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Baby: Katie's Parents Had to Wait Forget whatever it was Tom Cruise told Diane Sawyer about his relationship with Katie Holmes' parents. The truth is, Katie's parents, Martin and Kathleen Holmes, didn’t get to see baby Suri up close and personal until the day of the "Mission: Impossible 3" premiere in Los Angeles. That would have been May 4. Suri was born in the late afternoon on April 17. You do the math, fans. That's two and a half weeks. The Holmeses were specifically not invited until Tom was back home in Los Angeles after his worldwide promotional tour and could monitor the baby’s first visit with her maternal grandparents. Tom’s mother, Mary Jo Mapother-South, was there for the delivery. So were Tom’s sisters. But, as widely reported, the Holmeses were at their vacation home in Florida when they got the news that their daughter had given birth to their first grandchild “They are heartbroken,” says the source who filled me in on this, and this person knows what they’re talking about. But no one who’s interviewed Cruise for "M: I3" has dared asked these questions. Instead, they’ve let Cruise refer to Katie as “Kate” and do all the talking for her. The Holmeses are scared to speak out, say friends, for fear that they will be cut off even more from Katie and Suri. :headshake :headshake

Star Wars---the way it should be

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I wish i could find a clip of this..... SAN DIEGO - Rick Sutcliffe, a Cy Young award winner and ESPN baseball analyst, gave a rambling, slurred interview during the local television broadcast of the Brewers-Padres game Wednesday night. Sutcliffe's microphone eventually was cut off. Craig Nichols, general manager of Channel 4 San Diego, on Thursday described the interview as embarrassing. It was the second time in three weeks that comments during a broadcast at Petco Park drew attention. On April 22, Former Mets and Cardinals All-Star Keith Hernandez, now a broadcaster for New York, said that women ``don't belong in the dugout'' after spotting Padres massage therapist Kelly Calabrese high-fiving Mike Piazza after he hit a home run. Sutcliffe, who used to broadcast Padres games for Channel 4 San Diego, dropped by the broadcast booth late in Wednesday night's game and was warmly welcomed by announcers Matt Vasgersian and Mark ``Mud'' Grant, a former big league pitcher. The trio first talked about golf and actor Bill Murray, who was with Sutcliffe at the game. The conversation turned to Sutcliffe's daughter, who, the pitcher said, has been accepted to Harvard Medical School. That's when Sutcliffe began to meander. ``She's on her way to Africa tomorrow,'' Sutcliffe said. ``How about that? Over there on one of those missions, man. George Clooney - you been reading about all that, you been seeing that?'' To which Vasgersian responded with surprise: ``George Clooney?'' ``Yeah, he's up there with the Congress, he's trying to get everybody to go over there and solve that thing.'' Sutcliffe then said: ``I'm getting yelled at from Bill Murray in the back. I need to go. I'd much rather hang with you guys.'' Grant thanked Sutcliffe for joining them. ``Mud, you're the best, man,'' Sutcliffe replied. ``Anybody on Earth that doesn't like Mark Grant, they've got problems.'' Sutcliffe then asked Vasgersian, ``Matty, what are you still doing here in San Diego?'' Vasgersian tried to steer the conversation to baseball, but Sutcliffe persisted. ``No, no, no, Matty - everybody on Earth has been trying to steal you - the Dodgers, the Cubs, ESPN. What are you still doing here?'' Sutcliffe's microphone apparently was cut off then, because a voice in the background can be heard saying: ``They turned it off.'' Sutcliffe couldn't be reached for comment on Thursday. ESPN executives declined comment, spokeswoman Diane Lamb said. Nichols said Sutcliffe ``used remarkably poor judgment. I'm embarrassed. I'm embarrassed for the Channel 4 team, and I'm embarrassed for the viewers. They're trying to watch the latest win. This is all I'm talking about today. The focus should have been on that win.'' Nichols said the station received dozens of e-mails and phone calls about the interview. Based on Sutcliffe's background, ``under any other circumstance, I think any other broadcast booth in the world would have invited him in,'' Nichols said. ``He started talking about things that weren't of interest. It wasn't what we wanted on the air.'' After Wednesday night's game, Sutcliffe and Murray visited the Padres' clubhouse. When Sutcliffe introduced Murray to infielder Mark Bellhorn, who was seated, the actor hugged the infielder tightly and the two tumbled onto the ground. ``You were a Cub!'' Murray said. Sutcliffe won the NL Rookie of the Year in 1979 with the Dodgers and the Cy Young in 1984, the year his Cubs lost to the Padres in the NL championship series

