Just look at all that gold.
Yes, that one ring could probably bail you out of your credit card debt.
Well, congratulations to the Pittsburgh Penguins who received their Stanley Cup rings last night.
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
The Penguins presented their championship rings in numerical order at a private dinner last night, which meant that captain Sidney Crosby [...]
Sorry, Syd. Had to write that headline after reading this from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Center Sidney Crosby participated in the Penguins’ practice at Southpointe today with no apparent problem, and seems increasingly optimistic about playing in their season-opener Friday night against the New York Rangers at Mellon Arena.
Crosby said the injured groin he has been nursing [...]
I can’t even imagine the emotions….
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
About 250 neighbors, Fenger graduates and self-proclaimed community activists angrily shouted at each other during a boiling protest of street violence during the vigil called in response to the Thursday mob beating that took Derrion’s life.
One neighborhood activist who called herself, “Queen Sister,” chanted through a bull [...]
Disturbing news for bloggers out of Washington, D.C. today.
Okay, so why is today any different from any other day?
From Andrew LaVallee at the Wall Street Journal:
A recent amendment to the federal shield bill being considered in the Senate will exclude non-”salaried” journalists and bloggers from the proposed law’s protections.
The law, called the Free Flow of [...]
We’ll just let Minnesota’s Simoni Lawrence speak for himself. Yes, this is a contender for the football quote of the year.
Give Lawrence credit. He went right back out there for more.
Tip of the hat to Deadspin for this one.
According to police, 16-year-old Derrion Albert was an innocent victim who was dragged into a mob of teens fighting on Chicago’s South Side.
The news comes from WLS-TV, ABC 7 in Chicago:
Authorities say 16-year-old Derrion Albert was walking from school in broad daylight when he was beaten to death.
It happened on Thursday in Chicago’s Roseland community [...]
Top left: The Tennessee Valley Authority, part of the New Deal, being signed into law in 1933. Top right: FDR (President Franklin Delano Roosevelt) was responsible for the New Deal.Bottom left: A public mural from one of the artists employed by the New Deal’s WPA program. Bottom right: President Barack Obama. Is he ready? (Photo [...]
President Obama, in response to a question by David Letterman as to whether the vitriol at health care forums was motivated by racism, said, “I was actually black before the election.”
Letterman responded, “Really? How long have you been a black man?”
I just think it’s incredible that we can witness a conversation on race in this [...]
Enjoy this video from tonight’s Late Show with David Letterman: the top 10 reasons President Obama agreed to appear on the show.
Now here’s something you don’t see every day – a gay bar that might be facing a discrimination complaint from the ACLU.
From the Chicago Tribune:
An Elk Grove Village gay bar popular with cross-dressers now requires them to show a valid photo ID that matches their “gender presentation.” Put another way, they now need a photo [...]
