Masahiro Tanaka is Pitching Really Well These Days
Last winter, one of the bigger feeding frenzies in the major league baseball free agent market had to do with Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. Pitching for the Rakuten Golden Eagles...
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Final Jeopardy: Academy Awards (5-15-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/15/2014), in the category “Academy Awards” was: 1 of the 2 movies in the last 30 years, one a drama & one a comedy, to win...
American Idol Top 3 Performances. Predictions Anyone?
The Top 3 sang 3 songs each on American Idol tonight. They all got pretty high marks for the most part and it’s tough to say how this is going...
Final Jeopardy: Names on the Map (5-14-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/14/2014), in the category “Names on the Map” was: Visited by Jacques Cartier in 1534, it was later renamed for Queen Victoria’s father, the Duke of...
Nigerian Government Weighing Boko Haram Demand
Reuters reports that the government of Nigeria is considering its options now that the leader of Boko Haram has let his demands be known concerning the release of the more...
Wrong Way Alec Baldwin: Not Just Biking
Actor Alec Baldwin, more famous these days for wild outbursts than anything else, allegedly went off on a New York City police officer who stopped him for riding his bicycle...
Donald Sterling Apologizes for His Remarks, Then Trashes Magic Johnson
Donald Sterling, embattled owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, sat down for an interview with Anderson Cooper of CNN to get out the word that he was sorry for his...
Final Jeopardy: Monarchs (5-13-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/13/2014), in the category “Monarchs” was: 2 teen Hashemite cousins officially took the thrones of their respective countries May 2, 1953: Faisal of Iraq & him....
Aroldis Chapman Returns From Injury in Top Form
Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman, who was hit in the head by a line drive in spring training back on March 19th, made his season debut against the Colorado Rockies...
Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Poems (5-12-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (5/12/2014), in the category “19th Century Poems” was: Written about the U.S. occupation of the Philippines, a Kipling poem said, “take up” this now-controversial phrase. It’s...
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