From the publisher: It’s cheaper to keep her
Who deserves $800 million? This week I was going to wax poetic on current events that are affecting our world. The oil continues to spill in the Gulf with seemingly no relief insight. Combine that with Hurricane Alex and it is a recipe for disaster. This new just came across the wire. It seems that [...]
When is it the Right Time to Plan a Wedding around a Sports Fan?
Recently, I went on vacation to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The trip consisted of going back home for two of my best friends’ weddings. The first wedding was on Saturday, June 5th, and the second was on Friday, June 11th. Accompanying me on this trip was my beautiful girlfriend, Sarah. She has put up with my love [...]
Will Americans ever love soccer like Brazilians?
By Dan Friedman As Africa hosts the biggest sporting tournament the world has ever seen, the world is watching. Huddled around television sets in favelas and townships, villages and suburbs, towns and cities across the globe, billions will tune into FIFA’s World Cup 2010. By whatever name – football, calcio, futbol – soccer truly is [...]
The 2010 FIFA World Cup: Lacking the Star Power of World Cups Past
On June 11th, 32 National Soccer teams will partake a month long tournament known as the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The big power-house teams will be there: France, USA, Brazil, Germany, England, and defending champion Italy. The beauty of this event is that these Nations stop their daily routines and sit to watch [...]
Will ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ start new separate but equal?
By Edward Wyckoff Williams “Being gay is like being left-handed. It’s not really that interesting anymore.” George Will, the conservative political commentator, recently made this profound point while debating the merits of the Congressional repeal of the U.S. military policy “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT). DADT has until now banned gay men and women from [...]
Bill Maher’s joke on Obama’s blackness reveals ignorance
By Dr. Boyce Watkins Apparently Bill Maher, the ultra-liberal talk show host who both entertains and annoys me, doesn’t understand what it means to be a black man. During a recent episode of his popular show, Real Time with Bill Maher, the host criticized President Barack Obama for not being a “real black president,” (whatever [...]
Where is the emotion from the president?
The media lashed out at President Obama for failing to show enough emotion about the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The complaining seems to be primarily from the White House media. This week during an extended press conference, the White House spokesperson was peppered with questions from the frustrated story seeking media. [...]
Where will “The King” go?
In case you missed it, two-time NBA-MVP Lebron James has finished his contract with The Cleveland Cavaliers. That is the simple part of this up-coming 2009 NBA off-season. Now, here comes the hard part. The big question on everyone’s mind is, “where will he go”? If you turn on ESPN at any point in the [...]
Pavin: Tiger will be treated like everyone else
By Tony Dean Austin Times Staff Tiger may not be on the Ryder Cup Team? Really? This week U.S. Ryder Cup Team captain Cory Pavin said of Tiger Woods, yes that Woods, is not a guaranteed a spot on this year’s team. Pavin speaking to a gathering of reporters was asked if Woods failed to [...]
From the publisher: Laura Bush and the “Mexican” problem
There are many issues and topics which are interesting and intriguing this week. So as a change of pace instead of picking one, I thought we could explore several topics in a new rundown format. Former first lady Laura Bush while promoting her new book dropped a couple of revelations to Larry King on Wednesday [...]
