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Just realized I never wrote about the new James Bond movie, Casino Royale. We went to the Midnight showing opening night and, boy, am I glad we did. Daniel Craig is the new blonde, with his sandy hair and blue eyes. The story is a bit darker than the Bond films have been in the past. My favorite aspect is the lack of gadgets; Bond uses his mind - not some super fancy wristwatch - to fight crime. If you 're a Bond fan (or just like a good action/suspense movie), go see this!
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After a firestorm of criticism, News. Corp. said Monday that it has canceled the O.J. Simpson book and television special "If I Did It." "I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project," said Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. chairman. "We are sorry for any pain that his has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson." A dozen Fox affiliates had already said they would not air the two-part sweeps month special, planned for next week before the book's publication.
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Americans would have to sign up for a new military draft after turning 18 if the incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee has his way. New York Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel said Sunday he sees his idea as a way to deter politicians from launching wars. He believes a draft would bolster U.S. troop levels that are currently insufficient to cover potential future action in Iran, North Korea and Iraq. (read more)
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The Democratic victories this month led to a surge of calls for the Administration to begin direct talks with Iran, in part to get its help in settling the conflict in Iraq. British Prime Minister Tony Blair broke ranks with President Bush after the election and declared that Iran should be offered "a clear strategic choice" that could include a "new partnership" with the West. But many in the White House and the Pentagon insist that getting tough with Iran is the only way to salvage Iraq. "It's a classic case of'failure forward,'" a Pentagon consultant said. "They believe that by tipping over Iran they would recover their losses in Iraq — like doubling your bet. It would be an attempt to revive the concept of spreading democracy in the Middle East by creating one new model state."
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Kissinger said, “ If you mean by clear military victory an Iraqi government that can be established and whose writ runs across the whole country, that gets the civil war under control and sectarian violence under control in a time period that the political processes of the democracies will support, I don ’ t believe that is possible. ”
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Jennifer Lopez has told Harper ’ s Bazaar that she ’ s “ not into ’ sexy, sexy, ’ ” revealing outfits any more and that she ’ s bored with attending glamorous events. She told the magazine she now prefers “ clothes that are closed up to the neck with bows ” and “ that going-out-and-being-glam thing gets old fast. People keep saying to me, ‘ You ’ re not out there anymore. ’ “ And I say, ‘ That ’ s because I don ’ t want to be! ’ ” Jennifer wore a full length gown, gloves and a furry stole to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes ’ s wedding at the weekend.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who is a colonel in the U.S. Air Force Standby Reserve, said "I think we can do this with an all-voluntary service, all-voluntary Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy."
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Check out this TMZ video of Michael Richards hissy fit that other night at The Laugh Factory. He went off on a heckler, used the n word pretty extensively, then zapped them all with Tazers.
http://www.realbollywood.com/blog
Nazia Hassan joined the United Nations in 1991 as an intern in ‘ Women ’ s International Leadership ’ programme and then went on to work in the UN Department of Political and Security Council Affairs.
http://www.wonkette.com
For those of you in a coma last week, guess what?! Nancy Pelosi was chosen as Speaker of the House, Steny Hoyer beat out John Murtha for Majority Leader. Blah, blah, news. Tom Delay said he wants to give Nancy Pelosi “ the shocker. ” Murtha got jealous and said he wanted to give it to her, too, and that he wants what Nancy wants. Trent Lott is Minority Whip, and it has been a week of “ whip minorities ” jokes.
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1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? I don't like milk chocolate, so yes, definitely egg nog :) Rarely do I add bourbon to it, only if I'm at a party and not driving. We keep it in the frig, sans alcohol, all season long. M will get herself a cup and add nutmeg on top, just because :) If it gets her to consume something at breakfast time, what the heck, eggs and milk aren't bad, in moderation! (We get picky, too, preferring the taste and texture of egg nog without corn syrup, which is harder and harder to find. This year's "find" is limited to Lactaid.)
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Congrats to Jimmie Johnson, the 2006 Nextel Cup Champion. My driver, Jeff Gordon, is his car co-owner. But. This is always the worst day of the year, because it is the last day of the NASCAR Nextel Cup season -- and, because that is the longest racing schedule of the year, it means racing is over for the year. All of my favorite racing shows on Speedchannel are doing their year-end programs and saying goodbye until Daytona. Silly season driver changes won't carry me thru the winter.
