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 Miley Cyrus circumvents Disney with YouTube show
•YouTube - Miley And Mandy Show
 •YouTube - mileymandy's Channel

Miley Cyrus grows up with new album Breakout

Miley Cyrus still hurt by photo scandal

 
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 Miley Cyrus changes her name

Miley Cyrus' wild ways

 
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 teens.aol.com: Do You Know Miley?

Defending Miley Cyrus And Her Controversial Photos

Miley Cyrus wants 'to quit' Hannah Montana over photos

Billy Ray Cyrus talks about Miley Cyrus' topless pictures controversy

•Miley Cyrus MySpace Pictures
•Miley Cyrus Pictures

Miley Breaks Out of Her Hannah Montana Shell

Disney starts production on 'Hannah Montana' film

Imprint magazine

Obama's virtues aside, it's politics as usual

Obama turns on charm for women who love Hillary Clinton

The secret of Barack Obama's success

•Obama Would Have Hillary As Vice- President
•Obama-Clinton: a dream team or a 'nightmare ticket'?


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Meet the Candidate

How Obama won the Democratic nomination

Does Barack Obama Stand a Chance?

Clinton Bloc Becomes the Prize for Election Day


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Obama About To Bring Out The Big Gun: His Wife Michelle

Michelle Obama: Smart and sexy with a hint of steel


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 Fox News refers to Michelle Obama as 'baby mama'

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Hillary Clinton suspends campaign, endorses Barack Obama 

With Legacy and Future in Mind, Hillary Clinton Ends Run

Inside Hillary Clinton's decision to quit: The 5 hidden emotional ...

             

            Ed Norton plays Bruce Banner/The Hulk in an oddball odyssey about a man on the run, haunted by what happens when he loses his temper.
             The Province

The Incredible Hulk - Reviews   Trailer

Lou Ferrigno looks back, and luckily not in anger

How ‘The Incredible Hulk’ Movie Is Like A Video Game - Boss Battles!

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MLB

      Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan has helped mold the St. Louis pitching rotation into one of the best in the National League this season.

Pitchers' Best Friend: Cardinals' Pitching Coach Dave Duncan Makes Mediocre Pitchers Good, Good Pitchers Great 
•From Eckersley To Wellemeyer: A Short List Of Those Who've Thrived Under Duncan's Tutelage

  Boston's Tim Wakefield, 41, has found longevity with the knuckleball and hopes to pitch until he's 50.

Dying Art: Hitting A Knuckleball Is "like trying to catch a butterfly with a tweezers", But Tim Wakefield Is The Only True Knuckleballer Left In MLB

  Yanks have switch pitcher -- and it was Dad's idea

The Yankees' Secret Weaopn: Baseball's First Ambidextrous Pitcher

Switch Hitter Faces Switch Pitcher...And All H--- Breaks Loose  Video

Baseball's Best Father-Son Combinations

Bucs-Yankees interleague matchup defined by Mazeroski's epic homer in 1960 World Series

           Manny Ramirez

500 Home Runs And Counting: Manny Will Keep Being Manny, All The Way To Cooperstown  Stats

 NHL

 

Retiring Goalie Dominik Hasek Remembered As One Of The All-Time Greats

 

Born To Skate: Profile Of No. 1 Pick IN NHL Draft Steven Stamkos

GOLF

  Tiger Woods had to go 19 extra holes to capture the third U.S. Open title of his career.

He Is Legend   U. S. Open Video

Rocco Mediate's A Most Interesting Guy

GENERAL

 

Happy Birthday? Dianabol, The First Widely Used Steroid, Turns 50

         
                   The Dirty.com
Wild Times For Sports Blogs May Be Nearing An End

If The Fix Is In On A Sporting Event - And You'd Be Shocked At How Often It Is - This Web Site Will Expose It

         

All Too Human: Athletic Mortality Gnaws At Tiger Woods (Injury) And Roger Federer (Poor Play)

 		 NFL

 In his upcoming book, former first-round pick Jason Peter details his rampant drug use, both during and after his NFL career.