Women of E3--then and now

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ May 11, 2006 -> 03:45 PM) I saw that first article when it was published, but hadn't seen the followup. Truer words were never spoken than when she refers to morning after shame morphing into a date rape accusation. Gee...i remember my after morning shame morphing into a long hot shower and an membership in the "Order of the Serpintine"

Bruce Campbell Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Morning wood A classic as well..... Beatle vs. Beatle

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ May 7, 2006 -> 02:39 PM) I've never seen Blaine do this trick, but hasn't anybody ever wondered why there was a box or something in front of these guys? Or hasn't anybody ever walked to the front of them to see a foot/leg protruding from their pants? Seriously, is this trick THAT easy to do and to fool people with? Blaine has done that trick (along with others) on a TV special a while back. It's always interesting to me when one of these guys come out and says how they do it.

Take that David Blaine....... Levitation

Community service for the famous

Nookie's Reminds me of that SNL skit with Patrick Stewart owing a erotic cake bakery. Only problem was the only cake he could make was a cake of a woman peeing....lol

QUOTE(Texsox @ May 5, 2006 -> 12:06 PM) Don't forget to mine the harbors in California and Texas in case they try and sneak in via boats, like the Cubans. well....maybe we should wait and see if they can pitch like the Cubans first.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ May 3, 2006 -> 04:05 AM) Everyone born in the United States is a citizen. That's one loophole i'd like to see gone. If the parents are illegal then the kid should be too. It would take away SOME incentive of coming here

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ May 2, 2006 -> 09:01 PM) And he's just going to act like the EPIC third and fourth movies never existed?!?!! Why not???? i know I did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Total off point.....if you check out MLB Gameday when Belliard is batting it shows his picture of him with his hat cocked way off to the side. Man..i want to smack that hat back straight.

Grinder Rule #103----Avoid the killers. Don't EVER pitch to Hafner or Sweeney with a base open

if you got some time to kill...here you go The Bra Game i 30 out of first 50....i AM a boob-man

looks like some people can't stay away......(extra surprise at bottom) Pamela Rogers arrested again in sex case McMINNVILLE, Tenn. -- The former Warren County teacher who went to jail last year after a scandal involving sex with a 13-year-old student has sent naked photos and sexually explicit videos of herself to her victim via a cellphone, authorities said today. Pamela Rogers, 28, was arrested again on Monday on charges that she violated the terms of her probation by contacting the boy. She is being held without bail in McMinnville today following a court appearance. Rogers got out of jail in February for good behavior, but was then arrested early this month on an initial set of probation-violation charges. Authorities alleged that she had created a MySpace.com Web site and blog on which she had posted messages to the boy. She pleaded not guilty to those charges and was released on bail pending a July hearing. Her arrest this week stems from further allegations that she has had extensive contact with the boy and his family, including calls, e-mails and text messages along with the nude photos and sex videos, court documents allege. Some of the naked photos and videos she sent after her most recent court appearance on April 12, a warrant says. "These were videos of (the) defendant involved in sexual activity and she was nude in the pictures," the warrant says. "Defendant requested from victim that he send pictures and videos and phone records indicated she received same on her phone." Rogers text-messaged the boy using a cell phone belonging to the Fentress County Board of Education, court documents allege. Rogers' father is a longtime basketball coach at Clarkrange High School in that county. The first text message was sent on March 19, asking "do you still love me." Other messages include: • March 19: "Always still? R u still waitn? Or do u want me 2 try to move on wit my life? I miss u so much. I wish I could tlk 2 u." • March 19: "Hey did u kno that ur numb is the year I graduated hi sch and yr I was born?" Authorities have previously alleged that Rogers made MySpace posts addressed to the teen via his basketball jersey number. Along with the text messages, Rogers has contacted the boy by phone and had oral conversations with him as recently as last Wednesday, the affidavit said. She also added the boy to her MSN Messenger "buddy list" and created a Hotmail.com Web account for which she provided the boy with the password, court records allege Bonus.......Hot teacher video maybe not safe for work

