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…Not even REMOTELY Priceless… Holy Buckets! Talk about a lost weekend…It’s a DAMN good thing that Friday night was rained out and Clay Buchholz was pushed back to Wednesday, because that certainly would have been loss # 3 for the weekend… In a weekend where the Sox newest starter, Paul Byrd, certainly pitches well enough to win [...]

Priceless… Although the fact that Sox pitching gave up TWENTY runs in 2 out of the 3 games is a rather large concern… Last night’s win was the 12th shutout of the season for the Sox, which ties them with Cleveland for the record in the AL… And Daisuke…was Daisuke, but at least he threw 7 innings, giving [...]

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Surely you already know that being a good Poker player entails many skills. In order to be a good player, you need to develop and improve all those skills. However, with that being said, one good thing is that you can learn these skills along the way. Among the skills that you will learn and develop overtime is the ability to profile your opponents. Take note, Poker Games are games that you play

Greg Meyers (R-Houston), who is opposing State Rep. Hubert Vo (D-Houston) in the race for Texas House District 149 has filed a fairly lackluster six-month financial report which includes some fairly interesting donors. Of the about $57,000 that Meyers raised, about 40 percent came from the usual right-wing sources: Bob “Swift Boat” Perry gave $10,000; Texans for Lawsuit Reform gave $10

Days after Manny Pacquiao’s historic win over David Diaz of Maxico another fight is set to be scheduled for Pacman this November. This time a fighter named Edwin Valero of Valenzuela is rumored to be his next opponent/victim. With 24 wins and no loses (24 coming from Knock out) Valero’s record seems impressive but can he win against our hometown hero? Even with Valero’s punching prowess, box

(Nashville, TN) Henry Garrey is a God-fearing Christian, and like all other proper God-fearing Christians, he disapproves of the gays and their marriage. “Boy do I ever,” said Henry. “The fact that gays can get married in Massachusetts and California just drives me nuts!

Dan Boren, courtesy of Photo Tune I just got off the phone with Kevin Coleman, the Grove, Oklahoma man challenging reactionary Democrat Dan Boren in the July 29 primary. Jane was at my house one time when someone running for the Democratic nomination to challenge California’s most corrupt member of Congress, Jerry Lewis, called to ask [...]

Democrats in Oklahoma were outraged yesterday by reactionary Dan Boren’s anti-Obama statements. One of my friends in Tulsa called me and said “It sounded like it could have been written by Karl Rove.” Boren, a clueless Democrat who votes with the GOP more often than with the Democrats on substantive matters, used false Republican [...]

As Indiana’s economy has been unusually resilient in the face of a national slowdown and arguably a recession, so to is Governor Mitch Daniels’ campaign appearing to be resilient in the face of rough waters and tough elections for the Republican Party. Scott at Hoosier Access alerted me to a new poll showing Governor [...]

Ana Ivanovic shuts out opponent in French Open’s 4th round By STEVEN WINE, AP Sports Writer Ana Ivanovic delivered a perfect performance at the French Open on Sunday, a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Petra Cetkovska that put the 2007 runner-up in the quarterfinals. The No. 2-seeded Ivanovic, also a finalist at the Australian Open in January, lost the match’s first two points, then proceeded to

This is a question that you should ask yourself each and every time your opponent makes a move in a chess game. too often players will overlook this simple question and focus far too much on what he or she is trying to do, not what their opponent is trying to do. ignoring the strategy that your opponent is trying to implement is similar to going to war and only focusing on your army's goals while

A very interesting bit of gossip circulating around the Houston area this week made its way to our in-box: that a $200,000 “bounty” is offered to bring forward a write-in candidate to Sheila Jackson Lee in House District 18. Some of Jackson’s constituents are reportedly upset with her over her continued support of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and want to make Jackson Lee vene

JAY-Z DISSES LEBRON'S OPPONENT IN NEW SONG After DeShawn Stevenson (who?) of the Washington Wizards called Lebron James overrated, 'Bron was asked his take on the comment & responded by sayingwould be like, "Jay-Z responding to Soulja Boy." Stevenson then invited Soulja Boy to Game 3 who sat front row wearing his jersey. So Friday night @ club Love in D.C. for Gilbert "Agent 0" Arenas' million dollar b'day bash with ...

