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Swiss investor and economic guru, Marc Faber, joins Rick from Hong Kong to discuss the “race to the bottom” that is the universal money printing by the world’s central banks and why he ultimately foresees the U.S. transitioning into a completely planned economy

An inspired spell of fast bowling from Stuart Broad catapulted England to a 74-run win over Australia in the fourth Test and sealed victory in the Ashes series. Chasing 299 for victory, Australia were well placed on 168-2 but lost their next eight wickets for 56 runs as they collapsed to 224 all out. Tim Bresnan turned the tide when he had opener David Warner caught behind for 71 and Broad followed up with a devastating burst of 6-20 in 45 balls to finish with 11 wickets in the match. A breathless and barely believable evening session, in which nine...

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As a lifetime Dodger fan dating back to the early 1950s when they were still in Brooklyn, N.Y., I never thought I would thank the Yankees for anything, but I do, indeed, pay tribute to them for coming to Los Angeles recently to play our Dodgers. Their presence, as the historic gold standard for Major League Baseball, enriched this city more than anyone will fully appreciate. Not only did they give the surging L.A. baseball franchise a serious test of its new found swagger, but they also allowed our iconic play-by-play broadcaster, Bronx-born Vin Scully, to remind us why he's...

Yasiel Puig is hitting .379 after the August 9th game. 503 Plate Appearances are required to win the batting championship officially; Puig has only 250 and will not get anywhere near 503. At his current pace of 4.17 PA per game, he'd finish with 450 PA, 53 short. The current batting average leader is at .338, with no one else over .330. So, it's likely that something in the .330s will win.There is a rule that, if a player is lacking the necessary PAs, he can simply add that many Outs to his record. If he still has the highest...

Johnny Logan, a four-time All-Star shortstop who helped the Milwaukee Braves win the 1957 World Series, has died. He was 86.

Former Cardinals icon Albert Pujols said late Friday that he plans to sue former Cardinal Jack Clark, as well as those connected with the St. Louis radio station on which he appears, for Clark’s on-air steroids allegations about Pujols. Then shortly after midnight Saturday morning, the company that has put Clark and co-host Kevin Slaten on the air abruptly announced they will not be returning — after just seven shows. At least twice in the first week of a program that made its debut Aug. 1, Clark said that former Pujols trainer Chris Mihlfeld told him in 2000 that he...

Perdogg's Perilous Pigskin Predictions - NFL 2013 NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE NFC EAST W L T PCT Dallas Cowboys (1) 12 4 0 0.750 NY Giants (6) 9 7 0 0.563 Washington Redskins 8 8 0 0.500 Philadelphia Eagles 5 11 0 0.313 NFC NORTH W L T PCT Green Bay Packers (3) 11 5 0 0.688 Minnesota Vikings 9 7 0 0.563 Chicago Bears 8 8 0 0.500 Detroit Lions 4 12 0 0.250 NFC SOUTH W L T PCT Atlanta Falcons (2) 11 5 0 0.688 New Orleans Saints (5) 10 6 0 0.625 Tampa bay Buccaneers 8 8...

The latest fad among football sportswriters and commentators seems to involve crowing about head injuries and long-term health effects from playing football.BREAK All this teaches a lesson to the children: private, individual action is dangerous and should be avoided. Life must be lived within the guardrails, carefully planned and safeguarded by society. Even more distressing to the left is that sports started as a means of training for soldiers. That is why football is so appealing to America; it is a he-man sport, a vestige of the old America, where an association of free men stand together in battle. Yes,...

There has certainly been a lot of speculation that no matter what happens with the current NCAA investigation, 2013 will be Johnny Manziel's last season with Texas A&M. And the news that Manziel's parents are selling their College Station home certainly won't quiet that speculation. According to Realtor.com the home that Manziel's parents bought in June 2011 in order to be closer to their son while he was at Texas A&M is currently on the market. The house is just 15 minutes away from the Texas A&M campus. The house was originally listed on April 28 for $405,000 and is...

WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Beware the military salute! The National Football League will reportedly be cracking down on excessive celebrations and taunting this upcoming season. Pro Football Talk reports that that referees working training camps have been warning players about celebrating too much. The taunting rule is nothing new in the NFL, but what some critics have dubbed the “No Fun League,” officials will now go a step further to enforce the rule.

A computer program called The Predictalator created by Prediction Machine simulated the NFL season 50,000 times, says that the 49ers are the most likely team to win the Super Bowl this season, winning in 20.1% of the simulations. The Eagles won the Super Bowl in 0.5% of the simulations.

We are road racing this weekend.

