Wednesday 6 February marks the 50th anniversary of the Munich air crash when 23 people, including eight Manchester United players, lost their lives as the team returned from a European Cup match against Red Star Belgrade. Continue reading »
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., plans to call NFL commissioner Roger Goodell promptly to discuss the Spygate controversy and suggested Sunday that Senate hearings could result from his investigation.
BLAKELY, Ga. — New Orleans defensive end Charles Grant was stabbed in the neck, and a pregnant woman was shot and killed early Sunday in an altercation at a nightclub in southwest Georgia.
THE war of words between the Queensland Roar and Sydney FC has intensified ahead of their A-League elimination semi-final, with Roar mentor Frank Farina suggesting Sydney’s John Kosmina should be disciplined for labelling him a “whinger”.
Kosmina, though, refused to back away from his comments, saying Farina’s response only served to prove his point.
OU’s 19-0 second half run keys 74-58 victory
Paris got her 80th consecutive double-double and Oklahoma used a 19-4 run in the final 10 minutes to blow the game open.
If, as predicted, the Patriots win tonight, we’ll surely be hearing that phrase tomorrow.
Personally, I don’t feel you can compare greatness in team sports with greatness in an individual sport. A quarterback’s wins are ultimately connected to, and dependent on, the strength of his team. It’s even been said that Tiger, who impressed us yet again this weekend in Dubai, is not a team player…at all. So to me, it’s like comparing apples to oranges… but it inevitably happens.
Fela ‘Anikulapo’ Kuti, the pioneer of Afrobeat music. Musician, political activist, human rights campaigner, and mesmerizing performer. Here he sings Army Arrangement. To my great regret I never got to see him but his music lives on through his sons Femi and Seun. I have heard Antibalas, a NY based Afrobeat group, at Columbia. Just great music. Fela Kuti’s music inspired Ginger Baker, Roy Ayers, and Branford Marsalis. Here is a 1971 clip from Ginger Baker’s documentary on Kuti and Afrika 70.
Canadian Soccer
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Charles Gbeke and Issey Nakajima-Farran scored to lead Canada’s national men’s soccer team to a 2-0 exhibition win over Danish side Vejle Boldklub on Sunday.
The Canadian team ended its two-week camp in Florida with the victory. Earlier, Canada captured a 1-0 win over Martinique in Fort-au-France, Martinique.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson feels betrayed by head coach Marvin Lewis and is privately threatening to sit out the 2008 season if he isn’t traded, according to a source.