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UK report of UFO alien with Scandinavian accent
It's not like a Viking invasion, but it could be. With spaceships!
Japan tops USA to reach WBC final
Japan capitalized on an error by USA second baseman Brian Roberts to push five runs across in the fourth inning and never looked back, beating the Americans 9-4 on Sunday to advance to the finals of the World Baseball Classic. All that stands between Japan and its second WBC title is Korea, which defeated Venezuela by a 10-2 score Saturday night. Monday's championship game - scheduled for 9 p.m. - should feature a highly competitive matchup between the defending champs and their main rival, which won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Free speech in Korea?
SEOUL--Two high-profile cases of press freedom on the Korean peninsula are garnering much media attention around the word.
Champs don't scare
Maryland won by 29 today; that would be on the low end for an eventual national champion's NCAA opener
Bonus plus-minus: Maryland-Dartmouth
The stats behind the top-seeded Terps' first-round rout
Welcome to the Middle -- of America
Muskrat, heating costs, geothermal energy, oh my!
How some rural folk are saving the environment and saving some cash!!!!
The ace dominates
John Lannan tosses six scoreless innings against the Astros. He now hasn't allowed an earned run in 12 innings this spring.
Strange laws in foreign lands
If you're traveling to Singapore, you need to think twice about your gum. Your chewing gum, not your dental foundations.
Milledge will be leadoff hitter
Manny Acta says Lastings Milledge will open the season as the Nats' leadoff man, with Cristian Guzman hitting behind him.
China's looming problems, and ours
The Atlantic's James Fallows has a standout piece in this month's magazine.
Pedro still searching for a suitor
The Dominican Republic fizzled out quickly in the World Baseball Classic, inexplicably losing a pair of games to a Netherlands team featuring Sidney Ponson and only a handful of other players that even the most ardent baseball fan has ever heard of, but don't blame Pedro Martinez. The future Hall of Famer used the tournament to showcase the fact that he's still got some gas left in the tank by pitching six scoreless innings in two relief appearances, fanning six and allowing just one hit. But a week and a half after the Dominicans were eliminated from the WBC - and just two weeks before Opening Day - Martinez remains unsigned.
Pedro still searching for a suitor*
The Dominican Republic fizzled out quickly in the World Baseball Classic, inexplicably losing a pair of games to a Netherlands team featuring Sidney Ponson and only a handful of other players that even the most ardent baseball fan has ever heard of, but don't blame Pedro Martinez. The future Hall of Famer used the tournament to showcase the fact that he's still got some gas left in the tank by pitching six scoreless innings in two relief appearances, fanning six and allowing just one hit. But a week and a half after the Dominicans were eliminated from the WBC - and just two weeks before Opening Day - Martinez remains unsigned.