Even if you haven’t been paying attention to the court hearings, the Freeh Report, or public scapegoating, you know that over the 22 months of the Sandusky scandal, lines have been drawn in anger. There are many sides to the story and there is extensive finger-pointing, mostly based on how key statements can be interpreted in different ways. The same testimony can be twisted to support or refute any viewpoint. While many people cast their judgments based on quick soundbites and predetermined conclusions, there are a few voices who see through the misinterpretations, and, in some cases, the deliberate misleading...

Don’t limit yourselves to the stereotypes that the media has created for you. Don’t listen to what the outside world tells you football players are supposed to do. Aspire to something greater. -- John Urschel, July 25, Big Ten kickoff luncheon The term student-athlete has balance in lettering -- seven letters to each word -- but not much else, especially when it comes to big-time college football. Most of the men who fall under the NCAA-driven label are, in reality, more athletes than students, even if they try to be both. They're more about the moment or the near future...

This Has To Be The WORST Martial Arts Demonstration Ever! Video at linky

Three-time Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart was involved in a four-car wreck Monday night and left Southern Iowa Speedway in an ambulance. Stewart-Haas Racing announced that Stewart broke the tibia and fibula in his right leg and underwent surgery at a local hospital.

18-year-old Meghan Rutledge was excited that she was on her way to her an easy Moto X gold medal win at the Summer X Games over the weekend when she made the decision to fist pump in celebration before the finish line. Unfortunately for Rutledge, that resulted in her coming down awkwardly on the bike and crashing as she watched her competitors fly by the finish line. After the race, Rutledge was devastated and she chalked the mistake up to young age. “I was out there leading. I’m really young. I’ve never led an X Games before. I celebrated a...

Major League Baseball came down heavy Monday on the players it found to have been involved with the South Florida clinic Biogenesis, suspending Alex Rodriguez through the end of the 2014 season and banning 12 others for 50 games, including three All-Stars: Nelson Cruz of the Texas Rangers, Everth Cabrera of the San Diego Padres and Jhonny Peralta of the Detroit Tigers. MLB commissioner Bud Selig, in two statements addressing Rodriguez's discipline and a more general one on the state of baseball's ant-drug program, said he was "proud of the comprehensive nature of our efforts – not only with regard...

This skit features Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso, an American football coach hired to manage Tottenham Hotspur in England. Look at all the differences! It's a dumb premise, but the jokes are legitimately funny. Who knew so many football clubs were just like the Dallas Cowboys? h/t Aaron

CHAPTER TEN: CONCLUSIONS One year after the release of the Freeh Report, this is what seems to be reality of the aftermath of the Sandusky scandal and its impact on the State College community: Joe Paterno’s reputation and legacy have been completely destroyed, the Penn State football program has been crippled, and the university’s reputation has been badly besmirched. Many lives have been greatly damaged, money has been lost, friendships have been severed, and wonderful memories have been painfully erased. The public battle to tell the real truth of what happened here has been badly lost and, thanks to the...

Art Donovan played pro football for 12 years. The rest of his life, he spent telling everyone about it. Donovan, 89, who died Sunday of a respiratory ailment at Stella Maris Hospice, played and talked a great game. He was a Hall of Fame defensive tackle for the Baltimore Colts and an engaging raconteur at banquets and on TV talk shows. His cherublike face, adenoidal voice and side-splitting tales of yore captivated generations of viewers who never saw Donovan collar a quarterback or take down a runner. "Artie made a career out of telling people everything that he'd done right...

From NavSource Online, John C. Driskill - "In 1972, I was stationed on the Lexington (CVT-16) as a PH3. President Richard Nixon asked Don Garlits to do a "Fly Navy Promo" with his car the Swamp Rat 16. We photographers mates were allowed to photograph the scene while assisting the photographers from "Hot Rod" Magazine. We had to swear we would not sell the photographs we took to any other magazines. This is my shot of the Swamp Rat 16 on the flight deck of the Lexington," [ready to race an A-7E Corsair II of VA-81 "Sunliners."] William Carter Fields...

"I am mentally prepared to play for five more years," he said, later adding, "It's not time for me to hang it up. I have a lot more left in me. I will keep fighting."

Embattled NY Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez, facing the threat of a lifetime ban from baseball, and the loss of some $100 million left on his contract, just held an emotional press conference to announce that he was in fact transgendered, and was taking drugs supplied to him by Tony Bosch of Biogenesis, to prepare for a sex change operation after the season.

If you are basketball fan you might be interested in the story of Derrick Sharp, a black American from Orlando, Fla., who stands only six feet tall and who arrived in Israel in the mid 90s to play in a third tier league, and in the course of time transformed himself into a beloved folk hero and Israel's most celebrated athlete.

My doorbell rang an hour ago and when I opened the door there was a flat package on my porch. The package had my address but not my name. I saw that the package said "Dallas Cowboys ticket office" on it and I said to my wife, "I bet that these are season tickets." I opened it up and sure enough, there were 2 sets of tickets to every Cowboys game this year. There was also a letter to the guy that has his correct address on it as well. I took the tickets to the address listed and no...

