Written by Dallas, Texas resident Mark Oristano, A Sportscaster’s Guide to Watching Football: Decoding America’s Favorite Game is designed to be your very basic guide to football. While much of the discussion centers on the pro game, the explanations will also in many places apply to the college game and high school as well. This […]

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An unlikely WWE Champion, a “hostile takeover,” great matches, the end of a career, and a historic embrace - all of these moments, in my mind, were the highlights of a year that was exciting and remarkable in World Wrestling Entertainment. Everyone will have his or her favorite memories, and in this article, I will […]

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Held in front of a boisterous crowd at the American Airlines Arena, in Miami, Florida, the 2010 Survivor Series was a night filled with excitement and drama that only the WWE can provide. All the Championships were defended. There was also a traditional five-on-five Survivor Series elimination match, and a main event, which focused more […]

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I enjoy talking to author James (people call me Jim) Ross. While I am not a Golf fan, I can appreciate the huge following that it has. Several weeks ago I was talking to him. I suggested that he write some articles on the subject of Golf. “Who would read them?” was the response I […]

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Sometimes in life, individuals are forced to perform tasks they don’t like, because if they don’t, bad things happen. Wrestling is no different, and we see a classic example unfolding. Currently, the best storyline in all of World Wrestling Entertainment involves their biggest face (fan favorite) star, John Cena. He was forced to join forces […]

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The WWE is known for providing spectators with entertaining matches with outcomes that some like, and some do not. There are also times when the company makes decisions, very often, controversial, to create a buzz. Recently, I was perusing some articles on wrestling websites, and came across a few discussing the possibilities of World Wrestling […]

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Another year has gone by and with it, WWE’s second largest show on the wrestling calendar - Summerslam. This year’s event emanated from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California in front of a sold out crowd. The arena was packed with over 17,000 excited and boisterous fans, anxiously awaited an evening of fun and […]

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In professional wrestling, there are wrestlers who thrill the audiences with their athleticism, skill, speed and agility. Ricky Steamboat (also referred to as “The Dragon”) is one of these exciting wrestlers. He has been a wrestler since the late 1970’s. But, his best, and most memorable matches were between the 1980’s and 1990’s, in World […]

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A couple weeks ago, I ran across a strange story about Zimbabwe: a couple of known terrorists were caught crossing the border from Zimbabwe into South Africa at Beitbridge.
33 year-old Imran Muhammad…was arrested last Sunday while trying to get through Beitbridge border post to South Africa on what officials believe was a fake Kenyan […]

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Management from the Tampa Bay Rays announced that between now and 2027 they would like to see the Rays move from their current location in downtown St. Petersburg, FL to another location in Pinellas or neighboring Hillsborough County. One location already being looked at is downtown Tampa, currently the home of the St. Pete […]

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Am I the only mother who is aghast at parents who live vicariously in their kids “achievements” when they put their child’s life at risk?
The latest was the 13 year old who climbed Mt. Everest:
“It’s something I’ve always wanted to do before I die - I just happen to be doing it at this […]

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The Highland Park High school in Illinois won’t let it’s girls varsity basketball team go compete in a tournament this coming December because its Superintendent’s office doesn’t like Arizona’s politics.

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Excitement filled The Richmond Coliseum, in Richmond, Virginia, for what was a night of change for the superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment. On Monday Night, April 26, every superstar from Raw and Smackdown converged for an event known as “The WWE Draft.” Annually, the company holds the event to “freshen up” both rosters, via random […]

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For over half a decade, two wrestling promotions waged a ‘war.’ This battle was about television ratings, mainstream media attention, off-the-wall antics, and controversial segments. These two wrestling powers were World Wrestling Entertainment, and the now defunct, World Championship Wrestling. There were some memorable moments from the ‘war’ that made Monday Night known as “wrestling […]

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Photo: Mayor Gregor Robertson 
On Friday, Vancouver Police were asked to conduct a criminal investigation into Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson; Vancouver City Manager Penny Ballem (also a Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee member); the City’s Security Co-ordinator at Carnegie Center, Skip Everall; and Director of Carnegie Center and the Olympics Homeground Festival, Ethel Whitty. These individuals, it […]

