Yay Me !

I don't write about work as it would soon take over this blog and that's not what this is about. But I do have to toot my own horn because...well.. ... that resembles football games, with blocking and diversion a big part of it.) Individual day parts ... the stations to advertisers. So when the sales team are shaking your hand, slapping you on the back [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 11:11:00

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Game #33: Marquette vs St. John’s - 2009 Big East Tournament Round 2

You’re going to either define your moment or let the moment define you ... East Tournament for this St. John’s Red Storm team, beaten like a rug by 10 or more points ... and more like a Donkey Punch ( movie trailer, SAFE for work ). St. John’s turned the ball over 24 times [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 16:00:56

Loose Lips Daily: Media-Council Hoops Showdown Today!

As much local politics as humanly possible. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com ... Michelle Rhee’s Schedule “; “ Conservative Catfight Over DeMint Quote ” Morning all, and here’ ... , unilaterally changed the team name from “Damn Media” to something involving the word “hoopsters.” [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 15:39:37

So, why did Terrell Owens sign faster than Marvin Harrison did?

Please permit me to be the last to comment on the charade that is Terrell Owens signing a (snicker) one year deal with the Buffalo Bills ... better, is faster, run better routes, wins more games, and is a better teammate. Both men were drafted ... by a team because of his attitude. Yet, despite his cancerous presence in locker rooms and his over-rated [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 16:26:52

More Morning Skate: Blues for Montreal

AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan RemiorzCenter of the storm: Bob Gainey conducting his first practice as interim coach of the Canadiens on Tuesday ... have underperformed, the team has had some significant deficiencies and some very questionable ... and hockey’s most storied team, now in full rebirth. It was all going to culminate in another Stanley Cup [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 19:54:42

A Window of Opportunity for St. John’s

After getting off to a 9-1 start this season against some weak competition, St. John’s fell fast and hard ... some very good cards throughout the year with Mason going down, losing our point guard for nine games ... of its last five before the postseason.“A lot of hard work is paying off,” forward Sean Evans said. “ [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 01:26:16

Surgery only keeping A-Rod circus alive

These days, it isn't enough to fuel an ego larger than Texas, take your hacks in the playoffs and come up with air, ... in Mark Teixeira this off-season to add some punch to a team that couldn't pick up an ailing ... games of the 2009 season or so, Teixeira is going to be expected to produce immediately. Forget [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 04:36:07

Ortiz Tries to Explain Losses to the Netherlands

SAN JUAN, P.R. — Major league scouts were surely watching the little-known pitchers from the Netherlands tease and challenge the mighty Dominican ... for answers. Ortiz disclosed that the Dominicans had a few team workouts before spring training and were ... , was on the Netherlands team. So there was no way Ortiz knew anything about Leon Boyd, who saved [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 14:40:10

Mr. March

by Ben Osborne We gave  a quick review of Seth Davis’ new book, When March Went Mad , in SLAM 126 , but given its perfect timing and the chance to interview its author, the ubiquitous Davis, who will be all over your TV screen during CBS’ coverage of the NCAA Tournament and also stays busy writing for SI and SI [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 06:30:43

Could Danny Ferry Build the Cavs Without Lebron?

Scott R. Galvin / API was reading  two articles at the Plain Dealer this morning talking about Danny Ferry’s career as an NBA executive thus far ... after reading these articles if I thought Danny Ferry would be capable of building a winner in a post ... Hughes played in only 36 games scoring 15.5 points.  Marshall contributed 9.3 points per game, but shot [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 14:00:09

A Decision on Wieters...

It's no secret that everyone has had their eyes on Oriole standout prospect Matt Wieters, and the now the debate that many are having is this: ... office to keep him on the team to start the season. It probably would make the most sense ... and power numbers at the plate while playing in high Class A ball and Double-A last season: Walks: 82 [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 19:41:16

Amber Alert App Languishes in Approval Limbo — Dev Writes Open Letter to Steve Jobs

Longtime reader and tipster The Reptile wrote in to tell us about Fortune ’s coverage of the iPhone Amber Alert app and its problem getting into the ... of several O’Reilly books, has hit on something that might work. It’s an open letter to Steve Jobs ... games making so much money, no one really cares about the rest? Full text of the letter after [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 15:11:18