The Western Carolina Catamounts travel to Assembly Hall Saturday night and if you’re looking for the Hoosiers to get a test, look the other way. Western Carolina is 2-5 and has a RPI of 315. Of their five losses, two are downright awful: UNC Asheville at home and at Elon. (Note: Western Carolina is 3-5 if you count a win over non-DI Methodist.) Sophomore forward Nick Aldridge was the leading scorer for the Catamounts in their first four games, but he’s no longer on the team. Aldridge averaged over 18 ppg a season ago. Western Carolina coach Larry Hunter offered the following remarks regarding Aldridge in a statement released on November 28: “Nick Aldridge has made a decision to no longer be a part of our basketball program. Nick had some issues that we felt were detrimental to the development of our team and we have for some time been trying to help him work through those issues. He has chosen not to work with us any longer. Bottom line, he quit our team. We are movin

John Clay is a columnist for the Lexington Herald Leader. He covered Kentucky football for 13 seasons before being promoted to columnist in 2000. We recently caught up with him for a special Q & A edition of Know Thy Opponent. Unfortunately, Kentucky’s first fan Ashley Judd wasn’t available for this edition of Know Thy Opponent. Inside the Hall: The first thing that comes to mind when you think about Kentucky basketball this season is the change to Billy Gillispie. How is Billy changing the program from the way it was run under Tubby Smith? John Clay: Gillispie appears to be a tougher and more demanding coach. He ran a “Boot Camp” before the start of drills, he runs full practices the day of games, and he has already benched a couple of players for transgressions. Freshman A.J. Stewart sat the bench the entire game against Stony Brook, then was brought out during the post-game press conference to tell the media he had fallen asleep during a team meeting.

Congressman Sam Johnson (R-Plano) has drawn a primary opponent in the form of Wayne Avellant, who is a self-proclaimed Sarbanes-Oxley Act International Control Compliance expert and one of those corporate seminar gurus. So, it would appear he’s well-moneyed and well-spoken. It’s doubtful that Johnson has quite the Teflon-ness that Ralph Hall (R-Rockwall) possesses, but we suspect he’s probably safe. However, there are numerous rumblings that the business community in Plano wants someone who is more in tune with their needs and ready to answer at their beck and call than Johnson, who has reportedly become, “ineffective.” Could be an interesting primary. Tags: Sam Johnson, Wayne Avellant

A day after returning from a knee injury, Peterson ducked into the Vikings’ training room Monday. It was a brief visit. The 49ers’ were lucky. The team faces the rookie dynamo on Sunday at Monster Park that is still looking for a fraction of the offensive excitement Adrian Peterson has delivered for the Minnesota Vikings. The Number 7 pick in the draft leads the National Football League with 1,197 rushing yards, even though he missed 2 matches because of his injured knee

The Hoosiers are back in action tonight with their toughest non-conference road game of the season in Carbondale, Illinois. Southern Illinois, one of the premier mid-major programs in the country, is 3-1 and No. 22 in the latest USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll. The Salukis have won 15 straight at SIU Arena and are 80-3 at home since the 2001-2002 season. Indiana leads the all-time series 4-1 and won 57-47 a season ago in Assembly Hall. SIU’s lone win in the series came back in 2001 in Carbondale. Southern Illinois is led by head coach Chris Lowery who was named the Missouri Valley Conference coach of the year two of the past three seasons. The 35-year old Lowery signed a seven-year contract extension after leading SIU to last season’s Sweet 16. Lowery attended Evansville Harrison high school and was a teammate of former IU star Calbert Cheaney. The anchor of the Saluki attack is senior forward Randal Falker. Falker is on the Wooden Award preseason watch list and was the MVC def

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets will make their first trip to Assembly Hall tonight to take on the No. 15 Hoosiers in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Tech is 3-2 on the season and is coming off a third place finish in the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands. Tech’s losses came at home to UNC Greensboro and to Winthrop in the Paradise Jam. The meeting will be the second all-time between the schools. Indiana beat Georgia Tech 87-65 on December 29, 1969 in the Bruin Classic at UCLA. Georgia Tech is 4-4 all-time in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and IU is 2-4. Georgia Tech is expected to be a middle of the pack team in the ACC this season, evident by the media’s selection of the Yellow Jackets to finish seventh in the conference in a preseason poll. They finished 20-12 a season ago and lost their two best players, Thaddeus Young (Philadelphia 76ers, 12th pick) and Javaris Crittenton (Los Angeles Lakers, 19th pick), to the NBA. 6-5 guard Anthony Morrow is the go-to-guy for Paul Hewitt&rsq

