Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin, the favorites for ice-dancing gold in Vancouver, wowed the crowds with their routine at the European Championships. They sit in the lead after their original dance, a tribute to Australian Aborigines. Except, Aboriginal leaders don’t see it as a tribute. They don’t really see how it has anything to do [read more]
Johnny Depp may be one of the most famous celebrities in the world, but he’s not exactly living the glam lifestyle — in fact, he says he never leaves his house. The Pirates of the Caribbean star hates the attention he receives whenever he leaves the French home he shares with Vanessa Paradis and their [read more]
Minnesota receiver/returner Percy Harvin, the NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Year, could very well miss Sunday’s NFC Championship Game against New Orleans because of recurring migraine headaches. Coach Brad Childress remains optimistic, but said there’s no way to know how long Harvin will be sidelined, that Harvin’s migraines vary in duration. It’s a problem Harvin [read more]
The New York Jets are fairly banged up as they attempt to pull a big upset of the Colts in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game, with Indy an 8-point favorite on WagerWeb.com. Defensive end Shaun Ellis has a broken hand and didn’t practice this week until Thursday, and then only in a limited fashion. Ellis broke [read more]
Soccer stars Zinedine Zidane and Kaka will take part in a charity match to help raise funds for the the victims of the Haiti earthquake. The two former world footballers of the year will be among 40 internationals lining up for the United Nations Development Programme’s annual game, which will be held in Lisbon, Portugal [read more]
Why do so many baseball players wait to have surgery when it then puts their availability for the start of the season in question? The latest player to go under the knife recently was San Francisco Giant second baseman Freddy Sanchez, who had a shoulder procedure done four weeks ago. The initial timeline for his [read more]
The Lakers failed the first test of their season-long eight-game road trip, falling in Cleveland on Thursday night to a Cavs team missing their second-best player (Mo Williams). And now the Lakers have to play just 24 hours later in New York on the biggest stage the NBA has to offer: Madison Square Garden. Los [read more]
In an effort to draw new converts, a group of Japanese monks has turned to an oddly un-Buddhist method: alcohol and rap. Calling the strategy “Buddhism 2010,” monk Kansho Tagai, who is content to be known by his new street name, Mr. Happiness, says that Japanese Buddhism is in crisis, and delivering sutras to a [read more]