Atlanta’s Political Sweepstakes – The 2009 Mayor’s Race

Maynard Eaton, Guest Commentary - “They’re all good people, but Mayor Franklin is going to be a hard act to follow,” –Roswell Mayor Jere Wood on Atlanta mayoral candidates. Much like the Olympic Games, every four years the local electorate and politicos across the nation are enthralled by Atlanta’s championship [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 22:13:42

As he saw it -- a conversation about life behind the umpire's mask

My college friend Bruce Weber, a reporter for the New York Times, is the author of "As They See `Em -- A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires" being published this month by Scribner.  The following is a lightly edited transcript of our recent e-mail exchange: EZ:  Take me through the logistics of reporting and writing this book [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 03:13:59

Foreign Exchange

by Donovan Aird They may have been intimidated, if they hadn’t already been fearless enough to chase their dreams oceans away from home ... s basketball team of San Luis Obispo, Calif. He speaks of his Cougars’ 73-71 loss November 28 ... Schumacher, once the leading scorer for the Luxembourg Senior National Team. “I want to try [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 18:02:28

The Post Up: A Little Mo

by Holly MacKenzie After Monday night’s action, last night just wasn’t the same. The Suns/Mavs game was a good one and the Bobcats gave the Spurs a run for their money until about midway through the fourth, but there wasn’t anything that had me hopping like Monday. BETCATS has to be happy with the way his squad is playing [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 13:00:51

Tourney Talk with Andy Cox of Crashing the Dance

Andy Cox, the man behind Crashing the Dance , agreed to answer a couple questions about Michigan’s tournament chances and what he does over on his ... and the model seems to work quite well. CTD got 32 of 34 at large teams correct and seeded 82% of them within ... like sparklines (Michigan: ) which detail a team’s season in just a few pixels or the [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 13:44:17

Reminder: D.C. Council vs. Media Basketball Game

Martin already told you all about it , but we wanted to remind all of our readers that tickets are available for this afternoon's D.C. Council vs. Media basketball game, which precedes the annual City Title games. Tip off for the Council vs ... Association (DCIAA) and the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC). Duck out of work early [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 15:42:26

3G Studios Scores Big Hit with Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009

RENO, Nev. - March 11, 2009 - 3G Studios, Inc. responded to reports that the game has sold over 500,000 units and is an NPD Top Seller ... to have opened the door for additional workout and health based games to enter the market going forward ... is fantastic to work with. We had a blast trying to keep up with her.” Analyst Michael Pachter [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 15:47:49

CBS Online March Madness Coverage Poised To Take Over The World [March Madness]

CBSSports.com is again offering March Madness On Demand, streaming live all games of the NCAA men's basketball tournament for free ... . This will of course dominate your every waking moment at work and enslave us all. NCAA VOD: The Best of March ... highlights from recently played games as well as "NCAA March Madness Memories," which features [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 16:45:13

Live Blog: Manchester United 2, Inter Milan 0

The Journal’s Marcus Walker live blogged off a telecast of this Champions League meeting between two of the world’s iconic teams ... . In today’s other Champions League games, Barcelona has beaten Lyon, the French champions, 5-2 and goes ... score is 1-1 with no goals scored by the away team. Thirty minutes of extra time, and perhaps [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 17:46:07

Shemeji Entangles a Married Kenyan Man

At a time when the thinking at KSB was that 2009 would be a scandal-free year, Kenya-Stockholm scandals continue to mount and a long Q is on the door way. In another developing story that is probably too sensitive to be mentioned, Shemeji Mrembo has caught the attention of a married Kenyan man who has kids to boot. It is understood that the guy ( [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 23:33:27

CP+B: Loved, Loathed But Never Ignored

Whopper Virgins by CP+B Crispin, Porter + Bogusky is an advert­ising agency that, to say the least, divides opinion. When bestowing its coveted agency of the year award for 2008 on CP+B, the US trade magazine Ad Age sounded almost apologetic, acknowledging that the announcement meant that “any number of curmudgeonly bloggers and envious [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 15:47:14

Mike Woodson vs Josh Smith

by Marcel Mutoni Both men say their latest misunderstanding is a thing of the past, and it could very well be, ... laid at Woodson’s feet. From the AJC : Sixty-two games into the season, Mike Woodson ... in the first half that Woodson felt the player had undercut his authority and was ripping the team apart [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 14:00:08

