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The current iteration of the United States’ Men’s National Basketball Team may not be an official Dream Team, but don’t tell that to Nigeria.  While the US Men have had some close calls and played some tough games during their exhibition season and the first few games of the 2012 London Olympics, Nigeria was not […]

These haven’t been the most scandalous Olympic games in history, but they have been pretty unusual.  From the furor over women athletes in Saudi Arabia to the Greek athlete that got kicked out over Tweets, the Olympics have had some odd scandals for the 2012 London Olympics.  Now, we’ve got a match-fixing scandal in which […]

Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy landed the chain in hot water… err, hot oil when he mentioned that he endorsed the Bible definition of family and was not a supporter of gay marriage.  Chick-fil-A, with 1600 outlets across the United States, closes on Sundays in support of Biblical principles of not working on Sunday.  As same-sex […]

The actor made famous by the phrase, “Show me the money!” alongside Tom Cruise is now demanding, “Show me the warrant!”  Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is in trouble with the law.  Gooding, who was filming The Butler with Oprah Winfrey in Louisiana, got into a bit of a problem in a bar and got a […]

The man of a dozen nicknames has changed his identity.  Once upon a time, the Long Beach rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg changed his moniker to the more grown-up Snoop Dogg and became the face of West Coast rap thanks to his laid-back flow, funky production, love of marijuana, and willingness to poke fun at his […]

In 2005, the family of Tampa Bay Buccaneer owner Malcolm Glazer pooled their collective millions and bought control of the Manchester United soccer club in a leveraged buyout worth a staggering $1.47 billion dollars.  That’s a whole lot of money, and since then Man U has had to increase spending to keep up with the […]

One of the biggest problems with the NBC coverage of the Olympics has been NBC itself.  From odd camera transitions to poor announcers, NBC has been a disaster area when it comes to how they have handled the Olympics telecast for the London games.  One of the biggest critics of NBC’s flaw-riddled coverage has been […]

On June 30, Superman: Ultimate Flight opened at the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California, to anxious crowds and much fanfare.  It’s not every day a new roller coaster opens, after all, and coaster fans were lining up to go for a ride.  On yesterday, the fans who were lucky enough to take the […]

There’s absolutely nothing safe about violating the sanctity of the airspace of a repressive former Soviet dictatorship, yet that’s just what happened.  A daring force of hundreds parachuted into Ivayanets, a town just outside of Minsk.  Floating down on black wings, the hundreds weren’t armed or dangerous, just cuddly and fun.  Hundreds of teddy bears […]

For a long time now, Google has been frustrated with the speed of internet service provided by the average ISP, so the company decided to do something about it.  Google decided to create Google Fiber, a very-high-speed internet service provider, which sparked a publicity war to decide who got the service.  After a campaign filled […]

Twitter can be a very useful tool.  There are a lot of entertaining, informative Twitter feeds out there, but when Twitter goes wrong, it can go very wrong.  People solve grudges on Twitter and spread a lot of misinformation, and nobody knows that mistake quite like a former member of the Greek Olympic team.  Triple-jumper […]

From 1973 until 1994, Sherman Hemsley did not miss a season of television as a regular cast member of a program.  Starting with the iconic George Jefferson character, first on All In The Family and then on spin-off The Jeffersons, through to Amen, and then as one of the principal voices on Dinosaurs, Hemlsey was […]

The formerly spotless Penn State University football program is now a disgrace.  Long-time coach Joe Paterno was fired and has been erased from the history books.  His longtime assistant coach Jerry Sandusky is in jail for child molestation.  As for the Penn State Nittany Lions football program, the NCAA has basically killed that program with […]

Four hours before the starting time of the game between the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners , Ichiro was a Seattle Mariner.  By the time the game kicked off at Safeco Field, Ichiro Suzuki had been traded to the Yankees in exchange for a pair of pitching prospects.  New York sends over two 25-year-old […]