Eddie Izzard On The Run For Charity

Does this count as sports? Stunt? Spectacle? Yes, it’s all of the above, and all for a good cause, too. By the end of the day Thursday, the British stand-up comedian and actor Eddie Izzard will have run the equivalent of four marathons in four days, as he runs around the United Kingdom (UK) for the charity Sport Relief.

His 30-day run will take him from London, England to Cardiff, Wales to Belfast, Northern Ireland to Edinburgh, Scotland and back to London. If you’re not up on your UK geography, get out a map. It’s quite a substantial loop, totally more than 1,000 miles, which works out to about 30 marathons in a month.

Ryan Leaf Intercepted Yet Again

Charger fans have heard this before, only this time they're cheering.

The man who threw 36 interceptions in 25 career games was detained at the U.S.-Canada border Wednesday.  The former #2 pick in the NFL (behind Peyton Manning) had a warrant out for his arrest, stemming from drug and burglary charges.  He had been given a Thursday deadline by the Texas DA to turn himself in, or the bounty hunters would be sent to British Columbia looking for him.

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Over 7,000 athletes head out to sea at the North Bondi Classic Ocean Swim in Sydney, Australia. Swimmers as young as 10 take part in one of the largest ocean swimming events in the world.