Big Shots for July 16, 2010

As I fight through World Cup withdrawal - I may just have to fake an injury right here in the office - I'm happy to find that there's still plenty of sports action throughout the world. I'm looking forward to upcoming posts on the British Open and another on the Tour de France. Meanwhile there's beach volleyball in Switzerland - wait, there's a beach in Switzerland? - the Calgary Stampede rodeo in Canada, the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in North Carolina, and so much more. ( 25 photos total)

Sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica looks out from a door before a news conference to present the Paris Areva Golden League athletics meeting in Paris July 12. (REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer)

Workers remove the banner of former Cleveland Cavaliers NBA basketball star LeBron James in downtown Cleveland, Ohio July 11. James left the team to join the Miami Heat. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) #

Chicago Bulls fans react at Harry Caray's restaurant in Chicago July 8 while watching LeBron James announce on television that he will play for the Miami Heat. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) #

New Zealand All Blacks' Richie McCaw performs the haka before their Tri-Nations rugby match against South Africa's Springboks at Eden Park in Auckland July 10. (REUTERS/Phil Walter/Pool) #

Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates beating Marin Cilic of Croatia July 11 during their quarter-final Davis Cup match. (AFP/Getty Images) #

A bull charges a reveller during festivities in the bull ring following the running of the bulls during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 9. (REUTERS/Eloy Alonso) #

Cody Cassidy wrestles a steer during the Calgary Stampede in Calgary July 11. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh) #

England's Andrew Strauss dives to make his crease against Bangladesh during the Second One Day International cricket match at the County Ground in Bristol, England July 10. (AP Photo/David Jones/PA Wire) #

Todd Rogers plays the ball during the final at the Beachvolley Worldtour July 11 in Gstaad, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone/Jean-Christophe Bott) #

Kazakhstan's Olga Rypakova competes in the women's triple jump during the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting July 8 in Lausanne. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images) #

The Seattle Mariners' Russell Branyan powders his bat as he waits in the on-deck circle against the Kansas City Royals during an MLB baseball game July 6 in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) #

A player measures the distance between petanque bowls during the semi-final of the "Mondial La Marseillaise de Petanque" in Marseille July 8. Petanque originated from the 1900s in Provence. (REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier) #

Butch Stanley throws the hammer during the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in Linville, N.C. July 9. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) #

Aretha D. Thurmond of the US competes in the discus at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Lausanne July 8. (REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud) #

Sumo wrestlers walk towards an arena for their bouts at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya July 15. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa) #

Children play soccer on a field in front of the historic Victoria Memorial monument, built by the British during colonial rule, in Kolkata July 2. (REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri) #

Pakistani children play basketball in an Islamabad slum July 12. (FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images) #

Former tennis pros Goran Ivanisevic (foreground) and John McEnroe play a charity tennis match in the Dubrovnik Old City main square July 8. The money raised will be donated to a local children's hospital. (REUTERS/Nikola Solic) #

Fans celebrate and welcome the Dutch national football team in Amsterdam July 13 after the team reached the finals of the World Cup. Thousands of fans decked out in orange cheered during a boat parade down the canals of Amsterdam. (JOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images) #

Fans wave flags as they wait for the arrival of the World Cup-winning Spanish football team in Madrid July 12. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) #

Alex Tagliani races around the track in the first practice session for the Toronto INDY auto race in Toronto July 16. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn) #

The men's eight oars with coxswain start a heat during the rowing World Cup on the Rotsee lake near Lucerne, Switzerland July 9. (AP Photo/Keystone/Sigi Tischler) #

Caland (right) with jockey Josef Bartos crosses a lake on the way to winning the 'Seejagdrennen' race at the gallop derby in Hamburg July 13. (REUTERS/Christian Charisius) #

Texas Rangers bullpen coach Andy Hawkins tries to clear the storm drains in the Rangers' dugout during a thunderstorm at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas July 6 before the MLB baseball game against the Cleveland Indians. (AP Photo/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Max Faulkner) #

Marcus Rogan comes up for air as he swims in the 200m backstroke final during the Los Angeles Grand Prix of swimming July 9 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) #

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Big Shots for July 16, 2010