AP Blog: Arena says phooey to assertions
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Now that the World Cup is underway, AP writers will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports during soccer&#039;s largest spectacle:
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I asked for advice in reducing vitriol on this blog, and a couple of readers helpfully identified a source of the problem: me. They and many others didnât like my suggestion to require commenters to use their real name. Tartuffo wrote: âAs someone who has been on the Internet since 1981, from alt.flame to the [...].
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Perhaps the Washington Wizards are showing the effects of a little too much Gilbertology. Two days before what Gilbert Arenas has proclaimed will be his next 50-point game, no one wanted to say much about it.
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A number of assertions in the latest Republican presidential debate went unchallenged because candidates spent more time criticizing Democrats from afar than challenging Â and correcting Â each other face to face.
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TRUTH IN advertising should extend to political advertisements aired over the public airways. The so-called facts presented in political advertisements, even statements masquerading as opinion, should be held
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That Guy responsible for the Brawl in Detroit . âTheir contract is an insult. Iâve got a family to feed.â - Latrell Spreewell, currently making $14 million.
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The NHL players' association is taking its case public.
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Excerpts from Sen. Barack Obama's interview with The Associated Press:
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I'm a lifelong baseball fan, and I don't care if Roger Clemens took steroids, or if he is lying or if McNamee is lying.  News is stuff that's important. If it's national news, it's stuff that is important to everyone in the nation. Whether Clemens took steroids or not is a proper topic for a 60 Minutes, Fresh Air or Nightline segment. To take a whole day across all the cable channels the day after three pivotal primaries is very wrong. (And what if they do it again tomorrow? Oy.) So it's ridiculous that all the cable news channels are broadcasting the full testimony of Roger Clemens and his accuser. Hours of repetitive questions and the same answers, over and over, while there is news happening in the world. I know because I'm subscribed to the MSNBC and AP feeds on Twitter. I have a Google Alert that shows me results of all the campaign conference calls. (There have been a couple this morning, from Obama and McCain, I'd love to get MP3s, and still looking for a feed.) It's time for some serious routing-around, or for the cable news programmers to get back on the job.  Cross-posted at Huffington.
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In the aftermath of the Friday night fight between the Pacers, the Pistons, and raucous fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Indiana coach Rick Carlisle borrowed a phrase from Winston Churchill, saying, &quot;the imagination is baffled by the facts.&quot; During a pair of news conferences at Conseco Fieldhouse yesterday that addressed the unprecedented NBA penalties levied against ...
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&quot;America&#39;s trying to put on a show to demonstrate to the world that we can be fair and just. It&#39;s clear to us just by reading the rules, even before we get into the courtroom, that it&#39;s not fair, it&#39;s not
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NEW YORK -- The folks at Madison Square Garden like to call their building the mecca of boxing. For one night, the show lived up to that hyperbole.
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Readers sound off on the latest headlines.
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A Feb. 18 story about top advisers to Hillary Rodham Clinton accusing Democratic rival Barack Obama of plagiarism included a reference to a January report by The Associated Press that noted examples of Obama borrowing ideas and speech points from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, often without attribution.
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PHOENIX -- Tom Brady scoffed. Plaxico Burress wondered what all the attention was about.
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The Bull makes some good points -- but not good enough.
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There was quite an interesting debate reported in the media last week. No, not that one.