Sports columnist Jay Mariotti was a regular on ESPN’s “Around the Horn,” then last week he was arrested for suspicion of “felony domestic assault.”
ESPN had not made a statement or as little as a mention of the situation on the network until today. I was wondering how long it was going to take until they addressed considering that they jump on anybody else’s unfortunate situation as soon as it happens.
Interesting article about violence and basketball in Chicago. Scoop Jackson says the outdoor courts in the city are like ghost towns because of the violence and drug dealing that goes on around them.
According to a new study, moderate drinkers live longer than people that don’t drink at all.
Moderate drinking, which is defined as one to three drinks per day, is associated with the lowest mortality rates in alcohol studies. Moderate alcohol use (especially when the beverage of choice is red wine) is thought to improve heart health, circulation and sociability, which can be important because people who are isolated don’t have as many family members and friends who can notice and help treat health problems.
ALSO: BACKLASH TO SPEECH
It still baffles me that a PARENT wouldn’t want there child to hear a speech from THE PRESIDENT on the responsibility to get an education…SMH
One of the most unexpected controversies of the Obama administration came to a head Tuesday as the president delivered a hotly debated back-to-school speech to students across the country.
Many conservatives expressed fear over the past week that the president’s address would be used to push a partisan political agenda.
Obama, however, avoided any mention of political initiatives. He repeatedly urged students to work hard and stay in school.
“There is no excuse for not trying,” he told students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. Watch Obama speak to the students
“This isn’t just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. What you’re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.” Read text of Obama’s speech to students
Gunmen shot and killed 17 patients and wounded two others in a drug rehabilitation center in northern Mexico late Wednesday, the mayor of Ciudad Juarez said Thursday. Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz said authorities believe a rival drug gang attacked the men at the El Aviane rehab facility.
“At the very least, it was one organized crime group thinking that another group was operating in that place,” Reyes told CNN.
Wednesday night’s shootings, he said, are similar to an attack at a drug facility in March that left 20 patients dead.A Mexican civic group said last week that Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, had the most slayings per capita in 2008 of any city in the world.
More than 1,420 people have been killed in Juarez this year, Reyes told CNN on Monday. About 1,600 people were killed in Juarez in 2008, Reyes said. An unprecedented wave of violence has washed over Mexico since Calderon declared war on drug cartels shortly after coming into office in December 2006. More than 11,000 people have since died, about 1,000 of them police.
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An out-of-business branch of Kentucky Fried Chicken in Los Angeles has been repurposed into–you guessed it–the Kind for Cures marijuana dispensary.
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