Section Pool | NFL Week 13
For me, last week was the unluckiest week of football ever. Michael De Soto got what he’s been waiting for. It’s not a new girlfriend (his current one is solidly mean), and it’s not the kind of happiness a woman can bring. In fact, I only brought up the topic of his love life so that I could make fun of the dumb girls this pal of mine attracts.
The starting ten
We are a month into the basketball season. The men are 4-2, and the women are kicking some major butt at 6-0. Both teams look good and are primed to make a run at a CAA title. One can hope anyway. The men were picked to finish 6th in the CAA this year in a pre-season coaches poll.
Supreme Court decides Alabama gender bias case
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Roderick Jackson, an Alabama high school basketball coach who was fired when he complained that his girls’ basketball team wasn’t treated as well as the boys’ team – and won a pivotal Supreme Court ruling – has reached a settlement that includes a school board promise of equal facilities.
Transactions
Baseball
American League
Oakland Athletics – Acquired INF Donnie Murphy from Kansas City for cash. Toronto Blue Jays – Agreed to terms with C Gregg Zaun on a two-year contract.
National League
Los Angeles Dodgers – Agreed to terms with LHP Randy Wolf on a one-year contract and LHP Matt J.
Nationwide
We are a month into the basketball season. The men are 4-2, and the women are kicking some major butt at 6-0. Both teams look good and are primed to make a run at a CAA title.
One can hope anyway.
The men were picked to finish 6th in the CAA this year in a pre-season coaches poll.
Sports In Brief
In Brief
Women’s Basketball
Rams 33 38 – 71
Spartans 19 30 – 49
NORFOLK, Va. – The Rams won their sixth consecutive game last night, sticking it to the Norfolk State Spartans 71-49.
The team quieted a packed Echols Hall by beginning the game with 15 unanswered points.
Coach stung by sex sting
A high school girls’ basketball coach was arrested Saturday with 17 other people during a prostitution sting in which he allegedly agreed to pay for sex. Andrew J. Bria, 56, was charged with patronizing a prostitute.
Bria officially resigned from his coaching position at York Catholic High School in York, Pa.
Weird News
Couple’s stinky cat house causes complaints
A couple in Columbia, Md., was charged in September with 225 counts of animal cruelty due to housing more than 100 diseased and dead cats inside. However, surrounding residents are still not happy. Neighbors recently filed complaints with the county health department, saying that the house has caused a stench around the neighborhood.
The Plain White T’s are anything but basic
If you’re a constant MTV watcher, then it is near impossible to miss those quick clips that run in between shows, playing and overplaying whoever the supposed new hot band to look out for is.
As of late, MTV’s newest pick is The Plain White T’s. The Chicago-native power pop band, though seemingly like any other run-of-the-mill pop-rock fivesome out there, has actually been around for longer than you might think.
Bracing for the Christmas cinema
This is by far one of the busiest times of the year for theaters. During the Christmas season, Hollywood goes out of its way to slant film releases to entertain the hundreds of people taking time off from work to do things other than T.P. reports, thousands of children and college students alike sent home from school and millions of poor people in the retailing business finding things to do after horrendous hours dealing with the holiday wishes of loud, angry shoppers.