WNBA Brawl in Detroit…Shocker!

A brawl broke out at the end of the LA-Detroit WNBA game tonite — in Detroit of all places. First, take a close look at the picture below. Notice the peaceful, observant look on Bill Laimbeer’s face? Almost like he’s saying: “Hmmm…just like old times!”

Hooked on EA’s NCAA Football 2009

I couldn’t resist it any longer. After a conversation with somebody who told me that her husband was addicted to EA’s NCAA Football 2009, I had to order it for next day delivery. Of course, I punched in my order via Amazon thru my iPhone. Talk about immediate…

McCain in the Rearview Mirror?

Is McCain the 2007 New York Giants?

Think about it, this time last year the Giants were a non-story. This time this year, McCain is a non-story.

Obama goes to the Middle East and acts like THE President of the United States…

Funnier Than The Daily Show?

Some days it feels like the only show really worth watching on TV (ok, on Cable) is Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”. I dug up a funny clip of Stewart throwing out the first pitch at a Met’s game a couple of years ago. Gotta love how seriously he takes it —…

Credit Crunch: Taxpayers to the Rescue

Take a read of Gretchen Morgenson’s piece in the NYTimes Fair Game column Sunday titled “Borrowers and Bankers: A Great Divide”.

She hits on what has become a particularly salient theme of late as relates to the continuing meltdown of…

Gray Lady Gets LinkedIn

Incorporating the social graph aspect of LinkedIn in to The New York Times site (specifically in the Business and Technology sections) sounds like an intriguing concept. AlleyInsder.com gives couple examples of what the integration will provide for LinkedIn users.

Congrats to PaidContent.org

Seems like a good fit — the marriage between ConnectNext Media (publisher of PaidContent.org) and Guardian News & Media (the news division of the U.K.’s Guardian Media Group). I don’t know much about GMG, but I do know the good folks at PC.org, including my former Yahoo…

Hendrix Bio — Summer Reading

Just finished Charles Cross’s 2005 Jimi Hendrix biography “Room Full of Mirrors”. Found it to be a very interesting read, good way to start off the summer reading season.

Cross does a good job laying out Hendrix’s youth — from his mother’s early death…

The Financial Squeeze on Americans

Very interesting Op-Ed piece in today’s LA Times by Peter Gosselin (national economics correspondent for The Times and the author of “High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families,” released last month by Basic Books.)

Sunday Times Sports Section

It’s rare that I have the time to read a sports section cover to cover, let alone the Sunday NY Times sports section. But I pulled the feat off today and it was great.

First, thanks NY Times for covering the Tour de France — without Lance (or any…