Ray Bethell - Multiple Kite Champion
Ray Bethell from Vancouver, Canada, champion multiple-kite flyer, has flown his three-kite aerial displays for millions of people all over the world. The website has information about Ray's world records and competition standings, and often humorous stories of his world adventures. Here Ray reviews his favorite kites, and offers information and safety tips for those starting out in sport kiting. Visitors can also find out more about the sport kite community, kite teams, kite pioneers, and events and competitions around the world. http://www.raybethell.com

Tennis Internet
Tennis fans can find everything about the sport here. Fans will be interested in the interviews with tennis personalities, player bios and photos, video and audio clips, and tennis fan clubs. You can find a tennis partner in your area, tennis centers and clubs all over the world, or a family to host you if you are traveling to a major tournament. All levels of players are covered here: men's pros, women's pros, college programs, wheelchair tennis, amateur tournaments, juniors, seniors, and retired pros. You can get the complete tennis rules and regulations, tournament schedules and results, tour news around the globe, and coverage of Olympic tennis. There are tennis product reviews, plus information on court surfaces, racquets, and tennis stores. You can read about the history of tennis, peruse tennis facts and trivia, or look up terms in the tennis glossary. Players can find sports medicine, psychology, and nutrition tips specifically for tennis, even an article on meditating to improve your game. http://www.tennisinternet.com

WeGotNet!!!
This website for girls' and women's basketball is designed to inspire players, coaches, referees and fans of the most popular and fastest growing team sport in America. The site has a collection of links to basketball camps, clinics, tournaments, professional and amateur sites, coaching and recruiting guides, sports magazines and news, sports medicine and fitness sites, and more. Visitors can play computer basketball games here too. http://www.wegotnet.org

Advanced Coastal Navigation Course/Sailing in Greece and Turkey
This free online navigation course begins with a quote from Plutarch: "Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse," which in Latin means "Sailing is necessary, whilst living is not." In this spirit Diederik Willemsen shares his love of sailing and invites visitors on a cruising holiday around the islands near Greece and Turkey. For serious sailors, the navigation course includes chapters on positions, nautical charts, using a compass, plotting, tides, currents, and navigation aids. The site is beautifully designed and includes satellite photos, maps, and charts for sailing in Greece and Turkey. http://web.inter.nl.net/users/SAILING_Greece

AllProTraining.com
Here is a website that allows amateur and student athletes to have access to the same experts as the pros. Fifty strength and conditioning coaches from top teams in the NFL, NBA, major league baseball and the National Hockey League have joined together to create this site. Here aspiring athletes can find sports news, a coach roster, the AllPro Shop, a glossary, and techniques to improve your game. You can get experts' answers to questions like "How far apart should my hands be when doing pushups, and how does it affect which muscles get worked?" and "How can I make my own workout equipment?" You can also learn about nutrition, injury prevention, the dangers of steroids, speed training, high intensity training, and more. In The Locker Room you can chat with coaches of professional teams, or join the discussion forum. At the Strength Board you can compare your performance against the pros, college athletes, and high school athletes. There are articles for parents of young athletes as well. http://www.AllProTraining.com/

ESPN.com
ESPN.com is a comprehensive sports information service offering continually updated in-depth news coverage of all major sports, with scoreboards, photos, previews, interviews, and more. ESPN Internet Ventures, along with ESPN.com, produces the official sites of the NFL, NBA, NASCAR, WNBA, Outside magazine, Monday Night Football and the Bowl Championship Series. Look here for fantasy games; an extreme sports section with mountain biking, climbing, snow sports, and endurance sports; Live Audio, Live TV and Radio listings; NFL.com game clips; health, fitness, and sports medicine; video game reviews; chat; online ticket sales; sports memorabilia; and more.
http://espn.com

Advance Lunge: The Fencing Site
Here's a website for those who love the excitement of fencing. There is something here for fencers of all experience levels. Find out the latest equipment specifications, where to buy equipment, rules, and how to use various weapons. A tutorial section features animated figures demonstrating fencing moves; users can watch an animated match and play "You Make the Call." There is a section on fencing history, with a comprehensive timeline, a history essay, and bios of the great masters. Find contact information for fencing clubs and teams all over the country, and WWW fencing links. You can play fencing games to test your knowledge, read the FAQ, or ask questions of experts to learn more. The site was made for the international ThinkQuest contest for students.
http://library.advanced.org/15340/

Canada@Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics
Check out the 1998 Winter Olympics from a Canadian perspective at this site hosted by the CBC and Canada's leading Internet service. Canada@Nagano provides complete and extensive coverage of the events, the athletes, and Nagano, Japan. This beautifully designed site has maps and articles to familiarize fans with Japan; news updates and chat forums; plus photos and articles on the history of Olympic winter sports. And of course, here you can read all about this year's Team Canada.