Box Office Barfo! What with CNN soon to be producing the Shrill Hill Bi-op Flop, we honor hollywood with our Yahoo Pro Football Pick'em, Free Republic style. What you need to know to sign up the ID# is 7625 password is freeper What to expect: Confidence points 17 weeks of picks with 4 extra weeks of playoffs! In honor of sneaky box-office accounting methods, we'll be dropping the two lowest scores throughout the season. So if you carry your hangover into mid-Sunday afternoon, you'll thank me, America's Ripest Banana, for saving your season from your miserable hobby. Concise commentary and...

You can find public online petitions advocating just about anything nowadays, from states seceding from the US to actual construction of a Death Star. And their effectiveness tends to be highly debatable. One US national team fan in New Jersey has come up with a modest proposal for U.S. Soccer that actually has some merit, however, given the groundswell of approval for the federation's special-edition centennial kits this year.Tim Hall of West Keansburg, N.J., has created a change.org petition for U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati: “Keep the "Centennial" U.S. Soccer crest as the permanent crest for U.S. Soccer.� US...

Major League Baseball is threatening to kick Alex Rodriguez out of the game for life unless the New York Yankees star agrees not to fight a lengthy suspension for his role in the sport's latest drug scandal, according to a person familiar with the discussions. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on condition of anonymity because no statements were authorized. Whether Commissioner Bud Selig would actually issue a lifetime suspension was unclear and a permanent ban could be shortened by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz to about 200 games, the person said. The number of players likely to be...

The College Football Czar 2013 Season Preview a sports publication from The Shinbone by Daniel Clark Welcome to the 2013 season preview issue of The College Football Czar, a seasonal sports publication by the author and editor of The Shinbone. In the coming months, you will find weekly analyses of upcoming college football action posted at this site. To find out more, please see the Ground Rules. This issue contains conference preview capsules, potential upsets to watch for, bowl projections, and a guide to help you locate head coaches on the move. Most importantly, it includes early nominees for the...

For one Arizona Cardinals cheerleader, hearing the national anthem and seeing the American flag before games have a special meaning. It wasn’t easy for Megan Welter to go from Iraq veteran to NFL cheerleader, but the journey, she said, was worth it. “Our country has given us so many freedoms,” Welter told ABC15. “To be a part of fighting for that and maintaining that means a lot. It gives me goosebumps.” After graduating in 2007, Welter put her dance career on hold to “to take a job that was going to be meaningful, so I decided to join the Army."

Russia will not suspend anti-gay legislation for 2014 Sochi Olympic Games Despite pleas from the International Olympic Committee, the country says it cannot put its gay propaganda ban on hold. The law in effect makes it illegal to be homosexual — and athletes and coaches face arrest and deportation. Vitaly Milonov, who co-sponsored the law that has been rolled out across Russia, said it would be impossible to "selectively enforce or suspend" the rules. "It is acting in accordance with Russian law," he told Interfax. The IOC, however, is continuing to campaign against the move, reports the Huffington Post. "Sport...

While we are still waiting on all the details to come in, the Red Sox are close to acquiring right-hander Jake Peavy from the Chicago White Sox. According to reports, Jose Iglesias (pitcured) will be sent to Detroit, and outfielder Avisail Garcia is going from Detroit to Chicago. Alex Speier of WEEI.com is reporting that 19-year-old Lowell infielder Cleuluis Rondon is one of three lower-level prospects who will be sent from Boston to Chicago to finalize the deal. We will have more information when this deal becomes final. UPDATE (12:02 AM): The Red Sox have announced the trade, including the...

A heartwarming story came out of Northern Michigan this week involving a member of the US Marine Corps who was running a 5K race at the Venetian Festival in Charlevoix. Here’s the story from the “Seal of Honor” Facebook page: http://lite987.com/soldier-boy-5k/

Just Aircraft Founder Gary Schmitt wasn’t sure anyone else would be interested in the no-compromises bush airplane that he wanted to own and fly. But in the year since the South Carolina firm introduced its SuperStol, the company has shipped 38 kits, added staff, and is backlogged until April of next year. “It turns out there are quite a few people who want to do the same kind of backcountry flying that I like to do,” Schmitt said. “It’s come as sort of a surprise to us.” The two-seat SuperStol has leading-edge slats that deploy automatically at high angles...

(Email received this morning.) Dear Friends, So far, we have released our proposed membership standards and a statement of faith & values that all adult members will be required to sign. We now also submit a Key Differences chart and outline between the new Youth Adventure Program and the Boy Scouts of America. Please forward this email to everyone in your troop and council to understand more about the new (soon to be formally named) organization. Outline of Differences between the Boy Scouts of America and the new Youth Adventure Program: 1) The BSA's new policy requires troops to accept...

