Premier League review: Manchester United reclaim top spot
Manchester City made the most of their game against West Ham United on Saturday to climb to the top of the Premier League, beating the Hammers 3-1 at Upton Park. With Chelsea playing Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday and Manchester United and Arsenal playing on Monday, City clinching victory thanks...
Five things you might not know about 49ers Steve Young and all his TD passes
Steve Young was a great quarterback in the National Football League, although he had to show a bit of patience to make it happen. He came out of college and first played in the United States Soccer League in the 1980s. His first NFL team was the Tampa Bay...
Personality profiles of your prospects for internet marketing, e-commerce and Ebay listings
Do you want me to tell you the truth or just what you want to hear? “In your opinion, how much would you need to earn to be able to do all the things you really want to do in life, try to be realistic? You may think this...
Euro 2008 quarterfinals: surprises or disappointments
From day one, Euro 2008 has been full of surprises, as we have witnessed many of the teams favored for the second round either being left out or still fighting to stay alive. A clear example is the Azzuri or the Italian team, which was one of the strongest...
From durable to disposable: are we ready for a phase change?
The global nonwovens industry has grown steadily at a rate of around 7.5% per year in tonnage over the past decade. Although the growth of the nonwoven industries in North America, Europe and Japan has slowed with maturity, these countries are still growing at 5% per year. A significant...
Participation in the Texas Schools Advanced Placement Program on Increasing Underrepresented Minorities
The rigorous coursework in the Advanced Placement (AP) program has been shown to build a good foundation for high school students who plan to attend college after graduation. Most colleges and universities award course credit for AP Exam scores of three or higher; students earn scores from one to...
12/28/05 Basketball Preview: Los Angeles Lakers, third game in four days
Wednesday (12/28) Better: Rockets @ Hornets: Both teams are struggling. Houston is suffering badly from injuries to Yao and PG Rafer Alston. Without those two, the Rockets don’t have a player who can step up and score other than McGrady. Also collapsing is the New Orleans Hornets, who have...
Boise State Football Helmet – A History
No soccer team has captured America’s attention in recent years quite like the Boise State Broncos. A school that was just a high school until 1967, shocked the world when it defeated the University of Oklahoma in a 43-42 overtime victory in the 2007 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. The game...
Ness’s Notes (January 27)
Billy Crystal’s one man show is titled “700 Sundays”. NFL underdog bettors in 2005 may have felt that last season lasted 700 Sundays, as the favorites ‘covered’ at a record pace. However, the current NFL season has added just 20 Sundays (including Christmas and New Year’s Day). My free...
All the president’s wives
It warms the cockles of my heart to know that in this great country of ours, any little boy can become president and he can’t keep his line item veto in his pants. When news broke that President Bill Clinton had been accused of having “an inappropriate sexual relationship”...