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By the by, Sed, one of the HLS experts, noted that the “ Game of the Apocalypse ” never happened. At least not according to the BCS. Because going into this weekend, Ohio State was # 1 and Michigan was # 2. And after this weekend, they still stand at # 1 and # 2 respectively. Thus, in the eyes of the BCS, as for now, Michigan and Ohio State should play in the National Championship Game. Sure, some vague calculations that are known only to the ghosts in the machines of the BCS computers may have knocked Michigan down a “ statistically relevant ” notch, but it ’ s sure hard to tell for now.
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For those of you worried that the avalanche of publicity stemming from background dancing impresario Kevin Federline's public dumping by longtime bling-enabler Britney Spears might cause a spike in demand for his L.A. live shows (hey, some of you might have incapacitating Glade-huffing habits that would allow you to think such a thing), this report from a concertgoing operative should put your drug-addled mind at ease, revealing that House of Blues staffers couldn't even give away tickets to K-fed's upcoming, Wednesday night show, even when resorting to chicanery:
http://blog.myspace.com/36401689
None of these ideas are radical, novel or much removed from what James Baker's Iraq Study Group is expected to come up with. All are debatable and all could fail. At this late date, only triage is an option, not "victory." There's no panacea to end the civil war that four years of American bumbling have wrought. But the one truly serious story to come out of the election — far more significant than the Washington chatter about "divided Democrats" — is that the president has no intention of changing his policy on Iraq or anything else one iota.
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The tone of affirmation in South Africa had been set years before by the likes of former South African President Nelson Mandela, who lost a son to AIDS, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, who has repeatedly criticized homophobia in the church. "This is crazy," the retired archbishop said eight years ago. "We say the expression of love in a monogamous, heterosexual relationship is more than just the physical but includes touching, embracing, kissing, maybe the genital act. The totality of this makes each of us grow to become giving, increasingly God-like and compassionate.
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The Peanut Butter Manifesto was published in this morning ’ s WSJ. It ’ s an internal memo written by Senior Vice President Brad Garlinghouse, who acknowledges that the company has some problems. I don ’ t know the internal politics of Yahoo, but you can find cogent analysis of the memo and what ’ s next for Yahoo! at Techcrunch. All of this follows the critical article in last week ’ s NYT.
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The Global Orgasm for Peace was conceived by Donna Sheehan, 76, and Paul Reffell, 55, whose immodest goal is for everyone in the world to have an orgasm Dec. 22 while focusing on world peace.
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He is Larry Stewart, a 58-year-old businessman from the Kansas City suburb of Lee's Summit, Mo., who made his millions in cable television and long - distance telephone service. His holiday giving started in December 1979 when he was...
http://journals.aol.com/johnmscalzi/bytheway
Can George Washington and Thomas Jefferson succeed where Susan B. Anthony and Sacajawea failed? The U.S. Mint is hoping America's presidents will win acceptance, finally, for the maligned dollar coin.
http://axisofright.com
The internets are buzzing tonight over Henry Kissinger ’ s statement that military victory in Iraq is impossible. The headlines leave the impression that Kissinger has leaped on the Pelosi/Murtha surrender bandwagon; however, his comments suggest no such thing. To his credit, Kissinger expressly rejected the idea of immeidate withdrawal, recognizing the reality that such a move would only destabilize the region.
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The Indianapolis Colts are perfect no more after being outplayed and outsmarted by the Dallas Cowboys. It wasn't a pretty win or an emotional victory but it was sweet nonetheless.
http://fourcolorpolitics.blogspot.com
U.S. President George W. Bush and President Jacques Chirac of France met several weeks ago. Bush told his French counterpart that the possibility that Israel would carry out a strike against Iran's nuclear installations should not be ruled out.
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The new Bond movie was surprisingly good. Vesper Lynd... I like. I couldn't find a great picture of Eva Green. Man, one thing about Google images... sometimes, even when you do a search for an actress, a nude pic shows up out of nowhere. I hope my coworkers didn't see anything...
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Guests included Brooke Shields, Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Jim Carrey and Victoria Beckham and the wedding ended with a fireworks display. The couple's publicist said afterwards that the couple had already "legalised" their marriage in Los Angeles.
http://wizbangblog.com
As I said yesterday, this bill would be political suicide, which Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi is fully aware of. So she killed it: WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-california, said Monday Rep. Charlie Rangel's, D-new York, call for...
