Red Sox Manager Bobby Valentine Will Do a Weekly ESPN Radio Show in New York

Another day. Another report of Bobby Valentine’s nontroversial trolling. The Red Sox manager has agreed to do a weekly radio show during the regular season, in New York, with Yankees play-by-play announcer Michael Kay. Apparently, Kay wants to suffuse himself in the schadenfreude first-hand.

“Why, there aren’t any Boston fans in New York?’’ he asked. “ I’ve known Michael for a long time, I’ve known ESPN for a long time. They asked. I agreed.’’

He purportedly did not foresee why this would be controversial.

“Maybe,’’ he said. “I have no idea. I never thought there would be, but since you’re both talking about it and probably plan to write about it, there’ll probably be some discussion about it, if not already. But there’s nothing. There are going to be no secrets on that show. All it’ll be, do the show, and they’ll be happy I turned down the show on FAN, which is totally a Yankee show.’’

As with most of Valentine’s antics, this is just nonsense. He presents no true reason to be offended, yet does things for no reason but to offend. He creates controversy, just to create controversy. Instead of deflecting attention from his players, a la Jose Mourinho, he’s helping the Boston and national media construct a giant magnifying glass above them.

Valentine’s energy will prove infectious. Interpret that how you will.

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The Masters Leaderboard 2012

 The Masters 2012 Live Coverage On CBS, ESPN, Westwood One, BBC, Setanta Ireland, RTE , Sky Sports :

The 2012 Masters Tournament will be the 76th edition of the Masters Tournament, one of golf’s four major championships.


It will be held from April 5–8, 2012. The 2012 Masters Par 3 Contest will be held on Wednesday, April 4, starting at 12:30 p.m. Live streaming video coverage will begin here on CBS, ESPN, Westwood One, BBC, Setanta Ireland, RTÉ , Sky Sports TV at 3:00 p.m.

Watch Adam Scott, Charl Schwartzel, Darren Clarke, Graeme McDowell, Hunter Mahan, Ian Poulter, Jason Day, Justin Rose, K.J. Choi, Lee Westwood, Luke Donald, Matt Kuchar, Padraig Harrington, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Y.E. Yang Top Golf Leaders in Masters 2012 Tournament.

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Marlins New Stadium Opens To Rave Reviews, Cards Spoil First Game

AP In front οf thе fish іn thе aquarium behind home plate аnԁ thе people dancing іn thе night club thе Marlins couldn't come through іn a loss tο thе Cardinals bυt fans ɡοt a first look аt Miami's nеw stadium. Thе sellout crowd іn thе Miami Marlins'

Wіth wide left field frontage, οnƖу thе second іn-stadium pool іn Major League Baseball, аnԁ a full bar аnԁ menu, turns out thе swath οf nеw Cleve wаѕ a pretty.

Thе Miami Marlins' 2012 season opening night game against thе St. Louis Cardinals takes рƖасе οn Wednesday, аnԁ thе Marlins аrе ready tο play іn thеіr brand-nеw.

Thе team offered fans thе opportunity tο bе immortalized іn thе stadium bу purchasing personalized bricks. PETA bουɡht a brick reading “Florida Iѕ Still Hosting InсrеԁіbƖе Night Games. Helps Uѕ Reach Thе Stars. Cheer Oυr Marlins!

Marlins Park won't bе receiving аn AƖƖ-Star Game until 2015, аt thе earliest, Commissioner Bud Selig ѕаіԁ Wednesday. Addressing thе media before thе first regular season game аt thе nеw stadium, Selig ѕаіԁ thаt аn abundance οf nеw stadiums іn thе

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Google's Project Glass

After a few months of speculation, Google revealed some information about the project that will make Google Goggles and other mobile apps more useful. Instead of using a smartphone to find information about an object, translate a text, get directions, compare prices, you can use some smart glasses that augment the reality and help you understand more about that things around you.

"We think technology should work for you—to be there when you need it and get out of your way when you don't. A group of us from Google[x] started Project Glass to build this kind of technology, one that helps you explore and share your world, putting you back in the moment," says Google.

There's also a video that shows why the glasses could be helpful :

Google's concept glasses have a camera, a microphone and can connect to the Internet to send and receive data in real time. The interface is simple and it only shows relevant information.

One of the people who used the glasses said that "they let technology get out of your way. If I want to take a picture I don't have to reach into my pocket and take out my phone; I just press a button at the top of the glasses and that's it."

In February, New York Times reported that "the glasses [could] go on sale to the public by the end of the year. (...) The people familiar with the Google glasses said they would be Android-based, and will include a small screen that will sit a few inches from someone's eye. They will also have a 3G or 4G data connection and a number of sensors including motion and GPS." Seth Weintraub found that "the navigation system currently used is a head tilting-to scroll and click, (...) I/O on the glasses will also include voice input and output, and we are told the CPU/RAM/storage hardware is near the equivalent of a generation-old Android smartphone".

