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Will NBA owners and players impact cities already greatly impacted by The Great Recession   NBA players rejected the league’s latest contract offer on Monday, November 14, 2011 and will disband as a union.   There are 30 metropolitan areas that are home to NBA franchises. Many of these cities have already been greatly impacted by […]

Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski Ties Bob Knight’s 902 Wins as Division I Coach   By Nancy Kercheval Bloomberg   Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski is one victory away from a record 903rd win that would move him past Bob Knight atop college basketball’s highest level.   The sixth-ranked Blue Devils beat Presbyterian College 96- 55 […]

Battleground Poll: Obama vulnerable By JAMES HOHMANN | Politico   President Barack Obama’s persistently low approval ratings for his handling of the economy and a growing sense that the country is on the wrong track could make him more vulnerable next year than current polls suggest, according to a new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll. […]

          Smokin’ Joe Frazier, the man who handed Muhammad Ali his first defeat Photograph: AP S.Res. 319: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of Joe Frazier.   This resolution has been passed in the Senate. The resolution now takes effect. This resolution passed in the Senate by Unanimous Consent.   […]

  Joe Paterno issues statement   Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa.– Penn State football coach Joe Paterno will retire at the end of the season, his long and illustrious career brought down because he failed to do all he could about an allegation of child sex abuse against a former assistant. Penn State football coach […]

Penn State Said to Be Planning Paterno’s Exit Amid Scandal By MARK VIERA and PETE THAMEL The New York Times STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Joe Paterno’s tenure as coach of the Penn State football team will soon be over, perhaps within days or weeks, in the wake of a sex-abuse scandal that has implicated university […]

Louisiana State University and University of Alabama lived up to the hype LSU 9 Alabama 6 The most talked about game was played Saturday, Nov. 5 where No. 1 LSU visited No. 2 Alabama in Tuscaloosa and took home a win in overtime beating the Crimson Tide. The Tigers of LSU remain ranked No. 1. Isn’t […]

NCAA College football No. 1 LSU at No. 2 Alabama By Jordan Schultz Huffington Post With the Bowl Championship Series system as convoluted as it is, this season’s real national championship could very well be this weekend. Both Alabama, the country’s top ranked team, and LSU, ranked second, feature hard-hitting and extremely fast defenses that will surely turn […]

Philadelphia Eagles vs Dallas Cowboys- Was it safe to keep Michael Vick in the game so late? Michael Vick threw two touchdown passes and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Dallas Cowboys 34-7 Sunday night (Oct. 30, 2011). Vick would remain in the game with the Eagles leading even with 3 mins. left on the clock. Michael Vick […]

London 2012 Olympics: Games-time walking and cycling routes unveiled London 2012 organizers have unveiled the details of their £10 million improvement package for London’s cycle and walking networks, which they hope will encourage spectators to pedal and stroll to the Olympics next summer.   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/8847595/London-2012-Olympics-Games-time-walking-and-cycling-routes-unveiled.html