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How to cook a lobster -- painlessly
Boiling a live lobster sounds totally inhumane. Until you add the drawn butter. Then it sounds like dinner.
NASA: Um, about those moon tapes ...
NASA has erased its moon-landing tapes and needs Hollywood's help to replace them. Again.
All too familiar
Game 1 of the Jim Riggleman Era results in a 6-2 loss that had some striking similiarities to games from the Manny Acta Era.
Prospect Q&A - Nick Hagadone, Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox thought they had a steal on their hands when they snagged University of Washington left-hander Nick Hagadone with the 55th pick in the 2007 draft, and the early returns suggested they were right. The 6-foot-5, 230-pounder got lit up for five runs in his pro debut that summer for the short-season Class A Lowell Spinners, then settled in and kept his opponents off the board in his final nine appearances. Promoted to the Class A Greenville Drive to begin the 2008 season, Hagadone opened the year with 10 more scoreless frames. But in his third start he blew out his elbow, necessitating Tommy John surgery and ending his season.
Olsen scratched from Friday's start
Lefty has tightness in his left lat muscle. Craig Stammen will start in his place.
Jarmon addition ripple effect
An already crowded defensive line position group got a little more jammed.
Thru 3: Zim error puts Cubs up 1-0
No managerial change can keep Zimmerman from his throwing woes.
College Football Countdown: Nos. 86-90
A trip through the stomping grounds of the old Southwest Conference
Comic-Con is almost here!
In less than a week, the convention center doors will open upon the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con International. This year marks the 40th anniversary of Comic-Con, which has literally grown exponentially from a small comic-book show into the veritable mecha of pop culture.
Redskins draft Jarmon
In today's supplemental draft, the Redskins take Kentucky DE Jeremy Jarmon.
Australian Sports Could be Hit By Booze Sponsor Ban
Sports in Australia could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in support under a new proposal to restrict the use of alcohol-related sports sponsorships.
GM pressures dealers to lobby Congress
An arm of General Motors has asked surviving GM dealers to put in writing their opposition to bipartisan legislation that would restore franchise agreements to dealers the government issued pink slips to earlier this year, sparking accusations of “coercion” from one of the bill’s chief proponents.
Israel behind other Westernized countries in preventing human trafficking
Israeli officials on Wednesday talked about how they are dealing with the problem of human trafficking, a problem less glaring in other Westernized countries.
