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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 27, 2012 -> 03:27 PM) Also, Racist Hunger Games Fans Are Very Disappointed Some samples: Adding to the irony of the overt racism is that the book explicitly describes Rue as dark-skinned. I missed that part, so it's my bad, guess I was reading it too quickly and missed that description of her character completely (of course, dark-skinned could be Dominican, Mexican, Native-American, Haitian, etc.). I guess it makes sense, as both of the representatives from District 11 were African-American...that it has to be some region of the country like the Southeast, that wide swath from North Carolina south and west through AL/MS/LA. Who knows? If District 12 was supposedly like WV/Appalachia/Kentucky, and the Capitol was Denver/Rocky Mountains...and District 13 would logically be Washington, D.C./Maryland/Camp David, the former capital. http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/r...-182705585.html Controversy over Hunger Games casting... http://shine.yahoo.com/work-money/quot-the...BHRlc3QD;_ylv=3 Other movies with arguments over race-based casting, starting with Last Airbender

In all seriousness, who's really out there? Groce is probably the best of the worst, at this point. I think you have to look more at his background as an OSU recruiter than what he's done with Ohio U. The main question you always have is how much was this guy responsible for bringing all that talent into OSU? How much of it was Matta and his reputation? It reminds me a lot of the Lickliter situation at Iowa. It turns out that Barry Collier, Matta and Stephens were much more responsible for the success of that program than Lickliter, particularly Matta and Stephens. And the assistants he brought with him to Iowa were the least experienced and unable to adapt to the B10 in order to hit the ground running. Then he lost Tyler Smith (many said the same thing would have happened anyway, had Alford stayed) to Bruce Pearl and UT, and managed to run off half the players from the Alford days. It wasn't until the last year, when it was too late, that Lickliter's staff finally started getting some "decent" guys like Ben Brust, Aaron Fuller and Cody Larson (Florida). In the end, you have to be able to protect your neighborhood, and Iowa lost too many players like LaFrentz, Collison, Hinrich, Jason Bohannon (his dad played for the Hawkeye football program)...when you have a Harrison Barnes in your state, Iowa and ISU can't lose him to a Kansas or UNC every time if they ever want to be very good basketball programs again. The funny thing is that by the time Alford really started to learn how to handle the media and coaching, had a good staff and recruiters, Alford saw the writing on the wall and bolted for UNM, where he's done much better than he ever did at Iowa. Of course, there's no way anyone in Iowa would take Al-FRAUD back, despite his recent success. But if the Board of Trustees if resisting...and there are questions about the reception he would get from the CPL coaches, then Groce is better off staying put and waiting for another opportunity. Just because one member of the BofT wants Shaka Smart or Anthony Grant or whoever doesn't mean it's going to happen. I can just imagine they will end up with someone like Johnny Dawkins from Stanford now, or Quin Snyder, haha.

Dennis Rodman for Illinois head coach, haha. Rodman's most recent business endeavor was launching a topless women's basketball team with a New York strip club. Prince told ABCNews.com he didn't know how much money Rodman makes a year, but said his main source of revenue come from appearances and product endorsements. Dennis Rodman the former NBA star of the Pistons and Bulls has decided he wants to stay in basketball and this time as a coach. Dennis Rodman Picture Slideshow Though it is not your typical basketball team, it is a women's "topless" basketball team. Rodman, 50, who is well known on the court as great player and also for his antics off the court is reportedly creating the team with an adult club on Long Island, the Headquarters Gentlemens Club. Rodman is known for his crazy appearances, odd dress, and different hair styles and colors and unique way of living. Rodman thinks this is a great idea and think the team could be very successful. "I do not know too many men that do not like a good looking woman running up and down the court. The potential women players do not have too much experience, they can just throw the ball in the hole." Rodman said. Rodmans team will play a charity game against another former NBA players squad. Spud Webb runs the women's basketball team that is sponnsored by New York strip Club Rick's Cabaret. Webb was a player for the Atlanta Hawks. Rodman will be holding tryouts for the topless women's basketball team from the Headquarters Gentlemen's Club in New York City. Rodman decide to create a team once he found out about Spud Webb's team. He then challenged them to a game. Tryout auditions begin this week and they are looking for girls over 5'10'. The team members will wear short shorts, tiny shirts and sneakers to come out for the game, once the game starts they are totally topless. Hopefully the girls are not that well endowed, especially with all that running and bouncing around...ouch. Continue reading on Examiner.com Dennis Rodman to coach "topless" women's basketball team Pics/video - New Orleans Pop Culture | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/pop-culture-in-new...##ixzz1qN26k8pe

A little bit different than Mike Napoli's phone number being put out there on Twitter by CJ Wilson just to mess with him. Waiting for the dust to settle on this one. Too bad there seems to be a lack of eye-witnesses and the he said/she said only has one side so far (in terms of the actual event in question, not its post interpretation).