http://moliberal.blogs.com/missouri_liberal
You gotta give the Bush II Administration credit: no matter what Americans think, they stick to their guns no matter how unpopular their policies are. Take, as example, Alberto Gonzales, probably the second most worthless Attorney General in 25 years (# 1 would be his predecessor, John Ashcroft). Mr. Gonzales, speaking to graduates of the Air Force Academy, said critics of the president's warrentless wire-tapping program "define freedom in a way that poses a'grave threat'to U.S. security." Yes, ladies and gentleman, this is the man charged with defending the Constitution of the United States saying the freedoms given to us by that very document are a "grave threat"! Here's the full quote:
http://wardensworld.blogspot.com
stepped it up and put constant pressure on all-world QB Peyton Manning, sacking him twice, hitting and rushing him often, and picking him off twice. Second-year LB Kevin Burnett gave the team its biggest spark of the day at a most crucial time, returning a deflected Manning pass 39 yards to tie the score early in the second half. Roy Williams was a terror in the secondary, leveling Colts Wrs all day, and intercepted Manning on the goal line as the Colts were going in for an apparent score. The
http://knobboy.blogspot.com
This oughtta be a ton of yucks. Forbes (11.20.06), via Thinkprogress: "Comedy Central has made a good living out of skewering the political right. Now Fox News Channel, a primary source of material for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, is teaming with the exec producer of'24'to try its hand at a news satire show for conservatives to love." Fox News Preps News Satire Show "Joel Surnow, co-creator of'24,'is shooting two half-hour pilots of a skein he described as''The Daily Show'for conservatives,'due to air in primetime on Saturdays in January." Sounds like the thing is going to be almost totally scripted, with no guest appearances. Doesn't even sound like they 're gon na shoot it in front of an audience. Bet they dub a laugh track. From the sound of it, it'd be the only laughs they get.
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The capable voice cast includes Elijah Wood who voices Mumble, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving and above all, Robin Williams who voices multiple characters, most notably Ramon and Lovelace. I can not imagine this film without Robin Williams. He is just great. The song and dance in the film is charming and the soundtrack is fabulous. Apparently, the actors have done their own singing for the film (Wikipedia).
http://blog.myspace.com/americas_sweetheart
The military drafted conscripts during the Civil War, both world wars and between 1948 and 1973. An agency independent of the Defense Department, the Selective Service System trains, keeps an updated registry of men age 18-25 _ now about 16 million _ from which to supply untrained draftees that would supplement the professional all-volunteer armed forces.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/techspace
It is with great sadness and not a little disgust I point my fellow Lord of the Rings fans to Theonering.net, where Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh have announced that they are off the boat for any possible movie version of The Hobbit, I'm not disgusted with those two, of course -- they gave us three magnificent movies -- but from the sound of it,
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I enjoy Bill Maher and Jon Stewart. They attended Cornell and William and Mary - schools of higher education, respectively. Stephen Colbert went to Northwestern. Decades ago, Paul Robeson went to Rutgers. Probably could have been accepted to Princeton if he wasn't black. He went on to earn a law degree before entering show business.
http://baseballrundown.blogspot.com
Ryan Howard and Albert Pujols have seperated themselves from the rest of the pack, which is amazing considering the amount of quality seasons that were had in the NL. There has been alot of talk about the dominance of the AL over the NL, but the MVP races (and the World Series outcome) suggest the gap is not as wide as previously thought. Players like Carlos Beltran, Alfonso Soriano, Carlos Delgado, Jose Reyes, and others had tremendous seasons, but none of them will be close to the top in MVP voting. Soriano was a legitimate 40-40 player, without the stain of a steroid scandal like Jose Canseco, and he probably won't get a single first place vote for MVP!! When the list of MVP candidates is closely compared the NL field is revealed to be much stronger and deeper.
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Friday, in order to welcome home the wayward roommate (okay, she was on a business trip), we three caught Happy Feet. I must admit, we mostly went to see it because it was the introduction of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix trailer. Unfortunately, it ended up being more of a teaser trailer than an actual trailer, but we did catch sight of Alan Rickman among other characters, so not all was lost. But those penguins were pretty much Adorable Flujo *, so I didn't mind.
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With Donovan Mcnabb rolling out of bounds and tearing his ACL, the Philadelphia Eagles playoff hopes have simply evaporated. The season is over. Period. Jeff Garcia and AJ Feely are nothing special at all, with Garcia having happy feet and the inability to look beyond the line of scrimmage, and AJ Feely having a case of backupitis. The team is basically just going to be running out the clock the rest of the season. A whole lot of Eagles fans are going to be searching for someone to blame, but sometimes bad luck just happens. It ’ s just too bad it happens to us, a lot. I will say that Swoop has been looking mighty shifty lately … maybe it ’ s time to lay down the law on that eagle-eyed bastard.
