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Fantasy Hoops: Rants & Raves

You need to not only be wary of Carlos Boozer’s injury in week 15, but keep close watch on news about Devin Harris (wrist), Tyreke Evans (bruised hip), Chris Kaman (sprained ankle), Carmelo Anthony (sprained ankle), Chris Paul (knee injury), Tony Parker (sprained ankle), Al Harrington (bruised knee), Brandon Roy...

Major star returns at the WWE Royal Rumble, no visitors allowed backstage before the show

WWE star Edge returned from a long injury layoff and won the WWE Royal Rumble on Sunday. He had been out of action since tearing his Achilles heel on July 3, 2009. Powell's POV: In related news, WWE had the backstage area on lockdown, presumably to protect the Edge surprised....

Happy 50th Birthday to everyone's favorite Comics Mad Scientist, Grant Morrison.

Earlier today, one of comics transcendent figures turned 50. We wouldn't be very good at the whole Geek thing if we didn't pay our respects to the man who changed the medium. Thank you, sir.

NFL: Dwight Freeney To Sit Out Super Bowl????

That sound you here coming from Vegas is the sound of thousands of gamblers gritting their teeth and sports-books licking their chops. Most of the money being bet on the super bowl is being put on Peyton's team and now it looks like one of their key defenders may be...

Jim Ross on the WWE Royal Rumble, TNA star Bobby Lashley's debut with the Strikeforce MMA promotion

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross updated the blog section of JRsBarBQ.com. The following items are among the highlights. -Ross on the WWE Royal Rumble: "Yes, this year's Royal Rumble, this Sunday night on PPV, is the most hard to call, unpredictable WWE PPV in a good while. I wish...

AVATAR Cruises To Seventh Straight Week At Number #1

James Cameron's "Avatar" topped the domestic boxoffice for a seventh straight session, ringing up an estimated $30 million while pushing its cumulative boxoffice to within shouting distance of yet another record. "Titanic" -- which topped weekend rankings 15 times -- registered $600.8 million domestically in its 1997-1998 boxoffice cruise for...

NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs Acquire Dion Phaneuf In Blockbuster Trade

In a blockbusting deal, the Leafs have acquired star defenseman Dion Phaneuf forward Fredrik Sjostrom, and defenceman Keith Aulie from the Calgary Flames. In exchange, the Flames get forwards Matt Stajan, Niklas Hagman, Jamal Mayers and defenceman Ian White. The trade comes as both Toronto and Calgary have been having...

Green Power Ranger Wins MMA Debut (Video Included)

If you have been following the MMA news on here for past month or so you might remember that we announced that the former Green Power Ranger, Jason David Frank, would be making his MMA debut this weekend against another newcomer named Jonathon "The Mack Truck" Mack. The fight happened...

MMA: Strikeforce Miami Report

Bobby Lashley defeated Wes Sims by TKO in Round 1 Sims came out and began mocking Lashley by challenging him to a pro wrestling test of strength to which Lashley ignored and took him down to begin pounding on him until the referee stopped the fight. Lashley said in his...

ill LYTeracy - Perception, Intent & Cinematic Truth

(Note: this column contains SPOILERS for films that are already out on DVD, so quit yer bitchin’.) With the recent release of Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN II on DVD, there has been some renewed interest in my somewhat contrarian take on it. Now, bear in mind that I’m inclined to like...

Animated Short: PIGEON: IMPOSSIBLE

Here's a little independently produced short that fans of Pixar's short films should check out-- easily worth 6 minutes of your time. Besides, it's Saturday, and I doubt you watched any cartoons this morning. Make your inner kid happy and fire it up-- Heavy shades of Pixar to be sure--...

Actor Rip Torn Arrested

Rip Torn was arrested Friday night for allegedly breaking into a bank while drunk and armed with a loaded revolver. State police responded to an alarm at the Litchfield Bancorp building in Salisbury, CT at 9:40 PM last night. Police say they found Torn "with a loaded revolver" and he...

How Rachel Weisz Proves The iPad Is A Game Changer

Esquire's moving cover from esquireuk on Vimeo. This might be the most important 13 seconds in publishing. I could go into a long-winded commentary about how this is the warning shot of a cultural wind-change... How the digital magazine experience can not only rival, but easily surpass the print experience....

TREASURES FROM THE AMAZON: A Review of Crossroads

Below is a piece of a customer review for the DVD of Crossroads (the Britney Spears movie). The point where she mentions it is her first ever trip to the cinema makes me feel old but somewhere in the back of my mind I suspect she was 38 at the...

FANTASY HOOPS: RANTS & RAVES

Big fantasy basketball night yesterday… Corey Maggette had 25 points, 9-of-16 from the field, three rebounds, four assists. This is his renaissance year… Gerald Wallace gave 30 points,13 rebounds, three assists, two steals, and a block, and has stayed healthy this season… Andre Miller had two points, so what the...