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Sports Illustrated

9 October 201828 March 2020 ~ Pseudogryps

Sports Illustrated magazine has published several articles featuring or mentioning the California condor. In this post, I note and present photographs from a substantial article that appeared nearly 60 years ago.

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Jim Murray on sports

17 September 201828 March 2020 ~ Pseudogryps

For many years, the Los Angeles Times carried Jim Murray’s exuberant column on sports. The California condor was mentioned in at least of these 10 columns during the 1960s-1980s. This post offers an overview.

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Sports news

17 January 201628 March 2020 ~ Pseudogryps

Given the exceptional nature and notoriety of the California condor, it’s not surprising that the species has found its way into popular culture. Here are 3 examples — old and new — from the sports pages of major newspapers.

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Tennis players as birds

28 July 201528 March 2020 ~ Pseudogryps

Here’s how the chief sports writer for The Times [London] summarized Venus Williams’s victory over Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon in 2007:

The dying swan slunk out in her tutu, savaged to death by a giant bird of prey – a Californian condor, if you like.

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