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For those of you who know me or have noticed, I enjoy politics and love when politics connect to the world of game operations….and those connections usually spark a blog entry. So this morning is no different. As I watched coverage of the Illinois Senate Seat “showdown” I saw an interview with the Illinois Secretary of State [...]

I’ve had some fun shooting Friday night high school football lately. I love capturing the movement of the flags! Please stop by my photoblog for another football-themed WW! Visit 5 Minutes for Mom or Wordless Wednesday for more Wordless Wednesday participants.

Well, the ref just blew the whistle for half time. Italy are up 1-nil thanks to one of the most clumsy challenges I’ve seen in a while, compliments of Eric Abidal. Penalty kick, red card, the works…Pirlo rifled that sun-bitch in the top corner, no chance for Coupet. Possibly the bigger news is the injury sustained [...]

This has to be one of the most classic Gangsta Songs ever made. I have not heard a verse like this that has made such a historical impact in the last 12 years. Probably since Biggie and Pac.

There’s few things that you need energy for more than sports. Sure partying is up there, but sports require an obscene amount of energy and endurance. They are therefore the perfect target for energy drinks. Many of the existing energy drinks have targeted extreme sports, but ignored the more conventional sports. Halftime Energy Drink is an exception to that trend. The can has a really nice look

Yes I’m a tad late with these joints, but as we are still attempting to play catch up, your just going to have to deal folks. Jay’s latest video goodiness wasn’t of his usual intelligent discourse regarding the latest haps in Hip-Hop. Because as he elaborates, “I don’t want to talk about any news thats [...]

Legendary Halftime Show on WNYU Radio Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary with Slew of Hip Hop's Finest (Courtesy of Audible Treats) 03.12.2008 (March 12, 2008 -- Brooklyn, NY) Hosts of WNYU's Halftime Show, DJ's

It's Super Bowl 42 halftime show featuring Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers live from Arizona.

Although Israel lost the World Cup qualifying match versus Sweden in 1993 with 5-0, an Israeli player managed to score during the game. His name: Felix Halfon. “ We were already trailing Sweden 2-0 during halftime and Felix didn’t feel like listening to the coach’s pep talk. So he remained in the player tunnel and gave special attention to a Swedish woman “, says Shaul Eisenberg, former spokesperson of the Israeli Soccer Federation. Eisenberg recently finished his memoirs in a book and the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet featured the Halfon story. The player himself reacts rather indifferent: “ It wasn’t that special. By the way, I always carried a condom with me during matches. I put them in one of my socks.” What a visionary man Halfon i

Thanks to my brother-in-law for the pic from the stands - Wow, is this weather nasty or what? I touched on the weather during today's show on Dawg Pound Radio, and it has only gotten worse. The wind is on a tear off the lake, and the snow continues to fall. The field is so snowy, that there was a minute-and-a-half delay while the referees tried to find the 50 yard line to spot the ball. - Jamal Lewis is a stud in the snow. He's already broken off a couple big runs, and has 80 yards and is averaging 5.3 yards per carry at the half. During the Browns' last drive of the half, J-Lew went over the 1,000 yard mark for the 6th time in his career. - The Browns have not been afraid to throw in the bad weather, and it's definitely paying off. Braylon Edwards has made a couple spectacular c

  It's been confirmed that we'll be enjoying a little bit of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers during the 2008 Super Bowl Halftime show. It's OK. At least it will be better than Prince, last Super Bowl's choice. What happened to good shows like the one with Janet Jackson?  Speaking of Janet Jackson and her "Wardrobe Malfunction' (it couldn't be more obvious that it was all planned), it really upsets me to see how big the scandal was. So much, that it was on 2004 and they're still talking about it. It seems the Federal Communications Commission wants to go on with the idea of giving CBS a $550,000 fine for the infamous transmision. It will be determined soon if CBS is going to be punished for the "indecency”. Isn't it a little bit of overreacting?  Even when it was planned (at least that's how it looks: Justin Timberlake actually ripped the clothes off and it was no accident), I think it shouldn't be causing that much of a fuzz. There  were half a millio

It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost four years since Miss Jackson’s infamous “wardrobe malfunction” during the Super Bowl halftime show with Justin Timberlake in 2004. Since then, legendary artists Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones have rocked the stage at halftime, and nearly 140 million Americans watched Prince play this year at the NFL championship

"Do you know who's playing this year?" the Whole Foods checkout girl asked me as she scanned my breadcrumbs. My girlfriend and I had just pre-ordered an 18-lb turkey and were making our first-round Thanksgiving food run. "Excuse me?"...