The Hoosiers will wrap up the Chicago Invitational Challenge tonight against Xavier of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Musketeers are 3-1 on the season with their only loss coming at Miami (OH) 59-57 back on Nov. 13. The Hoosiers lead the all-time series 8-0. Xavier advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament a season ago and lost three seniors, but many publications thought highly enough of the Musketeers to include them in their preseason rankings. Jeff Goodman of Fox Sports had them at No. 20, Andy Katz of ESPN ranked them No. 22 and the Sporting News pegged them at No. 25. Head coach Sean Miller will rely heavily on his senior backcourt of Drew Lavender and Stanley Burrell. The 5-7 Lavender is a first team preseason All-Atlantic 10 selection. Burrell, a 6-3 guard, entered the season 25th on Xavier’s all-time scoring list and was a third team All-Atlantic 10 preseason selection. Up front, 6-9 senior Josh Duncan returns from an injury that forced him out of starting lin

No. 8 Indiana continues play in the Chicago Invitational Challenge tonight against Illinois State of the Missouri Valley Conference. This is the fourth meeting all-time between the schools with the Hoosiers holding a 3-0 lead in the series. The Redbirds have three wins against top 10 teams in their history. The teams share a common opponent in UNC Wilmington. Indiana defeated Wilmington 95-71 and Illinois State won 89-73. The Redbirds are 3-0 on the young season and were picked to finish fifth in the MVC behind Southern Illinois, Bradley, Missouri State and Creighton. Tim Jankovich is in his first season as the head coach at Illinois State. Jankovich spent the past four seasons as an assistant to Bill Self at Kansas. Jankovich has also coached at Illinois, Vanderbilt, North Texas, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Colorado State and Texas. The primary focus for Indiana will be stopping guard Osiris Eldridge, a 6-3 sophomore guard who is averaging 21.7 points per game.  Eldridge scored 30 points

The Hoosiers will continue play in the Chicago Invitational Challenge tonight against the UNC Wilmington Seahawks. Indiana is 2-0 all-time against UNC-Wilmington and beat the Seahawks 76-67 on the road to the Final Four back in 2002. Wilmington, a member of the Colonial Athletic Association, is 1-1 this season. They beat the College of Charleston in their season opener and lost on Sunday at Illinois State in the Chicago Invitational Challenge. In the preseason coaches poll, Wilmington was picked to finish sixth in the CAA behind George Mason, VCU, Old Dominion, Drexel and Hofstra. Benny Moss is in his second year as the head coach at Wilmington. Moss took over for Brad Brownell who left for Wright State after leading Wilmington to the 2006 NCAA Tournament. Before taking over at Wilmington, Moss was the top assistant for six seasons at UNC-Charlotte for Bobby Lutz. (more…)

The Hoosiers are back in action Sunday at noon in Assembly Hall opposite the Longwood Lancers in the opener of the Chicago Invitational Challenge. The Lancers (2-1) are led by fifth-year coach Mike Gillian. Longwood is an independent and completed its reclassification period from Division II over a four-year span under Gillian. They won nine games (9-22) a year ago. They’re 1-1 against Division I teams so far this season, including a 80-67 win at home over Norfolk State on Nov. 13. They fell 88-72 to Navy at home on Nov. 9 and beat Virginia Wise, a Division II team, 89-67 on Thursday night. Four players are averging double figures in scoring thus far for the Lancers, led by 6-6 forward Kirk Williams at 20.3. Williams is also contributing 9.0 rebounds per contest. Other players to watch include: Dana Smith (15.3), Ryan Bogan (12.7), Lamar Barrett (10.7) and Brandon Giles (9.3). Team wise, Longwood is averaging 80.3 points per game and shooting 49.7 percent from the field. One stat

