Entries Tagged as 'News/Politics'
One thing that I didn’t write on last week, but the mainstream media made a big thing out of was the status of the NFL Lockout. A lot has been made of Judge Susan Richard Nelson’s suggestion that the sides continue to negotiate while she finalizes her ruling on the player’s lawsuit to end the […]
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I guess the NCAA isn’t just going to let Ohio State punish football coach Jim Tressel with a five game suspension next season. The NCAA seems a little pissed off. In a “notice of allegations” sent to the school, the organization said that the alleged violations relating to the coach are considered “potential major violations,” […]
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One can only be saddened about the situation between Miami Dolphins receiver Brandon Marshall and his wife. Last Friday afternoon, authorities say Michi Nogami-Marshall stabbed her husband in the abdomen with a kitchen knife. She is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and is free on $7,500 bail. Ms. Nogami-Marshall told investigators she […]
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A Major League Baseball player that hits .750 would be the best player on the planet, and a case can now be made that Barry Bonds, already the sport’s all time home run king is truly Hall of fame material after being convicted of only 1 of the 4 counts against him in Federal Court. […]
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A few months ago, I found a story detailing how liberals showed 8-10 point higher IQs. The study continues…. The study, published in the April 7 issue of Current Biology and led by Ryota Kanai of the University College London, says that people who identified themselves as liberals generally had a larger anterior cingulate cortex […]
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We talk about the huge sums of money that are being thrown around colleges and universities in this country while the NCAA steadfastly refuses to pay athletes. But, open payments might lead to lower possibility of the worst nightmare of sports – point shaving and throwing games. Take the 10 indictments that were passed out […]
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Have we seen the last of Manny Ramirez? Last week, rather than take a 100 game suspension for a second failed drug test, the now-Tampa Bay Rays DH decided to retire. Ramirez put up prodigious numbers – 550 home runs, a .315 lifetime batting average; he is only 1 of 5 players in history to […]
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