80 Vicodin A Day: Jason Peters. 14th Pick In The '98 Draft, Provides A Sordid Look At How Pro Football Players Cope With Pain

  Jonathan Ogden

Game-Changer: Jonathan Ogden Redefined The Left Tackle Position - And His Retirement Means The End Of An Era

      

The Next Pacman Jones? Broncos' WR Brandon Marshall - Involved In A Dozen Off-Field "Incidents" Since '04 - Is The NFL's New Bad Boy

  Michael Strahan

An Easy Call For The Hall: Giants' Retiring DE Michael Strahan Should Be A First Ballot Hall Of Famer

     "I didn't really pick a certain age to play or the way I'd continue to play in those later years," Peyton Manning said Thursday. "If I wasn't starting or I couldn't make the throws I used to, I don't think I'd continue playing. I'd still want to be a productive player."

One Decade In, Colts' QB Peyton Manning Is On The Back Nine Of His Brilliant Career

         

Cedric Benson Was Supposed To Be The Chicago Bears' Next Great Running Back. What Happened?

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Career-Ending Knee Injury? Not So Fast Says Ex-Lions' RB Kevin Jones, Who Has Employed Holistic Medicine To Make A Remarkable Recovery

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

 Signing Day has become a national phenomenon, but is it really the best for college football?

Eliminate College Football Signing Day

Controversy Erupts After Oregon Offers Football Scholarship To High-Schooler, Then Yanks It Because It "Overbooked"
•Oregon 'Offer' Mess Provides A Stark Look At Tainted Recruiting Process

 

On The College Football Recruiting Trail: How Schols Like Rutgers, WVU, and Clemson Succeed

Primer: How To Recruit College Football Players

  George Selvie

With The Spread Offense Spreading, Colleges Change Recruiting Tactics: Mobile QBs And Faster, Lighter Defenders Wanted

          

Remaking College Football: The Case For The 16-Team Super-Conference, Part IIl
•Previously: Part I  Part II
•SEC Should Pull Off Hostile Takeover Of College Football Marketplace

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SportsNewsConnection.com Archives  (May, '08)

MLB

       Josh Hamilton has had much to ponder in recent years. The outfielder is trying to get his baseball career back on track in limited workouts with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who drafted him first overall in 1999.

Comeback Kid: After Years Of Battling Substance Abuse, Josh Hamilton Is Clean, Sober, And Leading The Majors In RBIs

Sports Illustrated Cover Story On Josh Hamilton
•Hamilton Recalls His Darkest Days With The Tampa Rays

  

Cubs Have Their Best Chance In Years To Win The World Series

           

Debate Grows As Teams Sign More Of Their Young Stars To Long-Term Deals

Why Big Market Teams Generally Hold Off

Hamels, Fielder, Francoeur, Upton... Who'll Be Next To Sign?

List Of Players Signing "Lock-Up" Deals Since Jan. 1

 Former Mets star catcher Mike Piazza

Mike Piazza - "the best Met there ever was outside of Tom Seaver" - Calls It A Career  Stats

Remembering Mike Piazza, Who Went From The 1,390th Pick In The '88 Draft To The Best Hitting Catcher In Baseball History

NFL

     A taping controversy has cast Bill Belichick as a Nixonian figure: brilliant, needlessly paranoid, obsessed with victory.

Belichick - The Richard Nixon Of The NFL - Has Turned The Patriots Into "the most despised...franchise in all of...American sport"

           Tony Romo

Think Undrafted QBs Have No Shot At NFL Success, Let Alone Stardom? Tell It To Romo, Delhomme, Warner, etc

      "Guys look at (Broncos quarterback) Jay (Cutler) and the way he's handled things and their problems don't seem half as bad," teammate Champ Bailey says. "I'm amazed at the way he's handled it. I thought he'd be freaking out right now. But he hasn't shown one sign of emotion."

Broncos' Gutsy QB Jay Cutler Undeterred By Diabetes

  Matt Leinart

AZ Cards QB Matt Leinart Ready To Move Past Party Photos Embarrassment And Get Down To Business

NASCAR

  After winning her first IndyCar race in Japan last month, Danica Patrick is expected by many to stand tall over this year's Indy 500.

How Danica Patrick Got Her Start In Racing, And How She Battled Injury, Home Sickness, Rejection

 Fox, ESPN, TNT and Speed Channel will pay nearly $5 billion through 2014 to show NASCAR events.

