MILWAUKEE - Brett Favre didn't report to the Green Bay Packers' training camp Sunday morning, temporarily easing tensions in the three-time MVP's ongoing standoff with the team.
The Sonoma Index-Tribune was notified this week that it has earned 14 awards in the 2008 National Newspaper Association's Better Newspaper Contest. In 2007 the Index-Tribune earned 12 awards in the national competition.
I've confessed before in this column that I'm not wildly in love with technology when it comes to children -- especially with regards to PlayStation, Nintendo DS and all of the really awful children's television programming kids can access (if their parents let them) on cable.
We were to meet on his turf, me and the guy known online as Rittenhouse Square, and I didn't know what to expect when I showed up at the bronze hooves of the goat.
As a kid, Rich Gossage's dreams never matched those of his father. "My dad always said, 'You're going to play in the big leagues some day,' " Gossage recalled. "I pooh-poohed that. I would be like, 'Aw, dad, please don't say that.' And sure enough, here I am."
What are you doing personally to make a difference? I don't use disposable cutlery and cups, and I have sushi only once a week because of the packaging. I cycle and have car-less days as often as possible.
I love animals, but they don't love me. I have a long history of dubious encounters with other species. A dog bit me when I was four and it has been downhill since. Dead, alive, stuffed -- it doesn't matter.