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As a long time follower of the Americas Cup I probably am just a little jaded. I know what I like, and I certainly know what I do not like. I liked the 12 meter rule, I even liked at AC 5 rule. People argue that the Americas Cup is all about innovation, indeed it […]

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Oracle/BMW have done it! They have wrestled the Americas Cup out of Alinghis grasp. I for one am no fan of the entire shenanigans that took place, there was more spent in the damn courtroom than on the water, but finally the boats did get to match up.
The start of race two in some ways […]

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Photo: Demonstrators gather at Thornton Park on Saturday, the morning after the opening of the 2010 Olympics.
Anarchists in Vancouver, Canada have been promising “Riot 2010″ for a few years now, and it happened Saturday. A crowd of roughly 200 people, mostly in their 20s, many dressed in full black regalia with […]

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I have not been a fan of this regatta, it seems to me that more time has been spent in the court room than on the water. I don’t like that many challengers have been excluded from taking part, I don’t like the motor assisted winches, I don’t like the fact that I have to […]

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Photo: Party lights at Vancouver’s Pacific Central train and bus station mark the opening of the Winter Olympics

The struggle to put a stop to the alleged persecution of bloggers by the City of Vancouver has now reached the White House. President Barack Obama has been asked to back bloggers when he sends Vice President Joe […]

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 I got lucky, I decided to check out the official AC web site before going to bed last night. The postponement flags were already flying for todays race. The Race committee saying that rather than a 10:00am local time start the race would not occur until noon at the earliest. There was no indication on […]

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3:00am – Yup dragged my butt out of bed again for this apex of the sporting world. First thing I discover is that at 9:00am local the race officials already had the AP (race on hold) flag flying. Both teams are still in their home bases and the rules are that once the Race Committee […]

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As the torch for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic games approaches Vancouver after being carried across Canada, the torch for a parallel games arrived yesterday. It was the torch for the 2010 Poverty Olympics, carried from city to city across British Columbia. It’s arrival was cheered by about 500 people packed […]

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3:00am – Well I dragged myself out of bed to watch what likely will be the most boring Americas Cup of all time. An ostentatious example of too much money and no sense. In the grand tradition of the AC the first race is under a postponement. Of course one might be tempted to ask […]

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You do not represent me, a low income widow with a racially diverse family. You do not represent my daughters, two of whom have had children out of wedlock while still in their teens. We love our babies and would never hurt them. Please don’t pretend to speak for all women.

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Shame the sponsors. That sums up the remedy advised by Vancouver Olympics Organizing Committee member and Vancouver City Manager Penny Ballem on Wednesday Jan. 13, after she was briefed at City Hall on evidence of persecution of bloggers and other computer/internet users by the City of Vancouver.  Ballem (in photo above outside City Hall) encouraged […]

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Now in its 23rd year, the Royal Rumble was created by Canadian WWE Hall of Famer, and former Intercontinental Champion, Pat Patterson. It was no surprise that the first event was held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This pay-per-view event, airs live in January. While there are tag team, and singles matches, the main attraction of […]

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From USA Today’s Sports Section:: “House panel takes step to force college football playoff”.Is there anything in this entire country that the Federal Government doesn’t want to control?Today (12/9/09) the House Energy and Commerce Committee subcommittee (Energy and Commerce??) took an authoritative step in wrenching control of College Football from the NCAA by passing […]

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‘I’ve been a bad boy,’ Tiger Woods readily and pubicly admits . . . ‘but I don’t want to talk about it!’
OK so he made a mistake — he slipped up — he had an affair or whatever the heck he did — that’s one thing, and NO he doesn’t have to discuss it with […]

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Tiger Woods will not be playing or appearing at his own tournament, according to a statement by Woods on his web site. Woods says the injuries from his recent accident make it impossible to play. Woods seems to indicate that he will not even be present at his tournament, which raises questions about the seriousness […]

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