Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are back from injury and will face each other in the “clasico” derby between Barcelona and Real Madrid, the Spanish league’s most eagerly anticipated match of the early season. Messi was rested during Barcelona’s 2-0 Champions League win over Inter Milan after injuring his left thigh muscle in league play, […]
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The NFL’s 10 Best Cheerleading Squads
Cheerleaders bringing in cash for NFL teams This year’s Super Bowl features the Green Bay Packers against the Pittsburgh Steelers. But there will be no cheerleaders. The Packers and the Steelers are just two of six teams (along with the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears) that don’t field a pom-pom […]
M.I.A. in breach of contract
Controversial rapper M.I.A. may be in breach of contract with the National Football League following her obscene gesture during Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show. The British-born artist accompanied Madonna on stage at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and shocked viewers by issuing a middle-finger salute and uttering an expletive while performing “Give Me All Your […]
Ballplayer On The Brink of Strange Record
Matt Stairs is fairly certain this will be his last season playing professional baseball. Check that. He’s only sort of sure. And truth be told, he can totally see himself playing next year and furthering the record he’s about to set. “Every year around this time I say this is it, I’m done,†he said. […]
The World’s Most Powerful People
The 67 heads of state, criminals, financiers and philanthropists who really run the world. “I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.” — Napoleon Bonaparte Power has been called many things. The […]
What’s next for Elin Nordegren
What’s next for Elin Nordegren and Tiger Woods? This morning, Tiger Woods has said he is sorry, not just for crashing his car early in the morning the Friday after Thanksgiving, but for all of the “intimate details of [their] personal lives.” Since he’s asking for “the right to some simple, human measure of privacy”, […]
Legendary New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner Dies
On this day in 2010, George Steinbrenner, the larger-than-life, longtime owner of the New York Yankees, who re-established the team as one of baseball’s most successful franchises, dies of a heart attack at age 80 in Tampa, Florida. Under Steinbrenner, who owned the team from 1973 until his death, the Yankees won seven World Series […]
New York Giants upset New England Patriots In Super Bowl XLII
On this day in 2008, the New York Giants stunned the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, pulling off one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history. The Patriots and Giants met at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona in front of 71,101 fans. New England came into the game with […]