Via the Weatherford Democrat, Carolyn Boyle’s Parent PAC is hard at work tying to convince former Weatherford ISD Superintendent and Weatherford Mayor Joe Tison to run against Craddick lieutenant Rep. Phil King (R-Weatherford): Though Tison wasn’t ready to name the organization that called him, Carolyn Boyle, director of the statewide political action committee, Texas Parent PAC, confirmed she has been talking to the mayor of Weatherford. Boyle said she learned about Tison when several parents living in Weatherford contacted her organization. After getting to know him, she said Tison is the kind of leader Texas deserves. “He has terrific experience and abilities,” she said. “A person who has served as mayor as well as school superintendent has dealt with many public policy issues. He’s also a true leader; he brings people together.” All of the pro-public school incumbent candidates receiving Texas Parent PAC contributions and/or an endorsement won their general el

The Hoosiers open the season Monday evening at Assembly Hall against the Chattanooga Mocs. Led by fourth-year coach John Shulman, the Mocs return two starters from last season’s 15-18 team. Chattanooga is a member of the Southern Conference and they’re picked to finish fourth in the North division of that conference. Western Carolina, another IU non-conference opponent, was picked as the third place team in the North division. Nicchaeus Doaks averaged 10.2 points per game a season ago and figures to be the go-to-guy for Chattanooga. Their other returning starter is Khalil Hartwell, a 6-8 forward who averaged 4.8 points and 4.5 rebounds last season. Stephen McDowell, a 5-11 point guard transfer from South Carolina, is their top newcomer. McDowell is an Indianapolis native who started his prep career at Lawrence North before transferring to Cedar Grove in Georgia for his final two seasons. McDowell then attended the IMG Basketball Academy prep school before attending South Ca

Bobby Vickery (R-Frost), who has announced he will challenge Rep. Byron Cook (R-Corsicana) in the GOP Primary, is a pro-Craddick Republican recruited by Craddick allies, according to Capitol Annex sources in HD 8. Vickery, who denied to discuss his campaign with the Quorum Report, is reportedly following a new strategy for pro-Craddick Republicans following the bloodbath they suffered in House District 97 earlier this week, which is to keep mum about all things related to their campaign until after the filing deadline. Republican candidates who are being recruited by Craddick’s forces are reportedly now being urged to behave like “dark horse” candidates by doing little and not speaking to the media until January.

An argument between several Indian men during a cricket match in Orlando led to an on-the-field shooting that seriously injured one of the players, according to police.Orange County sheriff's deputies said they responded to a 911 call at 4:20 p.m. Saturday from a cricket match at Cyprus Grove Park and found Francis Singh, 36, shot in the abdomen.Officers said Singh apparently became involved in a fight and threatened Devan Bascom, 37, with a cricket bat.Police said Bascom then pulled a small semi-automatic gun and fired at Singh, hitting him at least once."The shooter was defending himself from an attack with a cricket bat which is simlar to a baseball bat but it's flat," Orange County sheriff's Sgt. Spike Hopkins said. "For this man to bring a firearm to a sporting event is odd but then again, he has the right to do so. He has a concealed weapons permit and if, in fact, he was protecting himself, he was authorized by law to do so."Singh was transported to Orlando Regional Medical

It's been a long season and while the New York Red Bulls have admittedly not done very well recently, I believe Bruce Arena has the team poised for a playoff run that will (gasp!) surpass the normal "one and done" post-season routine its fans have grown accustomed to. Where is this blasphemous talk coming from? I'll tell you:First, the team is finally healthy. Kovalenko, Mendes, Altidore and Freeman have all missed time with injuries this season, which has had deleterious effects on the team's play. Its defense in particular has been completely ineffective as a result of injuries (and questionable personnel decisions; I'll get to that in a bit). Okay, so Captain America is injured (still...or again, take your pick) but he really hasn't done much (or anything, really) and more importantly hasn't been missed. The team's best stretch earlier in the season came with him out of the lineup.Second, Arena finally finally seems to be going with the best starting lineup at his disposal. W

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By: Gabriel Adams1- Know what to serve and when. If youve missed a serve because of high tension, it is more likely that you will not have the regular control and fluidity to execute your master serves. This is the worst possible time to launch an offensive using your tough and tricky serves as the chances are quite high that you may miss again. Stick to the safe short or medium, neutral serve. 2- When you arent playing, use that time to watch your opponents. Take a good look at how they play and what openings you can exploit in their game. Studying how they serve, how they return a serve and what are their strong and weak points will give you the winning edge, no matter how highly ranked they are.3- Keep on attacking right till the end. Just because you are leading, dont make the mistake of playing passive and hoping for your opponent to miss a shot so that you could win. If you do, the tables could turn very quickly and you could find yourself at the losing end. 4- Develop various st