A very soft .283, Juan Pierre-ish, with the exception of that monster homer and I think he had another extra-base hit in one of the games I was listening to recently... Any time Dunn sinks in the .220's, I start to worry about his confidence, but at least his K's are way too down and he has the added momentum of the 4 HR's and the fact that he's done MUCH better against lefties, comparatively, to 2011. Of course, the bar there was set extremely low for him to jump over.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Mar 27, 2012 -> 05:46 PM) Sox trade for Ichiro at deadline. Three years too late. I don't think at this point in his career, he would have enough of an effect to off-set his huge contract dollars with an uptick in attendance and souvenir/merchandise sales. Probably, it would be Viciedo and prospects going the other way. No thanks. With the SOX finally being able to rid themselves of ONE big contract, they're not going to add another....unless by some miracle Dunn and Rios are both living up to their contracts at the time of the deal and the White Sox are in first. Of course, to get to that point, Viciedo would have to be making a big contribution. It's the typical big/splashy KW move, but I don't think Reinsdorf and the Board would sign off on that one.

Sergio Santos pitched one scoreless inning Saturday afternoon against the Braves. It was his first action in a Grapefruit League game since March 7. Toronto's closer has been physically fine all spring, but the club wanted him to work exclusively in bullpen sessions and Minor League games for a period of time to prepare for the start of the regular season. Santos utilized a changeup while with the White Sox last season, but he mostly relied on his fastball-slider combination. The changeup is a pitch he would like to use on a more frequent basis this year, and it needed some extra work.

Hector Santiago has 21 saves in the first half and is named to the All-Star team, Sergio Santos loses the closer's role in TOR and Nestor Molina makes the AA/Southern League All-Star team.

Thornton not exactly Mr. Lights Out today. Wonder what his radar readings have been this spring. Has anyone heard? Thornton actually got across a slurve/cutter that looked appreciably slower compared to what he used to throw for the K to end the game. Shaping up as an interesting battle the final week for the bullpen and closer's role. If Santiago goes out WED and THUR with scoreless outings and gets out both lefties and righties, I wouldn't be totally shocked if he was the named the guy. In the back of Ventura's mind, he knows how important it is to get off to a good start this April, and there's just that lurking feeling in the back of one's mind that Matt Thornton doesn't have mentality to be THAT guy at the end of games.

Aaron Cunningham sighting. Love listening to Melton trying to extol Cleveland's chances, forgetting Justin Masterson's existence and randomly trying to cite their rotation and running out of names and brain-locking. You don't know what you're talking about. Rongey. Nope, not a clue. Melton They were 2-10, Bill. Thornton in as the pseudo-closer for the 9th. I don't think Thornton's going to magically get a change-up, split-finger/forkball or slider working at this point in his career, Bill. Terry Doyle will pitch tomorrow, fwiw. Reed and Santiago will throw tomorrow in the bullpen in one of the games. Santiago has a "rubber arm" (according to Rongey) and will throw WED and THUR. Same with Ohman.

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Mar 27, 2012 -> 12:35 PM) I'm not sure that I want to hear any talk from players about how we've got everybody just where we want 'em after a season where they finished 16 games out of first place with essentially the same team minus Buehrle and Santos. I think a good rule of thumb for the next two months is just play. Sox attendance has steadily gone down year after year since 2006 (which granted got a bump from the 05 World Series win) and is down 20% from '08 which was the last time we won the division. Enough talk. Just play. Not to mention Quentin, although I guess he would be injured for us too, theoretically. Dunn, Beckham and Rios have all hit slightly better (especially Dunn) than they did in 2011, but we'll find out soon enough. Same with Dayan Viciedo. And DeAza and Konerko, can they keep it up? So many question marks, like which Jake Peavy is going to show up, or Sale, or Humber. And the bullpen by committee can easily enough blow up in April/May.

Someone needs to tell Melton to stop reminding us he has zero knowledge of NCAA basketball or football. Melton...c'mon, going on and on about not scoring the runner from 3rd base with less than 2 outs isn't quite as important with a 7-1 lead and minor leaguers in there. He should just be happy they've played much better the last 10 days...and the Minnesota Twins that Melton/Rongey are referring to as "not beating themselves" don't exist anymore. Petit or Puh-TEE? LOL. RAHN-JAY. OH NO!

