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- Miami is in the hunt for Erick Dampier or Nazr Mohammed, it's prime bait being Caron Butler, a Heat hearing aide reports.... |
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- Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio, however, said Saturday that the Redskins are just one of several teams that called recently about trading for Mark Brunell instead of waiting for Jacksonville to release the 33-year-old former starter next month. San Diego,... |
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- Walt Harris is in trouble. The man who brought the Pitt program from the lowest level of Division I-A to respectability and beyond will be coaching for his job next season. Harris is feeling heat from the team's fan base,... |
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- The Cubs are perceived as leaders in the painfully slow race for Greg Maddux. But the Giants could emerge as a surprise alternative. The Giants are famous for their stealthy ways, and they might wind up pulling off the surprise... |
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- "There was paranoia in the Jewish community, Berger said, and, in some quarters, a quiet reluctance to support a Jewish candidate because of worries about anti-Semitism."'But a lot of Jews also rallied behind him -- a lot of Jews who hadn't given money before gave,' he said. 'But a lot of Jewish donors are very sophisticated and had longstanding relationships with [Dick] Gephardt and [John] Kerry, so there has been a lot of double-dipping.'" |
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- Conn Smythe winner J-S Giguere is on the auction block, even if the Mighty Ducks have been circumspect about keeping his name out of the papers that are filled with speculation about goaltenders Sean Burke, Olaf Kolzig, Tommy Salo and... |
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- Robert Lang is a $5 million-a-season center at the top of his craft, the Washington Capitals' lone all-star representative and the second-leading scorer in the league. On the ice this weekend, Lang will skate with the biggest names in hockey.... |
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- Cavan 0-07 Limerick 0-11 |
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- Interior Department officials have agreed to meet with leaders of a group that forced its way onto the family ranch of President Vicente Fox, a department spokesman reported Sunday. |
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- The St. Augustine Record is reporting Public officials, ignorant of the law or paralyzed by suspicion, regularly thwart citizens exercising their constitutional right to inspect public records, a statewide audit has found. While journalists and attorneys enjoy the benefits of Florida's open government laws, the same rights are not always granted to Florida's other residents. The governor's office was the only one of six state agencies audited that failed to comply with the public records law. Some government agencies tried to justify their suspicions by citing heightened security concerns brought on by the Sept. |
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- A real Nixon Library - LA Times has a story today about the Nixon Presidential Papers finally being given to the library. |
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- A woman leaves $1 million dollars to her hometown library. "Now I'm at peace because I'm here in the hospice and the library will get the gift," Wright told Simerson shortly before her death. "I'm so happy that I could help out my hometown." |
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- It remains uncertain, even unlikely, that the cash-strapped Cardinals can sign free-agent pitcher Greg Maddux. But it won't be for lack of a personal touch. Tony La Russa is one of at least three National League managers known to have... |
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- Carolina Hurricanes center Rod Brind'Amour continues to be the center of rumors that he will be traded to the Devils or another playoff-bound team. However, Brind'Amour said no one from the Hurricanes has asked him to waive his no-trade clause.... |
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- I sat around with 37 strangers yesterday morning talking politics for 2.5 hours. It was a conversation in which Kerry's... |
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- Here are the beat reporters stories on Pitt's 66-58 win over ND. My write-up is here. The Chicago Tribune felt the game ended 5 minutes into the second half. With 14:43 left in the game, Jaron Brown's three-pointer from the right baseline merely exten |
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- Joke via e-mail... Until now nobody had made a scientific study of the caloric content of different sexual activities. Now after "original and proprietary" research they are proud to present the results. REMOVING HER CLOTHES: With her consent....................... |
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- It's interesting to learn that the Bears are viewed around the league as a great measuring stick for Maurice Clarett's value. The team has a need at running back and is expected to select one relatively high in the draft.... |
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- The word "blame" was avoided, never explicitly stated. In fact, ex-St. John's coach Mike Jarvis' name was never even spoken. But the Rev. Donald J. |
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- The Celtics and Clippers are interested in acquiring SuperSonics swingman Brent Barry, and the Knicks are said to have some interest in Celtics troubled forward Vin Baker.... |
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- As if the NHL doesn't have enough to deal with these days, Richard Rodier, a lawyer in Toronto, wants to acquire an NHL team and move it to the Copps Coliseum in nearby Hamilton, Ontario. Chances are that the Maple... |
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- The Cubs are prepared to wait on Greg Maddux as long as he wants, even if Maddux holds out until the start of spring training before deciding where he wants to play. Maddux told the Las Vegas Sun he has... |
