The Blackhawks lost last night, thus ending their remarkable streak of 24 consecutive games with a point to begin the season. The Heat won today, extending their winning streak to 18 straight games. It was a little more topical when both streaks were still active, but the debate over which streak was more impressive waged for quite some time.

If you’re a baseball fan, today’s news was not a surprise. Most everybody expected Mariano Rivera to retire at the end of last season, but his knee injury forced a change of plans. As soon as he tore his ACL during batting practice in Kansas City in May, we all knew he was coming back for one final go-round. Mariano was going to go out on his terms. And if there’s anybody who deserves to, it’s Mariano Rivera

NCAA Tournament, the women’s Tournament is really easy to figure out. The top four teams are pretty clear. They’re far-and-away better than everyone else, and the quartet’s only losses have come against each other. Same thing with the No. 2 seeds. The 10 best teams.

Enjoy this quick, five dollar meal any night of the week. Shake and Bake chicken using thin sliced chicken cutlets and a bag of microwaveable Birds Eye Steam Fresh vegetables. I choose roasted red potatoes and green beans. The vegetables are served with a Parmesan Olive Oil Sauce.

Deadly new virus says CDC,The virus is a coronavirus, part of the same family of viruses as the common cold and the deadly outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that first emerged in Asia in 2003. The new virus is not the same as SARS, but like the SARS virus, it is similar to those found in bats

Street view by google has taken us to an extreme sports shop called Krakatoa somewhere on the south side of Briançon, a tiny hamlet of 11,000 in southeastern France. You can get anything you want in this Krakatoa from shoes, shorts, sunglasses, and maybe a great story to tell your friends.

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It’s been a crazy season in college basketball, with top teams falling every week (often right after they become No. 1). The NCAA Tournament is going to be crazy. It’s so wide open that it’s difficult to predict even what you think might happen.