"NASCAR events are the most complex sports broadcasts on television"; It's Like Broadcasting The Super Bowl, But "we do it every week"

GOLF

          

A Changing Of The Guard On The LPGA Tour As Reigning Champ Sorenstam Retires

 TENNIS

"This is the end of a child's dream": Personal Setbacks Drove Justine Henin Into Tennis, and Then Out Of It

OLYMPICS

 Johnson hopes to become the third U.S. woman to win all-around gold, joining Mary Lou Retton and Carly Patterson.

Deep In The Heart Of Texas, The Karolyi Ranch - Run By Nadia Comaneci's Olympic Coach - "Manufactures" Olympic Medal Winners For The U. S. Gymnastics Team

MLB, continued

    Rays third baseman Evan Longoria signed a six-year, $17.5 million deal after only six days of major league service time.

For Young Players, Long-term Deals Have Risks and Rewards; Evan Longoria's Deal Re-Ignites Old Controversy

      Manny Ramirez is closing in on 500 career homers. Here, he hits one against the Red Sox's arch-rival, the New York Yankees.

The Real Manny Ramirez Is A Far Cry From The Quirky, "Manny Being Manny" Player Portrayed By The Media

            

Virgil Trucks' Strange Season: 5-19, With Two No-Hitters

Book Review: Dodger Great Steve Garvey's Memoirs: "... Lesson I Learned From The Boys Of Summer"

         

Dodgers' Exec. Buzzie Bavasi An Unsung Hero In Integrating Major League Baseball

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Last Laugh: Fired By The Nets At The Behest Of Jason Kidd, Byron Scott's Hornets Eliminate Kidd's Mavs From The Playoffs, And Scott Is Voted Coach Of The Year

After The NBA, A Losing Spree For Latrell

The 3-Point Shot Changed Basketball Forever; USC and Boston Celtics' Star Bill Sharman Helped Create It In 1961

 Winning the MVP award helped Kobe Bryant further repair his public image. 

5 Years After A Rape Allegation Made Him A Pariah, Kobe Bryant Has Worked Hard To Repair His Image

Ever Since The "Incident" In Colorado, A Humbler Kobe Bryant Has Strived To Repair His Image    

            

MVP Kobe Bryant Has Rebounded From Bleak Times

The 'P' In Kobe Bryant's MVP Award Stands For 'Paradox

          

Duncan Surpasses Shaq As The Best Big Man Of His Generation

NBA Coaching Carousel Shows That Job Insecurity Is The Name Of The Game

GENERAL
 

 An ugly situation: Female athletes sell sex appeal first

An Ugly Situation: Female Athletes Sell Sex Appeal First

Confrontation on ‘Costas Now’ Illustrates "the fear and hatred between mainstream media and the blogosphere"   

      

Death of Filly Eight Belles Leaves Dark Cloud At Churchill Downs
•Confusion and Sorrow for Filly's Trainer  

  Derby Winner Cruises to Victory at Preakness

Big Brown's Trainer Has Been To Hell And Back

      Henrik Zetterberg, left, and Pavel Datsyuk are two of the Red Wings' franchise centerpieces. "The idea is, don't lose your key guys and don't overpay your middle-class guys," says Detroit general manager Ken Holland.

Best-Run Sports Franchise? The Detroit Red Wings: 17 Straight Playoff Appearances, 3 Stanley Cups, And A Modest Payroll    

 Kimberly Boroyan and her Boston Militia teammates before taking the field.

"This isn't the Lingerie Bowl": The Independent Women's Football League Is Going Strong

        Daredevil Robbie "Kaptain" Knievel jumps over 24 delivery trucks, his longest gap ever of 200 feet, at Kings Island amusement park, in Mason, Ohio, Saturday.

Knievel's Amazing Jump

         

The 10 Worst Pro Sports Franchises

          

Agents Are A Growing - And Pernicious - Force Among High School Athletes

NHL

          

March Of The Penguins: From Bankruptcy And Multiple Last-Place Finishes To The Stanley Cup Finals

 

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SportsNewsConnection.com Archives (April, '08)

MLB
 
       

Yankees' Plans For Joba Set Off Pitched Battle Over The Best Way To Develop Young Arms

     

Does 500 Home Runs Guarantee Election To  The Hall Of Fame, Especially In The Steroid Era? Jim Thome - 513 Homers And Counting - Will Find Out

 

Cards' Rick Ankiel's Incredible Transformation From Out-Of-Control Pitcher To "possibly the best all-around centerfielder in the National League"

  Catcher Brian McCann is the first to congratulate John Smoltz after the Braves' ace whiffed the Nationals' Felipe Lopez to reach 3,000 strikeouts.

