Archive for July 15th, 2007

The Settlers: Rise of an Empire Q&A [PC]

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Blue Byte’s latest building sim is nearly done, and we spoke to the game’s producer to find out what makes it tick.

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Torch VIP Members, click on the red button above to access the 37 minute TNA Victory Road PPV Audio Analysis with Torch columnists James Caldwell and Bruce Mitchell…

Nguyen alive in battle for spot at final WSOP table

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Former champion Scotty Nguyen stayed alive Sunday as the seesaw battle for the chip lead and a spot at the final table at the World Series of Poker continued.

Great Movie: WR — Mysteries of the Organism (1971)

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

by Roger Ebert

“When I started making films, sex and humor were considered as very serious matters — even high treason.” Dusan Makavejev is remembering the uproar over his “WR — Mysteries of the Organism” (1971), a film of sex and comedy that had a mixed reaction: best director at the 1971 Chicago festival, around-the-clock screenings at Cannes, an uproar in New York by followers of Wilhelm Reich, banned in Yugoslavia and at the Venice Film Festival, denounced as pornographic, irresponsible, anti-Soviet, anti-American, anti-cinema.

CALDWELL’S TNA VICTORY ROAD REPORT 7/15: Ongoing “virtual time” coverage of live PPV

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Live in the arena, the Ultimate X was set up with the giant red “X” hanging from the structure. Christopher Daniels was the first man out for the ten-man gauntlet match. Jay Lethal came out next. And Daniels jumped Lethal from behind to start things off.

Blount: After brutal Chicago race, bring on the COT

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

After another boring race at one of NASCAR’s so-called cookie-cutter tracks, the Car of Tomorrow can’t arrive at those intermediate ovals soon enough, writes Terry Blount.

Newton: Stewart happy to win; ecstatic he has time off

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Tony Stewart is happy he won, happy with his team and happy he has some time off. Winning at Chicagoland — and a pep talk from team owner Joe Gibbs — will do that for you, writes David Newton.

Mourning says he’ll be back for one more season

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Alonzo Mourning is coming back, one more time.

Phillies weigh in as biggest loser with No. 10,000

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

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Stewart puts end to drought with Chicagoland win

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Tony Stewart finally broke through for his first victory of the season, holding off Matt Kenseth on several late-race restarts Sunday to win the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.

Giants swept by Dodgers

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

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‘Harry Potter’ Flies with the ‘Phoenix’

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Displaying the franchise’s continued strength, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix invoked an estimated $77.4 million over the weekend, while Transformers had a standard drop for its genre…