According to this from ESPN, Florida State coach Bobby Bowden will announce his retirement tommorow, ending a storied career spanning four decades. Bowden will finish with 2 National Championships (1993 and 1999), 12 conference championships since joining the ACC in 1991, a bowl record of 21-10-1 (second all-time in bowl wins, behind Joe Paterno), and an overall record of 388–141–4… Read more »
As a police manhunt continues for Maurice Clemmons, suspected in the execution of four Lakewood, WA police officers this weekend, Mike Huckabee is trying to dodge blame for his decision to commute the sentence of Clemmons while Governor of Arkansas in 2000. Huckabee called it a failure of the justice system. I call it a failure of the Governor. Clemmons… Read more »
In light of the discussion here about the relative strength of different college football conferences, I decided to review the performance of each conference in BCS games since the BCS’s inception in 1998. For comparing conference strength, this is a reasonable metric because it’s a focused sample where the best teams from different conferences play each other in meaningful games…. Read more »
Oregon just finished a dramatic double OT victory over Arizona in Tucson which means that the December 3rd Civil War between Oregon and Oregon State will decide the conference champion and Rose Bowl opponent for Ohio State.
If you were a kid in the late 80’s and early 90’s chances are you saw The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. The 52 episode series ran Monday through Friday and featured live actors playing the characters of Mario and Luigi. You may remember it for its memorable opening theme song. Mario was played by “Captain” Lou Albano, who passed… Read more »
Mike Blowers knows baseball, after all he played in the Major’s for ten years. Even with that depth of knowledge who could have predicted the events of September 27, 2009. As part of the days pre-game show, Blowers, a radio and TV comentator for the Mariner’s, was asked for a prediction for the days game as part of a regular… Read more »
Let me open by saying, what the HELL is wrong with you people?!?! How in the WORLD can you possibly be standing up in defense of Roman Polanski? I don’t care how great a director he is or how many awards he has won, the man is a monster who deserves to be put in jail for his crimes. You… Read more »
USC running back Stafon Johnson was injured today in a weight room accident while bench pressing when the bar slipped from his hands and landed on his throat. According to the trainer, a spotter was on hand at the time. Johnson was taken to the hospital and into emergency surgery. No word yet on the extent of the injury or… Read more »
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Back in January, gadget blog Gizmodo stumbled across a Japanese-made action figure of newly elected President Obama. The highly detailed figure included, among many accessories, a lightsaber, as seen in this shot: Yesterday, at a White House event supporting Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics, we found out that this action figure was eerily foresighted, as Obama revealed his Jedi… Read more »