They run through a number of classic game songs, all while forming scenes from the games out of the band itself. It’s got everything from Pong and Tetris to Zelda and Mario, and it’s amazing.read more | digg story No TagsShare This

Es soll ja noch immer Leute geben, die das erste Nas Album “Illmatic” nicht kennen oder die dazu gehörenden Videos von “The World Is Yours”, “Halftime”, “One Love” und “It Ain’t Hard to Tell” noch nie in ihrem Leben gesehen haben. Zeit das zu ändern. The World Is Yours: Halftime: One Love: It Ain’t Hard To Tell:

Leave it to the Koreans to come up with something awesome like this while the best we can come up with is Justin Timberlake exposing Janet Jackson's boob (well, that was a bad example ... kinda liked that).That was pretty redonkulous, huh?(Props: The Offside)STUB HUB: The Safe Way to Buy & Sell Tickets Online

The stock market put in a great performance for the first half of 2007, the Dow is up 7.6%, the S&P 6.0%, the NASDAQ 7.8%. Almost all of these gains were realized in the second quarter, a very impressive quarter given the uncertain economic and geopolitical backdrop.   The bond market did not fair nearly as well as the stock market. Treasury yields rose approximately 30 basis points across the yield curve, resulting in falling bond prices and one of the worst quarters for fixed income securities in the past few years.   Economic consensus is for continued growth. The housing drag and subprime mortgage problems will be contained, economists say. The consensus is less clear about the outlook for interest rates. The sentiment has shifted in recent weeks from a Fed cut late in the year to an increase, economic strength and inflation containment cited as why.    In the latter stages of an economic cycle interest rates rise and the stock mark

The Carnival deadline is looming, with 4:30 hours on the clock to tick away. Oh dang, typo in the title. I meant to say “Van Halen to be played at CoRE halftime show”. I’ve only got $5 budget for the half time show, so I got this guy…  Bookmark this article:

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This was the start that the Wolves needed in Memphis. Scoring 36 points in the first quarter with both their offensive efficiency and their defensive hustle, Minnesota has shown that edge that is needed every game.Due to the comfortable lead, Coach Casey will now be able to sit his starters for good chunks of time. This is beneficial because the Wolves are playing the first game of a back to back, returning to the Twin Cities tonight in order to host the New Jersey Nets tomorrow.Although the flow has not been as great in the second quarter as it was to start the game, this is the time for players such as Mike James and Craig Smith to get themselves back on track. James, who has struggled nearly the entire season, has lost a majority of his playing time and his confidence, making this a great game to put in some hard work, learn where to get his shots in the offense, which shots are most productive from him in this offense and to be able to grow as an integral member of the Wolves.Smith

The Wolves players allowed to suit up tonight against the Phoenix Suns are in the midst of giving the best effort expected. However, this game is being played at the Suns pace, which will be a problem for the Wolves in the second half even though they are weathering the storm at the moment. Minnesota needs to slow down the pace of this game by playing solid defense. With the shooters the Suns have on their team, it would be most beneficial to allow Amare Stoudamire to work down low and get his points while staying home on the outside shooters. Right now, Minnesota is helping each other too much on the defensive end. The ball movement has not been the best to this point as the a lot of the play has been one on one. This is understandable as the cornerstone of their offense, Kevin Garnett, is not down in the post, making the decisions. Mark Blount is certainly not the greatest post player, but for this night, the best option is to run the ball through him. Coach Dwane Casey and the coach

Kevin Garnett returns tonight and restores order toe the Timberwolves. Although the game is only at the half, this team is moving the ball much better and seems to be feeding off KG's energy. Ricky Davis is not having that much luck thus far filling up the stat sheet, but that is mostly due to Mike James having a decent first half.A concern for this Wolves team right now is their second unit does not have an identity. It seems as if the starters could play with any starting five in the league, but when the second unit is in, leads are given up consistently. Playing Ricky Davis with the second team is a good move by Coach Casey, but only when Davis is being aggressive offensively. However, when Garnett sits and Davis is still on the court, Ricky becomes passive. Although Hudson is struggling tonight, he can be a valuable asset to the Wolves if used correctly. Which is why the reemergence of Troy Hudson is another sound move by the coach. Randy Foye continues to develop, taking over ga

There have already been some big changes to the Timberwolves attack in the first half of the Randy Wittman era. Obviously, this game can still go either way, but win or lose tonight, the Wolves have found some area to build on. The first thing that jumped out to start the game was the higher pace. There seems to be a conscious effort to push the ball up the court, taking early shots as long as they are smart shots. Ricky Davis has been notorious for taking shots early in the shot clock, most of the time with no teammates under the hoop to rebound. It may be working tonight, but it is still a scary thought to give them the green light to shoot early. If it works, this will be a major accomplishment for Coach Wittman. Kevin Garnett was subbed out early for Mark Madsen, allowing Ticket to rest for a good chunk of time. The nice thing here is Coach Wittman, if this is the consistent substitution pattern for KG, is using the Michael Jordan substitution pattern that I have previously mention

The Wolves started their game with the Clippers with the most heart and energy that we've seen from them on this road trip. Maybe it was Coach Wittman starting to get through to the players, maybe it was KG sparking his team with his defense or maybe they are just a team who does not want to finish this five game road trip 0-5. One of the obvious changes under Randy Wittman is in Garnett himself. KG has been notorious throughout his career for taking jump shots from the outside and fading away on his post moves. In the past few games, Garnett is putting his head down and driving to the hoop, forcing the action. Ricky Davis had a rough start to the game on the offensive end although he was playing decent defensively. It is on nights like this where subbing Davis out for Jaric would be beneficial. As stated before, the combination of Hassell and Jaric has been productive this year. As this paragraph is being written, Coach subs Jaric for Davis with the Wolves lead 21-14. How great is i