| Flashback: How could you possibly call the Pistons 'Bad' Boys?
Next thing you know, we'll have to wear eyepatches to the Silverdome and carry knives between our teeth.
Now, I have spent a lot of time in the Pistons' locker room. And I never have had to carry a weapon. A footstool, maybe. Never a weapon. They seem like OK guys to me.
But, hey. Maybe I'm missing something. So I called Bob Neal, the TBS announcer, who said that yes, he has been calling Detroit "the team people love to hate" on national broadcasts since late last season.
"It's the image they have around the country now," he said. "I think people relate to Detroit as a tough, blue-collar, hardball town -- and now Detroit basketball fits the mold literally.
"You got players like Bill Laimbeer and Rick Mahorn. When Laimbeer comes to town, there are signs saying "LAME-beer." In Atlanta, a guy dresses up in a villain's mustache and wears Laimbeer's number, and when he stands up, everyone boos.
Abducted Oakland man fatally stabs captor
The woman asked to be dropped off near where she said she lived, near an East Oakland park. The woman got out of the car, leaving the second woman still inside. The first woman was gone only a few seconds when she came running back to the car followed by a man who simulated having a gun, police said. He made the 35-year-old man get in the back seat with the second woman and began driving the car with the woman who set up the date in the front seat, police said. Phillips said the two women first tried to make .
TORCH NEWS TICKER 2/24: The Rock at the Oscars, WrestleMania process ...
Updated throughout the day, it's the Torch News Ticker with all the news and info that's not fit for print. Keep it open in a new tab and bookmark it every Monday! Promoters and readers: Send in news, upcoming events, interview highlights, or wrestling-related information to the Torch News email address, Wade Keller, and James Caldwell for inclusion on the constantly-updated Ticker. Contact link. Sunday, February 24, 2008 11:00 p.m. - At tonight's Academy Awards ceremony in California, Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) was a sole presenter for the Best Visual Effects category. John Stewart, who hosted the Oscars, introduced him simply as Dwayne Johnson, but not before making a joke about a steel chair to the back. - At tonight's PWG show in Reseda, Calif., Human Tornado won a three-way PWG Title match in the main event to win the vacant PWG Title.
Relegation a threat as Newcastle sink lower
When you lose a game you know you should win maybe it's twice as disappointing," Keegan said. Hughes believes Keegan will guide Newcastle out of their tailspin, which has seen his seven matches in charge yield five defeats and two draws. In pics: Premier League actionFootball fans' forum"I'm surprised there hasn't been a Keegan effect on the pitch, though there has been a fantastic effect on the surrounding area," Hughes said. "The scenes you saw when he was appointed prove that. Maybe it hasn't quite happened on the pitch yet, but it's only a matter of time. But the longer they go without a positive result, the more tension and apprehension there will be. I'm sure they'll have enough to stay up." .
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He's a tremendous football player, a great athlete," Ledford said. "He's a kid that has played just about every position on the field for us. I think he's going to be a big surprise for a lot of people. We're kind of in a rural area. I think if Alfonzo were in a metro area, he would be a lot bigger name." Playing Class A ball, the lowest classification in Georgia, Dennard's team made it to the state championship game this season. Dennard played both wide receiver and cornerback. His twin brother, Lorenzo, was the quarterback. Lorenzo is going to community college in Hutchinson, Kan., to play ball. Dennard has not visited Nebraska, but said Thursday night, "I liked the coaching staff. I liked Coach (Bo) Pelini. I liked Memorial Stadium. I checked it all out on the Internet." Dennard gives NU 22 commitments.
