The National Football League or NFL has some bit of integrity behind it. Surely, it is a business, and football is an action sport, it’s a tough sport, and you can see that even without watching it on high definition TV. But what happens when it becomes a full on war of brutality on the [...]
Westminster Wows
Westminster is located in Central London. the area of Westminster edges past the River Thames that cuts through the city of London. Westminster is a major tourist hub as it houses the Westminster Abbey, the Buckingham Palace and the Parliament Building of London, three of the most renowned heritage sites of London. the Parliament Building [...]
Monday Night Football Trivia – Part 2
It is hard to overstate the effect Monday Night Football had on the formation and popularization of the NFL. Bringing high profile games into the living rooms of the nation’s sports fans during prime time built MNF into a tradition. ABC’s marketing of MNF made it into a must-see event. Here is part two of [...]
Could Huddersfield Town wingman Gary Roberts be back for Sheffield United just three weeks after hernia op?
GARY ROBERTS is in total control of his big Town comeback. Manager Lee Clark says the 27-year-old wingman is making excellent progress in his recovery from a double hernia operation and will be available sooner rather than later. Roberts had the surgery 15 days ago and could be ready to return next week. If the [...]
Lakers’ greatest inspiration comes from all
LOS ANGELES – Colorful Metta World Peace has seen his share of newsprint over the years. Leave it to him to dig up a black-and-white simile for reporters mining him Sunday in Toronto to describe Kobe Bryant’s unique balance of creativity and fundamentals. “It’s like writing a story and using the same words over and [...]
A letter and a day off from Cupid
Written by Cindy Nevitt Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:00 Ocean City’s Jim Cupit, born on Feb. 13, comes close to being a natural Valentine The Cupit family at home. From left are Patrick, Jim, Taryn, Jen and Liam. Jim Cupit remembers a childhood of “torment” thanks to his surname, which is one letter different than [...]
From Bench to Star, and Raising Spirits Along the Way
with bad news abounding — Greece’s agony, Syria’s unraveling, Whitney Houston’s death, and that’s just for starters — Jeremy Lin has come along to put a smile on every face from Woodlawn to far Rockaway. How could you not feel good? This is one of those you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up stories. A kid comes out of nowhere, hops [...]
Vegetarian Movie Stars – Who Came First?
It seems that every second Hollywood star is a vegetarian, giving up meat for health or moral reasons. Vegetarian societies can now provide long lists of entertainers who don’t eat meat, including vegetarians like Clint Eastwood, Dustin Hoffman, Kate Winslet and Natalie Portman, and pescatarians like Hillary Swank (who eat fish, but no other animals). [...]