Posts about cricket as of March 11, 2009

Things Heard: e58v3 - stonescryout.org 03/11/2009 Church as a noetic Jeremiah . “Hope he fails” and a little hypocrisy from the left via cricket races . Those last moments and eschatological fate . Time on hand . Geek chic . Mean Wednesday Highlights - pseudopolymath.com 03/11/2009 Good morning [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 13:50:26

Voters’ Obama Folly Coming Home to Roost

Voters’ Obama Folly Coming Home to Roost By Kyle-Anne Shiver It’s only been 7 weeks since the man whose resume fits nicely on the back ... -up games with the hoops.   That famed transition team — the team that was given greater inside ... peril, even as the transition team dithered, one would have thought that fully staffing [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 14:09:23

Blue Dragon Plus (DS): RTS/RPG Strategy at its best

We're big-time strategy fans, and it's nice to see a DS game that's as dedicated to those of us who enjoy a good RPG as Blue Dragon Plus is. One of the reasons for this little game's appeal is the work put into it by Final Fantasy vets ... to RTS strategy games (if not, you're going to want to use the tutorial to get the basics down [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 17:42:00

In Luuurrrrve

At the weekend I was driving on an errand and I happened to pass PC World. While I’m not a fan of PC World particularly, I do like to drop in as I pass by to browse the laptops and netbooks, particularly the netbooks as it’s the only place you really get to compare one against another. I noticed they were selling the HP Mininote 2133 for £200 [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 15:43:23

Around The SEC East - 3/11/09

Here are this morning’s one-liners links from across the East Division: USC:  In a league of youth and inexperience, ... to be named to the SEC’s All-Freshman team. UGA:  Roger Clarkson of The Athens Banner-Herald believes ... if they’d won at least a handful of conference games.) UGA:  Dennis Felton isn’t talking to the media [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 14:36:01

Browns release Jurevicius

By Don Delco NoLogoNeeded.com staff writer Breaking news happening Wednesday night when most people were settling into watch a new ... Jurevicius, who the team cut this evening. "These types of decisions are always difficult ones ... ." Jurevicius played in 29 games for the Browns in 2006 and 2007 and combined for 90 receptions, 1,109 [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 00:32:55

Pinocchio 70th Anniversary 2 Disc Platinum Edition Blu Ray Review

Gepetto lived alone in his workshop, surrounded by the toys he hand crafted. His only companions are Figaro, a black and white kitten and Cleo, the goldfish. One night, while finishing up a wooden marionette he has been carving, Gepetto made a wish upon the wishing star for a son to raise and love [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 20:58:14

Warhammer 40k Dawn of War II is Number One PC Game

THQ would like us all to know that their recently-released Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II debut at number one in PC game sales last week. The feat was measured by the NPD Group as well as Chart-Trak.GamingShogun team members ... s success clearly demonstrates our primary objective of delivering high quality games with strong global [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 21:05:17

Pedro Should Not Be Back With the Mets

As seen on NY Mets Global Yesterday ESPN 1050 am reported in its blog that Buster Olney said there is “no chance” that the Mets resign Pedro ... over two games, had great control and showed the ability to strikeout hitters on the surprisingly good Netherlands team. The combination of Pedro’s performance in the WBC, and the struggles of Livan [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 15:12:00

Orlando Magic: A Season to Remember

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Date: 2009-03-11 17:34:46

What Losing Streak?

“We just showed those two guys who got in a fight and a little bit hurt, that we’re willing to work hard for them ... ? Work. Team. Plugging away. War. Character. Courageous. For about 45 minutes on Sunday, that’ ... . We wanted to show to them that we are a team. So we kept plugging away, plugging away and we were [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 16:34:33

Three Days of Resident Evil 5 (Day 1): Interview With Lead Composer Kota Suzuki

Looking forward to Resident Evil 5 this weekend? Well, we hope you are because we’ve got three days of coverage for you, including interviews with members of the sound team along with a review of the game’s soundtrack. Having already listened to it, I can tell you right now that it has some serious atmosphere [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 15:00:39

Top 20 All-Time Best Youth Group Games

If you know me at all, or have been around me when I’m planning youth group, one of the parts that I always struggle with is coming up with games. I think it’s important to have a theology of play and I know that games can be fun and contribute ... forward to planning the games. So, as I was sitting around talking to Sarah about games this past [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 07:05:35

