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I believe in the small of the woman's back, the sweet spot of a bat, kisses that last for four days. I believe defense in basketball should be more then flopping, that an NBA player should not be penalized for walking towards a fallen teammate. I believe that

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Politics, News & Issues > Sports Archives Predictions: 2007 NBA Championship: 1 of 20
Baseball has seen a new champion every year since 2000. The NFL is ruled by parity. Even the Stanley Cup winner comes down to not who played the best, but whose goaltender was hottest at the end of the season.The league that bucks this trend is the NBA. Regular season success typically translates into playoff glory. Number on... More..
Entertainment > Celebrity Commentary Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards: 3 of 31
There has always been a connection between Britney Spears and the MTV Video Music Awards. It was at these shows that she gave some of her most memorable (and controversial) performances. It was here that Britney shed her good girl image, her Mousketeer background, and became a woman. The sexy dance sequences. The scantily dre... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Baseball How to win at fantasy baseball: 2 of 18
Every fantasy league is different. Some have auctioon bidding to collect your players; others utilize a draft order. Some keep cumulative stats where the winner is determined by best overall score, others are based on a week to week competition where the best record wins (or whomever wins a playoff-type format). Scoring will ... More..
Entertainment > Hollywood & Movie Industry Why obese male characters get attractive women in movies and TV: 1 of 9
Male characters getting hot women, otherwise known as the CBS prime-time schedule, is a tale as old as The Flinstones. From Ralph Kramden to Doug Heffernan, fat guys and attractive women are a Hollywood staple. Why it exists, though, is harder to explain. How is it that Tony Sorprano can nail every hot women that enters his l... More..
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends Evaluating reality TV: 6 of 53
Reality shows are about as real as Paris Hilton's singing voice. They are contrived stories, made-up situations, unbelievable events. They place people in awkward situations, either giving them jobs they have no right having (as in the Real World), or doing activities that would label them as bums in any other facet of life (... More..
Sports & Recreation > NBA Investigating the rivalries among NBA teams: 2 of 15
As much as the promotion of individual play, rivalries are what brought the NBA into prominence during the 1980s. The grand-daddy of them all was of course Lakers / Celtics, who met for three straight years for the NBA championship. Understanding that this was the marquee match-up, Commish David Stern began promoting these ga... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Sports Archives Predictions: 2007 NCAA Men's basketball finals: 4 of 24
I am not what you would call a college guru. I prefer to follow the pro game, mostly because I am too lazy to learn about new players (college basketball has more turnover then the women in Alex from Real World's bed). That said, I love the tournament that is March Madness, even if I have never come close to winning any bets ... More..
Sports & Recreation > Basketball Players How Michael Jordan killed the game of basketball: 2 of 12
Michael Jordan was the most awe-inspiring athlete I ever had the fortune to watch. He was more then a human highlight film. He was a machine, a force of nature, willing inferior teams into the playoffs and good teams into dynasties. He made me a basketball fan.In the NBA playoffs, he was the hero. It was never Bulls vs. Laker... More..
Sports & Recreation > Baseball (Other) Barry Bonds and steroid use: 5 of 27
The problem with Barry Bonds and steroids is that there is no definitive, absolute, positive way to say, without a degree of doubt, that he actually did it. We have all this "evidence", but thanks to my Law and Order training, I realize it is nothing but circumstantial. Bonds never tested positive. He was never seen injecting... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Bush Administration George W. Bush's legacy: 16 of 84
Presidential legacies are rarely clear and evident during the President's term, or even at their end. The problem is perspective. It is hard to judge how the future will see someone when it is not clear what their term of office actually meant in the context of history. Ronald Reagan's last years in office were marked by the ... More..