End of an era (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
LONG BEACH - In the days leading up to the open house at the Press-Telegram, there was a betting pool among the newspaper's executives to see how many people would actually show up, said Editorial Pages Editor Larry Allison....more...NBX.com Launches Free Perfect Picks Contest With $5,000 Cash Prize to Players Who Pick All NFL Games Right Any Given (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SARATOGA, Calif.----NBX.com, a fantasy sports web site, has launched its newest game, NBX Perfect Picks, a free to play contest that allows sports fans the opportunity to win $5,000 by simply picking each NFL game correctly any given week during the regular season, it was announced today....more... Beware the boxing doubleheader (The Sweet Science)
All anyone will be able to talk about is when Bob Arum is going to put Cotto and Margarito in the same ring, at the same time....more... London midday: Miners give Footsie a boost (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Miners now occupy all of the top slots on the FTSE 100 leaderboard. Lonmin and Antofagasta were early risers on higher metal prices. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto also pushed ahead on the back of production updates and a pick in base metal prices....more... Ng throws a challenge (The Electric New Paper)
HE pipped 3,523 callers to win the top prize in The New Paper-Philips Top Tipster contest last week. But what Ng Wee Tsung really wants is to have a crack at The New Paper's tipsters....more... Tera Patrick's Fashion Underground, Britney Exposed and AVN Nominations (DVD Talk)
One of the more appealing titles of the week was Tera Patrick's Fashion Underground ; notable as Tera's return to doing men other than her talented husband sexually (in two scenes at that): Paul Thomas has been directing at Vivid Entertainment for many years now, sometimes showing the spark of creativity when all the elements come together....more... Bryant Gumbel? Yuck, can I put all this behind me? (San Francisco Chronicle)
So I'm watching Thursday night's Bengals-Ravens game on NFL Network (yeah, the column is a little late, stuff happens) and the first voice I hear is Bryant Gumbel. I can't take it. I keep waiting for the women's luge results from Nagano, or some syrupy... ...more... Beware of underdog (Tulsa World)
OU is on a seven-game win streak and is ranked 11 spots higher than Nebraska. The Sooners won the South Division, widely regarded as tougher than the North. And OU is a 3[ 189]-point favorite to beat the Huskers....more... A learned Fool spouts off on Big Mac, the Raiders, Giant headaches and more (San Francisco Chronicle)
The haze of vacation fogs my usually razor-sharp mind. Must focus . . . must stop watching abhorrent "yelling sportswriters" show. OK, questions: Where am I? What am I doing? Where am I going? Answers: I'm at the corner of 5th and Mission. I'm columnizin' and... ...more... |