Todd Pletcher's Triple Crown Woes

Doc's looks at Todd Pletcher's dismal record in Triple Crown races and gives some possible explainations.

Becoming a Rock Climbing Guide

Your rock climbing guide can make the difference between a fun, exciting and successful climb, or a climb that is scary, perilous and confusing. Your rock climbing guide will know the climbing area intimately and will know all the pit falls and dangers you will need to watch out for.

How to Choose a Sleeping Bag

Sleeping bags are an essential when camping, but with so many types to choose from which one is right for you?

Pool Cue Racks Top Tips

So you've got your pool table, your pool balls, and your pool cues. Now you need to start thinking about a pool cue rack. But what do you look for? Do you know how to find the one that meets your personal requirements?

Jeff Gordon Earns 79th Career Victory! - SCI June 11th Issue

This is your weekly edition of the Stock Car Insider (SCI). This week, we take a look ahead to the Citizen's Bank 400 at Michigan International Speedway, as well as, a recap of Jeff Gordon's win in the Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway!

Field Hockey Drills

This article details two field hockey drills that a welcome addition to your next practice or pre-game workout routine. The first drill offers players a chance to improve their preparation skills by working within a constrained area and the second sharpens players' reflexes when it comes to fielding loose balls.

Choosing an Electric Scooter

Electric scooters come in all shapes and sizes. Today's manufacturers have got the picture and are catering not only to the kids, but also to the older riders as well. With the vast difference in electric scooters, choosing the right one for your particular needs is paramount so that you don't waste your money.

Popular Costumes of Halloween Party

Popular Halloween costumes keeps changing from year to year, a lot influenced by all the rage movies and TV shows, music superstars, and well-loved cartoons. Each year by October, the National Retail Federation puts up a list of the mainly well-liked costumes for the up coming season.

Understanding The Short Game

Understanding The Short Game

How to Play Backgammon Using Opening Rolls

Every game featuring the use of dice is said to offer players advantageous opening moves. A backgammon game is no different. Whether you're playing backgammon with friends or internet backgammon for money, knowing how to play backgammon using the opening rolls to your advantage can give you a useful lead over your opponent.

Backgammon Set Adapts To Changing Technology

Backgammon is one of the all time favorite board games and its five thousand years of history is something that few other games can complete with. From its development in the lands of the Near East, the Iran and Iraq of our own times, the backgammon game made its way across the Roman Empire. In the course of time it has reached every corner of the world.

Getting To Know The Backgammon Setup And Rules

It is not hard to find games whose rules seem to take literally ages to learn, but backgammon is not one of these! The very fact that millions of children around the world have no difficulty when it comes to learning how to play backgammon illustrates that getting to know the backgammon setup and rules is really child's play.

How To Fulfill Your Dreams In Football Or Soccer

That's one thing I respected in a striker like Filippo Inzaghi of AC Milan. He is always inside the 18-yard box.

Marvel at Ping Pong's Greatest Players with Table Tennis DVDs

What was once a lowly game that people thought of only as a leisure activity in the basement is now one of the major events in the world of sports. Thanks to the hordes of aficionados for table tennis, the indoor sport has become more popular than ever attracting millions of players and spectators. It may be surprising, but table tennis has become a great game in its own right and more people are being able to witness its excitement through table tennis DVDs.