Agent says Boras' group 'stalking' his client The agent for a prominent Atlanta Braves prospect has lodged a complaint with the Major League Baseball Players Association accusing Scott Boras' group of trying to steal his client by "stalking" the player throughout the minor leagues. Boras vehemently denied the accusation. Jim Munsey, a Florida-based agent and lawyer who represents Braves star catching prospect Jarrod Saltalamacchia, said that representatives from Boras' agency continued to pursue Saltalamacchia even when the player repeatedly made it clear that he had no desire to switch agents. Boras, in turn, charged Munsey with "misrepresenting the facts" and misinterpreting union rules about solicitation. He said his firm stayed in touch with Saltalamacchia only after the player willingly provided his cell phone number and initiated phone contact on several occasions to schedule meetings. "This is a young agent out there saying things when he's not aware of the rules," Boras said. "It's a mischaracterization. It's inaccurate and inappropriate. For him to air his inappropriate complaints and wrongful assertions of the law to the powers that be, he's doing things that I would register as unprofessional." Munsey expressed his objections in an "open letter to Scott Boras" that he sent to Boras and distributed by e-mail to several top Players Association officials and about 80 fellow agents. A copy of the letter was obtained by ESPN.com. Munsey said he became aware of the Boras group's latest attempts to lure away Saltalamacchia during a recent trip to see Atlanta's Double-A farm club in Pearl, Miss. "I learned that once again, your representatives attempted to try and steal my client during his recent road trip to Tennessee with promises of obtaining a 'Jason Varitek contract' and other endorsements," Munsey wrote to Boras in a letter dated April 24. "This is no surprise as it's the 6th time your people have attempted to do so since last July, at last count. "The answer from Jarrod was apparently the one he's given every time, "No thanks.' Some call this persistence on your part, others call it STALKING. And then, lawyers like me sometimes call it tortious interference with contract. "I'm sure you or your crack legal staff has researched the subject as Lord knows, you've obviously had this issue come up many times. Indeed, it appears to be a pretty common practice of your company." Munsey told Boras and his representatives to "please stop contacting my client." Union officials Michael Weiner, Gene Orza, Steve Rogers and Doyle Prior also received copies of the e-mail. Although Orza declined to address the specifics of Munsey's allegations, he said that agents who complain about client-stealing aren't always fully informed about the facts. "Agents tend, for the most part, to perceive any and all solicitations of a client by another agent as wholly unaccompanied by some player involvement or interest …" Orza said in an e-mail. "The facts almost as frequently, but not always, tend to be different from the perception." Saltalamacchia, 20, has been ranked the 18th best prospect in the game and the top prospect in the Atlanta system by Baseball America. He stands 6-4, 195 pounds, and hit .314 with 19 homers and 81 RBI last season for the Braves' Class A Carolina League affiliate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. This year he's hitting .241 with three homers in 22 games for the Double-A Mississippi Braves. Saltalamacchia, reached by phone, said that a Boras representative named Terrence Smalls contacted him "close to 10 times" last year between Myrtle Beach and a subsequent stint in the Arizona Fall League. He said a second Boras employee -- who he could not identify by name -- recently approached him with an invitation to go to dinner. "I'm happy with the agent I have," Saltalamacchia said. "I love Jim to death. I tell these guys, 'If there comes a time when I'm not happy, I'll contact you and we'll go from there.' But it's one of those things where every day you go to the ballpark and a different guy wants to meet you and talk to you and sit down and have lunch. You're there just to play ball." Saltalamacchia, who used Munsey as his advisor upon being drafted out of high school in West Palm Beach, Fla., in 2003, said he has never spoken to Boras personally. Munsey's complaint focuses attention on a common lament among smaller agents -- that bigger groups routinely try to lure away talented players just as they're close to breaking through at the major-league level. Boras, who employs a large contingent of former ballplayers who follow the minor leagues, is a frequent target of dissatisfaction among smaller competitors. Boras said that while his representatives routinely distribute information to minor-league players, his associates are told not to force the issue. "We're only talking to players who want to be talked to," Boras said. "We advise them, 'If you're not interested in our company, please let us know and we won't have any further discussions.' It's that simple. "I would say every client we have in the minors is contacted by 20 agents in three years before he gets to the big leagues. It happens to us every day, but we don't write letters to the union. We know it's part of the process, and frankly, we feel it's beneficial to our clients because they learn from it. We want players to have freedom of choice." Baseball players commit to agents by filling out an "agent authorization form" once a year, but the competition for talent is nevertheless fierce. In October 2003, then-Florida Marlins second baseman Luis Castillo was being courted by three firms, and there was speculation that his unsettled agent situation contributed to his poor performance in the World Series. The Players Association, which certifies the game's 400-plus agents to negotiate contracts and conduct business, addresses the issue of agent conduct in regulations that were written in 1988. The rules state that agents can lose their certification for "providing & money or any other thing of value to any Player (including a minor league player or amateur athlete), the purpose of which is to induce or encourage such Player to utilize the Player Agent's services." The line between agents dispensing information and harassing players is more difficult to define. Client-stealing has become more of a hot topic in recent years, as some agents rush to negotiate substandard contracts for fear they'll lose players to the competition and be left with no commission. "It's OK for the union to say, 'It's not our business if you want to steal clients and cut each others' throats," said agent Barry Axelrod, whose clientele includes Houston Astros Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell. "But when agents start making decisions on how to structure contracts based on the fear of losing a client, it's something the union has to take a look at." Munsey said he previously had to fend off the Boras group in its efforts to take Sean Burnett, a pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates system. He said he received more than two dozen supportive e-mails from peers since writing his letter to Boras. "There are a lot of really good agents out there who do a tremendous job for their clients," Munsey said. "They shouldn't have to worry about their clients being outright stolen from them as they get ready to reap the rewards of their years of hard work. It would be great if the union helped support and protect such efforts, which ultimately will benefit the players it so ably serves."