Big East Live Blog, Day 1

by Joey Whelan Greetings from the Mecca of basketball, Madison Square Garden. It’s Championship Week and for the next five days I’ll be on hand for the mother of all conference brackets, the Big East Tournament. With the decision to include all 16 teams in the fun, the tournament has now become a college hoops heads dream, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 16:27:19

2009 MLS Preview: Kansas City Wizards

Starting March 4, and continuing up until March 19, I’ll be previewing every team prior to the First Kick of the 2009 season ... . My goal? To make sure that every team is covered here at MLS Offside, with each team blog going ... and a way to share the love of your team. If you worship Kansas City and like to write about soccer, please [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 14:48:15

Rebuild the Party: Technology Death by White Paper

I am very, very concerned about the direction we are headed in with technology in both the Republican Party and the conservative movement. Frankly, I am profoundly disappointed. The RNC effort is a frustrating exercise consisting of multi-ton white papers that will no doubt be ignored. Friday’s RFP to redo the GOP [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 14:00:00

CryENGINE 3 ready for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360

When Crytek, developers of Crysis , said they wanted to move into console development , they weren't kidding ... , such as action games and MMOs; however, in addition to focusing on the now , Crytek is touting their new engine is the only one designed for the next generation of gaming. Carl Jones, director of business [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 02:09:00

2008 Box Office Hits By Darin

by Fran Harps This is a small selection of the more popular movies put up on the big screen in 2008. This list consists of the films that I think you might like. I hope you find a picture or two that are good viewing. JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH: On a quest to find his missing brother, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 22:20:25

Big East Live Blog, Day 2

by Joey Whelan Day two; it’s a clean slate. It doesn’t matter how you got here, all that matters is you’re here ... on the tube (games are on ESPN today) and get set for round two from the Big Apple. Check-out the Day ... s Cinderella versus the reemerging Friars in the first game of the day at the Garden. I have no qualms [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 15:31:52

Doc Rivers loses Game 3 for the Boston Celtics

LEBRON JAMES 7 PINS BUTTONS BADGES ZOOM DUNK CAVS NEWPrice: US $3.99 Brand new Lebron James JerseyPrice: US $75 ... up the ball in the final minutes was working despite a few three pointers Boston was closing the gap ... Rivers let at least the last minute run off without so much as a double team or an intentional foul [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 16:34:40

Virtual reality: now covers all five senses, still looks stupid

Hey folks, remember virtual reality ? A decade and a half ago, ... . After the fad for arcade games with bulky headsets blew over (and the Lawnmower Man movie started ... . People like the team behind the “Virtual Cocoon”, a virtual reality headset that promises [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 13:30:46

3G Studios Scores Big Hit with Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009

Over 500,000 Units Sold; NPD Top Seller for JanuaryRENO, Nev. - March 11, 2009 - 3G Studios, Inc ... the door for additional workout and health based games to enter the market going forward. 3G was also ... doing it,” said James Kosta, CEO of 3G Studios, Inc. He continued, “Jillian is fantastic to work [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 14:21:49

Football Manager Live (PC Review)

  I am a huge fan of the Football Manager games, evidence of this can be found in my review of FM09, ... Manager. After you’ve signed up, you join an available Gameworld, pick a name for your team, choose your team’s Home and Away football strips from a selection of designs and colours, sign [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 15:47:06

ACTOR is looking for volunteers for Coloring Kids’ Life!

Name of the project: cOLOriNg KiDs’ LifE!! Duration of the project: max 12 and min 10 months, during a scholar year Number of places available : ... . The volunteers will work in couples, one team for one kindergarten, deploying all kinds of artistic ... will improve their communication skills and their trust in them. The volunteers will also [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 17:38:56

Treason: Foreign Office Helping Korean Companies Get London Olympic Contracts

In yet another slap in the face for British workers and the British economy, ... to South Korea Martin Uden, who revealed that companies abroad are being encouraged to bid for work for the 2012 Games. In a staggering display of arrogance and conceit, Mr Uden expressed “surprise” [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 14:15:01

Ask A Hot Chick: Lauren (Loz, Lozzie87)

Readers meet Lauren, aka Loz, aka Lozzie87 aka the newest “Ask A Hot Chick” girl ... ? Biomedical Science student 5) What is your favorite sports team? Don’t really follow sports, I’ ... it be and why? Johnny Depp - I got to work with him on Sweeny Todd and not only is he gorgeous [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 16:02:07

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