The Science of Cycling
According to this website, cycling is more energy-efficient than any other method of travel: up to 5 times more efficient than walking, and many times more efficient than driving a car. One hundred calories can power a cyclist for three miles, but will only power an automobile 280 feet (85 meters). Developed by San Francisco's Exploratorium, The Science of Cycling presents the sport from the perspective of top athletes, bicycle makers, and scientists, with text and RealVideo interviews. Diagrams and animations help explain scientific concepts such as what forces keep the bicycle from falling over, and how gears work. Recreational cyclists will find information to help improve their performance. Using interactive Javascript, you can calculate the amount of energy you will generate on a bike ride, how many calories you'll burn, and braking distances based on speed and surface conditions. Archival images and video examine over 100 years of bicycling history. More recent video footage features stunt riding. Music on the site is provided by the group Bicycle - the only band in the world to tour by pedaling!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/cycling

CNNSI.com
CNN and Sports Illustrated team up to produce CNN/SI Interactive, a comprehensive sports site with late-breaking news, scores, stats, and many sophisticated features. Here you can find division-by-division report cards on every major league team. You can build your own scoreboards for your favorite teams, use a Java ticker of sport scores, select a U.S. or world sports home page, and use the navigation bar to personalize links to your favorite team pages, city pages and scoreboards. The more than 100,000 pages of content include international sports coverage, award-winning photography, local sports for more than 150 cities, streaming video of press conferences, and a women's sports section. There are message boards, polls, quizzes, and community features, including chats with athletes, sports writers, and reporters. You can play free Fantasy Football and other fantasy sports. Visit The Ultimate Locker Room for sports merchandise. There are also in-depth features such as an article on the 25th anniversary of the "Swingin' A's", and questions from readers on the World Series.
http://CNNSI.com

The New Southern California Basketball Server
Got hoop dreams? Check out this website, which has original content and links to please anyone interested in basketball. The emphasis here is on youth basketball, coaching, and recruiting, but all levels of the sport are presented: prep, youth leagues and tournaments (local, state and national level), AAU, high school (US and Canada), college, pro, international, maccabi, and all men's and women's programs. This site is a great source of information on sports medicine, training, sports nutrition, and sports psychology. In addition there are news articles, video and book reviews, collectibles, merchandise, and trading cards.
http://home.earthlink.net/~jegesq/index.htm

The Science of Hockey
This site examines the science behind the game of hockey. It is part of a series of sports/science sites to come, sponsored by The San Francisco Exploratorium. The site includes interviews with players and coaches of the NHL's San Jose Sharks, and top scientists. There are RealVideo and RealAudio files as well as slow-motion highspeed QuickTime video movies. Some of the questions examined are: How do players slap a puck 100 miles per hour (making it the fastest moving object in any major professional team sport)? How fast is a goalie's reaction time (and how fast is yours)? How much energy is generated by a mid-ice collision? Scientists break down the mechanics and physics of skating, using the same technology developed for studying materials used in magnetic disk drives - and make startling new discoveries about the ice surface. This site is also a good place to find hockey and other sports links.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/hockey

Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC)
SPORTQuest master index for sport information on the Web has links to over 10,000 sites. These sites cover professional sports, Summer and Winter Olympics, newspapers, statistics and results, sports science, coaching, sports medicine, physical education, and more. Links to Super Bowl and NFL sites are categorized as Teams in the Running, Playoff Results, Next Playoff Games, Pre-Game Analysis, Super Bowls of the Past, and Most Valuable Players. In addition, there are listings for upcoming events and major sporting events, the SPORTDiscus bibliographic database, and a search engine for the site.

SearchSport
SearchSport is a search directory dedicated to sports only: a great place to find specific information that narrows down the search more quickly than using a big general search engine. Professional, college, and even high school sports are covered. Sports events, sports camps, associations, and clubs can be found here, as well as sports-related home pages. It is also a good place to look for sports equipment, magazines, and software. Sports listed here are many and diverse; here is a sample of some: archery, baseball, basketball, billiards, bowling, cycling, fencing, football, golf, gymnastics, jai alai, martial arts, rugby, skateboarding, skiing, squash, swimming, track and field, volleyball, wrestling.
http://www.oldsport.com/search/main.htm

