Monday, July 02, 2012

Emails show Paterno legacy, Penn State officials should face reckoning - CBSSports.com - Gregg Doyel


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/07/emails-show-paterno-legacy-penn-state.html?spref=tw


More extreme heat, continued headaches for Central, Eastern U.S. - CNN.com


http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/01/us/extreme-heat/index.html?hpt=hp_t2


Rangers, Yankees dominate AL All-Star starters | FOX Sports


http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/all-star-selections-070112


Josh Hamilton more popular than ever with fans - Dallas Texas Rangers Blog - ESPN Dallas


http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/texas-rangers/post/_/id/4886982/josh-hamilton-as-popular-as-ever-with-fans


Hamilton gets record 11M All-Star votes, 5th-time starter 5 months after apologizing - The Washington Post


http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/hamilton-gets-record-11m-all-star-votes-5th-time-starter-5-months-after-apologizing/2012/07/01/gJQALxvlGW_story.html


The Braves lose a series but buy a starting pitcher | Mark Bradley - AJC -- A half-hour before they played the Nationals on Sunday, the Braves announced they’d signed Ben Sheets to a minor-league contract. - Don’t be misled by the language. “We didn’t sign him to be a minor-league players,” said Frank Wren, the general manager. “We want him to be one of our [big-league] pitchers, probably even a guy in the rotation.”


http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2012/07/01/the-braves-lose-a-series-but-buy-some-starting-pitching/?cxntfid=blogs_mark_bradley_blog


Bryce Harper: 'I'd vote for Chipper' - USATODAY - "I think a Hall of Famer should be able to go to the All-Star game his last year. If I was going to vote, I'd go vote for Chip."


http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dailypitch/post/2012/07/bryce-harper-vote-for-chipper-jones/1#.T_FFL46BA1A


Sunday, July 01, 2012

Murdoch hits Romney: He needs a new team - POLITICO.com -- "Met Romney last week. Tough O Chicago pros will be hard to beat unless he drops old friends from team and hires some real pros. Doubtful," was the tweet from @rupertmurdoch


http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/07/murdoch-hits-romney-he-need-a-new-team-127810.html


The 1934 Dinner Party That May Have Helped Save Obamacare - The Daily Beast - When FDR created Social Security, his labor secretary feared the court would reject it—until a justice told her over dinner that framing it as a tax could save it. By Jonathan Alter


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/01/the-1934-dinner-party-that-may-have-helped-save-obamacare.html


Video: Tiger squeaks out a win at Congressional - CBSSports.com


http://www.cbssports.com/golf/story/19459250/tiger-squeaks-out-a-win-at-congressional


Chipper Jones, Michael Bourn vying to be NL's Final Vote winner | Braves.com - Mark Bowman - Two Braves are among five candidates for last spot on All-Star roster

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http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120630&content_id=34224354&vkey=news_atl&c_id=atl


Braves ink Ben Sheets to Minor League deal | Braves.com


http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120701&content_id=34272566&vkey=news_atl&c_id=atl