2009 in Photos

...as the country's long-running economic expansion has allowed increasing numbers of consumers to make big-ticket purchases such as cars. Bengal Tiger Kingda Ka smashes pumpkins during Fall at Six Flags Great Adventure..., 2009. Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic watches a shot during Game 1 of their NBA Finals basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles, June 4, 2009. Wadee...

Chinese superstar Liu Xiang clears major hurdle

...Cola, Cadillac, China Mobile and Visa shrank to $200,000. China's second-greatest athlete behind only NBA star Yao Ming had somehow failed his country. "The fans simply could not understand why he did not... hopes . . . a lot of obstacles but a lot of hopes." The Shanghai event proved that. Ticket sales had slowed after superstar sprinter Usain Bolt pulled out. But when Liu was added to the roster...

St. Mary's College 83, Boise State 72

... — of the season. "When I started here in August 2006, I was told 'Here's your ticket to Australia'," Thomas said, "and I knew I wanted [Tomlinson] here the second I saw her." The ...is in the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame. Her uncle Andrew played for Washington and San Antonio in the NBA — he holds the scoring record in Olympics basketball. "There's a good relationship between the AIS and St....

... I like than at any other position on the basketball floor. One reason for that is that my stupid NBA team has a long tradition of taking good fours, and letting them get their asses kicked at the five. ... — and might've impressed the coaching staff — it was probably impossible for her to win over the ticket buyers. (So the 'Narchs gave the 11th spot to Chelsea Newton, who used to be a favorite in ...

a pretty interesting article on american soccer from an ~*outside~* perspective

... Becoming Soccer Fans?" It featured the strap-line: "Parochialism Persists, But Ticket Sales, TV Ratings and US Team Heroics Show Progress." The paper ...bigger part of the culture. "Outside of South Africa, No 1 ticket buyer in the world for the World Cup? United States. ... argue right now that the Sounders are more popular than the NBA, NHL and maybe even major league baseball, and they're quickly ...

Requiem Aeternam

... centuries-old Cathedral, where the spires loom overhead in a constant state of construction, you buy a bus ticket from a folding table, and wait your turn to get on one of the continuous loops of busses that ...lay a candle, as many have no doubt done, at the grave of Dražan Petrović, the Croatian NBA player who died tragically in a car accident during the off season. You can go visit the memorials ...

[Madlabnewsletter] Death Has Come to Your Little Town, Sheriff

...10/08 All performances at: MadLab, 105 N. Grant Ave, Columbus, OH 43215, www.madlab.net Ticket prices are $12, $8 Students/Seniors, $6 Members For reservations call 614.221.5418 or send to ...never ending love. 4. It's Halloween, everyone's entitled to one good scare. * I can watch NBA basketball again starting Tuesday night, but really Wednesday night when the Pistons open. You gotta believe but...

[Madlabnewsletter] Death Has Come to Your Little Town, Sheriff

...10/08 All performances at: MadLab, 105 N. Grant Ave, Columbus, OH 43215, www.madlab.net Ticket prices are $12, $8 Students/Seniors, $6 Members For reservations call 614.221.5418 or send to ...never ending love. 4. It's Halloween, everyone's entitled to one good scare. * I can watch NBA basketball again starting Tuesday night, but really Wednesday night when the Pistons open. You gotta believe but...

[Madlabnewsletter] Death Has Come to Your Little Town, Sheriff

...10/08 All performances at: MadLab, 105 N. Grant Ave, Columbus, OH 43215, www.madlab.net Ticket prices are $12, $8 Students/Seniors, $6 Members For reservations call 614.221.5418 or send to ...never ending love. 4. It's Halloween, everyone's entitled to one good scare. * I can watch NBA basketball again starting Tuesday night, but really Wednesday night when the Pistons open. You gotta believe but...

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