Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Sports leagues unfazed by votes to legalize marijuana - USATODAY


http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2012/11/07/recreational-marijuana-sports-colorado-washington/1690651/


Former MLB stars say drug policy too soft - USATODAY / Bob Nightengale - "The money is so big, and 50 games is nothing," McGriff told USA TODAY Sports, "to just say you are sorry and keep going. I just want the game cleaned up."

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2012/11/07/former-stars-say-drug-policy-too-soft/1690921/


Liberals score social victories, may signal major shift - USATODAY


http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2012/11/07/same-sex-marriage-marijuana-make-progress/1690535/


Michael Irvin laments Cowboys could have won five Super Bowls with Jimmy Johnson - USATODAY


http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/11/07/jimmy-johnson-a-football-life-nfl-network-dallas-cowboys-michael-irvin-troy-aikman/1689239/


Obama and the Road Ahead: The Rolling Stone Interview | Politics News | Rolling Stone - By Douglas Brinkley - In an Oval Office conversation with a leading historian, the president discusses what he would do with a second term – and his opponent's embrace of 'the most extreme positions in the Republican Party' - Oct. 25, 2012


http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obama-and-the-road-ahead-the-rolling-stone-interview-20121025


Darrell K Royal, who won three national titles as Texas coach, dies at 88 - ESPN - By Ivan Maisel | ESPN.com


http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8602432/darrell-k-royal-won-three-national-titles-texas-coach-dies-88-college-football


Analysis: Why Romney lost - CNN.com - Peter Hamby


http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/07/politics/why-romney-lost/index.html?hpt=hp_t1


Texas A&M-Alabama pits SEC's fastest starters against each other | al.com


http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2012/11/texas_am-alabama_pits_secs_fas.html#incart_flyout_sports


Sloan to be Lakers coach by Dec. 1? - Yardbarker


http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/could_jerry_sloan_be_the_head_coach_of_the_lakers_by_december_1st/12147106?linksrc=home_rg_head_12147106


Athletes, sports personalities react on Twitter to President Barack Obama's re-election - USATODAY


http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/11/07/athletes-respond-president-barack-obama-reelected/1688383/


USA Today | Sports | NFL | Rankings


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/rankings/


Revenge of the Nerd: Nate Silver Is 2012’s Other Winner - The Daily Beast - by Trevor Butterworth - There are two big winners in the U.S. this morning, and the happiest one is possibly not the guy with graying hair who gets to keep running the country. Instead, Nate Silver, the nation’s 34-year old Delphic oracle can look on his mighty empire of polling data, and smile: he nailed it. Again. - The author of The New York Times–hosted blog FiveThirtyEight had correctly predicted the electoral lay of the land when all around him political pundits pronounced the race too close to call or maddeningly inconclusive.

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/07/revenge-of-the-nerd-nate-silver-is-2012-s-other-winner.html