Buying tickets for sporting events can be a very easy situation or it can become a difficult test. A lot depends on how well the team is playing, the game for the game and what part of the season it is. Of course, getting tickets to a bad game when your team is well under…
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JT Thomas inducted into the Minor League Soccer News Hall of Fame
Former West Virginia Mountaineers linebacker James “JT” Thomas will be inducted into the Minor League Football News Hall of Fame on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at the Oasis Resort Hotel & Casino in Mesquite, Nevada. Thomas’s nomination was reviewed by the MLFN Board of Directors and he received notification of his acceptance on July 30….
NBA rookies beat sophomores for second year in a row
For the second year in a row, the rookies defeated the sophomores in the NBA All-Star Rookie Challenge. Are rookies trying harder than sophomores, or are players from the past two drafts better than last year’s picks? Before the 2010 game, the sophomores had won the last 7 games, usually by a wide margin. In…
The truth behind the Lakers’ 3-Peat
When it comes to the fact that LeBron James is by far the best player on the planet, it seems like a lot of ignorant Lakers fans are trying to argue that Kobe Bryant is at least at LeBron’s level, if not better. However, when asked to explain his reasoning, the only answer Lakers fans…
Letter to the Belmont
Held each year at Belmont Park in New York, the Belmont Stakes has always been known as The Trial of the Champion as it is the last of the Triple Crown races and also the longest at one and a half miles in length. It’s open to horses, fillies and three-year-olds alike who want to…
10 delusions of personal growth
1. That you can achieve something positive by defeating something negative. When we act to improve our lives by overcoming some aspect of ourselves (for example, “an old pattern of unwanted behavior” or a recurring problem of “self-sabotage”), who, exactly, wins? One of the most enduring and unfortunate delusions to come out of the personal…
Left to die by Lisa Jackson
Paperback: 484 pages Publisher: Zebra August 1, 2008 English language ISBN-10: 1420102761 ISBN-13: 978-1420102765 To buy, click here. Book Synopsis: In the lonely woods around Grizzly Falls, Montana, four bodies have been discovered. Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli have been waiting for a career case, but this is a nightmare. Even with the FBI…
Ness Notes for August 21
The Seahawks beat the Colts 30-17 in Indy last night and the Raiders posted three straight wins this preseason when they beat the 49ers 23-7 in Oakland. The Colts have now lost eight straight preseason games (2-6 ATS), matching the Chiefs’ eight-game winning streak (0-8 ATS). The 49ers had their five-game ATS winning streak snapped…
Celebrity Ghost Stories – Telly Savalas
Best known for his iconic television portrayal of lollipop-loving detective Theo Kojak, the late great Greek-born actor Telly Savalas had a truly ghostly experience while driving home to Long Island at 3 a.m. one summer morning in 1954, when ran out of gas and decided to walk to a nearby highway where he knew a…
African art and culture: a tool for the social, political and economic development of Africa
The cultural and artistic productions of Africa have several dimensions that emphasize the central role that art plays in the development of societies. This justifies why art and life and social progress are intertwined. This article explains the influence of art on the social, political and economic development of African societies. African art is related…