European Union Does Not Reject Energy Reform Right AwayDespite expectations, the first feedback on the suggestions for reforming the European Union energy sector, approved by the EuroCommission on September 19, was quite calm. Although the EuroCommission’s chief opponents – governments and companies of Germany and France – confirmed that European Commissioner for Competition Policy Neelie Kroes’ plan is unacceptable on the whole, a number of companies, including Eni, Centrica, Fortum, support the plan with reservations.European Commissioner for Competition Policy Neelie Kroes presented on September 19 in Brussels five amendments to the European law, which suggest limiting energy companies’ opportunity to manage the transportation and production of electric energy and natural gas on the European Union territory. So far, just three European Union companies – Germany’s E.ON and RWE and France’s Suez – bluntly reject the amendments.The reform’s opponents were the first

In his first defense of the Orient Pacific Boxing Federation light flyweight title, Juanito Rubillar performed exceedingly well with a smashing fifth round knockout victory over challenger Ken Nakajima of Japan. After training for some three months in a determined effort to put on an impressive showing and hopefully earn a world title shot, Rubillar came into the fight in the best shape of his lifeRubillar hurt Nakajima with vicious body shots and dropped him twice before putting him away for good at 2:42 of the fifth round. Rubillar improves his record to 42-10-7 with 19 knockouts with this while Nakajima dropped to 16-5 with 10 knockouts. The Filipino southpaw won the OPBF title with a seventh round TKO over tough young Indonesian Irfan Ogah on October 13, 2006 in Trece Martires City, Cavite.Finkel Goes After Arum, Top Rank, and Mannyin the latest twist to the Manny Pacquiao saga, Shelly Finkel, Pacquiao’s former manager, is seeking unspecified damages that could amount to a tidy

"Qalamdans is a perfectly cromulent word." Some tips to help you against a particularly tough opponent, or to help deliver a crushing defeat to your Aunt Mabel when she dares question your Scrabble skills.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Sky terminated the contract of guard Deanna Jackson on Wednesday, one month after she hit an opposing player in a parking lot after Israel’s national league title game. Jackson, who spent the offseason playing for Israeli team Anda Ramat Hasharon, was placed on indefinite suspension by the Sky following her arrest on April 24 for assaulting Elitzur Ramle guard Ina Gourevitch in a Jerusalem parking lot after an 81-68 loss in the championship game. more…

Since we started the day by covering news posted in a British newspaper about an incredibly shallow person who thinks his tattoo is news, let's keep the mind-numbing British celebrity scoop train rolling, shall we?From the Star:BRITNEY Spears could soon be getting up to some “lanky panky” with a 6ft 8in basketball player.The pop princess is set to go out on a date with LA Lakers star Luke Walton.And his pals say they will be perfect partners – because Britney, 25, is fresh out of rehab and Luke, 27, is on the wagon during his team’s run-in to the NBA play-offs.I am planning on betting my house, car, kids, shoes, underwear, everything I have on the Lakers going out in the first round of the playoffs now. Seriously, how is Luke going to be able to concentrate on defending his opponent when his new GFF is being booed at his games?The source added: “Luke’s all man – not like Federline or any of the guys that she’s been used to.“If anyone can sweep her off her feet, he ca

This is probably the Swedish political scandal of the century. Like a Swedish Watergate. Officials of Folkpartiet (the Swedish liberal party) are being investigated by police for spying on their political opponent Socialdemokraterna (the social democrat party) through logging in on Socialdemokraterna's internal computer network, where confidential reports and planning was stored. With the upcoming elections as close as September 17, this is of course pure political kryptonite with no end of the ripple effect in sight. The Social Democrats are indignant in the media, of course, but a guess is they are secretly rather pleased, since this may give them the extra push in the public opinion they need to win the election. The spying was made possible when Liberal party officials got their hands on a Social Democrat party worker's login information. How this could happen is not clear at this point; the accused Liberal official, Per Jodenius, claims that the information was given to him by a