(SportsNetwork.com) – Rick Porcello has gotten the better of James Shields twice already this season. With a chance to move past Kansas City for first place in the American League Central, Porcello will try to make it a hat trick on Wednesday evening as the Detroit Tigers go for a …
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NEWPORT, R.I. – Second-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia and Samuel Groth of Australia advanced to the semifinals of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships on Thursday. The 153rd-ranked Groth defeated defending champion Nicolas Mahut of France 6-3, 6-4, and Karlovic edged Dudi Sela of Israel 7-6 (3), 7-5. The pair …
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – For No. 13 Ohio State to stretch its winning streaks to five in a row this season and 19 straight in Big Ten games, the Buckeyes must find a way to hurry Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg. They certainly did that a year ago, sacking him four …
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New Orleans, LA (SportsNetwork.com) – Tyrod Taylor was 10-of-17 for 105 yards with a touchdown and interception as the Baltimore Ravens beat the New Orleans Saints, 22-13, in the preseason finale for both teams on Thursday night. Fitzgerald Toussaint carried the ball 17 times for 103 yards, while Lorenzo Taliaferro …
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With each passing year, the meaning of Christmas seems to get further and further away from its original definition and its celebration has become just another event on the retailer’s calendar. And unfortunately divisive politics is never far away. Congress bickers over things they should have done months ago and …
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Federal government spending is on a course with disaster. $2.7 trillion has been added to the national debt in just 2009 and 2010. Under current budget plans, the federal government’s debt will likely exceed our income in just over a decade from now. President Obama’s Debt Commission (The National Commission …
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There is much conversation lately about the Muhammad cartoon controversy, especially with the latest “draw Muhammad” page on Facebook. The reaction from Muslims has been so varied that it is no wonder that most Americans cannot determine what Islam teaches to its followers on how to deal with insults. This …
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Lessons do not always take the form of lectures in classrooms or wise sages dispensing advice, sometimes we are taught valuable lessons in moments of crisis. Such was true on September 11, 2001 as terrorists sought to break the spirit of America by crashing airplanes into strategic locations on U.S. …
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This wasn’t supposed to happen. At the end of February, after the $787 billion stimulus was approved, the Obama administration predicted that unemployment would average only 8.1 percent this year. Indeed, in February the unemployment rate stood at 8.1 percent. Yet, unemployment now stands at 10.2 percent and keeps rising. …
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American women are paying close attention to the health care debate, and no wonder. After all, the majority of mothers report that they are the prime health care decision makers for their family, and women account for over half of all workers in the education and health services sector.Unfortunately, the …
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