Universal: We're staying with HD DVD
Microsoft is now offering high-def downloads via its XBox 360 gaming console while Apple just added them to its Apple TV device. Additionally, Netflix and several other companies are planning to offer HD download services. But ZDNet's technical director says the companies are just using "marketing" techniques to make it sound like the downloads are really HD. "Marketing will push the nicer sounding “720p" aspect of the video but they don't tell you it's way too compressed to offer good video fidelity. Blu-ray has a maximum bit-rate of 40 mbps while HD DVD offers 28 mbps. Over the air broadcasts can be up to 24 mbps though they're typically between 16 to 20 mbps," he says. Ou adds: "Under most normal circumstances, the low bit-rate 720p so-called 'HD' video will be inferior though many companies are betting that consumers won't know any better.
Eva Longoria gets back in to shape for Desperate Housewives
"We're back and it's like we never left," Longoria-Parker told People.com in Los Angeles while accepting a donation for the children's cancer charity, Padres Contra El Cancer. "We were such a well-oiled machine before we broke so stop was jolting." Having dismissed pregnancy rumors in January by pointing to her strike-induced indulging, the Desperate Housewives star is back to her work health regiment. "I'm working out, I'm eating my healthy food I get prepared," she said with a sigh. "It is so much easier being in shape when you're on the show because you have a chef and the gym is right there, so you really have no excuse." Fresh off a plane from San Antonio, and heading to catch a place to New York, quality time with husband Tony Parker may be limited, but the actress is still in honeymoon mode.
Porter County Sport Briefs
Signups for youth baseball and softball league for girls and boys ages 5-18 will be held at Boone Grove Elementary on Jan. 26 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Feb. 1 from 2:30-6 p.m. and Feb. 2 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.FYI: Call (219) 988-5355 or (219) 465-6144.GYMNASTICS FUN DAY | ChestertonLakeshore Gymnastics will hold a "Holiday Fun Day" called "I Love Gymnastics" on Feb. 7 for children ages 4-5. Participants can either reserve a half day session (8:30-11:30 a.m. or 12:30-3:30 p.m.) or the full day of activities. Activities include gymnastics class, art projects, story time, songs, group games and snacks. The event is directed by Kathy Catherman who has been Lakeshore's preschool director for 6 years and is CPR Certified, Safety Certified and is a Professional member of the USGA.FYI: Call (219) 926-4274BASKETBALL OFFICIALS NEEDED | ValparaisoThe Courts of NWI is looking for licensed officials to work youth and adult basketball games.FYI: Call Hank at (219) 465-1111, ext.
Haverhill High opens first Teen Center
HAVERHILL — It was hardly the kind of scene you'd expect to see at school. Music was pounding as teenagers danced. Some played video games on a big-screen television. Others chatted while relaxing on comfortable living room furniture that sat on wall-to-wall carpeting. The location: a former storage room in the lower level of Haverhill High School. It is now an after-school teen center offering students creative outlets, help with schoolwork and simply just a place to relax. Several years in the making, the center is now open to students for several hours each weekday afternoon. It offers homework help, Internet-connected computers, musical instruments — such as an electric piano, a Nintendo video game console connected to a plasma television, a dance floor, comfortable furniture for relaxation and conversation, art supplies for students who like to draw, and a sound system for mixing, recording and playing music.
Page 2 sent Sam Alipour on a road trip with Ron Artest and his ...
INDIANAPOLIS TO CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- You can learn a lot about a fella by the way he deals with stress. Me? I suck down a smoke -- and then cut and run. Not Ron Artest. No, when Ron's number is called, the Sacramento Kings forward goes to the hole. Literally. "It happens whenever I get nervous," Artest admits. This is a peculiar yet telling statement. See, Artest didn't feel this way before walking the aisle and most certainly not before NBA contests, playing in the All-Star Game or even before Game 6 of Round 1 in the Western Conference playoffs last season. No, Artest can roll with all that. But this is a different tale altogether. Sitting in a fast-moving stretch H2 for a three-hour Indy-to-Champaign trek, flanked by eight of his closest Queensbridge Projects pals, Artest is forecasting a nervous night because in several hours he'll open for Ludacris at a rap concert at the University of Illinois -- where many people will be holding drinks and other potentially airborne projectiles.
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