Great Lakes Sport Fishing Council
This website has everything for the sport fisherman. Though it emphasizes the fishing and natural resources of the Great Lakes states, this site can direct you to information on sport fishing all over the USA and Canada, South Pacific fishing, and more. In addition to state and regional fishing pointers, you will find information on coast and saltwater fishing, flyfishing, ice fishing, and commercial fishing. If you are planning a vacation, look here for boats, outboard motors, boat charter services, tourist outfitters, marinas, motels, and resorts; including access for disabled fishers, and fishing for kids. Find bait and tackle shops, and where to buy fishing books, handcrafted rods, lures, maps, waterproof charts, mounts and release trophies. You can also find governmental agencies, the Coast Guard, clubs and societies, and links on environmental studies, the Endangered Species Act, American Indians and fishing, and aquaculture. Get fishing news updates here, weather and climate prediction, lake and river conditions, and find out about fishing software, outdoor magazines, fishery newsletters, and tournaments. You can also browse fishing photos, participate in the angler survey, or visit the chat room to swap stories about the one that got away.
http://www.execpc.com/~glsfc

The Martial Arts Menu Page
This extensive list includes the martial arts styles of Korea, Japan, Okinawa, China, the Philippines, Russia, Thailand, Hawaii, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, Burma, and Greece. There are links for many self defense systems, including kickboxing. Find here martial arts chat groups, FAQs, magazines, newsletters, and UseNet groups. There are martial arts associations and dojos, listings of tournaments and classes, plus equipment, dictionaries, and nutrition tips. Enthusiasts can enjoy martial arts MUDs, RPGs, and other games, plus books, manuals, videos, films, and software.
http://www.mindspring.com/~mamcgee/martial.arts.html

AKIDO Online
This web page has is the offical Akido Journal. There are photos and drawings of aikido techniques and of its founder, Morihei Uyeshiba. Find a martial arts school in your area; look up home pages of teachers and dojos, college programs, clubs and societies. There are also links to other sites..
http://www-cse.ucsd.edu/users/paloma/Aikido/AJ/

Atlanta Games
With solemn pageantry, a priestess in sandals lit the Olympic torch in a burnished-steel dish that magnified the sun's rays and set it on its journey from Greece to the Summer Games in Atlanta. American First Lady Hillary Clinton and Atlanta Olympics chief Billy Payne were among those present as the torch was lit in Olympia, site of the first recorded Olympics in 776 B.C. Consult this web page for information on games schedules, tickets, lodging in Atlanta, transportation, restaurants, nightlife and entertainment, history and tours of the Atlanta area, free events, events at other locations, Olympics arts programs, and news updates.
http://www.atlantagames.com/

The Physics of Fly Casting
This page presents a discussion of the physics involved in a fly cast, beginning with a very simple "freshman physics" picture and progressing to a more sophisticated model based on Lagrangian mechanics. It includes a link to a PostScript file that discusses the equations and shows the Fortran code used to produce the simulations. Figures show such things as the velocity history of the fly during the cast, for various types of fly line. Each line taper and density profile produces a characteristic velocity profile which can be used to compare the performance of different lines. A series of MPEG movies demonstrates the results: each sequence of frames represents the solution of the equations of motion for the fly line during a typical cast. In short, this website provides a field day for physicists and fishermen.
http://www.mit.edu:8001//people/kommers/fly.html

The Sports Network
This site has everything for the college and professional sports enthusiast. Baseball, football, hockey, golf, tennis, boxing, soccer, car racing, and horse racing are covered. Olympics coverage is soon to come. There are news stories, game previews, daily scores, odds, schedules and broadcasts, and team information. The Marketplace Directory has entries for stadiums & arenas, halls of fame, magazines & newsletters, agencies, sponsors, commissions, retailers and more.
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/

Negro Leagues Baseball Online Archives
Read about Willy Mays, Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, Satchel Paige, and other baseball greats here! The NLBOA contains museum-like exhibits of Negro Leagues baseball history, including player biographies, team profiles, articles on the historical, social and cultural aspects of pre-integration black baseball, and an online gift shop. The site provides a valuable resource for students, historians -- and, of course, plain old baseball fans -- interested in the contributions of African-Americans to theAmerican popular culture.

Chicago Barn to Wire
They used to call horse racing the sport of kings, but now even peons can keep up with the sport's latest developments on the Web. One site with both local and national angles is Chicago Barn to Wire. It covers thoroughbred racing in Chicago, but it also has links to nationwide media coverage and everything related to horseracing locally and beyond. Our last visit turned up a promising long-shot: Yes it Is at 15-to-1 in the first race at Hawthorne. Now if only we were betting folks.