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Statistics published in Encyclopedia Britannica's 2003 Almanac indicate that 325,000 Gulf War vets were receiving compensation for service-related disabilities in 2000. The almanac lists 580,400 combatants in the Persian Gulf War of 1990-91, yet only 467 U.S. personnel were actually wounded during the conflict. The 325,000 disabled Gulf War vets are equivalent to 56 percent of the number of military personnel “ serving in the theater of operation. ”
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has invited the presidents of Iraq and Syria to Tehran for a weekend summit aimed at curbing violence in Iraq, in a move that may have pre-empted similar overtures from American officials. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has accepted the invitation and will reportedly fly to the Iranian capital Saturday.
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Could the Linux infringements on Microsoft intellectual property, which Steve Ballmer mentioned this week, be the Mono project copying the Microsoft. NET Apis? Why Microsoft doesn ’ t just come out and say what the infringements are is beyond me. And if this is the case then why not go after other Linux distros? So it seems a little peculiar that it ’ s Novell, who fund Mono, that is paying Microsoft money.
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James Bond is promoted to 007 by M (Judi Dench) and is on the trail of a group of terrorists financed by the ‘ banker of terrorism, Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen). After a highly thrilling chase of an agile bomb maker, Bond is on the trail of Le Chiffere and is finally allowed to gamble against him at Casino Royale in Montenegro.
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For 26 years, a man known only as Secret Santa has roamed the streets of the Kansas City, MO area every December quietly giving people money. He started with $5 and $10 bills. As his fortune grew, so did the gifts. In recent years, Secret Santa has been handing out $100 bills, sometimes two or three at a time, to people in thrift stores, diners and parking lots. So far, he ’ s anonymously given out about $1.3 million. It ’ s been a long-held holiday mystery: Who is Secret Santa?
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the acting was very on and genius. will ferrell is amazingly convincing as a lonely, bland man just moving thru the motions of life. maggie gyllenhaal is punky and just snippy enough that we still want her to be won over and emma thompson and dustin hoffman - remarkable as usual.
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9. Manny Pacquiao. Knocked down Erik Morales three times to close out the trilogy of fights (one win each before Saturday) with a third-round knockout.
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And the Dems should start the purge by kicking James Carville to the curb, once and for all. His inane -- insane? -- remarks about Howard Dean are all the proof needed that the time has come to send the Agin'Cajun to the Political Consultants'Retirement Home. (Dream scenario: he gets a room with Bob "0-for-8" Shrum.)
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Well. what a BIG surprise! Pompously titled "Human Rights Watch" have decided that the trial of Saddam Hussein was so flawed that its verdict is unsound. HRW said "
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~ Swiss world No.1 Roger Federer captures his third Tennis Masters Cup title in four years with a three-set demolition of American James Blake in the final.
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The Buckeyes-wolverines was a classic offensive battle as Chad Henne and Troy Smith slugged it out, with a massive contribution from running back Hart.
http://ispnmedia.com/information-salad
By the time you hear this podcast, the Nextel Cup champion will have been decided. Jimmie Johnson leads Matt Kenseth by 63 points, Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin are back 90, and Jr is back 115. No one really has a shot at the title.
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Rob Thomas, Sheryl Crow, and Axl Rose of Guns N'Roses were on hand for'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinsons', A Benefit Evening for The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research on November 11th at Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Check out pictures from Filmmagic, Gettyimages, LFI, and Wireimage.
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Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said he refused to use Bo Schembechler's sudden death Friday for the Wolverines because it would "dishonor him. I simply told them the way we could honor him is to coach and play in a way that would have made him proud."
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Media Matters for America, DC - Nov 15, 2006on the November 14 edition of his CNN Headline News program, Glenn Beck interviewed Rep. - elect Keith Ellison (D-MN), who became the first Muslim ever elected …
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Michael ("Cosmo Kramer") Richards loses his mind. On stage at the Laugh Factory in L.A. last Friday, Richards flipped out at heckler and launched into a stream of racist taunts, all caught on video. The Seinfeld Curse strikes again.
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Dislikes: Boys or girls who make it way too easy, lack of subtlety, too much morbidity (Poe is acceptable; Stoker and Anne Rice are acceptable; Rob Zombie is not), being made fun of like he ’ s not there (as it ’ s usually incredibly unsubtle), pointless sex comedies, having to explain his methods to people who just “ don ’ t get it, ” camp, math, science (it ’ s interesting, but he can ’ t speak the language at all), strip clubs, Rent (it was fun when it started, but it ’ s gone the way of Cats, in his opinion; Phantom of the Opera, on the other hand, will never get old), the Sixties and their mindset, James Bond (damn the competition), all Bonds that are not Sean Connery or Pierce Brosnan, lesbians (he respects them and doesn ’ t mind them as people … but they mean that he gets less sex)
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- How will the Cubs'spending spree, which also includes the re-signing of Aramis Ramirez and the acquisition of Mark Derosa, affect the club's possible sale? (Disclaimer: Gannett, publisher of USA TODAY, is listed among the possible buyers of the Tribune Co.)
