000. That big rack of Zipp 808 wheels? Somewhere north of $1,000 each.

You might think that’s a high price to pay for an advantage in the 112-mile bike leg of Sunday’s race. It is, however, what the market can bear. And the looking is free. Even if you ride a squeaky 10-year-old beater with a rusting chain and maladjusted gears, you can appreciate the research and development that goes into these bikes, which are as much works of art as they are machines — and look mighty fast, even when idle.

What did Serena Williams say to line judge

What did Serena Williams say to line judge

Serena Williams is maybe the popular sport icon of today’s generation but her recent “reaction” speaks more popular than her. A report says, Serena Williams said to lineswoman that she would kill her up. From the video, Serena has committed code violation by saying “I didn’t say I would kill you. Are you serious?” to the lineswoman. What did Serena Williams say to the line judge may provokes insults and embarrassment not only to the line judge but also to the world of sport.

In that case, Serena Williams was given a match penalty which costs her a point. Serena Williams is out from US open as she couldn’t make out against Kim Clijsters at Saturday night. She lost the match, 6-4, 7-5 due to what she said to the line judge.

Williams had already been given a warning, for breaking her racket after she lost the first set. With her dismay and anger, Williams still walked to the other side of the net to congratulate Clijsters.

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Coast Guard

Coast Guard

A Coast Guard training exercise in the Potomac River near the Pentagon sparked confusion amid Friday's commemorations of the Sept. 11 anniversary. FBI agents scrambled to the scene and the nearest airport briefly grounded flights. The Coast Guard said it was reviewing how the exercise led to media reports "based on overheard radio calls made over a training frequency."

Coast Guard Chief Keith Moore said no shots were fired as part of the exercise. Erroneous live cable news reports on CNN and Fox had said that the Coast Guard was firing shots on the river. CNN reported the Coast Guard had fired 10 rounds at a suspicious boat, and showed vessels circling in the water – near the bridge President Barack Obama's motorcade crossed on the way to a memorial at the Pentagon Friday morning. The Associated Press reported that an exercise was under way in the river and did not report that shots were fired.

Departures from Reagan National Airport were halted as a precaution at 10:08 a.m., then resumed at 10:30 a.m., Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Diane Spitaliere said. The airport borders the Potomac. A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said federal agents scrambled to the river scene after the initial reports, because the local FBI office had not been told ahead of time about the Coast Guard exercise. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the incident.