Admittedly figure skating isn't our favorite form of competition. There's just something off about a sport that judges competitors on "artistic merit." Sports are supposed to be decided by who is faster, stronger and smarter, not who looks the prettiest. But we will put aside our petty prejudices against skating for the sake of Molly Oberstar, 20. She's competing in the upcoming U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Cleveland. In addition to skating, the Duluth native has entered a Twin Cities magazine's "Real Model” contest, where she describes herself as 5'8'', "with a slender build toned by fifteen years of competing in the sport of figure skating." And with that, we take back everything bad that we ever said about the sport.The point spread for Super Bowl XLIII is settling in at Pittsburgh -7. If you are really, really new to gambling, it means that bookmakers expect the Steelers to beat the Cardinals by a touchdown. We, however, like the Cards to win outright.
Via The Big Lead, via the New York Post, comes this shot of Derek Jeter and "Friday Night Lights" star Minka Kelly. We thought she only liked football players. Derek looks stunned. Captions, anyone?
Mayor Richard M. Daley, an advocate of having two NFL teams in Chicago, explained on a morning sports talk show. "We should have a second NFL team in Chicago," the Mayor said, "If San Francisco has two, New York has two, Florida has three teams… and when you take Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia, they have three teams there in that region, we could easily support a second pro football team."
Right. Except San Francisco doesn't have two NFL teams. Oakland is separate city. The same goes for Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia. All separate towns entirely. As for Florida, we are fairly certain it isn't a city, but a state -- and a big one at that. Somewhere, a fan of pro football in Los Angeles heard the mayor's words and wept.
There is a new era upon us. An era of hard work and personal responsibility and where the wealthiest at poorest Americans will work together for the common good. Except the owner of the Florida Marlins, Jeffrey Loria. He still wants the taxpayers of Miami to build him a new build a $500 million baseball stadium. The vote on the new park was supposed to be this week, but pushed back a month because too many people went to DC.
