Thursday, March 29, 2012

Nike sues Reebok over Tebow apparel - CNNMoney - Nike is suing rival Reebok for selling New York Jets uniforms and other Jets apparel with the name of its new quarterback Tim Tebow on them.


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/03/nike-sues-reebok-over-tebow-apparel.html


Madonna wants to show Tebow around - Yardbarker -She was promoting her new album, MDNA, on Twitter. So Seacrest tweeted a question that prompted an interesting response from the Material Girl.


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/03/madonna-wants-to-show-tebow-around.html


Will Augusta National have its first female member? – USATODAY.com - Christine Brennan - Last fall, however, IBM made a historic decision. It announced that as of Jan. 1, Virginia "Ginni" Rometty would become its first female CEO. Then, this week, on the eve of Masters week, Bloomberg News Service became the first to ask the logical question: Will Rometty become the first woman to wear a green jacket? It's possible that the question actually might be moot. It is within the realm of possibility, remote as it might seem, that she's already a member and we simply don't know it yet.


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/brennan/story/2012-03-28/brennan-augusta-national/53841184/1


2012 Major League Baseball Preview - MLB - SI.com - Tom Verducci - Predictions for each Division and The Postseason


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/03/2012-major-league-baseball-preview-mlb.html


Stan Kasten back in the game with Dodgers  | ajc.com - Tim Tucker - Stan Kasten, former president of the Braves, Hawks and Thrashers, was a man without a team when he met a reporter for a weekday lunch at a Dunwoody restaurant last summer.


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/03/stan-kasten-back-in-game-with-dodgers.html


Jose Conseco Falsely Tweets Al Gore’s Death - Yardbarker


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/03/jose-conseco-falsely-tweets-al-gores.html?spref=tw


Tim Tebow has spent offseason with quarterbacks coach, aiming to be more comfortable in pocket | NJ.com - Conor Orr - Despite heading into a season where he's figured to be a Wildcat-first option, Tim Tebow has spent a good portion of the offseason fine-tuning the basics of his throwing and working on becoming a more efficient passer, said Noel Mazzone, a former Jets wide receivers coach and current UCLA offensive coordinator. - - "In 30 years, the guy is as good as I've ever been around as far as wanting to work at being good at something," Mazzone said in a telephone interview this afternoon. "This kid's competitiveness and all the other things he brings to the table is amazing to me.



http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2012/03/tim_tebow_has_spent_offseason.html


Birmingham mayor, school superintendent agree on need for tax increase for schools | al.com - Birmingham Mayor William Bell came out in support today of a proposal for a property tax increase for city schools. Birmingham school Superintendent Craig Witherspoon today presented to the Birmingham City Council the plan to seek a 3 mill property tax increase to raise $9 million a year for city school initiatives. -The increase would mean the owner would pay about $15 more annually for a house valued at $50,000, officials said.



http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/03/birmingham_mayor_school_superi.html


Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Disgruntled Dodger fans see the dawn of a new era - LATimes.com - By Hector Becerra, Mitchell Landsberg and Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0329-dodgers-react-20120329,0,7000804.story


Tebow Professes His Evangelical Faith Carefully - NYTimes.com - John Branch and Mary Pilon - As he demonstrates in interviews and throughout his book, in his frequent appearances at churches and prisons, and even at his hugely anticipated and nationally televised introductory news conference for the Jets on Monday, Tebow is far from a firebrand evangelical. With unflappable optimism and politeness, using his gift for artfully preaching without sounding preachy, Tebow mostly discusses his life story — a child of Southern Baptist missionaries in the Philippines who prayed for a son to become a preacher, named for Timothy in the Bible. Football, Tebow says, is his platform for greater good. He talks about the charitable works of his family and his own foundation. And he repeatedly invokes Jesus Christ’s name and the good that comes from committing to a life lived by his creed. He has more followers than most preachers, and evokes more passion than most politicians. But, unlike so many of them, Tebow shows little interest in using his pulpit to take controversial stances.


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/03/tebow-professes-his-evangelical-faith.html


Peyton Manning blew off Pete Carroll's surprise visit - USATODAY - The courtship of Peyton Manning gets an exhaustive look from Peter King in the next issue of Sports Illustrated, and might leave Pete Carroll blushing.


http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2012/03/peyton-manning-blew-off-pete-carrolls-surprise-visit/1?csp=ip#.T3PgbniBDUQ