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When it comes to lotteries, the Mega Millions seems to get all the attention for its… uh, mega millions.  Mega Millions has been racking up high jackpots lately, with impressive $335 million and an incredible $656 million jackpot in March.  It goes without saying that Mega Millions is great, but you can’t sleep on the […]

The game Wednesday night between the United States Men’s National Team and the Mexican side in international soccer was only a friendly.  Basically, it’s a relatively meaningless exhibition game, but when it’s the US versus Mexico, the games are never meaningless. In 75 years of soccer between the two countries, the US had never won […]

In September, the Big East conference will begin negotiating a new television deal.  All around them, their fellow BCS conferences have been signing billion-dollar television deals, such as the ACC’s deal with ESPN, the SEC’s deal with CBS, and the like.  The Big East is a conference in flux, with TCU and West Virginia leaving […]

The hearse is a worldwide phenomenon.  Whenever you have to take a body to a funeral home or to a funeral, you’ll see a hearse doing that duty.  From motorcycle hearses to fancy horse-drawn carriage hearses, only a hearse will really do that job.  That’s why you see hearses fairly often on the roads, but […]

On the surface, the reformation of Chad Ochocinco was going well.  He wasn’t playing great, but he looked good in training camp, he had recently gotten married and changed his name back to Chad Johnson, and he was with his hometown Miami Dolphins after being cut by the Patriots in the off-season.  Then, everything changed […]

In the course of a single summer, LSU’s defensive phenomenon Tyrann Mathieu, nicknamed the Honey Badger for his tenacious ability to take on players twice his size and come out on top, has gone from Chuck Bednarik Award winner, SEC Defensive Player of the Year, First-Team All-SEC, and consensus All-American to D1 drop-out.  Tyrann Mathieu […]

When it comes to toughness, it’s hard to beat Olympic athletes.  These are people who train hard for four years to become the best athletes in the world at their position, and it can turn a nobody into a household name overnight.  Such is the case for former Western Carolina University sprinter Manteo Mitchell.  Unless […]

The one thing the government takes seriously is its own rulings.  The Federal Trade Commission has had dust-ups with Google over its handling of private information before with the Google Buzz lawsuits, and now it’s back at war with Google.  This time, Google is being taken to task over the way it planted third-party cookies […]

If you think it’s hot outside now, you don’t remember a few days ago when we were in the midst of a very hot July.  In fact, July was a record-setting heat and drought, and it was a record-shattering heat.  In July, the average temperature was 77.6 degrees in the United States.  That’s 3.3 degrees […]

Say what you want to about director and writer Joss Whedon, but the creator of Buffy The Vampire Slayer apparently knows his way around a comic book blockbuster.  Whedon, who wrote and directed the wildly successful billion-dollar Marvel tentpole The Avengers has been slightly ambivalent about returning, but apparently money talks and the chance to […]

The once cozy relationship between Apple and Google has now become something of a cold war between the two.  Increasingly in every area, Apple and Google are butting heads.  Whether it’s music sales or tablet computing, Apple and Google have transitioned from allies to enemies in all fields and it’s starting to lead to some changes in their […]

In his last full season of NFL action with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2010, Terrell Eldorado Owens caught 72 passes for 983 yards and 9 touchdowns.  Not bad for an older receiver whose best days are behind him, but not enough for some team to take a chance on TO, especially once he hurt his  knee and […]

When it comes to lightning storms, you really do not want to mess around.  Lightning is very fast and difficult to predict, so when lightning storms come, massive professional sports events, such as the annual NASCAR race in Long Pond, Pennsylvania’s Pocono Raceway are quick to take cover and to usher the fans into safety. […]

On July 20, the brothers Upton both hit their 99th home run.  While that’s pretty eerie, it’s not terribly uncommon for BJ and Justin.  In fact, the Uptons have hit home runs on the same day 13 times during their career, but it’s not every day you hit a career milestone.  On Friday night, Arizona […]