Archive for December 3rd, 2006

No. 2 UNC overcomes Parker’s 27 points, Tennessee

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

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Forde: Only madness in BCS method

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

The BCS system has reduced the national championship chase to a politicized popularity contest/guessing game, writes Pat Forde.

Bears maul Vikings for second straight NFC North title

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

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Gugino Joined Museum Late

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006


Carla Gugino crossed the Threshold and spent a Night at the Museum without a break. Gugino, who co-stars with Ben Stiller in the upcoming family fantasy film, told SCI FI Wire that she came to the project very late in the game and started the film almost immediately after completing her shortlived TV series.

Iraq Refugee Exodus Unsettles Mideast

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

As Iraq’s bloodshed worsens, the tide of refugees fleeing the country is straining the region’s resources and inflaming fears that Iraq’s sectarian conflict might spread to neighboring countries.

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

Torch VIP Members, click on the red button above to access the post-ECW December to Dismember PPV Audio Roundtable with Torch editor Wade Keller and Torch columnists James Caldwell and Pat McNeill…

BCS picks Gators to meet Ohio State in Glendale

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

Florida, which lobbied hard for this victory, were picked to play No. 1 Ohio State for college football’s Tostitos BCS Championship Game, ending any chance for the Wolverines to get the rematch they so desired and thought they deserved.

Florida State holds off late charge to upset Florida

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

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Baker: Why We Didn’t Remove Saddam

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

For years, the question I was most often asked about Desert Storm is why we did not remove Saddam Hussein from power. [The answer is that] A coalition war to liberate Kuwait could then have been portrayed as a US war of conquest.

German fan club raises RFDS funds

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

A German-based fan club of the 1980s TV series, The Flying Doctors, have raised $25,000 for the real Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS).

MAC title spin-off: Chippewas’ Kelly gets Cincy job

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

Brian Kelly accepted the coaching job at Cincinnati on Sunday, three days after he led Central Michigan to the Mid-American Conference championship.

Round Three!! Dec 3rd’s Sly answers to your Stallone’d Questions:

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

Harry here - Sorry this day’s answers got devoured by the SLY folder. It got all ironed out. And now - here they are. Bet you thought they wouldn’t be up today. We’ll try to do better tomorrow. LOVE his answer to take us through the 6 Rocky movies…

1. Q. What do you consider your worst film? Rhinestone or Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot?

Eric P.

The worst film I’ve ever made by far… maybe one of the worst films in the entire solar system, including alien productions we’ve never seen… a flatworm could write a better script then STOP! OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT. In some countries – China, I believe – running STOP! OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT once a week on government television has lowered the birth rate to zero. If they ran it twice a week, I believe in twenty years China would be extinct. Does that put it in perspective, Eric P.?