A little gallows humor for Giants’ fans: Many are wondering in the wake of Posey’s injury about Bengie Molina, who hasn’t officially retired. But Mercury News writer Andrew Baggarly hears “at least as of two months ago, Molina was not in any kind of shape to play.” Well, doesn’t sound much different from last year.
A 27 year old Rockies fan died today after a 20 foot fall at Coors Field in Denver. He had lost his balance after trying to slide down a staircase railing.
The man had been taken off life support after being declared brain dead Wednesday. While I don’t mean to minimize the pain his friends and relatives must be going thru, with all due respect, he was brain dead when he decided to slide down that railing.
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Apparently green-minded students this year at more than 250 colleges and universities have the option to get graduation gowns made from recycled plastic bottles. Still others can buy gowns made from wood pulp, instead of the standard polyester.
Many basketball and football powerhouse schools say they have an even greener option. They don’t waste anything with gowns, because their students don’t graduate in the first place.
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There are more and more rumors of other alleged Schwarzenegger mistresses and brief liasons. Here we thought Arnold dreamed he should be President, maybe he just dreamed he was the world’s greatest golfer.
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Interesting sidelight about John Edwards’ alleged use of campaign funds to pay for his mistress. Edwards might almost be as rich as Schwarzenegger. As Augie suggests, perhaps Arnold might have told John “Don’t be such a girly man, pay up.”
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MSNBC host Ed Schultz has accepted a one week suspension, and has apologized for calling conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham a ‘right-wing slut’ on his syndicated radio program Tuesday. So is the apology for calling her “right-wing” or for calling her a “slut?”
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With the Heat into the finals, the impossible has become reality; most of America will actually be rooting for Mark Cuban.
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The New York Mets reportedly sold part of their team today. Mets fans were hoping it was the bullpen.
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The NCAA infractions appeals committee has upheld all penalties and findings against USC football, The Trojans will lose 30 scholarships over the next three years are banned again from this year’s postseason.
For some reason the committee didn’t buy the school’s defense, which basically boiled down to “But we’re USC!”
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Sarah Palin has announced a bus trip “to connect with our founders, our patriots, our challenges and victories.” And to “appreciate the significance of our nation’s historic sites, patriotic events and diverse cultures, which we’ll do in the coming weeks on our “One Nation” tour. Wonder if Sarah will meet up with Michelle Bachman in Lexington NH to commemorate the “shot heard round the world.?”
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Just how young are American Idol finalists Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina? At their ages, Lindsay Lohan hadn’t even entered her first rehab yet.
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