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...Issue ? Topics include Apple computers, India-Pakistan relations, Carson Daly and the NFL postseason...
...News has done with general news what CNBC did with business news--treated it as ESPN treats sports, with conflict, a little jocularity, NFL-style graphics and rooting interests. Traditional, detached TV news tells you the news is interesting. Fox News tells you the news rocks. Thus the clubhouse, good-times atmosphere at Fox, from the towel-snapping, frat-house yuks of morning show Fox & Friends to the anchors who, after learning of Fox's ratings win, taunted CNN with the glee of a point guard who just sank a three...
DIED. DICK (NIGHT TRAIN) LANE, 73, ferocious NFL defensive back of the '50s and '60s; of a heart attack; in Austin, Texas. The Hall of Famer, abandoned in a Dumpster as a three-month-old and adopted by the woman who found him, had a career 68 interceptions; his record of 14 in a 12-game season as a rookie for the Los Angeles Rams still stands...
...eyes. I will not fail to vote against the next referendum to set aside public money for new professional sports facilities and I will denounce any politician who caves in to the demands of greedy millionaire team owners. Nonetheless, Sunday’s game reflected the power that the NFL wields, for better or worse, to delight and entertain millions. For a few hours, I dropped my objections, pleased to be among them...
...sports society where overpaid athletes continually whine when benched for any reason, Bledsoe has been the epitome of professionalism and class by not only refusing to lash out against the coach or younger quarterback, but by helping Brady get accustomed to the tribulations of playing everyday in the NFL. Remarkably, Bledsoe came off the bench when Brady injured his ankle last Sunday and showed that he still has the ability to lead this team when needed...