It will be interesting to see if Google will actually sell these smart glasses. There are a lot of issues that need to be solved before releasing a commercial product: from battery life to packaging so much technology in a such a small product, from improving Google Goggles to handling real-time video streaming.

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President Obama Goes on Record Opposing Marbury v. Madison

For a guy who graduated from Harvard Law, Barack Obama is not really very well versed on his law or his legal history. Speaking out today about the Supreme Court’s review of Obamacare, Obama offered this stunning and completely ahistorical nugget:

Ultimately, I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected congress.

Look, I’m not here to debate the finer points of Marbury v. Madison with anyone, but the fact remains that since that decision was handed down over 200 years ago, it has not exactly been “unprecedented and extraordinary” for the Supreme Court to overturn laws passed by Congress (no matter the size of the majority). In fact, it happens all the time. That is the entire point of the doctrine of judicial review, first announced in Marbury and affirmed without serious challenge ever since.

I would seriously like to know, and I hope the press gets Obama on the record on this – is it President Obama’s contention that the Supreme Court’s only role in reviewing legislation is to double-check the count on the roll call vote to make sure that a majority in fact voted for the law and to check the President’s signature for possible forgery? Because, I mean, if that’s what we’re going to go back to, I’m open to having that discussion but we are going to have to figure out what to do with several hundred SCOTUS decisions that have taken a decidedly different view.

Of course, in making these comments Obama is exposing himself yet again as a cynical hack who is devoid of anything resembling shame. In 2003, the United States Congress passed the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 by substantially larger margins than Obamacare. When the Supreme Court refused to strike down this law, which was passed by a “democratically elected Congress,” then-Senator Obama threw an absolute hissy fit about the fact that the Supreme Court had upheld the clear will of Congress (and the vast majority of the American people).

However, when it’s his own legislation at stake, Obama seems suddenly ready to go back and undo pretty much every Supreme Court precedent over the last 200 years in order to strip the Court of their power to rule on any question other than whether the roll call was tallied properly. The most galling thing of all is that if any Republican had said this, the media would be busily trying to paint them as an uneducated rube who was unaware of Marbury v. Madison - when Obama says it, it’s presented as a thoughtful defense of his brilliant law.

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Doris Day - Legendary Actress and Singer

However, Doris Day's personal life, faced with steely resolve, was the very antithesis of how most fans perceived her super-stardom.  The studios promoted her in screen roles highlighting her wholesome, vivacious blonde personality. 

However, in hindsight, this concentration on her image belied her great acting and musical talents; a full retrospective appraisal of her career in recent years has brought her fans a fuller appreciation of her gifts.  Of her 39 films, Calamity Jane, Love Me or Leave Me and Pillow Talk remain popular favorites, and still run frequently on cable television.  Paralleling her success in big-screen entertainment, a series of excellent albums recorded between 1956 and 1968 expanded her popularity, and are as relevant today as when they were first released.

This day (April 3, 1922), in Cincinnati, Ohio, is born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhof a.k.a. Doris Day, an American actress, singer, and animal rights activist, with a legendary Hollywood “girl next door” image, and capable of delivering comedy and romance, as well as heavy drama, she appeared in 39 films, released 29 albums, spent 460 weeks in the Top 40 charts and eventually became one of America’s most beloved entertainers. 

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Image Flicker : Doris with Dogs Photo by Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff

Video : Rock Hudson – The Doris Day Special (1971) . Doris Day – Cbs Special (1970) . Doris Day & Stepehn Boyd – My Romance (1962) . Doris Day – Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) (1956) . Doris Day – I’Ll Never Stop Loving You (1955) . Doris Day – Men (1954) . Doris Day – The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away!) (1953) . Doris Day – It’S Magic (1948) .

 

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The Real Winners Of The NCAA Basketball Tournament

In every competion, they always have to be a winner and a loser. That was no different in the NCAA National Championship game that transpired between the University of Kentucky Wildcats and the University of Kansas Jayhawks.

Though it was a good game, the Wildcats defeated the Jayhawks by the score of 67-59 to win the national title.

The championship was their eighth in school history and one would conclude that they are the real winners of the NCAA tournament.

The Jayhawks were the losers, they had a chance to represent their school and to play for the national championship.

However, the real winners of the NCAA Basketball Tournament are the student journalist who represented their college newspapers.

The reason is because they have covered each of these basketball teams for the whole season and with the Final Four taken place, each of these student journalist got the opportunity to sit side by side with sport journalists represent well-known national television and print media that includes ESPN, CBS, TNT, The Houston Chronicle, Yahoo Sports, USA Today and a whole lot more.

With them covering these teams for their school newspapers, they took advantage of the opportunity to network with those that have succeeded in their respective fields, putting themselves in position to get a job once they graduate from their respective universities because in the end, employers are looking for those who have experience along with the degree. 

Wouldn’t you want to say that I have met Dick Vitale at the Final Four?

Here is the video tribute to the 2012 National Champions University of Kentucky :

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