Sad news out of Mississippi — we must bid farewell to The Boomer. Former Gold Glove first baseman George Scott, a fan favorite during two stints in Boston, has died at age 69. Scott was a member of the Impossible Dream Red Sox in 1967, when he won the first of his eight Gold Gloves, and he had his last All-Star season here in 1977 after returning from a five-year stint in Milwaukee. Scott finished with 271 homers and 1,051 RBI. He was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2006. Scott wasn't the only former Red Sox...

Ryan Newman won only $423,033 for his victory at the Brickyard 400. That would seem to be a low number since it is considered the second major race on the NASCAR circuit, behind the Daytona 500. What happened to NASCAR? Attendance in general at NASCAR events is down. A recent article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported “The numbers don’t lie. Speedway Motorsports Inc. — the parent company of Las Vegas Motor Speedway — has watched total revenues, including ticket sales, drop annually for the past five years. It may be that fans tend to come from areas of the...

Former Red Sox slugger George Scott passed away on Sunday at age 69, the Red Sox have confirmed ... Scott had 271 career home runs and was an eight-time Gold Glove winner at first base. He led the American League in home runs in 1975 with 36, and was selected as an All-Star three times ...

<p>Tino Martinez resigned as the Miami Marlins’ hitting coach on Sunday, hours after complaints by players that he verbally abused them became public.</p> <p>Martinez, the former Yankees star, was in his first year as a professional coach this year. He was in the dugout for the Marlins’ 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday, then met with Marlins officials and resigned.</p>

MELBOURNE BEACH -- It’s a race like no other where 11 athletes are tracked as they swim through the ocean over the next three months. The athletes are sea turtles and the 6th Annual Tour de Turtles got underway Sunday morning in Brevard County. Two female loggerhead turtles -- Ripley and Johnny -- began their trek from the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge. “I just liked watching them go back to their natural habitat and back in the ocean,” said Winter Park resident Dalton Joseph. Early Sunday morning, the Sea Turtle Conservancy captured the two turtles after they finished...

Ray Blehar earned a mid-life master's degree from Penn State. That gave him a reason to pay closer attention to the fallout of the Jerry Sandusky saga. He also has 28 years of experience as a government analyst. He's written business reviews, evaluated reports and became used to "telling (people) stuff they don't want to hear" as an inspector general. All of that helped drive him on a quest the past two years. Blehar has devoted much of his free time to researching and analyzing documents and reports related to Sandusky and Penn State, including the grand jury presentment, the...

In a move that will surely draw the ire of fans stateside, CONCACAF's judicial board has decided to suspend United States men's soccer coach Jurgen Klinsmann for Sunday's Gold Cup final against Panama.[] Klinsmann's suspension comes just about 48 hours after the USMNT coach was dismissed from Wednesday night's 3-1 victory over Honduras in the Gold Cup semifinals. As it became clear the United States were going to pull away and advance to the final, the Honduran players became increasingly aggressive going for tackles. Though there were multiple fouls called as a result of Honduras' physical play, Klinsmann and other...

Food Chemistry: The amino acid L-citrulline found in the fruit could help athletes avoid muscle soreness after a hard workoutBefore taking a long bike ride on a hot summer day, have some watermelon: The juicy fruit may ward off muscle pains. Researchers report that people who drank watermelon juice before exercising felt less sore the next day than those who drank a pink placebo beverage (J. Agric. Food Chem. 2013, DOI: 10.1021/jf400964r). They also found that cells absorb the presumed active ingredient, L-citrulline, more readily from unpasteurized watermelon juice than from plain water spiked with the compound, suggesting the natural...

The Boston Red Sox are planning to immortalize Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski with a statue outside Fenway Park. The proposed “Last at Bat” statue — of which an artist’s rendering was submitted to the city and obtained by the Herald — depicts Yaz holding a bat aloft in one hand and waving his helmet in the other. Yastrzemski retired from the Red Sox in 1983, after playing his entire 23-year professional baseball career with the team as a left fielder and first baseman. The Red Sox want to place the Yastrzemski statue on Van Ness Street, between the statues...

Do you believe Tim Tebow will have a positive impact as a New England Patriot? Yes No No strong opinion

50 years ago Dodgers swept the powerhouse Yankees and Dodger pitching ( Koufax , Podres and Drysdale ) held them to a total of 4 runs for the four games .

There's a long-standing, and good-natured tradition in the country that the mayors of the the cities whose teams are playing for the championship of a major sport will often make a "wager" on the outcome. Sometimes it's food related, like a Texas BBQ vs. a New England clam bake, or it can be more serious, like the losing mayor will serve meals at a homeless shelter in the winning city. There have also been some just plain silly bets. But imagine if Filner doesn't resign in San Diego, and NYers are actually stupid enough to elect Weiner, and then, the...