The Greatness of John Smoltz  Stats

  

•It's The End Of The Line For Hideo Nomo  Stats
•From Death Threats To "Nomo-Mania": Hideo Nomo's Wild Ride

         

Pleading With Jose Reyes To Get His Head In The Game And Fulfill His Potential

 Trey Hillman

Advice For New Managers, From Old Managers
 •Royals' Trey Hillman Is The Quintessential New Wave Manager

  Mike Hampton

MLB's Worst Free-Agent Deals

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Giants' Lincecum Reminds Us Of A Young Roy Oswalt   •Lincecum's Career Stats

 Chien-Ming Wang's rise began when he got a grip on the sinker that has become one of the game's filthiest pitches.

Chien-Ming Wang Has A Secret

     

"The news that the Giants and Dodgers would move to the West Coast for the 1958 season created shockwaves in the baseball world. In San Francisco, residents were ecstatic..."

 

How The West Was Won: For MLB, With A Big Assist From Former Giants Owner Horace Stoneham, Dodgers' Owner O'Malley's "Partner In Crime"
•Giants Celebrate 50 Years In San Francisco

     [Jackie Robinson]

 

Chamberlain, Ellsbury Symbolize Yankees, Red Sox Aggressive Moves To Devlop Their Farm System

You Never Have Enough Pitching, Especially Because Today It Takes 25% More Pitchers To Get Through A Season Than It Did In The '90s

 Bob Gibson

40 Years Later, Still In Awe Of Bob Gibson's 1.12 ERA Season

   Joe Torre

Joe Torre And The Unruly Dodgers

  

Torii Hunter Wasn't The First All-Star Center Fielder To Leave The Twins For The Angels; In 1978, Lyman Bostock Was A Rising Star...Until One Fateful Night   Photo: Angelfire.com

The Boys of Spring: Ex-Major Leaguer Recalls the Joys and Hardships of Spring Training

    

NFL

   

40-Yard Dash Times Predict Future NFL Success
•Top 40-Yard Dash Times At The NFL Combine, By Position

 Patriots done drafting

Mel Kiper Grades Every NFL Team's Draft

•NFL draft: Round 7 analysis
 •NFL draft: Round 6 analysis
•NFL draft: Round 5 analysis
•NFL draft: Round 4 analysis
•NFL draft: Round 3 analysis

NFL Team-By-Team Draft Picks

  

NFL Draft Day 1: First six picks go as expected, then things get crazy

     Chris Long, right, shows off the jersey of his new employer, the St. Louis Rams, with his father, Hall of Famer Howie Long, after being selected with the second pick.

Rams draft Chris Long at No. 2, name him starting DE

QB Matt Ryan goes to Falcons at No. 3

Raiders draft McFadden at No. 4

Chiefs all smiles as they land Glenn Dorsey at No. 5, then trade up and take Virginia OL Branden Albert at No. 15

Jets flying high after landing Ohio State's Gholson at No. 6 and trading up to take Purdue TE Dustin Keller at No. 30

Patriots trade down via deal with Saints, take Tennessee LB Jerod Mayo

Super Bowl champ Giants thrilled to land U. of Miami Safety Kenny Phillips in first round

Packers drop bomb by picking Louisville QB Brohm in Round 2

  Patriots done drafting

NFL Draft - Breaking Down Round 1

Sports Illustrated: Need, Speed Dominate 1st Day Of NFL Draft

 

Falcons' Painful Post-Vick Rebuilding Process Will Center Around QB Matt Ryan

        Roger Goodell and Darren McFadden

Minute-By-Minute With McFadden: Part 1 - The Day Before Draft Day Is A Whirlwind Of Interviews And Appearances 

Part II: Say Goodbye To Your Old Life - Draft Day Brings Anxiety, Excitement, Relief

 

Wheelin' and Dealin': Ravens Move Mountains To Land Their QB Of The Future,  Delaware's Joe Flacco

 Tom Brady

No. 2 Overall Pick Ryan Leaf Heads List Of 50 Biggest NFL Draft Busts 1-15 | 16-30 | 31-50