http://blogs.baltimoresun.com/sports_fantasy_guy
Chad Johnson: It was only a couple weeks ago that we were talking about the struggles of Ocho Cinco. Well, that can stop now. Johnson had six catches for 190 yards and three touchdowns against the Saints. Over the last two weeks, he's piled up 450 yards and five touchdowns. Johnson is now the top-ranked fantasy wide receiver.
http://baseballanalysts.com
Player HR SO HR/SO Albert Pujols 49 50 0.98 Nomar Garciaparra 20 30 0.67 Aramis Ramirez 38 63 0.60 Carlos Lee 37 65 0.57 Joe Crede 30 58 0.52 Barry Bonds 26 51 0.51 Vladimir Guerrero 33 68 0.49 Frank Thomas 39 81 0.48 David Ortiz 54 117 0.46 Ray Durham 26 61 0.43
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Of the many good things we are beginning to see before the newly-constituted Democratic Congress even assumes power, one of the most gratifying is the move by Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) to neuter the hideous Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA), passed by the Republicans, and signed by George W. Bush in October.
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Wow, I watched a movie with a very good friend the other night, who is in a similar (though slightly worse) situation than I am. "The Breakup" - Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn, I swear.. it was like looking into a mirror.. of me just recently.. funny how sometimes your life gets plastered right infront of your eyes. Though it is good to know I am not alone. I wonder how many other women were out there thinking - Jesus, this is all just far too close to the bone!
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Meanwhile, Kim Beazley is an unbelievable bonehead. How do you confuse Rove Mcmanus with Karl Rove? That there's an actor called John Howard must REALLY bewilder poor Kim.
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I had the opportunity to attend the Commonwealth Club of Silicon Valley this week where I was invited to videotape Guy Kawasaki ’ s interview of Steve Wozniak. I even got to meet and speak briefly with Woz and found him to be just as genuine and loveable as he comes across in his book, which I read recently and would heartily endorse for your reading pleasure.
http://www.fanball.com/bb/newsbreakers.cfm
A major league official told the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity that Alfonso Soriano has agreed to an eight-year contract worth $136 million with the Cubs, with the deal contingent on Soriano passing a physical. An official announcement of the deal could come as soon as Monday. If Soriano passes the physical, it would be the fifth-largest total package ever given to a major leaguer, behind Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Manny Ramirez and Todd Helton.
http://thefeed.blogs.com/the_feed
San Francisco 20, Seattle 14 - It's gotta be the suit. Mike Nolan, nattily attired on the sideline, pressed all the right buttons. Frank Gore ran for 212 yards and his defense held the returning Shaun Alexander to 37 yards. The Niners improved to 5-5 and are firmly in the playoff dark horse camp as the stretch run begins.
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Chris Robinson has filed for divorce from Kate Hudson. While not seeking spousal support, he's after joint legal and physical custody of their two-year-old Ryder. And yes, the final split is over that little matter of Kate's falling in love with her Dupree star Owen Wilson. In a scenario similar to the one of Meg Ryan and Russell Crow getting it on during Proof of Life, Kate and Owen are said to be no longer together. (Source)
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Gillian Anderson gave birth to a baby boy earlier this month. Oscar made his debut three weeks early on 1st November at London ’ s Portland Hospital but the family decided to wait until he was released from intensive care before making an announcement about his birth. Gillian ’ s spokesperson confirmed that “ both mother and baby are doing fine now. ” Oscar is Gillian ’ s first child with boyfriend Mark Griffiths but she has a 12 year old daughter, Piper, from a previous relationship.
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and the A's, but really, is there a better model besides maybe the Twins?) to mean that OBP is the key to evaluating players. Anyone that's read it knows this isn't the case; it's about exploiting market inefficiencies. If Justin Speier, a right handed reliever who's going to be 33 next year, is worth $18 million over four years, what is Mike Gonzalez worth in a trade? If Alex Gonzalez is worth $14 million over three years, what is Jack Wilson worth in a trade? Or Freddy Sanchez? If Alfonso Soriano is worth $136 million over 8 years, what is Jason Bay worth in a trade? Don't laugh, check the numbers, those two aren't nearly as different as you might think with Soriano playing outfield. If surviving in a small market is all about exploiting the inefficiencies (and it is
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Not since Clinton picked Gore has a left side looked more potent than in the New York Mets ’ infield. Meet David Wright and Jose Reyes, the most dynamic athletes of the year — a combo that made all of Gotham forget about Jeter and A-rod.

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