Pepsi's latest slogan "Brown and Bubbly" is the WORST slogan ever!!!!!!!!!!

Fuddrucker's rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I refuse to believe that Hawk is anything but a great guy....because if i were to believe anything else it would meaning giving a sliver of credit to anything that idiot Moron-ati has ever said about Hawk. i can't have that

ESPN has a list up of 100 worst draft picks ever..this one caught my eye. 8. Kurt Brown, Chicago White Sox (No. 5, 1985) The baseball draft is much more of a crapshoot than basketball or football, but the first four picks of the '85 draft yielded four college players who had long and productive careers: B.J. Surhoff, Will Clark, Bobby Witt and Barry Larkin. The White Sox then drafted a high school catcher from California named Kurt Brown; he never reached the majors. With the sixth pick, the Pirates selected Arizona State outfielder Barry Bonds. From 1986 through 2004, the White Sox finished in second place nine times. How many years would Bonds have been the difference in making the playoffs? Using the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia, we can compare the numbers of wins Bonds generated over an average left fielder to the White Sox left fielder each season: THE BARRY FACTOR Year Bonds wins White Sox LF wins Difference? 1990: 94-68, 9 games back Bonds: +6.5 Ivan Calderon: +0.5 No 1991: 87-75, 8 games back Bonds: +5.7 Tim Raines: +0.6 Probably not 1992: 86-76, 10 games back Bonds: +8.0 Tim Raines: +3.2 No 1993: 94-68, won division 1994: strike year 1995: 68-76, 32 games back Bonds: +5.6 Tim Raines: +0.5 No 1996: 85-77, 14.5 games back Bonds: +7.8 Tony Phillips: +1.9 No 1997: 80-81, 6 games back Bonds: +6.3 Albert Belle: +0.9 Possibly 1998: 80-82, 9 games back Bonds: +6.8 Albert Belle: +5.9 No 1999: 75-86, 21.5 games back Bonds: +3.0 Carlos Lee: -1.2 No 2000: 95-67, won division 2001: 83-79, 6 games back Bonds: +12.0 Carlos Lee: -0.5 Yes 2002: 81-81, 13.5 games back Bonds: +11.8 Carlos Lee: +0.7 Maybe 2003: 86-76, 4 games back Bonds: +8.5 Carlos Lee: +2.0 Yes 2004: 83-79, 9 games back Bonds: +10.9 Carlos Lee: +1.5 Yes The White Sox had pretty good left fielders anyway, but if they had drafted Bonds and kept him, they probably would have won three more division titles and possibly five. knowing now what we know about Barry....it might have been interesting to see him on South side. Then again....he would have been a tool (some things never change) and wouldn't have spent his whole career here.

Maybe they are trying to get that elusive LaCrosse scholarship from Duke

saw this online today...could be some problems..... NEW YORK (Reuters) - XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.(XMSR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said federal regulators have launched a probe into its marketing activities, including areas such as billing and rebates. XM said it received on April 25 a letter from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission stating that they looking into whether XM's activities are in compliance with various laws, including the Telemarketing Sales Rule and the Truth in Lending Act. XM also said the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has said that XM's Delphi XM SKYFi2 radio has a transmitter is not in compliance with the applicable emission limits. XM said it is conducting an internal review of these matters.