Seattle, WA – Seattle, WA (SportsNetwork.com) – New-look Toronto FC will head to CenturyLink Field on Saturday for a marquee clash with Seattle Sounders FC. Toronto, long-time doormat in MLS, strengthened its squad considerably in the offseason, adding the likes of Michael Bradley, Jermain Defoe, Dwayne De Rosario, Justin Morrow, …
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Revs back on the road to face DCU
Washington, DC – Washington, DC (SportsNetwork.com) – The New England Revolution return to the road on Saturday to face D.C. United to bring an end to a run of four away contests in the club’s first five games. New England’s first three games produced just one point and zero goals …
Read More »Nats try to force fifth game against Giants
(SportsNetwork.com) – The Washington Nationals will try to force a decisive fifth game in their National League Division Series against the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday, as they try to stave off elimination once again in Game 4 at AT&T Park. Washington snapped San Francisco’s 10-game postseason winning streak on …
Read More »Does the U.S. Need a Sports Czar?
Performance-enhancing drugs, gene doping, Bowl Championship Series (BCS) vs. a playoff system in college football, caps on student-athlete scholarship stipends, state and federal government athlete agent laws regarding licensing, recruiting athletes, and providing benefits to athletes, and whether college athletes should be able to earn a profit from licensing their …
Read More »Hillary In Kazakshstan — Not a Pretty Picture
She came: She saw: She laid down the law to the most powerful, touchy, potentially dangerous nation on the planet – and then she waltzed off, leaving chaos in her wake – and costing the American taxpayer $2 – 5 million to do it. That was Secretary of State Hillary …
Read More »Let's Tell the Truth About the 'Siege' of Gaza
If all goes the way sponsoring NGOs planned it, an eight-ship armada of activists is already enroute from Cyprus to break the “siege” of Gaza. Timed for the slow news cycles of the Memorial Day weekend in the United States, organizers, led by “peace crusaders” from Turkey, Greece, Ireland, Sweden …
Read More »President Obama, Please Stop a Nuclear Iran — Now
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke on Tuesday before a United Nations panel, blaming nearly all the suffering of the world on the free world and capitalism. Such displays are as provocative as they are defiant, and they are only the latest in a long progression of menacing behavior that causes me …
Read More »Obama on Ft. Hood — Not Even 'Shocked'
How a president responds to a crisis defines him. President Obama has shown how upset he was after the murder of abortion Dr. George Tiller and after the attack on the Holocaust Museum. But when it came to the Ft. Hood shootings, the president twice gave the incident a limited …
Read More »The Mostly Bad –and Some Good News About Your Credit Cards
Wed, 20 May 2009 21:58:56 +0000 – The best news is that we actually have a bill that addresses some consumer issues in the credit card industry. The bad news is still very bad news: the lobbyists were able to get their grimy paws on it, and there was no …
Read More »Read My Lips, Mr. President — No New Taxes!
Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:12:35 +0000 – By Andrea TantarosRepublican Political Commentator In the next few days President Obama is expected to announce a plan to cut our annual federal deficit by at least half and to do it by the end of his term. He hopes to accomplish this …
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