Articles Archive for December 2008
NCAAB »
Young Georgetown already is surpassing expectations, but the Hoyas face their biggest challenge of the young season in No. 2 Connecticut on Monday night in Hartford in the Big East opener for both teams.
The Huskies have opened a... read more
NBA »
What is the hottest team in the Eastern Conference right now? Nope, it’s not the Boston Celtics or Cleveland Cavaliers but the Orlando Magic, who have won an NBA-high seven games in a row (by an average margin of 15.9 points) and 11 of 12, but Orlando has ... read more
NCAAF »
NCAAF »
Monday’s first of two bowl games features North Carolina State and Rutgers, two teams that didn’t look at all bowl-worthy a few months ago.
The Scarlet Knights, who are 6.5-point favorites on WagerWeb.com, rattled off six wi... read more
Sports Betting »
The Jets have fired Coach Eric Mangini, hours after the team completed a late-season swoon and was eliminated from playoff contention with a loss at home to the Miami Dolphins. The team announced the firing at a morning news conference.
“For the current New York Jets organization, we’ve m... read more
WTF »
LA Times – George Francis, the nation’s oldest man who lived through two world wars, man’s first walk on the moon and got to vote for the country’s first black president, has died. He was 112.
Francis died Saturday of congestive heart failure at a nursing home in Sacra... read more
WTF »
Sharell Butler, 15, seemed so slight that those who knew her wondered how she could have done what she stands accused of doing: killing two men in the span of 48 hours.
“I don’t think she would have had the strength,” said Angel Rodriguez, 34, who owns a tire shop on Poplar Street in th... read more
WTF »
The US Coast Guard was continuing its search off Cancun today for a missing passenger from the Norwegian Pearl, a spokesman confirmed. Thirty-six-year-old Jennifer Seitz was believed to have fallen overboard at about 8 p.m. on Christmas Day. The ship was on a seven-day western Caribbean Christmas cr... read more
Entertainment »
Ann Savage, who earned a cult following as a femme fatale in such 1940s pulp-fiction movies as “Detour,” has died at 87.
The actress died in her sleep at a nursing home on Christmas Day from complications following a series of strokes, said her manager, Kent Adamson.
Her Ho... read more
