NEWS ITEM: MONDAY MARKS THE 501st ANNIVERSARY OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ' ARRIVAL IN AMERICA. WHILE SCIENTISTS STILL DEBATE WHETHER COLUMBUS WAS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE ON THESE SHORES, THEY ALL AGREE THAT THE LAND HE FOUND 501 YEARS AGO BEARS LITTLE RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT HE'D SEE WERE HE TO WASH BACK ASHORE TODAY . . .
Now that the Giants have lost and the Braves have won -- and the people at ESPN who were going to televise the single biggest baseball game of the year have buried their heads in a giant fish tank -- it is time to get down to picking a winner. We're talking baseball. The playoffs. They begin tonight. I have examined the pluses and minuses of the teams. And I've come to my conclusion. Advantage: Philadelphia.
TAMPA, Fla. -- Week after week, Wayne Fontes keeps asking why the media can't say something nice about his football team. OK. Here's something nice. Nice collapse, fellas.It's hard to imagine a better nosedive. Losing to Tampa Bay, a team that not only hadn't won a game, but hadn't seen a second-half lead all season? And you lose by 17 points? And you throw the ball just about everywhere but to your receivers?I am impressed.But then, I liked "Cliffhanger."
Mitch Albom writes about running an orphanage in impoverished Port-au-Prince, Haiti, his kids, their hardships, laughs and challenges, and the life lessons he’s learned there every day.