After a series in New York that included seven
hit batters, Major League Baseball is telling the Mets and
Washington Nationals to be on their best behavior when they meet
for three more games starting Tuesday.
rcbutcher writes to tell us the Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that Google has just acquired the rights to a brand new text search algorithm invented by a University of NSW student. From the article: “Orion works as an add-on to existing search engines to improve the relevance of search and won praise from Microsoft founder Bill Gates last year. […] Orion finds pages where the content is about a topic strongly related to the key word. It then returns a section of the page, and lists other topics related to the key word so the user can pick the most relevant.”
LaMarcus Aldridge, whose sophomore season ended with a disappointing performance in Texas’ loss to LSU in the Elite Eight, has told teammates and the Longhorns coaching staff he will enter the NBA draft, three sources told The Dallas Morning News.
Fran Dunphy, who turned Penn into an NCAA Tournament regular, will take over at Temple to replace Hall of Fame coach John Chaney, according to multiple reports. A news conference is scheduled for Monday afternoon.
Shearing sheep in the future could be as easy as dialling a number on your mobile phone.
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Nicolaas van Rijn: Forensic investigators in the tiny London-area hamlet of Shedden today are continuing to piece together clues in the worst mass murder in Ontario history, writes Nicolaas van Rijn. [Toronto Star]
Phil Mickelson’s first Masters win was all about guts and determination. His most recent one was defined by dominance.
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In a weird way, Fred Couples had more to do with good buddy Phil Mickelson winning another Masters than you might think.
You’ve probably heard that on Monday night, I, Vince McMahon, challenged you to a wrestling match. Now, I said some things about you which were unfair, but I had no choice. I’m trying to run a business here. Kayfabe and all that.
FeedoStyle is a new service that allows people to pull any RSS feed into a stylized module on a web page. The idea is to allow blog and other website publishers to include new content directly onto their site in a very easy way.
The service is easy to set up and does not require the […]