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A Frank Miller graphic novel masterpiece. On the heels of the Sin City success, they've made a movie out of it. Opens March 9. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416449/ Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/ Certainly not...

The day before the NH Coliseum -- where the press box is named after him -- got the wrecking ball. Tom McCormack, who spent parts of five decades covering sports for the New Haven Journal-Courier and Register died Friday morning at the Hospital of St. Raphael. McCormack, who had been in...

I know I'm the only one watching -- actually listening, it's on as background noise -- to the GMAC bowl. But is there a reason every time they refer to Southern Miss' opponent, it's as "The Ohio University" or "Ohio University"? Do they actually think somebody is going to accidentally be looking...

Sorry if this is D_B ... didn't see it on page 1 or 2 From AP (Doug Ferguson): Michelle Wie celebrated her first victory of the year _ she got accepted to Stanford. The 17-year-old senior at Punahou School in Honolulu said Tuesday she would enroll in the fall, dispelling any talk she would...

Tim Dahlberg has a piece on the AP wire about the Heisman. It includes this bit ... Troy Smith of Ohio State will win the Heisman on Saturday. If that comes as any sort of surprise, then you might be one of those still thinking Michigan is playing for the national championship. This vote has...

Or did he just make racist comments? Heard about his interview on WEEI this morning. Couldn't find anything until I did a google search and came up with Wednesday's KC Star (from Jeffrey Flanagan's column). “I think so. I could relate to Herman. I couldn’t do that with the other coaches I...

AP just moved a story on how wonderful he was to turn down guaranteed money to sign with the hometown Dodgers. In these days of skyrocketing salaries, Randy Wolf is a rarity. The 30-year-old left-hander passed up more guaranteed money just to return home. That being said, the Los Angeles...

Fox is reporting they cut the Idiot kicker and signed Martin Gramatica re: Jay Glazer A man who was recently dubbed the most accurate kicker in NFL history is now unemployed. Sources have told FOXSports.com that the Dallas Cowboys have cut kicker Mike Vanderjagt and will sign Martin...

So, apparently, rather than do the right thing and have a Div. I tournament (four, eight, 16 teams - take your pick), they simply re-named the Division I-AA playoffs as the "Division I Football Championships." Huh? So we'll have an "NCAA Football Division I" champion. And a "Division I Bowl...

'cause I know there are plenty of gamers on this board ... When I roll out my QB, because the wide receiver options are up, the QB won't break into a run no matter how much open space there is. He'll stutter there, moving very slowly toward the line. Once he breaks the line of scrimmage, he'll...

AP just moved this ... A voter for The Associated Press college football poll was removed from the poll board Wednesday because he mistakenly thought Oklahoma had lost to Texas Tech and voted the Sooners lower in this week's rankings. Jim Kleinpeter of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans said he...

At the risk of this becoming an espn-bash (because I happen to like my poker on TV and the use of walk-off homer for its descriptive qualities)... Instant classic. I've read it in several different stories over the last couple weeks, including once or twice by some talented writers I would...

I'll never watch again. The Unit is one of the season-passes that both me and the missus watch. For those who don't know, it's a show about an ultra-secret army unit that takes care of the bad guys, yada, yada, yada. Some of the show's focus is also on the army's wives. Decent show, some...

Wife doesn't want to press charges. I understand that ... from the standpoint of, in my limited knowledge of such affairs, that it is not uncommon for the abused spouse to want to turn the abuser in. Fine. I get that. However, this 6-foot-4, 240-pound guy punches a significantly smaller woman...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15012086/ MIAMI - A fugitive gunman accused of killing a Florida sheriff’s deputy was shot 68 times by SWAT team officers who found him hiding in the woods, according to autopsy results. Police fired 110 shots at Angilo Freeland, 27, the target of a massive manhunt...

Sitting here in the office, listening to the fax machine spit out pages upon pages of stuff we don't care about -- five pages of the automated scorebook from a Div. III football team we don't cover -- and began to wonder, "Why does anyone still have a fax machine?" In the day and age most...

A city councilor wants a landmark Citgo sign taken down in response to a speech in which Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez called President Bush "the devil." Citgo is a subsidiary of Venezuela's state oil company, and Councilor Jerry McDermott wants to replace the sign, which is visible from...

Women's World Championships last night. RUSSIA 75, UNITED STATES 68 Well, the US women have a great college season and the premier pro league in the world with the WNBA. So where are all the hand wringing about "they don't play the right way," "too much emphasis on flash and not enough on...

You can't make this stuff up. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14391363/ Protesters calling for an end to recent violence in Sri Lanka found themselves brawling with hard-line Buddhist monks on Thursday, after a rally dubbed a “peace protest” turned unexpectedly violent. Organizers said there were...

Is this like Good Cop/Bad Cop of the food world? http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060619/bs_nm/food_nestle_dc "This acquisition will also reinforce Nestle Nutrition's presence in the USA, the world's largest nutrition and weight management market," Nestle said in a statement.