Nov 6, 2011 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
The Boston Herald: NEW YORK -- After eight and a half hours of negotiation ending at 1:30 Sunday morning, the NBA has pointed a loaded offer at the pocket of the Players Association. Saying his side is taking the suggested compromises of federal mediator George Cohen, commissioner David Stern gave the players’ union until the close of ...
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Harrisburg, PA (AP) – An explosive sex abuse scandal and allegations of a cover-up rocked Happy Valley after former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, once considered Joe Paterno's heir apparent, was charged with sexually assaulting eight boys over 15 years. Among the allegations was that a graduate assistant saw Sandusky assault a boy ...
Continue ReadingNov 5, 2011 2 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(AP) SHANGHAI -- Tiger Woods' former caddie has caused another sensation, this time by using a racial slur to disparage his old boss during a caddies award roast in Shanghai. Steve Williams received a mock award Friday night for "Celebration of the Year" for his TV interview after Adam Scott won the Bridgestone Invitational. That ...
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Sports Grid: Last Friday in Scottsdale, Ariz., Notre Dame Prep beat Horizon High School 31-28…but at one point during the game, fans’ cameras focused not on the field, but something happening thousands of feet – or MILLIONS OF LIGHT YEARS – above it: This is creepier than the Notre Dame “UFO sighting” for a few reasons. ...
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Los Angeles Times: Reporting from St. Louis -- The Texas Rangers were one strike away from their first World Series title in the ninth inning. They were a strike away from their first World Series title again in the 10th inning. But both times the St. Louis Cardinals rallied before eventually stealing a 10-9 win that ...
Continue ReadingOct 24, 2011 17 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Bush, last night: And then, you have a not-so-American girl try the same:
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Los Angeles Times: LAS VEGAS -- Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after his car became ensnarled in a fiery 15-car pileup on Lap 13, flew over another vehicle and landed in a catch fence just outside Turn 2. The 33-year-old racer was a two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, including this ...
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Sports Grid: On the 16th hole at the Frys.com Open, a man rushed Tiger Woods and threw a hot dog at him, and then laid face down with his hands behind his back as security rushed him.
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They say it comes in 3's. If so, who's next? OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Al Davis, the renegade owner of the Oakland Raiders who bucked NFL authority while exhorting his silver-and-black team to "Just win, baby!," died Saturday. He was 82. The Hall of Famer died at his home in Oakland, the team said. The ...
Continue ReadingOct 4, 2011 23 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Hank Williams, Jr., left, Merle Haggard, right. On Monday night, Hank Williams, Jr. issued the following statement on his website after being fired from Monday Night Football by ESPN. “Some of us have strong opinions and are often misunderstood. My analogy was extreme – but it was to make a point. I was simply trying to explain ...
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Politico: Hank Williams Jr., the voice famous asking millions of football fans whether they’re ready for some football, has been pulled from tonight’s broadcast of “Monday Night Football” over a comment he made on Fox News this morning. Williams, who sings the lead-in song to the game each week, criticized the president for his golf summit with ...
Continue ReadingSep 18, 2011 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
CNN LAS VEGAS – In one of the most stunning, dramatic and bizarre finishes in years, Floyd Mayweather floored WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz near the end of the fourth round on Saturday with a left, then a hard right hand while Ortiz appeared to be apologizing after an intentional head butt. Ortiz went down in ...
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The Daily Mail: It’s not the sort of thing most fans want to go through before a football match, but security checks are going to get a whole lot tougher. The NFL wants the 16.6 million fans expected to attend live regular season games this season to go through ‘enhanced’ pat-downs. All 32 clubs have been asked to ...
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Los Angeles Times: A football fan who angered another man by not standing during the singing of the national anthem allegedly pulled out a Taser and jolted his heckler Sunday, sparking pandemonium in a crowd already edgy on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The incident occurred during the Dallas Cowboys-New York Jets ...
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The Hill: President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress was watched by 31 million television viewers, according to Nielsen. Eleven networks carried the president's Thursday evening jobs speech, which began shortly after 7 p.m. EDT. The NFL season opener between the Green Bay Packers and the New Orleans Saints, which began after Obama's speech ended, drew ...
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