Chicago Marathon Route

CHICAGO -- Living in Connecticut gives one an East Coast bias toward the running world. Think of that famous New Yorker magazine cover depicting the view west from Manhattan, which is shown in great detail, with New Jersey a bit in the background and then a great nothingness stretching behind it to a tiny speck at the horizon labeled California. We tend to think that way about races, marathons in particular. There's New York, of course, since it's so close and so many people from the area run...

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Shane Hmiel Seriously Injured

Shane Hmiel, 30, of Pleasant Garden, N.C., USAC’s “Most Improved Driver: of 2009, incurred critical injuries in a single-car accident during qualifying for Saturday night’s “Sumar Classic 100” USAC Silver Crown race at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track. Shane Hmiel was transferred from Terre Haute to Indianapolis’ Methodist Hospital where he is listed in critical condition in the hospital’s intensive care unit. The United States Auto Club will release updates on Shane’s condition as they become...

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Sleepwalkers Movie Clip

Watch the 1992 American horror film, Sleepwalkers on TV. Short-lived series about a group of dream researchers who use special sleep-beds to electronically send operatives into people’s dreams, where they can witness first-hand their subjects’ visions and nightmares, and interact with them in an effort to sort them out. They’re available for hire by individuals, as well as wider-ranging problems, such as a medical outbreak in a small town. Watch the video clip:...

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Demetrius Hart Videos

Demetrius Hart:Michigan will land Demetrius Hart? When UCLA made its move? Who leads the crowded race for DeAnthony Arnett? These and other issues considered by the National Recruiting Analyst Mike Farrell in the mailbox this week. I keep hearing for Michigan Di Hart, despite the fact that the last article in the Orlando Sentinel and other rumors out of Alabama. I could be wrong, and I think Bama could have landed Hart, if he went after him hard as you ran back to the beginning, but Tide want him...

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Facebook Chat Not Showing Up Update

How concerned should be users of the social network Facebook is making it a little too easy for private phone numbers to share? This has been a hot topic of debate in our office this week after a piece for The Guardian suggesting that the iPhone Facebook application could lead to phone numbers that are uploaded to the site without the user noticing. The piece, said all that then would take someone's Facebook account to be cut and a lot of private numbers to be exposed. That does not seem particularly...

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Jenn Sterger Playboy Photo

Jenn Sterger Playboy Pics Wanted After Brett Favre Scandal – Deadspin is reporting that they have received what they consider to be audio and pictures that Brett Favre sent to Jenn Sterger,a Playboy model and a sports reporter who was employed by the New York Jets when Favre was with the team. Reportedly, Favre had a number of messages delivered to Sterger when he was on the team, and from the audio tapes we can deduce that Favre was attempting to get her to come up to his hotel room. So what are...

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Ondrej Pavelec Collapses Videos

Ondrej Pavelec:Atlanta  Thrashers goalie Ondrej Pavelec is awake and alert during rushed to hospital after losing consciousness in the first period of the season opener for his team. In accordance with the “Thrashers”, Pavelec even ask about the score of the match between the Thrashers and Washington Capitals. “All tests are normal so far” Pavelec agent Allan Walsh wrote in an email to The Sporting News. This is a positive turn for what was a scary moment in the Philips Arena. Just 2:25 into...

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