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- Nice band, Shut Up and Die, they rock...Nordland I/II-Bathory |
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- According to league sources, only one team is on the block now - it's a private sale - and Michael Jordan isn't involved. He took a cursory look into buying the Hawks, creating some buzz in Atlanta, but backed off.... |
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- NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman emphasized the dire nature of the league's finances and suggested that the union realizes the gravity of the crisis despite its public position.... |
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- Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth staged a special concert that made Janet Jackson's breast-baring look like nursery school antics and left Catholi... |
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- Like European politicians who continue to block any mention of Christianity in the draft of the continent's Constitution, public officials around the ... |
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- By Christina Toth | Since the current Abbotsford city council was elected just over a year ago, it has declared Abbotsford a 'harm reduction free zon... |
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- Lead disappears, and streak with it The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Feb 8 2004... |
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- This is interesting. I went to the first link you posted and found a copy of a letter: UNAUTHORIZED USE OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX PROPERTIES |
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- The Browns want to resolve quarterback Tim Couch's future with the club quickly. GM Carmen Policy plans to meet with Couch privately this week to open negotiations designed to reduce Couch's scheduled salary from $7.6 million. Browns sources said they... |
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- Hawks get break in schedule The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Feb 8 2004... |
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- The NHL's career wins leader among goaltenders, Patrick Roy said he is not yet interested in coaching in the NHL or working in management. "As we speak, at the moment, it's not something I've thought about," he said. "I'm very... |
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- Spring training is only 12 days away, and the future of Nomar Garciaparra remains terribly unclear. The Red Sox are saying little. Garciaparra's camp is saying less. And all things considered, one must assume that to be a relatively good... |
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- "Justice returns to area": Today's issue of The Daily Local News of West Chester, Pa. contains this article. |
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- Let's say the Blazers hold onto Rasheed Wallace past the Feb. 19 trade deadline and let him walk at season's end as a free agent. Their salary cap will still be $47.5 million for next season, meaning they won't have... |
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- After reading the report of his unhappiness with his contract and the possibility he could hold out this summer, Broncos RB Clinton Portis confirmed Saturday that The Denver Post story in Thursday's paper was fully accurate. Up until Saturday, Portis... |
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- Don't expect Terry Stotts to be around long, either. As soon as the Hawks get their new ownership in place, he is expected by many to be replaced by Doc Rivers, who was fired by Orlando early this season.... |
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- There is an excellent post over at Silent Running which explains, in depth, why the Democrats lie about Bush being AWOL is pure bullshit. No, it's worse than that. It's despicable bullshit. The fact that Terry McAuliffe would continue to... |
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- Read at a tournament yesterday where they had a four-team field and an eight-team field. The four-team field played a... |
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- NOT PROVEN: Alleged terrorist Mzoudi beamed after the court set him free |
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- LGF points to some interesting happenings in Germany: Police in Germany's Rhineland-Palatinate state searched dozens of mosques and Islamic organizations Friday, detaining one man,... |
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- Spins and losses: Skiles looks at bright side Chicago Sun-Times Feb 8 2004... |
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- Washington Capitals all-star center Robert Lang said Saturday he wouldn't be surprised if he and other high-salaried teammates, including goalie Olaf Kolzig, are traded before the end of the season as the team tries to reduce what is expected to... |
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- I DIDN'T SEE BUSH'S MEET THE PRESS APPEARANCE -- the Insta-Daughter and I were watching SpongeBob (the episode where he invents colored Crabby Patties) and making invisible ink from a recipe in a book of kitchen science experiments. (I'm pretty sure that white vinegar works better than the balsamic kind).... |
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- I DIDN'T SEE BUSH'S MEET THE PRESS APPEARANCE -- the Insta-Daughter and I were watching SpongeBob (the episode where he invents colored Crabby Patties) and making invisible ink from a recipe in a book of kitchen science experiments. (I'm pretty sure that white vinegar works better than the balsamic kind).... |
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- The Washington Redskins are close to reaching an agreement to acquire three-time Pro Bowl quarterback Mark Brunell from the Jacksonville Jaguars, a team source confirmed yesterday. Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs was planning to meet the 33-year-old Brunell on Monday at... |
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