With the demand for tickets so high, the Celtics are curious to find out whether they will be able to take care of their friends and family.The players will get two tickets for each game on the road in the Finals. “I know my girlfriend is getting one of those tickets or it won’t be […]
Seems like every day brings some new gizmo that promises to stream high-definition (HD) video from your PC or the Web to your TV. They range all the way from USB sticks and flash cards that plug directly into certain new HDTVs, to network-attached hard disks, to stylish set-top boxes that also let you rent […]
by Mike Sloan (msloan@sherdog.com)LAS VEGAS — Weigh-ins are usually tedious, boring and slow-paced affairs with little to no action whatsoever. It’s typically a slew of fighters climbing onto a stage, stepping onto a scale, posing for pictures and then exiting behind the curtains.To say it simply: weigh-ins are boring.Unless the weigh-in, of course, it involves […]
By LYNN ELBER – 24 minutes agoLOS ANGELES (AP) — The grown-up rocker triumphed over the smooth-voiced kid as David Cook claimed the “American Idol” title Wednesday, and it wasn’t as much of a surprise as it seemed.While the judges all but crowned 17-year-old David Archuleta the night before, the voters […]
BALTIMORE - In a perfect world, he would have been riding in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday atop Eight Belles again, his filly that broke down in the Kentucky Derby after a runner-up finish and had to be destroyed on the backstretch, touching off a firestorm of protests about horse racing - some of […]
LOUISVILLE, KY. — It was another rail-hugging Derby for jockey Calvin Borel, but unlike last year, this time he fell just short.Borel, who saddled last year’s Derby winner, Street Sense, got a third-place finish this time from longshot Denis of Cork. The horse was in last place at the three-quarter poll but rallied inside to […]
In case you missed the crash live, check for the video a few blog posts ago. Michael McDowell lost control of his No. 00 during qualifying and wrecked badly, slamming into the wall (a SAFER barrier) and then flipping over as his car caught fire.The soft wall may have saved his life, but McDowell walked […]
The Girls Gone Wild series had offered Ashley Alexandra Dupre the big-money deal (about £498,000) to appear in a non-nude spread.But then company boss Joe Francis got one of his staff to check the archives.It turned out that Dupre had been filmed in Miami several years earlier - so the offer was withdrawn.Francis said: “It’ll […]
‘88. Steven Seagal. A Chicago policewoman helps her cynical partner rid his working-class neighborhood of cocaine dealers. (R) (2:00) TNT: Sun. 8 A.M. (CC)• Ace Ventura: Pet Detective‘94. Jim Carrey. A bungling gumshoe uncovers more than just a simple kidnapping when he searches for the Miami Dolphins’ missing mascot. (PG-13) (2:00) TBS: Tue. 10 A.M., […]
A village in South America is living in constant fear of a creepy gnome after several sightings were reported of a midget stalking the streets at night.The midget - which wears a pointy hat and has a distinctive sideways walk - was caught on video by a terrified group of youngsters, reports The Sun.Local teenager […]