Where Are They Now:
•Leaf Now At Peace With NFL Failure
 •Michael Westbrook, 4th Overall Pick In '95, Was Forecast To Be "the best wide receiver ever"
•QB Heath Shuler, 3rd Pick In '94, Is Now Congressman Shuler

The Worst 1st Round Draft Pick Each NFL Team Ever Made

 DeAngelo Hall/ Hines Ward

Book Excerpt: "The Most Overrated and Underrated Players, Teams, Coaches, and Moments In NFL History"   

College Football

Norm Chow and Rick Neuheisel

UCLA Football Headed Back To Prominence Under New Coach Neuheisel, New Offensive Coordinator Chow

 Head coach Steve Spurrier (right, with his son, the team's receivers coach), lost his last five games last season.

South Carolina Football Beset With Both On And Off-Field Problems; Coach Steve Spurrier Struggles To Duplicate His Florida Success
•South Carolina Spring Football Scouting Report

Second-year Alabama coach Nick Saban stresses that his players have to learn how to win before they can think about championships.

Nick Saban Tries To Turn The Tide At Alabama 

Rodriguez' Spread Offense Explained

Ohio St. Hopes Terrell Pryor's Career Follows That Of Tom Tebow, Or Better Yet, Vince Young, QB of the '06 National Champion
 •Pryor Is "A Freak In Cleats"

Peyton Manning, Ryan Leaf

A Look Back At The 1st Round Draft Class Of '98; Who Made It, Who Didn't, And The Unintended Consequences Of "the most regrettable draft outcome in San Diego sports history"

MLB, con't.

Buchholz (above) rewarded the Sox' faith in him with a no-hitter, while Ellsbury hit .360 in the 2007 postseason.

Bucholz, Hughes, Hernandez, Shields ...Baseball Blessed With Bumper Crop Of Exciting Young Pitchers

Yankees, Red Sox Reload For The Future By Avoiding High-Priced Free Agents In Favor Of Better Scouting And Smarter Draft Picks

      

Despite Two World Series Titles In Four Years, Still No Respect For Red Sox Manager Terry "Francoma"
•No Rest For The Weary: Game Day With Terry Francona

 

 		NBA

            

Is Chris Paul As A Good A Point Guard As Magic, Stockton, and Isiah? Yes!

              

Wizards' Playoff Struggles Recall Their Predecessor Baltimore Bullets' Struggle Against Alcindor And Oscar In '72 Finals

      

The "most subtly and ruthlessly efficient" Celtics Team Ever

      Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (24) lays up for two as he gets by Washington Wizards' Brendan Haywood (33) in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 30, 2008 in Los Angeles. Lakers won 126-120. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)

"Nobody can guard Kobe Bryant...(he's) got that Michael Jordan in him."

Kid Kobe Dazzled His Hometown 76ers: Even As A High-Schooler, His Talent Was Undeniable

College Hoops

  Tom Crean is all smiles as he was introduced as the new head coach at Indiana University on Wednesday.

Indiana Finally Got It Right

 William Bedford, shooting during the Sweet 16 in 1985, played on the 1989 and 1990 Pistons teams that won the NBA championship. Today, the former No. 6 overall pick in the 1986 draft is in prison on a cocaine charge.

Memphis State's 1985 Final Four Squad Went From Triumph To Tragedies 

 Two Minutes to a Title: Kansas Prevails

Rock Chalk, Jayhawks: Kansas Is The National Champion

25 Greatest Players In College Basketball History

Basketball Hall Of Fame Profiles:

             PATRICK EWING Great work ethic

Patrick Ewing: Jamaican Immigrant Becomes An All-Time Great Center

 Miami Heat head coach Pat Riley instructs his team against the Phoenix Suns during the fourth quarter in Phoenix. The Heat won 117-113.

From Kentucky Wildcat Legend To NBA Super-sub To Accidental Coach: The Pat Riley Story

        

Hakeem Olajuwon: NBA's All-Time Blocked Shots Leader Didn't Pick-up A Basketball Until Age 17

General

 Edge on the ropes during the Edge vs Undertaker match.

The McMahons Have A Choke Hold On The Wrestling Business

 What's Goin' On: Elia's rant, and the famous rants that followed

Greatest Sports Rants Of All-Time