Alejandro DeAza with a tape measure HR, his first. Nice to see him demonstrating the pop he had last season. Indians' announcers saying Adam Dunn looks the same as a hitter as 2011, lol. Nice premature evaluation based on one game. Aaron Morrison (???) playing 3B for the Sox. Christian Marrero token appearance. Seth Logan pinch runs after a Dunn blooper falls in for a single and gets him back in the .230's. Former Sox reliever Scott Radinsky now the pitching coach for the Indians.

Young Adult, hard movie to watch, definitely not a feel-good, pick-me-upper, but Charlize Theron can run circles around Cameron Diaz in the acting department and Jason Reitman's a very talented director. This is no JUNO or UP IN THE AIR, but it's worth checking out. Patton Oswalt ("BIG FAN") is what keeps this whole movie together somehow, great performance.

Well, Iowa certainly learned the lessons of going with the "hot" coaches in Steve Alford (coming off a Sweet 16 at SW Missouri State) and Todd Lickliter. Looks at all the names from the past, like Bruce Pearl, Tommy Amaker, Quin Snyder, Jeff Lebo, Stan Heath, Billy Gillespie, Matt Doherty, Mike Davis...all "coaches of the moment" at different points, but usually coming off strong NCAA appearances. The George Mason coach, for another example. The list goes on and on. For every Mark Few, Billy Donovan or Brad Stephens, there's 5 who flamed out completely.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-p...ui_crash_032612 Great but sad story about Bush, albeit VERY long, by Jeff Passan.

Not close to happening. Way overplayed by the media, who enjoy speculating on Chinese internal politics. It will be interesting to see what happens to the mayor of Guangzhong, though, who is closely aligned with Wen Jiabao...whether he gets his seat on the Standing Committee (the top 9 officials in the country). Some think there was a trade, Bo Xilai goes but your personal pick has to wait to go on the Standing Committee until some point in the indefinite future.

Just hire Steve Bardo...hey, if the White Sox can do it with Ventura, why not? Kenny Battle can be on the bench with him. Even though I am an Iowa alum, I enjoyed watching the energy that guy brought to the game.

It certainly wasn't the case with a certain Iowa State football coach who went on to take Auburn to the national championship level despite a horrendous Big 12 record.

It's not allowing the option to choose all 3, just one. In that case, it would have been the obvious move to pick Santiago, based solely on performance. I tend to think they'll go with the experience of Bruney and Stults, over Stewart and Jones. Then again, they've said a couple of times they wanted 2 guys who can go multiple innings, so that favors Axelrod/Stewart. However, Bruney and Stults over their careers have been either starters and/or able to go 2+. So in the end, Santiago (100%) and Bruney (75%) with the rest being a crapshoot. BTW, Deunte Heath already was sent down to the minors, along with Quintana.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 25, 2012 -> 08:02 PM) And this was the most asinine comment in the thread, especially considering they're more inspired by Hitler and King Minos. Seriously, know what you're talking about before you're "sure" of something. Especially considering the book came out before Obama was elected, or else I'll go ahead and say 1984's villains are clearly based on Bush/Republicans. I'm pretty sure Marty34 doesn't like KW. "If we win, who would be in charge of the government?" Gale asks. "Everyone," Plutarch tells him. "We're going to form a republic where the people of each district and the Capitol can elect their own representatives to be their voice in a centralized government. Don't look so suspicious; its worked before." "In books," Haymitch mutters. "In history books," says Plutarch. "And if our ancestors could do it, then we can, too. Frankly, our ancestors don't seem much to brag about. I mean, look at the state they left us in, with the wars and the broken planet. Clearly,they didn't care about what would happen to the people who came after them. But this republic idea sounds like an improvement over our current government."

It must be about the Romney's, because they went to the movie. Therefore, guilty by association. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/...the-day-hungry/

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Mar 25, 2012 -> 02:16 PM) Yes. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-20/j...ama-donors.html The concept of the noble and just Obama presidency is nothing but a fairy tale perpetuated by a marketing campaign. Of course not. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46172017/ And how much have they already given to Romney? If you don't think Wall Street's on Romney's side in this election...well...they have no choice but to cover both bases, and since Mitt's been so inept, their has to be increasing worry that Obama might actually win despite the high unemployment numbers and unpopularity of the health care plan's mandates.

At least Viciedo didn't strike out this time. There's that.

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com...ll-for-taliban/ The representative in this case is a retiring Democrat...if you notice in the comments section, so many GOPers are going off how excoriated he would be had he been a Republican Knowing about the UNC/Duke rivalry, it's a BIT funny but definitely in bad taste. Someone even pointed out that THREE Duke graduates had died in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. I was surprised there was any at all. Obama might lose Illinois if he said that. Heck, there probably would be a Congressional investigation to delve once again into ties with the Indonesian "madrassa" private school and his Muslim name.