'The Best Game There Is' Gets Even Better (The Tampa Tribune)
Seven years ago, ESPN ranked its top sports rivalries of the 20th century. The leading vote-getters were predictable....more...This isn't 'The Game' I remember (Detroit News)
It is a cockeyed part of our American culture that the football coaches who control the muscles of our youth acquire more notoriety-- and earn higher wages -- than the university presidents who teach similar youth to operate their brains....more... Greatest game ever until the rematch (Barker Davis / THE WASHINGTON TIMES) (The Washington Times)
Michigan coach Lloyd Carr: "We've played this game now, Michigan vs. Ohio State, for 102 years, and this is the first time in over a century of playing that both teams are ranked 1-2."...more... Denver City State Capital Building Uran Snow Rail Jam (Natives.co.uk)
The foliage surrounding Denver's Civic Center Park screamed out autumn, with the final leaves of the season making a last ditch effort to retain their photosynthetic effects of the past six months....more... NBC to field online Olympic stream; DVDs teach babies how to be sports fans (USA Today)
NBC this week suggested that what seemed impossible in the 20th century now seems inevitable: live online video coverage of the Olympics. NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol told Advertising Age that the network is "in a position to live-stream" from 800 to 1,000 hours of live action from the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics....more... The Nosebleed Section #85: One Year Later (Lords of Pain)
Nobody said a word. Not one. It?s simply amazing how fast we?ll forget around these parts. We die-hard wrestling fans love to ridicule the WWE for treating us like we?re all children (which most wrestling fans may be anyway)....more... Buccigross: Sneak peek at 'Jonesy,' future Hall of Famers (ESPN)
The deadline has been met and the beer has been opened. John Buccigross gives us a sneak peek at his new book and gives his list of future Hall of Famers....more... From The Archives (The Express-Times)
Playoff nirvana This is simply a great weekend of football. We are down to the semifinals in the sectional playoffs, a system that will leave 20 teams chanting "We are No. 1" after it all shakes out....more... Country Music Icon Randy Owen of Alabama and Country Star Blake Shelton Join Anastasia Brown as Judges for Season 5 of (Broadcast Newsroom)
NASHVILLE , Tenn., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 20,000 singers auditioned nationwide over the past few months and thousands more submitted via tape for USA's hit talent search NASHVILLE STAR. As the selection narrows to find the final 10 that will be part of the show's fifth season premiere on Thursday, January 11 ( 10pm /9 Central), Grammy Award winner Randy Owen and country star Blake Shelton ...more... |