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Miami Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen Suspended for Speaking Truthfully about Fidel Castro

Miami Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen Suspended for Speaking Truthfully about Fidel Castro

The Miami Marlins have a new name, a new stadium, a new manager… and a new international controversy. That new manager, the outspoken..

April 10, 2012 with 3 Comments
Mitt Romney: “I Have some Friends Who Are NASCAR Team Owners”

Mitt Romney: “I Have some Friends Who Are NASCAR Team Owners”

Mitt Romney tried, and failed, to connect with the unwashed masses. Again. It wasn’t a particularly stellar weekend for the erstwhile..

February 27, 2012 with 0 Comments
“Some Lucky Lady in NYC is Going to Feel a Couple Inches of Pain Tonight”: Racism, Resentment Fuel ‘Linsanity’ Backlash

“Some Lucky Lady in NYC is Going to Feel a Couple Inches of Pain Tonight”: Racism, Resentment Fuel ‘Linsanity’ Backlash

The Linsanity continues! Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin struck again last night, scoring 27 points, including a dramatic tie-breaking..

February 15, 2012 with 0 Comments
Super Bowl Ad Targets Hershey’s Over African Child Slave Labor

Super Bowl Ad Targets Hershey’s Over African Child Slave Labor

An ad targeting U.S. chocolate-maker Hershey’s over child slave labor in Africa will appear on a big-screen TV outside the Super Bowl..

January 31, 2012 with 0 Comments
‘The Moral High Ground’: San Francisco 49ers Star Braylon Edwards Gave 79 Students $10,000 Each for College

‘The Moral High Ground’: San Francisco 49ers Star Braylon Edwards Gave 79 Students $10,000 Each for College

When Braylon Edwards was a rookie wide receiver for the NFL’s Cleveland Browns in 2005, he announced he would give $10,000..

December 21, 2011 with 1 Comment
Video: Brooke Fantelli, Transgender Off-Road Racer, Tased in the Crotch by BLM Ranger in California Desert

Video: Brooke Fantelli, Transgender Off-Road Racer, Tased in the Crotch by BLM Ranger in California Desert

Transgender people, it seems, along with the obese and the white, rural poor, are the only folks it’s still considered somewhat..

December 6, 2011 with 1 Comment
F.A.A. Investigating Alex Torres & Hope Howell Skydiving Sex Video

F.A.A. Investigating Alex Torres & Hope Howell Skydiving Sex Video

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating an incident in which two employees of a California skydiving company..

October 14, 2011 with 2 Comments
2 Shot, 1 Badly Beaten in Separate Attacks at 49ers- Raiders Pre-Season Game in San Francisco

2 Shot, 1 Badly Beaten in Separate Attacks at 49ers- Raiders Pre-Season Game in San Francisco

A pre-season NFL game between the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders at Candlestick Park in San Francisco was marred by widespread..

August 22, 2011 with 0 Comments
Boxer Shane Mosley Loses Title Belts in Divorce Settlement

Boxer Shane Mosley Loses Title Belts in Divorce Settlement

Not only has welterweight boxer Shane Mosley lost his championship titles after less-than-stellar performances in recent bouts with the..

July 15, 2011 with 2 Comments
61-Year-Old Diana Nyad, 70′s Swimming Champ, to Swim 103 Miles from Cuba to Key West

61-Year-Old Diana Nyad, 70′s Swimming Champ, to Swim 103 Miles from Cuba to Key West

Diana Nyad, the 61-year-old former US swimming champ who still holds the record for swimming between the Bahamas and Florida without a..

July 13, 2011 with 0 Comments