| NFL gets the TMQ seal of approval
So explain to me why people complain about quality of play in the NFL. This season, it's been a sports talk clich to say the NFL is mediocre, there's too much parity, it's me-too, there's not enough innovation. From where TMQ sits, quality of play has never been higher. Complaints about supposed runaway parity seem especially weak in a season when one team finished 16-0 and another went 1-15. How much more variation would you like? As reader Matt Miller of Portland, Ore., notes, the best-worst gap in the NFL this season was wider than in any other professional sport. Miller writes, "In baseball, the Red Sox and Indians led the league with winning percentages of .593, and the Devil Rays came in last at .407. Can you imagine the cries of awful parity if there was an NFL season where the best team went 9-7 and the worst team went 7-9? Translated into NFL schedule terms, that's what happened in major league baseball this season.
Heads up: Dick Cheney to headline Georgia GOP bash
We're hearing that Vice President Dick Cheney will make his way to Atlanta next March 10 as the keynote speaker at the state GOP's annual Presidents Day fund-raiser. Look for the vice president to serve as John McCain's attack dog until the presumptive Republican nominee settles on a running mate of his own. We don't have a locale for you yet. So far, we've heard of no plans to close Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. Permalink | Comments (3) | Post your comment | .
Inspectors find violations in 7 Nationwide cars
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - A pair of high-profile Nationwide Series teams owned by drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Michael Waltrip likely will be penalized after NASCAR inspectors found technical violations before qualifying Friday.
It's not another Daytona cheating scandal - not yet - but inspectors did impound Earnhardt's No. 5 Nationwide car Thursday night after spotting an illegal modification to his rear spoiler. The team got its car back - minus the spoiler and rear deck lid - Friday morning.
Officials also confiscated the carburetor from the No. 99 Nationwide car driven by David Reutimann, who drives for Michael Waltrip Racing. The carburetor's venturis were too large, allowing more air to pass through and providing a potential horsepower advantage. .
December 2007 Archives
We have been hearing increasing rumors that Casey is not the baby's father," a family insider told the website. “Jamie Lynn will not tell anyone who the actual father is." So why would Casey take the rap for the pregnant Jamie-Lynn? Cash, of course. "Apparently Lynne is trying to cover the truth of it by making an arrangement with Casey," the insider revealed. “They may be paying him to pose as Jamie Lynn's boyfriend and the father of her baby in order to protect her and her future." So, what's the real story? Don't know yet, but the truth will come out. It always does. .
November 2007 Archive
DELPHOS — Former Delphos Postmaster Gary Levitt had a dream he wanted to fulfill but it wasn't until he retired that he was able to Continue » November 15th, 2007 Metcalfe's MusingsSports (1042 words) I received some response to my comments on Notre Dame last week and it seemed to bring out some misconceptions. I wrote that the way the Continue » Richard J. KlausingFor the Record (19 words) Richard J. Klausing, 79, of Delphos, died Wednesday at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete at Harter and Schier Funeral Home. Franklin Elementary holding book saleLocal News (64 words) Drew Reiss, left, Kaitlynn Jones and Sarah Vogt were shoppers at the Franklin Book Sale Tuesday, while student council leaders Gage Rossman and Desteni Lear Continue » Tree removal, trimming leaves some streets bareLocal News (440 words) DELPHOS — In addition to the Streetscape project and Fifth Street paving by the state, crews contracted to remove and trim trees have added to Continue » City's health coverage up 7%Local News (548 words) DELPHOS — The city's cost for health coverage will increase by seven percent in 2008.
Edwards' 'O Death' Tour: In Search of a Vanishing Demographic in S.C.
Warming up a crowd for John Edwards yesterday in Lancaster, S.C., the bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, a slight man with a shock of white hair, stood alone at a microphone on a flag-bedecked auditorium stage. “I'm death I come to take the soul," he sang, in a husky a capella warble. “Leave the body and leave it cold … O, Death / O, Death / Won't you spare me over ‘til another year." As campaign anthems go, Stanley's Appalachian dirge—made famous by the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack—wasn't exactly “Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow." But in these last-gasp days, Edwards is striving to convey an authentic cultural connection to his audiences in South Carolina, and sometimes southerners can get pretty gloomy. Especially these days, as the candidate is telling audiences in a bus tour across the upstate that he's dubbed his “Back Home, Back Roads Barnstorm." “When people talk about the mills closing and jobs leaving, nobody has to explain it to me," the former North Carolina senator, who was born near Seneca, S.C., said at one stop.
Everything But The GRRR! - Minus The Bear
Seattle-based lo-fi quintet Minus The Bear recently completed a fourteen date UK tour and Gigwise caught up with them in Bristol. The boys are always full of mischief and so the interview was punctuated with loud renditions of ‘Walking In The Air’ and other such shenanigans. Formed in 2001, Minus The Bear have three EP’s and four LP’s under their belt. Lead singer and guitarist Jake, explains how he came to join the band: "I heard early demos with Dave and Cory singing and thought, they can’t sing! Neither can I, but I can sing better than that!" Actually, Jake can sing. In fact, all five band members are accomplished musicians and, live, Minus The Bear is magnificent. Supported beautifully by 27, Minus The Bear took the stage at Bristol’s Fleece and Firkin to find the venue packed and that the crowd knew every word to every song. Guitarist Cory, sporting a pirate-style beard was heckled by fans suggesting he should shave, but he just responded with a swashbuckling ‘Oooh Ahh’.
Junior, Hamlin capture qualifiers
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. | - They showed up as favorites, endured their share of failures and found a way to stay at the front of the Daytona 500.
There's a reason Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing are the ones to beat in NASCAR. Now, they'll try to beat each other in a super showdown in the biggest race of the year.
''It's going to be the epic battle, and it should be the battle of a lifetime and the century,'' Gibbs driver Tony Stewart quipped. ''There may not be another battle of this proportion for the rest of my life, my career, for the century.''
.
Gas-burning C300 a real barnburner
One thing before reading on: Please put down the voodoo dolls and stickpins.
The vehicle tested this week gets less than 30 m.p.g. highway, has no batteries hidden under the rear seat and will cost less than $20,000 only when as used in 10 years.
It's the 2008 Mercedes-Benz C300, an entry-level sedan to invite people into the luxury segment who Mercedes hopes will stay when they can afford something at $50,000 or more.
.
|
