Sunday, April 29, 2012
Model, nurse, cheerleader, churchgoer: Stunning wife of Miami Dolphins' new quarterback steals the show at NFL draft... and becomes an instant Twitter star - With her movie-star looks and tight fitting red dress it seems that Lauren Tannehill is the real breakout star of the 2012 NFL draft. Featured on ESPN's coverage on Thursday night, the aspiring model and wife of new Miami Dolphin's pick Ryan Tannehill was a major hit, setting social networking sites abuzz with complimentary tweets. In the first ten minutes after Texas A&M quarterback Tannehill was picked with the eighth overall selection, the cardiology assistant began trending on Twitter and picked up 3,000 followers overnight, a 350 percent increase on the day before.
The Listener: Why Finebaum is Finebaum | Weld for Birmingham - Mark Kelly - But what, exactly, is “it”? What is the essence of the Finebaum show? What sets it apart from the glut of sports talk available 24 hours a day on the nation’s airwaves? What has propelled this bald, slightly-built, acerbic-but-unprepossessing man to widely recognized status as the South’s foremost authority on sports, presiding over an eponymous radio empire that includes 36 stations in seven states, as well as the nationwide scope afforded by its affiliation with satellite radio giant Sirius XM?
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Bishops Play Church Queens as Pawns - NYTimes.com - Maureen Dowd - Even as Republicans try to wrestle women into chastity belts, the Vatican is trying to muzzle American nuns. Who thinks it’s cool to bully nuns? While continuing to heal and educate, the community of sisters is aging and dying out because few younger women are willing to make such sacrifices for a church determined to bring women to heel. Yet the nuns must be yanked into line by the crepuscular, medieval men who run the Catholic Church.
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