Monday, April 02, 2012
Swing States poll: A shift by women puts Obama in lead – USATODAY.com - In the fifth Swing States survey taken since last fall, Obama leads Republican front-runner Mitt Romney 51%-42% among registered voters just a month after the president had trailed him by two percentage points. The biggest change came among women under 50. In mid-February, just under half of those voters supported Obama. Now more than six in 10 do while Romney's support among them has dropped by 14 points, to 30%. The president leads him 2-1 in this group
Kentucky fans riot after defeat of Louisville in Final Four - USATODAY - College antics in alcohol-fueled celebrations of UK's Final Four victory quickly escalated, as young people set couches and two cars ablaze and hurled beer cans into clusters of party-goers. Firefighters responded to about 50 nuisance fires, mostly couches set afire on purpose, according to Battalion Chief Ed Davis of the Lexington Fire Department. Ten people were injured, he said.
ACMs focus on music, not the hardware – USATODAY.com - Taylor Swift repeated as the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year Sunday in Las Vegas, and Miranda Lambert picked up her third win in the Female Vocalist and Album of the Year categories. But trophies aside, the spotlight was on the performers. USA TODAY's Brian Mansfield looks at the evening's most memorable performances.
Sunday, April 01, 2012
Masters leaves us thankful for many things | Masters - Augusta.com - Scott Michaux - One of the Atlanta sportswriting legend’s most popular traditions was his annual Thanksgiving column, in which he lyrically expressed gratitude for all the simple pleasures in his extraordinary life, such as “the sound of golf spikes – the real thing – on a gravel path.” At his memorial service last week, Bisher’s stepdaughter, Tixie Fowler, suggested everyone write their own Thanksgiving column. So, in honor of Bisher, here’s a Masters edition list of thanks.
NFL.com - Broncos reportedly shopped Tebow at NFL combine - Long before the Broncos had a bead on Peyton Manning, they were already thinking about shipping Tebow out of Denver. As early as February's NFL Scouting Combine, the team began "quietly shopping" the quarterback, The Florida Times-Union reported this week. John Elway's words at the combine are worth revisiting. The Broncos' executive vice president of football operations offered high praise for Tebow one month ago.
Tim Tebow, Rex Ryan, Mark Sanchez and NY Jets' circus is the perfect storyline for HBO's 'Hard Knocks' series, like it or not - NY Daily News - Bob Raissman
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