Cheney, WA – He’s baaack. – Cheney, WA (SportsNetwork.com) – He’s baaack. Oh, how ever. Eastern Washington quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. returned to the lineup for the first time since being injured on Oct. 3, passing for 399 yards and four touchdowns to help the fifth-ranked Eagles defeat No. 11 …
Read More »Scherzer hurls complete game as Tigers blank White Sox
Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) – Max Scherzer tossed a three-hit shutout as the Detroit Tigers grabbed a 4-0 win over the Chicago White Sox in the finale of a rain-shortened three-game set. Scherzer (8-2) tossed his first career shutout and complete game as he walked three and struck out eight for …
Read More »Oilers ink D Petry to one-year deal
Edmonton, AB – Edmonton, AB (SportsNetwork.com) – The Edmonton Oilers have agreed to terms with defenseman Jeff Petry on a one-year contract. The terms of the contract were not released. The 26-year-old led the Oilers in blocked shots with 132 and hits with 181 in 80 games last season. He …
Read More »Tanaka slated to return Sunday
St. Petersburg, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi told reporters Tuesday that Masahiro Tanaka is tentatively slated to make his first major league start in more than two months Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays. Tanaka, sidelined since early July with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament …
Read More »Cavaliers officially announce signings of Mike Miller, James Jones, rejoin LeBron James
CLEVELAND – The Cavaliers officially announced the signings of Mike Miller and James Jones, two shooters who won NBA titles with LeBron James in Miami. Miller and Jones agreed to terms with the Cavs shortly after James announced he was returning to Cleveland and signed a two-year, $41 million contract …
Read More »Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi team to win Brickyard Grand Prix
INDIANAPOLIS – Joao Barbosa won the Brickyard Grand Prix on Friday night, stretching his fuel to the limit in the IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship race. Barbosa, teaming with Christian Fittipaldi in the Action Express Racing No. 5 Corvette DP, finished 48.964 seconds ahead of Scott Pruett in the 2-hour, …
Read More »The Freedom to Marry and Its Costs
Marriage in the United States is at a record low, according to a just released analysis of Census data by the Pew Research Center. Compared to earlier eras, more people marry later in life, or not at all. Consequently, barely half of adults in the United States are married. The …
Read More »What Stanley McChrystal and Michael Steele Have Done for America
General Stanley McChrystal and Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele have something in common. Both men took a lot of heat recently for their comments on Afghanistan. Though many seek to chastise them for their off-putting rhetoric and poor word choice they should be thanked for one thing: getting our …
Read More »Obama's Budget — What Was He Thinking?
With the usual Beltway fanfare, President Obama released his FY 2011 budget this morning. What does it say about where the country is going under the Obama-Pelosi-Reid leadership? What’s going to happen with taxes? Has the president learned any lessons from his party’s electoral defeats in November and January? Let’s …
Read More »Attack On Desert Cross Like Desecrating a Gravesite
In the dark of night on Sunday, May 9, 2010, vandals stole through 1.6 million acres of desert and tore down the seven-foot-tall Mojave Desert War Memorial Cross, which has stood for more than 75 years honoring our nation’s war dead. Erected by WWI veterans in 1934, the monument was …
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