01a) Even though history was made for African-Amreicans at the Oscars, the ceremonies are way too long and boring for me to care about anything that happens...
... Its not just you. Things started when Arafat spurned Barak's proposals at the Camp David meeting Clinton hosted. Then, in the Israeli election campaign,...
adam kittle
adamkittle@...
Apr 7, 2002 3:54 am
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... Yeah, that's definitely true. When I was in Jordan and Syria last summer, the general attitude toward Sharon was that he was an unindicted war criminal...
... I think the best way to shorten to ceremony would be to cut some of the awards. I can't be the only person who channel-surfs while they announce the...
... The best way to cut the Oscars is to eliminate the host altogether, and limit the honorary awards to two. Whoopi Goldberg was painfully unfunny, and...
... I'm with Greg that dumping the host and all the host-centered bits would be a great way to cut time. I would not agree with getting rid of the documentary ...
01) Why isn't the police involved in the whole pedophile priest issue? 02) I wonder how Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton would do at negotiating some sort of peace...
... Statute of limitations? ... sort of peace in the ... Chris Rock riffed on something like this when Jesse worked to free some hostages: 'Wanna piss the US...
... Greg was correct in mentioning the statute of limitations as a limiting factor in prosecutions. In Massachusetts, the archdiocese has settled with a ...
... The Boston Archdiocese seems to be more willing to settle than the Diocese of Springfield. There are a number of criminal cases still pending in the area,...
CandleBowl@...
Apr 24, 2002 9:50 pm
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(I know I'm sliding further from being on topic, but I promise there's some NBA-related content further down.) ... I'm sure the Boston Archdiocese has more...
Just back from game 2. Whoo-hoo! I have no voice left. I hate the NBA playoff scheduling that puts the games so far apart but it gives me time to get my voice...
Tornado warnings across the greater Washington area. Shut in, still sick, with nothing else to do. So why not toss out these mostly-sports-related musings? 1....
... It feels that way, yes, especially after an 80-game regular season that begins in October. A seven-game first-round playoff series is also problematic...
... Unlike James, I'd argue that the five-game series is a bad thing -- too subject to flukes of luck. If I'm not mistaken, I believe the NBA is seriously...
<<Unlike James, I'd argue that the five-game series is a bad thing -- too subject to flukes of luck. If I'm not mistaken, I believe the NBA is seriously...
... The NHL regular season does accomplish more now than it did when 16 of only 21 teams made the playoffs. Nowadays, the regular season serves to eliminate a...
adam kittle
adamkittle@...
May 3, 2002 3:33 am
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... This assumes, among other things that you assume that the probability of winning is the same for every game in the series. Given home-court advantage, this...
<<I'm not sure about this, at least from a fannies in Media Mogul Field standpoint. I have seen plenty of game highlights that reveal plenty of seats...
... did when 16 of only ... That's not saying much though. I have to think it'd be better if the NHL could get the jump on the NBA by a few weeks so they're ...
... did when 16 of only ... That's not saying much though. I have to think it'd be better if the NHL could get the jump on the NBA by a few weeks so they're ...
... It would be easier to market... if the Flyers weren't choke artists (at least the Bruins have history to explain their loss to Montreal). My guess would be...
I've always thought one way to handle market disparity would be to add teams to large market rather than fold or not put teams into small markets. Would the...
I try not to get offended by stuff lately but sometimes it just happens; bear with me. This one's kind of surprising since I'm pretty sure I have no axe to...
Matt Bruce
matt979@...
May 4, 2002 2:01 am
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... And this makes them different from the NBA in that. . .??? There aren't many things on sports TV more boring than a regular season NBA game. Perhaps the...
adam kittle
adamkittle@...
May 4, 2002 3:16 am
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... Admittedly, it's hard to think of Raleigh when you think of the great hockey cities of the world, although it looked like the good people of the Carolinas...
... Admittedly, it's hard to think of Raleigh when you think of the great hockey cities of the world, although it looked like the good people of the Carolinas...
First off, aplogies for the double post...wacky computer screens Secondly, I like Tim's idea for an NFL coaching "dead pool" this year, and am willing to do...
... happens; bear ... have no axe ... Montreal Expos, and ... First of all, that comment was about hockey. (Basketball rosters tend to be small enough that...
