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• Huskies-Wolverines drawing plenty of attention - who'da thunk it?
  It begins Saturday in Ann Arbor, one of the game's mythological haunts, another stop on the road to "who'da thunk this?" for the ongoing UConn football pilgrimage.And really, who knew so many people […]
• Allentown Fair goes gaga for Lady Antebellum
  The trio draws 7,600 fans to the grandstand on a 'Perfect Day' for country music. "Ain't worried about tomorrow when you're busy living in a perfect day," Lady Antebellum sang on Thursday night at the Great Allentown Fair, and the band members should know. In only a few short years the trio has risen from relative obscurity to s […]
• Brandon Phillips Incorrect in His Assessment of St. Louis Cardinals
  Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips complimented the Cardinals before our last series, saying they were a fun team, akin to playing with your female dog. He was wrong. The St. Louis Cardinals are sissies. Before I get started, this is in no way a jab at fans of the Cardinals. Cincinnati and St. Louis are sort of kindred spirits when it comes to t […]
• Blackjack Whiz Riffs on Fantasy Sports, Statgeeks and Yahoo
  A Q&A with Jeff Ma, the former leader of the infamous MIT Blackjack Team that took Vegas for millions in the mid-'90s. Now a successful entrepreneur and author, Ma talks about his love of fantasy sports, selling his company Citizen Sports to Yahoo (and why he didn't join them), and how young statgeeks can make their way in a sports industry dom […]
• Review: 'Star Trek 365' is a special stardate for Starfleet faithful
  Any Trekkie worth his or her salt can tell a a Romulan from a Vulcan, much less a mugatu from a horta. […]
• Cautionary tale as the abomination begins
  Cautionary tale as the abomination begins; beware of the Bill Sudakis's of the world […]
• At Star Wars Celebration V, 'Spiderwick' illustrator draws on the Force
  GUEST CORRESPONDENT: TONY DITERLIZZI Star Wars Celebration V drew thousands of Jedi faithful from around the world to Orlando over the weekend, and among them was Tony DiTerlizzi, the bestselling author and artist best know as co-creator of "The Spiderwick... […]
• 'Star Trek,' old school and up close
  It's supposed to last all year, "Star Trek 365," a 2.5-inch thick brick of a photo book from Abrams. The publisher has a series of 365 books -- on baseball, roadside America, penguins, punk -- all without any burden of... […]
• More Cowbell: Why the Rays ring those bells, and other lore of local baseball fandom
  By Peter Golenbock On a Thursday night in early July, a crowd of 36,970 packed the Trop for the game against the despised Boston Red Sox. There wasn't a space to be had in the official Rays parking lots. A majority of customers, young and old, male and female, were literally displaying their fandom on their sleeves. Their outfits varied: expensive white […]
• Seven millionth Thunder fan wins goodies for her singular fandom
  TRENTON — Angie Bernstein hit a major league home run during a trip with her family to Waterfront Park last night: She was the 7 millionth fan to enter the ballpark since it opened in 1994. […]